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St. Louis Cardinals @ Brooklyn Dodgers

1943-05-20 · Day game · Ebbets Field · Att: 5582 · 2:25

Brooklyn Dodgers defeated St. Louis Cardinals 5–2. Brooklyn Dodgers put up 3 in the 1st. Rube Melton earned the win. Billy Herman went 2-for-3 with 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Rube Melton L: Mort Cooper SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Klein	4	0	1	1	1	1
Debs Garms	3	0	1	0	1	0
Stan Musial	5	0	1	0	0	0
Walker Cooper	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ray Sanders	4	1	2	0	0	1
Whitey Kurowski	4	1	2	0	0	1
Buster Adams	2	0	0	0	1	0
Marty Marion	2	0	0	1	1	0
Mort Cooper	2	0	0	0	1	0
Johnny Hopp	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Brown	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ken O'Dea	1	0	0	0	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Augie Galan	4	1	2	0	1	0
Arky Vaughan	3	1	1	0	1	1
Dixie Walker	4	1	1	0	1	1
Dolph Camilli	5	2	1	0	0	3
Paul Waner	3	0	0	1	1	0
Billy Herman	3	0	2	3	1	0
Al Glossop	4	0	0	0	0	2
Mickey Owen	2	0	0	0	2	0
Rube Melton	3	0	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mort Cooper	8.0	8	7	7

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rube Melton	9.0	7	5	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Klein: S
Debs Garms: W.1-2
Stan Musial: 2/FL
Walker Cooper: 8
Ray Sanders: K

Bot 1

Augie Galan: W
Arky Vaughan: 14/SH.1-2
Dixie Walker: W
Dolph Camilli: E4.2-3;1-2
Paul Waner: 7.3-H(UR)
Billy Herman: D.2-H(UR);1-H(UR)
Al Glossop: K

Top 2

Whitey Kurowski: K
Buster Adams: 8
Marty Marion: W
Mort Cooper: 53

Bot 2

Mickey Owen: W
Rube Melton: 34/SH.1-2
Augie Galan: 9
Arky Vaughan: W
Dixie Walker: K/C

Top 3

Lou Klein: 63
Debs Garms: S
Stan Musial: 16(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Dolph Camilli: K/C
Paul Waner: 3/G
Billy Herman: 9

Top 4

Walker Cooper: 63
Ray Sanders: S
Whitey Kurowski: S.1-2
Buster Adams: W.2-3;1-2
Marty Marion: 64(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Mort Cooper: W.1-2
Lou Klein: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Debs Garms: 9

Bot 4

Al Glossop: K
Mickey Owen: 3/FL
Rube Melton: 53

Top 5

Stan Musial: 3/FL
Walker Cooper: K/C
Ray Sanders: 2/FL

Bot 5

Augie Galan: 8
Arky Vaughan: S
Dixie Walker: S.1-2
Dolph Camilli: K
Paul Waner: W.2-3;1-2
Billy Herman: BK.3-H;2-3;1-2
Billy Herman: IW
Al Glossop: 8

Top 6

Whitey Kurowski: S
Buster Adams: 2/FL
Marty Marion: 9
Mort Cooper: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Mickey Owen: 43
Rube Melton: S
Augie Galan: S.1-2
Arky Vaughan: K
Dixie Walker: 9

Top 7

Lou Klein: K
Debs Garms: 3/G
Stan Musial: D
Walker Cooper: 53

Bot 7

Dolph Camilli: T
Paul Waner: 43.3-3
Billy Herman: D.3-H
Al Glossop: 43.2-3
Mickey Owen: IW
Rube Melton: 2/FL

Top 8

Ray Sanders: S
Whitey Kurowski: 9
Johnny Hopp: 46(1)/FO
Jimmy Brown: 4

Bot 8

Augie Galan: S
Arky Vaughan: 43.1-2
Dixie Walker: 7
Dolph Camilli: K

Top 9

Ken O'Dea: 6
Lou Klein: 13
Debs Garms: HP
Stan Musial: 8