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Pittsburgh Pirates @ St. Louis Cardinals

1947-05-23 · Night game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 12722 · 2:02

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 2–0. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 1st. Red Munger earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Red Munger L: Preacher Roe SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Billy Cox	4	2	0	0
Culley Rikard	4	1	0	1
Wally Westlake	3	1	1	1
Hank Greenberg	4	0	0	1
Frankie Gustine	3	0	1	0
Ralph Kiner	3	1	1	0
Clyde Kluttz	3	1	0	1
Eddie Basinski	2	0	0	1
Preacher Roe	2	0	0	0
Jim Russell	1	0	0	0
Billy Sullivan	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Red Schoendienst	4	0	1	0	0	0
Terry Moore	4	0	1	0	0	0
Stan Musial	4	1	1	0	0	1
Whitey Kurowski	2	1	2	0	2	0
Enos Slaughter	3	0	1	1	1	0
Erv Dusak	4	0	1	1	0	0
Del Rice	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jeff Cross	3	0	0	0	1	0
Red Munger	4	0	1	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Preacher Roe	7.0	8	4	2
Jim Bagby	1.0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Munger	9.0	6	3	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Billy Cox: FLE2#
Billy Cox: 99
Culley Rikard: K
Wally Westlake: K

Bot 1

Red Schoendienst: 99
Terry Moore: 99
Stan Musial: D7
Whitey Kurowski: W
Enos Slaughter: S8.2-H;1-3(E8)
Erv Dusak: D9.3-H;1-3
Del Rice: 99/P

Top 2

Hank Greenberg: 99
Frankie Gustine: W
Ralph Kiner: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Jeff Cross: 99
Red Munger: S
Red Schoendienst: S.1-2
Terry Moore: 99
Stan Musial: 99

Top 3

Clyde Kluttz: S
Eddie Basinski: K
Preacher Roe: 99(1)/FO/BG
Billy Cox: S.1-2
Culley Rikard: 7

Bot 3

Whitey Kurowski: W
Enos Slaughter: 99
Erv Dusak: 99
Del Rice: 5/FL

Top 4

Wally Westlake: S
Hank Greenberg: 99
Frankie Gustine: 9/F9L
Ralph Kiner: WP.1-2
Ralph Kiner: W
Clyde Kluttz: K/C

Bot 4

Jeff Cross: 8/L8XD
Red Munger: 99
Red Schoendienst: 99

Top 5

Eddie Basinski: 99
Preacher Roe: 99
Billy Cox: 99

Bot 5

Terry Moore: S8
Stan Musial: K
Whitey Kurowski: D7/7L.1-3
Enos Slaughter: IW
Erv Dusak: 99/P
Del Rice: K/C

Top 6

Culley Rikard: S
Wally Westlake: 99
Hank Greenberg: K+CS2(24)/DP

Bot 6

Jeff Cross: W
Red Munger: 99
Red Schoendienst: 99
Terry Moore: 99

Top 7

Frankie Gustine: 99
Ralph Kiner: S
Clyde Kluttz: 99
Jim Russell: 99/G

Bot 7

Stan Musial: 99
Whitey Kurowski: S
Enos Slaughter: 99
Erv Dusak: 99

Top 8

Billy Sullivan: 99/P
Billy Cox: S9/9L.BX2(96)
Culley Rikard: 99

Bot 8

Del Rice: 99
Jeff Cross: 99
Red Munger: 99

Top 9

Wally Westlake: W
Hank Greenberg: 99/F
Frankie Gustine: 4(1)/FO
Ralph Kiner: 2/FL

Notes & reviews

Dusak tried to duck away from inside pitch, but ball hit his bat and he blooped a double to right
Pirates Fletcher ejected by HP umpire Gore from bench for arguing Kluttz was safe at 2nd

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