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St. Louis Cardinals @ Boston Braves

1946-09-18 · Night game · Braves Field · Att: 26570 · 1:46

Boston Braves defeated St. Louis Cardinals 2–1. Boston Braves put up 2 in the 5th. Johnny Sain earned the win. Enos Slaughter went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Johnny Sain L: Harry Brecheen SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Red Schoendienst	4	0	1	0	0	0
Harry Walker	4	0	1	0	0	0
Stan Musial	4	0	1	0	0	0
Enos Slaughter	4	1	3	1	0	0
Whitey Kurowski	4	0	1	0	0	1
Dick Sisler	3	0	0	0	1	1
Joe Garagiola	4	0	0	0	0	0
Marty Marion	2	0	0	0	0	0
Harry Brecheen	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Endicott	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Culler	4	0	1	2	0	0
Johnny Hopp	4	0	1	0	0	2
Tommy Holmes	3	0	1	0	1	0
Danny Litwhiler	4	0	0	0	0	1
Phil Masi	3	0	1	0	0	1
Nanny Fernandez	3	0	0	0	0	0
Connie Ryan	2	1	1	0	1	0
Carden Gillenwater	2	1	1	0	0	1
Johnny Sain	2	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Harry Brecheen	7.0	4	2	5
Ken Burkhart	1.0	2	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Sain	9.0	7	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Red Schoendienst: 43
Harry Walker: 9
Stan Musial: S8
Enos Slaughter: S8.1-3
Whitey Kurowski: K/C

Bot 1

Dick Culler: 63
Johnny Hopp: 8
Tommy Holmes: W
Danny Litwhiler: 8

Top 2

Dick Sisler: W
Joe Garagiola: 46(1)3/GDP
Marty Marion: 63

Bot 2

Phil Masi: K/C
Nanny Fernandez: 9
Connie Ryan: S8
Carden Gillenwater: D9.1-3
Johnny Sain: 53

Top 3

Harry Brecheen: 13
Red Schoendienst: T9
Harry Walker: 3/G
Stan Musial: 13

Bot 3

Dick Culler: 53
Johnny Hopp: K
Tommy Holmes: 43

Top 4

Enos Slaughter: 13
Whitey Kurowski: 53
Dick Sisler: 63

Bot 4

Danny Litwhiler: K
Phil Masi: S7.BX2(76)
Nanny Fernandez: 7

Top 5

Joe Garagiola: E3
Marty Marion: 13/SH.1-2
Harry Brecheen: 5
Red Schoendienst: 5/P

Bot 5

Connie Ryan: W
Carden Gillenwater: 1E4/SH.1-2
Johnny Sain: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Dick Culler: D7.3-H;2-H(UR)
Johnny Hopp: K
Tommy Holmes: 63

Top 6

Harry Walker: S8
Stan Musial: 4(B)3(1)/LDP
Enos Slaughter: D4
Whitey Kurowski: 53

Bot 6

Danny Litwhiler: 9
Phil Masi: 63
Nanny Fernandez: 63

Top 7

Dick Sisler: K
Joe Garagiola: 3/G
Marty Marion: 13

Bot 7

Connie Ryan: 9
Carden Gillenwater: K
Johnny Sain: 43

Top 8

Bill Endicott: 6/P
Red Schoendienst: 43
Harry Walker: 13

Bot 8

Dick Culler: 63#
Johnny Hopp: S9.BX2(963)
Tommy Holmes: S8
Danny Litwhiler: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

Stan Musial: 8/L
Enos Slaughter: HR/9
Whitey Kurowski: S7
Dick Sisler: 3/G.1-2
Joe Garagiola: 31