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Boston Braves @ St. Louis Cardinals

1947-05-17 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 7827 · 2:11

Boston Braves defeated St. Louis Cardinals 3–2. Warren Spahn earned the win. Phil Masi went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BSN	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	3	10
SLN	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	6

W: Warren Spahn L: Howie Pollet SV: (none)

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

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Connie Ryan	5	0	1	0	0	0
Tommy Holmes	5	0	1	0	0	0
Mike McCormick	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Elliott	3	0	0	0	1	0
Danny Litwhiler	2	0	0	0	1	1
Phil Masi	4	2	3	1	0	1
Earl Torgeson	4	0	0	1	0	1
Dick Culler	4	1	4	0	0	0
Warren Spahn	3	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Hopp	2	0	1	1	0	0
Bama Rowell	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

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

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Warren Spahn	9.0	6	3	6

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Howie Pollet	6.0	5	2	3
Ted Wilks	2.0	5	0	0
Johnny Grodzicki	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Connie Ryan: S7
Tommy Holmes: 7
Mike McCormick: 53.1-2
Bob Elliott: W
Danny Litwhiler: W.2-3;1-2
Phil Masi: K

Bot 1

Red Schoendienst: S7
Terry Moore: K/C
Stan Musial: W.1-2
Whitey Kurowski: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Earl Torgeson: 2/P
Dick Culler: S7
Warren Spahn: 13/SH.1-2
Connie Ryan: 8

Bot 2

Enos Slaughter: W
Ron Northey: 8.1-2
Marty Marion: 63.2-3
Del Rice: 53

Top 3

Tommy Holmes: 63
Mike McCormick: 43
Bob Elliott: 3/P

Bot 3

Howie Pollet: 43
Red Schoendienst: 8
Terry Moore: 63

Top 4

Danny Litwhiler: 5/FL
Phil Masi: T/78
Earl Torgeson: 7.3-H
Dick Culler: S/78
Warren Spahn: 13

Bot 4

Stan Musial: 7
Whitey Kurowski: K/C
Enos Slaughter: 8

Top 5

Connie Ryan: 63
Tommy Holmes: 43
Mike McCormick: 5/FL

Bot 5

Ron Northey: 7
Marty Marion: K/C
Del Rice: K

Top 6

Bob Elliott: 3/FL
Danny Litwhiler: K/C
Phil Masi: HR/7
Earl Torgeson: K23

Bot 6

Erv Dusak: 63
Red Schoendienst: K
Terry Moore: 43

Top 7

Dick Culler: S
Warren Spahn: 7
Connie Ryan: 6/P
Tommy Holmes: S9.1-3
Johnny Hopp: S8.3-H;1-2
Bob Elliott: 99

Bot 7

Stan Musial: 99/P
Whitey Kurowski: S9
Enos Slaughter: S9.1-3(E9);B-2
Ron Northey: 43.3-H(UR);2-3
Marty Marion: 99

Top 8

Bama Rowell: 99
Phil Masi: S
Earl Torgeson: 99
Dick Culler: S.1-2
Warren Spahn: 99

Bot 8

Del Rice: K
Del Wilber: W
Red Schoendienst: 99
Terry Moore: S.1-2
Stan Musial: 99

Top 9

Connie Ryan: 99
Tommy Holmes: 99
Johnny Hopp: 99

Bot 9

Whitey Kurowski: 53
Enos Slaughter: S/78
Ron Northey: 13.1-2
Marty Marion: S3.2-H
Del Rice: PO1(234)

Notes & reviews

pbp account ends here, rest deduced
Spahn was slow to cover bag, so first baseman, pitcher and batter all arrived at base together; in the confusion Slaughter scored from second

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