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St. Louis Cardinals @ Brooklyn Dodgers

1943-05-17 · Day game · Ebbets Field · Att: 14239 · 2:04

Brooklyn Dodgers defeated St. Louis Cardinals 1–0. Rube Melton earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Rube Melton L: Howie Pollet SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Babe Pinelli · 1B: Al Barlick · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Lou Klein	2	1	1	0
Harry Walker	2	0	0	0
Stan Musial	4	1	0	0
Ken O'Dea	4	0	0	0
Ray Sanders	3	0	0	0
Jimmy Brown	3	1	0	0
Debs Garms	3	1	0	0
Marty Marion	3	0	0	1
Howie Pollet	3	1	0	1

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frenchy Bordagaray	4	0	0	0	0	2
Arky Vaughan	3	0	2	0	1	0
Joe Medwick	4	0	2	0	0	0
Dolph Camilli	2	0	1	0	2	1
Billy Herman	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dixie Walker	3	1	1	0	0	0
Mickey Owen	3	0	1	0	0	0
Alex Kampouris	2	0	0	0	1	0
Rube Melton	3	0	0	1	0	2

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Howie Pollet	8.0	7	4	5

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rube Melton	9.0	5	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Klein: 53
Harry Walker: 5
Stan Musial: S
Ken O'Dea: CS2(26)

Bot 1

Frenchy Bordagaray: 43
Arky Vaughan: W
Joe Medwick: S.1-2
Dolph Camilli: W.2-3;1-2
Billy Herman: 5(B)5(3)/LDP

Top 2

Ken O'Dea: 3/G
Ray Sanders: 6
Jimmy Brown: 7

Bot 2

Dixie Walker: D
Mickey Owen: 43.2-3
Alex Kampouris: W
Rube Melton: 54(1)/FO.3-H
Frenchy Bordagaray: K

Top 3

Debs Garms: 3/L
Marty Marion: 9
Howie Pollet: 4

Bot 3

Arky Vaughan: S
Joe Medwick: S.1-2
Dolph Camilli: W.2-3;1-2
Billy Herman: 5(2)2(3)/GDP.1-2;B-1
Dixie Walker: E4.2-3;1-2
Mickey Owen: 43

Top 4

Lou Klein: S
Harry Walker: 13/SH.1-2
Stan Musial: 43
Ken O'Dea: 43

Bot 4

Alex Kampouris: 63
Rube Melton: K
Frenchy Bordagaray: 63

Top 5

Ray Sanders: 8
Jimmy Brown: S
Debs Garms: S.1X3(85)
Marty Marion: 63

Bot 5

Arky Vaughan: 7
Joe Medwick: 9
Dolph Camilli: S
Billy Herman: 53

Top 6

Howie Pollet: S
Lou Klein: 34/SH.1-2
Harry Walker: 43
Stan Musial: 13

Bot 6

Dixie Walker: 9
Mickey Owen: S
Alex Kampouris: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Ken O'Dea: 53
Ray Sanders: 43
Jimmy Brown: 3/FL

Bot 7

Rube Melton: K
Frenchy Bordagaray: K
Arky Vaughan: S
Joe Medwick: CS2(26)

Top 8

Debs Garms: 7
Marty Marion: K
Howie Pollet: K

Bot 8

Joe Medwick: 3
Dolph Camilli: K
Billy Herman: 9

Top 9

Lou Klein: W
Harry Walker: 13/SH.1-2
Stan Musial: 8
Ken O'Dea: 3/G