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Chicago Cubs @ St. Louis Cardinals

1942-09-27 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 31062 · sunny, dry · 1:49

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Chicago Cubs 4–1. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 2nd. Johnny Beazley earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7
SLN	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0		4	11

W: Johnny Beazley L: Claude Passeau SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Lee Ballanfant · 1B: Jocko Conlan · 2B: Beans Reardon · 3B: Al Barlick · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cy Block	3	1	2	0	0	0
Lennie Merullo	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Nicholson	4	0	1	0	0	1
Dom Dallessandro	3	0	1	1	1	0
Bob Scheffing	3	0	0	0	1	0
Lou Novikoff	4	0	2	0	0	0
Phil Cavarretta	3	0	0	0	0	0
Lou Stringer	4	0	1	0	0	1
Claude Passeau	3	0	0	0	0	0
Rip Russell	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmie Foxx	1	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Gilbert	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Creepy Crespi	3	1	2	1	1	1
Harry Walker	4	0	1	0	0	0
Stan Musial	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ray Sanders	4	0	1	1	0	1
Ken O'Dea	4	0	2	0	0	0
Coaker Triplett	3	1	0	0	1	0
Erv Dusak	4	2	2	0	0	2
Jeff Cross	4	0	1	1	0	0
Johnny Beazley	4	0	1	1	0	2

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Claude Passeau	8.0	11	2	6

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Beazley	9.0	7	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Cy Block: S
Lennie Merullo: 43.1-2
Bill Nicholson: K
Dom Dallessandro: S.2-H
Bob Scheffing: W.1-2
Lou Novikoff: 7

Bot 1

Creepy Crespi: S
Harry Walker: D.1-3
Stan Musial: 7/F
Ray Sanders: 7/F.3-H
Ken O'Dea: 13

Top 2

Phil Cavarretta: 63
Lou Stringer: 53
Claude Passeau: 4/F

Bot 2

Coaker Triplett: W
Erv Dusak: S.1-3
Jeff Cross: 43.3-H;1-2
Johnny Beazley: K
Creepy Crespi: S.2-H
Harry Walker: 4/F

Top 3

Cy Block: 53
Lennie Merullo: 8/F
Bill Nicholson: S
Dom Dallessandro: 8/F

Bot 3

Stan Musial: 7/F
Ray Sanders: S
Ken O'Dea: D.1-3
Coaker Triplett: 4/F
Erv Dusak: K

Top 4

Bob Scheffing: 53
Lou Novikoff: S
Phil Cavarretta: 2/FL
Lou Stringer: K

Bot 4

Jeff Cross: 13
Johnny Beazley: K
Creepy Crespi: W
Harry Walker: CS2(26)

Top 5

Claude Passeau: 8/F
Cy Block: S
Lennie Merullo: 8/F
Bill Nicholson: 2/FL

Bot 5

Harry Walker: 43
Stan Musial: D
Ray Sanders: 7/F
Ken O'Dea: 6/F

Top 6

Dom Dallessandro: 13
Bob Scheffing: 43
Lou Novikoff: S
Phil Cavarretta: 4/F

Bot 6

Coaker Triplett: 6/F
Erv Dusak: D
Jeff Cross: 13.2-3
Johnny Beazley: D.3-H
Creepy Crespi: K

Top 7

Lou Stringer: 9/F
Claude Passeau: 7/F
Rip Russell: 7/F

Bot 7

Harry Walker: 63
Stan Musial: 2/FL
Ray Sanders: K

Top 8

Lennie Merullo: 53
Bill Nicholson: 2/F
Dom Dallessandro: W
Bob Scheffing: 7/F

Bot 8

Ken O'Dea: S
Coaker Triplett: 46(1)/FO
Erv Dusak: K
Jeff Cross: S.1-2
Johnny Beazley: 9/F

Top 9

Lou Novikoff: E4.B-1
Jimmie Foxx: 54(1)3/GDP
Lou Stringer: S
Claude Passeau: PB.1-2#
Charlie Gilbert: K