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St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1948-08-13 · Night game · Forbes Field · Att: 34893 · 2:28

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated St. Louis Cardinals 5–4. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 4 in the 8th. Bob Chesnes earned the win. Stan Musial went 4-for-5 with 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bob Chesnes L: Ted Wilks SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Erv Dusak	2	2	0	0	3	0
Marty Marion	5	1	1	0	0	0
Stan Musial	5	1	4	2	0	0
Enos Slaughter	2	0	0	0	2	0
Ron Northey	4	0	1	0	0	1
Whitey Kurowski	4	0	2	2	0	1
Babe Young	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Baker	4	0	0	0	0	2
Red Munger	3	0	0	0	0	1
Red Schoendienst	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Rojek	4	0	3	1	0	0
Frankie Gustine	4	1	0	0	0	0
Dixie Walker	2	0	1	0	0	0
Ralph Kiner	4	1	2	1	0	0
Wally Westlake	4	0	1	1	0	0
Ed Stevens	4	0	0	0	0	1
Danny Murtaugh	4	0	1	1	0	1
Clyde Kluttz	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bob Chesnes	4	2	2	0	0	0
Johnny Hopp	2	1	1	1	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Munger	7.1	8	0	1
Ted Wilks	0.1	3	1	1
Al Brazle	0.1	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Chesnes	9.0	9	5	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Erv Dusak: 5
Marty Marion: 13
Stan Musial: D
Enos Slaughter: 7

Bot 1

Stan Rojek: S
Frankie Gustine: 3
Dixie Walker: D.1-3
Ralph Kiner: E5.3X3(5)
Wally Westlake: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

Ron Northey: S
Whitey Kurowski: S.1-2
Babe Young: 8
Bill Baker: K
Red Munger: K

Bot 2

Ed Stevens: 8
Danny Murtaugh: 63
Clyde Kluttz: 7

Top 3

Erv Dusak: W
Marty Marion: 13.1-2
Stan Musial: D9/F9DW.2-3
Enos Slaughter: IW
Ron Northey: K
Whitey Kurowski: S7/G5L.3-H;2-H;1-2
Babe Young: 31

Bot 3

Bob Chesnes: 7
Stan Rojek: 63
Frankie Gustine: 8

Top 4

Bill Baker: 53
Red Munger: 4/L
Erv Dusak: 7

Bot 4

Dixie Walker: 63
Ralph Kiner: D
Wally Westlake: 63
Ed Stevens: 6

Top 5

Marty Marion: D7
Stan Musial: S8/8S.2-H
Enos Slaughter: W.1-2
Ron Northey: 46(1)3/GDP.2-3
Whitey Kurowski: K

Bot 5

Danny Murtaugh: K/C
Clyde Kluttz: 99
Bob Chesnes: D/89
Stan Rojek: S7.2-H
Frankie Gustine: 99

Top 6

Babe Young: T
Bill Baker: K
Red Munger: PO3(25)
Red Munger: 99

Bot 6

Johnny Hopp: 99
Ralph Kiner: 99
Wally Westlake: 99

Top 7

Erv Dusak: W
Marty Marion: 99
Stan Musial: T9/F9DW.1-H
Enos Slaughter: 99
Ron Northey: 99

Bot 7

Ed Stevens: 99
Danny Murtaugh: 99
Clyde Kluttz: 99

Top 8

Whitey Kurowski: 99
Babe Young: 99
Bill Baker: 99

Bot 8

Bob Chesnes: S9/F9S
Stan Rojek: S8/F8S.1-2
Frankie Gustine: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Johnny Hopp: S9/G34.3-H;1-3
Ralph Kiner: S8/8S.3-H;1-3
Wally Westlake: S9/P3D.3-H;1-2
Ed Stevens: K
Danny Murtaugh: S9.2-H;1-2
Clyde Kluttz: W.2-3;1-2
Bob Chesnes: 99

Top 9

Red Schoendienst: K
Erv Dusak: W
Marty Marion: 99
Stan Musial: 1/G1

Notes & reviews

Off RF screen
Bad hop through Gustine
Walker ejected by HP umpire Gore for arguing called third strike; he threw a towel from dugout
Off RF screen
Chesnes stabbed it near his left foot and raced to 1B

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