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Chicago Cubs @ St. Louis Cardinals

1944-08-23 · Night game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 5901 · 2:04

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Chicago Cubs 11–1. St. Louis Cardinals put up 5 in the 6th. Mort Cooper earned the win. Walker Cooper went 4-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	9
SLN	1	0	0	2	2	5	1	0		11	14

W: Mort Cooper L: Bob Chipman SV: (none)

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

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Stan Hack	4	1	4	0	0
Don Johnson	3	0	1	0	0
Phil Cavarretta	4	0	2	1	0
Bill Nicholson	4	0	0	0	0
Ival Goodman	3	0	0	0	2
Lou Novikoff	4	0	1	0	1
Lennie Merullo	4	0	0	0	0
Dewey Williams	3	0	1	0	1
Bob Chipman	2	0	0	0	1
Red Lynn	1	0	0	0	0
Bill Schuster	1	0	0	0	0
Dom Dallessandro	1	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Fallon	4	2	1	0	1	0
Johnny Hopp	3	3	1	2	2	0
Stan Musial	4	0	1	1	0	1
Walker Cooper	4	2	4	3	1	0
Ray Sanders	5	1	2	1	0	0
Whitey Kurowski	3	1	0	0	2	0
Danny Litwhiler	5	1	2	2	0	0
Emil Verban	3	1	2	0	0	0
Mort Cooper	4	0	1	2	0	2

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Chipman	4.1	7	4	2
Paul Erickson	1.1	4	1	1
Ed Hanyzewski	0.0	1	1	0
Red Lynn	2.1	2	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mort Cooper	9.0	9	0	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Stan Hack: S6
Don Johnson: 6(1)/FO
Phil Cavarretta: S9.1-2
Bill Nicholson: 3/FL
Ival Goodman: K

Bot 1

George Fallon: 13
Johnny Hopp: W
Stan Musial: S/89.1-3
Walker Cooper: W.1-2
Ray Sanders: 31/G.3-H;2-3;1-2
Whitey Kurowski: 63

Top 2

Lou Novikoff: K
Lennie Merullo: 99
Dewey Williams: S
Bob Chipman: K

Bot 2

Danny Litwhiler: 99
Emil Verban: S
Mort Cooper: K
George Fallon: 99

Top 3

Stan Hack: S
Don Johnson: 54(1)3/GDP
Phil Cavarretta: 99

Bot 3

Johnny Hopp: 99
Stan Musial: K
Walker Cooper: S
Ray Sanders: 99

Top 4

Bill Nicholson: 8
Ival Goodman: 99
Lou Novikoff: 99

Bot 4

Whitey Kurowski: W
Danny Litwhiler: S/BG.1-2
Emil Verban: 99/SH.2-3;1-2
Mort Cooper: S.3-H;2-H
George Fallon: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Lennie Merullo: E4/TH
Dewey Williams: 64(1)3/GDP
Bob Chipman: 99

Bot 5

Johnny Hopp: W
Stan Musial: 99/SH.1-2
Walker Cooper: HR8/IPHR.2-H
Ray Sanders: S
Whitey Kurowski: 99(1)/FO
Danny Litwhiler: 99

Top 6

Stan Hack: D
Don Johnson: S.2-3
Phil Cavarretta: 9.3-H
Bill Nicholson: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Emil Verban: S
Mort Cooper: K
George Fallon: W.1-2
Johnny Hopp: T8.2-H;1-H
Stan Musial: 99/F.3-H
Walker Cooper: S
Ray Sanders: S.1-2
Whitey Kurowski: W.2-3;1-2
Danny Litwhiler: S.3-H;2-H;1-2
Emil Verban: HP.2-3;1-2
Mort Cooper: 99

Top 7

Ival Goodman: K
Lou Novikoff: 99
Lennie Merullo: 99

Bot 7

George Fallon: S
Johnny Hopp: SB2
Johnny Hopp: 99
Stan Musial: 99
Walker Cooper: S.2-H
Ray Sanders: 99

Top 8

Dewey Williams: K
Red Lynn: 9
Stan Hack: S
Bill Schuster: 99

Bot 8

Whitey Kurowski: 99
Danny Litwhiler: 99
Emil Verban: 99

Top 9

Phil Cavarretta: S
Bill Nicholson: 99
Dom Dallessandro: 99
Lou Novikoff: S.1-2
Lennie Merullo: 99

Notes & reviews

pbp account ends here, rest deduced
Ival Goodman crashed into wall chasing Cooper's drive; he remained in the game one more inning, then was rushed to the hospital where was he was admitte, staying at least two days; this was the final game of Goodman's career

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