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Pittsburgh Pirates @ St. Louis Cardinals

1947-05-22 · Night game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 14035 · 2:16

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 4–1. St. Louis Cardinals put up 3 in the 7th. Howie Pollet earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Howie Pollet L: Kirby Higbe SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Cox	4	0	0	1	0	0
Culley Rikard	3	0	0	0	0	0
Wally Westlake	4	0	1	0	0	1
Hank Greenberg	3	0	1	0	1	2
Frankie Gustine	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ralph Kiner	4	0	1	0	0	1
Dixie Howell	4	1	1	0	0	0
Whitey Wietelmann	3	0	2	0	0	0
Kirby Higbe	3	0	0	0	0	0
Roy Jarvis	0	0	0	0	1	0
Clyde Kluttz	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Red Schoendienst	5	2	3	0	0	1
Terry Moore	3	1	1	1	0	0
Stan Musial	3	0	1	1	1	0
Enos Slaughter	2	0	1	0	2	1
Whitey Kurowski	4	0	0	1	0	1
Ron Northey	2	0	1	0	2	0
Marty Marion	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Garagiola	3	0	1	0	1	1
Howie Pollet	4	1	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kirby Higbe	8.0	8	6	4

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Howie Pollet	9.0	7	2	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Billy Cox: 99
Culley Rikard: 99
Wally Westlake: K

Bot 1

Red Schoendienst: FLE2#
Red Schoendienst: K
Terry Moore: 99
Stan Musial: 99

Top 2

Hank Greenberg: K
Frankie Gustine: 99
Ralph Kiner: K

Bot 2

Enos Slaughter: S
Whitey Kurowski: 99
Ron Northey: 99
Marty Marion: 99

Top 3

Dixie Howell: S4
Whitey Wietelmann: S7.1-3;B-2(TH)
Kirby Higbe: FC6.2X2(64);3-3;B-1
Billy Cox: 9.3-H
Culley Rikard: 8

Bot 3

Joe Garagiola: K
Howie Pollet: 99
Red Schoendienst: 99

Top 4

Wally Westlake: 99
Hank Greenberg: W
Frankie Gustine: CS2(99)
Frankie Gustine: S
Ralph Kiner: 99

Bot 4

Terry Moore: 99
Stan Musial: 4/L
Enos Slaughter: K

Top 5

Dixie Howell: 99
Whitey Wietelmann: S
Kirby Higbe: 99.1-2
Billy Cox: 99

Bot 5

Whitey Kurowski: K
Ron Northey: D8
Marty Marion: 6/P
Joe Garagiola: W
Howie Pollet: 13

Top 6

Culley Rikard: 99
Wally Westlake: S7
Hank Greenberg: S8.1-3
Frankie Gustine: 5/FL
Ralph Kiner: 2/FL

Bot 6

Red Schoendienst: S7
Terry Moore: 23/SH.1-2
Stan Musial: W
Enos Slaughter: W.2-3;1-2
Whitey Kurowski: 43.3-H;2-3;1-2
Ron Northey: IW
Marty Marion: 7

Top 7

Dixie Howell: 99
Whitey Wietelmann: 99
Kirby Higbe: 99

Bot 7

Joe Garagiola: S5/BG
Howie Pollet: 99(1)/FO/BG
Red Schoendienst: S3.1-2
Terry Moore: S9.2-H;1-3
Stan Musial: S8.3-H;1-3
Enos Slaughter: PB.3-H;1-2
Enos Slaughter: IW
Whitey Kurowski: 99
Ron Northey: IW.2-3;1-2
Marty Marion: 99

Top 8

Billy Cox: E6/G
Roy Jarvis: W.1-2
Wally Westlake: 54(1)3/GDP.2-3
Hank Greenberg: K

Bot 8

Joe Garagiola: 99
Howie Pollet: 99
Red Schoendienst: S
Terry Moore: CS2(99)

Top 9

Frankie Gustine: 99
Ralph Kiner: S
Dixie Howell: 99
Clyde Kluttz: 99/P

Notes & reviews

Wietelmann trapped when he broke for third, thinking Howell was going home
Cardinals argued strongly that Kurowski was safe at first and manager Dyer was ejected

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