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St. Louis Cardinals @ Chicago Cubs

1947-08-05 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 17782 · 2:18

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Chicago Cubs 8–2. St. Louis Cardinals put up 6 in the 4th. Harry Brecheen earned the win. Del Rice went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Harry Brecheen L: Claude Passeau SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Babe Pinelli · 1B: Al Barlick · 2B: (none) · 3B: Artie Gore · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Red Schoendienst	5	0	2	1	0	0
Erv Dusak	5	0	2	0	0	0
Stan Musial	5	1	2	0	0	0
Enos Slaughter	5	1	1	1	0	0
Ron Northey	1	1	0	0	1	0
Whitey Kurowski	4	2	1	2	1	0
Marty Marion	5	0	1	0	0	2
Del Rice	3	1	1	4	2	0
Harry Brecheen	5	1	2	0	0	0
Terry Moore	3	1	2	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Peanuts Lowrey	5	0	2	0	0
Eddie Waitkus	4	0	1	0	0
Andy Pafko	4	0	1	0	0
Phil Cavarretta	4	0	1	0	0
Clyde McCullough	4	0	1	0	0
Bill Nicholson	4	1	1	1	2
Don Johnson	4	1	2	0	1
Lennie Merullo	4	0	2	1	0
Claude Passeau	1	0	0	0	0
Bob Chipman	1	0	0	0	1
Cliff Aberson	1	0	0	0	0
Bob Scheffing	1	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Harry Brecheen	9.0	11	0	4

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Claude Passeau	3.2	7	1	1
Bob Chipman	3.1	3	2	1
Bob Carpenter	2.0	4	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Red Schoendienst: 5/L
Erv Dusak: S7
Stan Musial: 84(1)/FO
Enos Slaughter: 7/L

Bot 1

Peanuts Lowrey: S7
Eddie Waitkus: 7
Andy Pafko: 54(1)/FO
Phil Cavarretta: CS2(26)

Top 2

Ron Northey: 6/L
Whitey Kurowski: 6/P
Marty Marion: 7

Bot 2

Phil Cavarretta: 7
Clyde McCullough: 43
Bill Nicholson: HR/9
Don Johnson: S8
Lennie Merullo: S9.1-2
Claude Passeau: 13

Top 3

Del Rice: 3
Harry Brecheen: S9
Red Schoendienst: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Peanuts Lowrey: 13
Eddie Waitkus: 43
Andy Pafko: 63

Top 4

Erv Dusak: 7
Stan Musial: D7
Enos Slaughter: S8.2-H
Ron Northey: W.1-2
Whitey Kurowski: E5.1-2;2-3
Marty Marion: K
Del Rice: HR/7.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Harry Brecheen: D9
Red Schoendienst: D7.2-H(UR)
Erv Dusak: 9

Bot 4

Phil Cavarretta: S/78
Clyde McCullough: S7.1-3
Bill Nicholson: K
Don Johnson: K
Lennie Merullo: 7

Top 5

Stan Musial: S9
Enos Slaughter: 3(B)3(1)/LDP
Terry Moore: S8
Whitey Kurowski: HR/7.1-H
Marty Marion: K

Bot 5

Bob Chipman: K
Peanuts Lowrey: S7
Eddie Waitkus: 46(1)/FO
Andy Pafko: S7.1-2
Phil Cavarretta: 5(2)/FO

Top 6

Del Rice: W
Harry Brecheen: 56(1)/BG/FO
Red Schoendienst: 64(1)/FO
Erv Dusak: 13

Bot 6

Clyde McCullough: 8
Bill Nicholson: 31
Don Johnson: 63

Top 7

Stan Musial: E4
Enos Slaughter: 8
Terry Moore: 6/P
Whitey Kurowski: W.1-2
Marty Marion: 8

Bot 7

Lennie Merullo: 4/P
Cliff Aberson: 63
Peanuts Lowrey: 7

Top 8

Del Rice: 63
Harry Brecheen: 63
Red Schoendienst: S9
Erv Dusak: S9.1-3
Stan Musial: 5/FL

Bot 8

Eddie Waitkus: S8
Andy Pafko: 8
Phil Cavarretta: 46(1)/FO
Clyde McCullough: 7

Top 9

Enos Slaughter: 53
Terry Moore: S9
Whitey Kurowski: 8
Marty Marion: S7.1-2
Del Rice: WP.1-2;2-3
Del Rice: IW
Harry Brecheen: 8

Bot 9

Bill Nicholson: K
Don Johnson: S7
Lennie Merullo: D7.1-H
Bob Scheffing: 13
Peanuts Lowrey: 7

Notes & reviews

Erv Dusak returned to 1B as Andy Pafko dropped the ball

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