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St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1943-07-18 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 34349 · 1:54

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 6–5. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 6th. Red Munger earned the win and Mort Cooper picked up the save. Walker Cooper went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	6	15
PIT	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	5	10

W: Red Munger L: Rip Sewell SV: Mort Cooper

Umpires — HP: Jocko Conlan · 1B: George Barr · 2B: (none) · 3B: Lou Jorda · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Klein	5	1	3	0	0	0
Harry Walker	4	0	1	1	1	0
Stan Musial	5	1	2	0	0	1
Danny Litwhiler	4	0	1	0	0	0
Walker Cooper	5	2	2	1	0	1
Whitey Kurowski	5	1	2	1	0	0
Ray Sanders	4	1	1	0	1	0
Marty Marion	2	0	2	1	0	0
Murry Dickson	2	0	1	2	0	0
Debs Garms	1	0	0	0	0	0
George Fallon	2	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Hopp	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Coscarart	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jim Russell	5	1	2	0	0	0
Maurice Van Robays	4	0	0	1	0	0
Bob Elliott	4	0	2	1	0	0
Elbie Fletcher	4	0	0	0	0	0
Frankie Gustine	3	1	1	0	0	0
Vince DiMaggio	2	1	1	1	2	0
Bill Baker	2	0	2	0	1	0
Xavier Rescigno	1	0	0	0	0	1
Frank Colman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Barrett	1	0	1	2	0	0
Al Rubeling	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rip Sewell	1	1	0	0	0	1
Al Lopez	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy O'Brien	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Murry Dickson	5.1	10	2	1
Red Munger	1.2	0	0	0
Mort Cooper	2.0	0	1	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Xavier Rescigno	4.0	6	1	1
Johnny Podgajny	2.0	5	0	0
Rip Sewell	3.0	4	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Klein: 43
Harry Walker: W
Stan Musial: SB2
Stan Musial: K/C
Danny Litwhiler: 13

Bot 1

Pete Coscarart: 8
Jim Russell: S9
Maurice Van Robays: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Walker Cooper: HR/7
Whitey Kurowski: 6/L
Ray Sanders: 43
Marty Marion: S8/G
Murry Dickson: 7

Bot 2

Bob Elliott: 63
Elbie Fletcher: 7
Frankie Gustine: S7
Vince DiMaggio: D7.1-H
Bill Baker: IW
Xavier Rescigno: K/C

Top 3

Lou Klein: T9/89
Harry Walker: 9.3-H
Stan Musial: 63
Danny Litwhiler: S7
Walker Cooper: 63

Bot 3

Pete Coscarart: 53
Jim Russell: S9
Maurice Van Robays: 7
Bob Elliott: S7.1-H;B-2(TH)
Elbie Fletcher: 6/P

Top 4

Whitey Kurowski: 53
Ray Sanders: T/89
Marty Marion: S3/BG.3-H
Murry Dickson: 23/SH.1-2
Lou Klein: 53

Bot 4

Frankie Gustine: 63
Vince DiMaggio: 8
Bill Baker: S7
Frank Colman: 63

Top 5

Harry Walker: 43
Stan Musial: S9
Danny Litwhiler: 7/DP.1X2(74)

Bot 5

Pete Coscarart: D9
Jim Russell: 43.2-3
Maurice Van Robays: 9.3-H
Bob Elliott: S8
Elbie Fletcher: 7/L

Top 6

Walker Cooper: S8
Whitey Kurowski: S7.1-2
Ray Sanders: 1/BP
Debs Garms: 43.2-3;1-2
Murry Dickson: S8.3-H;2-H
Lou Klein: S9.1-3
Harry Walker: 13

Bot 6

Frankie Gustine: 9
Vince DiMaggio: W
Bill Baker: S8.1-2
Johnny Barrett: S9.2-H;1-H;B-2(TH)
Pete Coscarart: PO2(14)
Pete Coscarart: 53

Top 7

Stan Musial: D9
Danny Litwhiler: HP
Walker Cooper: 8(B)3(1)/LDP.2-3
Whitey Kurowski: D7.3-H
Ray Sanders: IW
George Fallon: 53

Bot 7

Jim Russell: 43
Maurice Van Robays: 7/L
Bob Elliott: 6/P

Top 8

Johnny Hopp: 3/G
Lou Klein: S5
Harry Walker: S9.1-3
Stan Musial: 4/P
Danny Litwhiler: 13

Bot 8

Elbie Fletcher: 31
Al Rubeling: 3/G
Vince DiMaggio: W
Rip Sewell: K

Top 9

Walker Cooper: K
Whitey Kurowski: E5/TH
Ray Sanders: 6/P
George Fallon: K/C

Bot 9

Al Lopez: 9
Tommy O'Brien: 63
Jim Russell: 3/G

Notes & reviews

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Cardinals coach Ware ejected by HP umpire Conlan for bench jockeying, tipping hat to umpire
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