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St. Louis Cardinals @ Brooklyn Dodgers

1948-05-18 · Day game · Ebbets Field · Att: 10532 · 2:02

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Brooklyn Dodgers 4–3. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 6th. Red Munger earned the win. Spider Jorgensen went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Red Munger L: Ralph Branca SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ralph LaPointe	3	0	1	1	1	1
Erv Dusak	4	0	0	0	0	1
Stan Musial	4	2	2	0	0	0
Enos Slaughter	4	1	1	2	0	0
Whitey Kurowski	3	0	1	1	0	0
Nippy Jones	4	0	1	0	0	1
Marty Marion	3	1	1	0	1	0
Del Rice	2	0	0	0	0	0
Red Munger	3	0	1	0	1	2

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Miksis	3	0	0	0	1	0
Spider Jorgensen	4	1	3	2	0	0
Pete Reiser	3	0	1	0	1	1
Arky Vaughan	4	0	0	0	0	0
Gene Hermanski	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bruce Edwards	4	0	1	1	0	0
Preston Ward	4	0	1	0	0	2
Pee Wee Reese	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ralph Branca	3	1	1	0	0	0
Dick Whitman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Marv Rackley	1	0	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Munger	9.0	9	2	4

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ralph Branca	9.0	8	3	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ralph LaPointe: W
Erv Dusak: K
Stan Musial: 46(1)/FO
Enos Slaughter: 46(1)/FO

Bot 1

Eddie Miksis: 43
Spider Jorgensen: S9/L
Pete Reiser: 7
Arky Vaughan: 6

Top 2

Whitey Kurowski: 8
Nippy Jones: S9/L
Marty Marion: 9
Del Rice: 7

Bot 2

Gene Hermanski: S9/L
Bruce Edwards: 9
Preston Ward: K
Pee Wee Reese: 63

Top 3

Red Munger: K
Ralph LaPointe: 6
Erv Dusak: 9

Bot 3

Ralph Branca: 63
Eddie Miksis: W
Spider Jorgensen: 7
Pete Reiser: S5.1-2
Arky Vaughan: 43

Top 4

Stan Musial: D9/L
Enos Slaughter: 3/G.2-3
Whitey Kurowski: S7/L.3-H
Nippy Jones: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Gene Hermanski: 6
Bruce Edwards: 8
Preston Ward: S4/L.BX2(43)#

Top 5

Marty Marion: W
Del Rice: 34/SH.1-2
Red Munger: W
Ralph LaPointe: S7/L.2-H;1X3(75);B-2(TH)
Erv Dusak: 4/L

Bot 5

Pee Wee Reese: 8/L
Ralph Branca: S7/G
Eddie Miksis: 4
Spider Jorgensen: HR/9.1-H
Pete Reiser: W
Arky Vaughan: 43

Top 6

Stan Musial: S9/L
Enos Slaughter: HR/9.1-H
Whitey Kurowski: 53
Nippy Jones: 7
Marty Marion: 13

Bot 6

Gene Hermanski: E4/TH.B-2
Bruce Edwards: S7/L.2-H(UR)
Preston Ward: 6
Pee Wee Reese: FC6.1-2;B-1
Ralph Branca: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Del Rice: 8
Red Munger: S9
Ralph LaPointe: K
Erv Dusak: 43

Bot 7

Eddie Miksis: 63
Spider Jorgensen: S4
Pete Reiser: K
Arky Vaughan: 2/FL

Top 8

Stan Musial: 9
Enos Slaughter: 3/G
Whitey Kurowski: HP
Nippy Jones: K

Bot 8

Gene Hermanski: 63
Bruce Edwards: 8/L
Preston Ward: K

Top 9

Marty Marion: D9
Del Rice: 34/SH.2-3
Red Munger: CSH(2)
Red Munger: K

Bot 9

Pee Wee Reese: K
Dick Whitman: 8/L
Marv Rackley: S8/L.BX2(86)

Notes & reviews

Preston Ward turned the wrong way at first

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