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St. Louis Cardinals @ Boston Braves

1944-07-23 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 15456 · 1:48

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Boston Braves 5–2. St. Louis Cardinals put up 3 in the 2nd. Mort Cooper earned the win. Emil Verban went 2-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Mort Cooper L: Al Javery SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Beans Reardon · 1B: Larry Goetz · 2B: (none) · 3B: Lou Jorda · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Augie Bergamo	5	0	2	1	0	1
Johnny Hopp	5	0	2	0	0	0
Stan Musial	4	0	1	0	1	0
Walker Cooper	5	0	0	0	0	1
Ray Sanders	3	1	1	0	1	1
Whitey Kurowski	3	1	1	0	0	0
Marty Marion	2	1	1	0	2	0
Emil Verban	4	2	2	3	0	0
Mort Cooper	4	0	1	1	0	2

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Connie Ryan	4	0	0	0	0	0
Buck Etchison	4	1	2	0	0	0
Tommy Holmes	3	0	1	0	1	0
Butch Nieman	4	1	2	1	0	0
Chuck Workman	4	0	1	0	0	0
Phil Masi	4	0	1	1	0	0
Dee Phillips	4	0	1	0	0	0
Warren Huston	2	0	0	0	1	0
Al Javery	2	0	0	0	0	1
Max Macon	1	0	0	0	0	0
Clyde Kluttz	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ab Wright	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mort Cooper	9.0	8	2	1

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Javery	7.0	10	1	5
Stan Klopp	2.0	1	3	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Augie Bergamo: S
Johnny Hopp: 99
Stan Musial: 99
Walker Cooper: K

Bot 1

Connie Ryan: 99
Buck Etchison: 99
Tommy Holmes: S
Butch Nieman: 99

Top 2

Ray Sanders: K
Whitey Kurowski: S
Marty Marion: S.1-2
Emil Verban: D.2-H;1-H
Mort Cooper: K
Augie Bergamo: S.2-H
Johnny Hopp: 8

Bot 2

Chuck Workman: 99
Phil Masi: 99
Dee Phillips: 99

Top 3

Stan Musial: 99
Walker Cooper: 99
Ray Sanders: 99

Bot 3

Warren Huston: 99
Al Javery: 99
Connie Ryan: 99

Top 4

Whitey Kurowski: 99
Marty Marion: W
Emil Verban: SB2
Emil Verban: 99
Mort Cooper: K

Bot 4

Buck Etchison: S
Tommy Holmes: 99
Butch Nieman: D.1-H
Chuck Workman: 99
Phil Masi: S.2-H
Dee Phillips: D.1-3
Warren Huston: IW
Al Javery: K

Top 5

Augie Bergamo: K
Johnny Hopp: S
Stan Musial: SB2
Stan Musial: 99
Walker Cooper: 99

Bot 5

Connie Ryan: 99
Buck Etchison: S
Tommy Holmes: W.1-2
Butch Nieman: 99
Chuck Workman: PO2(16)

Top 6

Ray Sanders: D
Whitey Kurowski: 99/SH.2-3
Marty Marion: 99
Emil Verban: S.3-H
Mort Cooper: D.1-H
Augie Bergamo: 99

Bot 6

Chuck Workman: 99
Phil Masi: 99
Dee Phillips: 99

Top 7

Johnny Hopp: 99
Stan Musial: S4
Walker Cooper: 14(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Warren Huston: E4.B-2(E4/TH)
Max Macon: 99
Connie Ryan: 99
Buck Etchison: 99

Top 8

Ray Sanders: W
Whitey Kurowski: 99
Marty Marion: W.1-2
Emil Verban: 99
Mort Cooper: 99

Bot 8

Tommy Holmes: 99
Butch Nieman: S
Chuck Workman: S.1-2
Phil Masi: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Augie Bergamo: 99
Johnny Hopp: S
Stan Musial: CS2(99)
Stan Musial: W
Walker Cooper: 99

Bot 9

Dee Phillips: 99
Clyde Kluttz: 99
Ab Wright: 99