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St. Louis Cardinals @ Cincinnati Reds

1946-08-09 · Night game · Crosley Field · Att: 24622 · 2:12

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Cincinnati Reds 5–2. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 3rd. Howie Pollet earned the win. Whitey Kurowski went 4-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	5	16
CIN	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	8

W: Howie Pollet L: Bucky Walters 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
Red Schoendienst	5	0	2	0	0	0
Harry Walker	2	0	0	0	0	0
Stan Musial	5	2	3	0	0	0
Enos Slaughter	5	1	3	0	0	0
Whitey Kurowski	4	1	4	3	1	0
Dick Sisler	4	0	2	1	1	0
Joe Garagiola	5	1	2	1	0	0
Marty Marion	4	0	0	0	0	1
Howie Pollet	4	0	0	0	0	1
Erv Dusak	3	0	0	0	0	2

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Benny Zientara	1	0	1	0	0	0
Lonny Frey	2	0	0	0	1	0
Bobby Adams	4	0	2	0	0	1
Grady Hatton	4	1	1	0	0	1
Bert Haas	3	0	0	0	1	0
Ray Mueller	4	1	1	1	0	1
Bob Usher	4	0	0	0	0	0
Claude Corbitt	4	0	2	1	0	0
Bucky Walters	2	0	0	0	0	1
Al Libke	2	0	1	0	0	0
Ray Lamanno	1	0	0	0	0	0
Al Lakeman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Lukon	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Howie Pollet	9.0	8	2	5

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bucky Walters	7.0	12	2	3
Bob Malloy	2.0	4	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Red Schoendienst: 7
Harry Walker: 8
Stan Musial: S6
Enos Slaughter: S6.1-2
Whitey Kurowski: W.2-3;1-2
Dick Sisler: 8/8D

Bot 1

Benny Zientara: S1
Lonny Frey: 34/SH.1-2
Bobby Adams: S.2-3
Grady Hatton: K+CSH(262)/DP

Top 2

Joe Garagiola: 43
Marty Marion: K
Howie Pollet: 13

Bot 2

Bert Haas: 6/P
Ray Mueller: 9
Bob Usher: 63

Top 3

Red Schoendienst: 5/P
Harry Walker: 7
Stan Musial: S9
Enos Slaughter: S8.1-3
Whitey Kurowski: S.3-H;1-3
Dick Sisler: S.3-H;1-3
Joe Garagiola: 6/L

Bot 3

Claude Corbitt: 7/7D
Bucky Walters: K
Al Libke: S7
Lonny Frey: 7

Top 4

Marty Marion: 8
Howie Pollet: K
Red Schoendienst: 8

Bot 4

Bobby Adams: K
Grady Hatton: 13
Bert Haas: W
Ray Mueller: SB2
Ray Mueller: K

Top 5

Erv Dusak: K/C
Stan Musial: 63
Enos Slaughter: S8
Whitey Kurowski: S7.1-2
Dick Sisler: 31

Bot 5

Bob Usher: 6/P
Claude Corbitt: 53
Bucky Walters: 63

Top 6

Joe Garagiola: HR/9
Marty Marion: 7/7D
Howie Pollet: 43
Red Schoendienst: D9
Erv Dusak: 63

Bot 6

Al Libke: 7
Lonny Frey: 8
Bobby Adams: 13

Top 7

Stan Musial: 3/P
Enos Slaughter: 8
Whitey Kurowski: HR/7
Dick Sisler: W
Joe Garagiola: S.1-3
Marty Marion: 7

Bot 7

Grady Hatton: S9
Bert Haas: 5/FL
Ray Mueller: D7.1-H
Bob Usher: 9/9D.2-3
Claude Corbitt: D7.3-H
Ray Lamanno: 5/L

Top 8

Howie Pollet: 13
Red Schoendienst: S5
Erv Dusak: CS2(24)#
Erv Dusak: K

Bot 8

Al Lakeman: 2/FL
Lonny Frey: W
Bobby Adams: S1.1-2
Grady Hatton: 9
Bert Haas: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

Stan Musial: D9
Enos Slaughter: 6/P
Whitey Kurowski: D8.2-H
Dick Sisler: S7.2-3;BX2(7243)
Joe Garagiola: 4/P

Bot 9

Ray Mueller: 5/FL
Bob Usher: 8
Claude Corbitt: S9
Eddie Lukon: K