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Chicago Cubs @ St. Louis Cardinals

1948-07-06 · Night game · Sportsman's Park III · 8 innings · Att: 13033 · 2:56

Chicago Cubs defeated St. Louis Cardinals 12–10. Chicago Cubs put up 5 in the 1st. Jess Dobernic earned the win and Johnny Schmitz picked up the save. Bill Nicholson went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
CHN	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	12	14
SLN	0	2	1	0	0	4	3	0	10	17

W: Jess Dobernic L: Al Papai SV: Johnny Schmitz

Umpires — HP: Butch Henline · 1B: Jocko Conlan · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Stewart · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Hank Schenz	5	0	1	0	0	1
Eddie Waitkus	5	3	3	0	0	0
Hal Jeffcoat	4	2	2	0	0	1
Andy Pafko	3	2	0	0	2	0
Bill Nicholson	4	3	3	3	1	0
Peanuts Lowrey	4	1	2	3	1	0
Bob Scheffing	4	1	1	1	1	1
Roy Smalley	4	0	1	2	0	1
Russ Meyer	2	0	0	0	0	1
Dutch McCall	1	0	1	2	0	0
Emil Kush	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ralph LaPointe	5	1	3	0	0	0
Marty Marion	5	0	2	0	0	2
Stan Musial	5	2	3	2	0	0
Enos Slaughter	5	1	2	0	0	0
Ron Northey	2	2	1	1	2	0
Whitey Kurowski	3	2	1	0	1	1
Nippy Jones	4	1	2	4	0	2
Bill Baker	4	0	3	3	0	0
Don Lang	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Burkhart	1	0	0	0	0	1
Red Schoendienst	1	0	0	0	0	1
Al Papai	1	0	0	0	0	0
Erv Dusak	1	1	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Russ Meyer	2.0	5	1	1
Dutch McCall	3.1	4	2	3
Emil Kush	0.2	5	0	1
Jess Dobernic	1.1	2	0	2
Johnny Schmitz	0.2	1	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Munger	0.2	3	2	0
Ted Wilks	1.1	2	0	1
Howie Pollet	1.1	5	2	3
Ken Burkhart	2.2	1	1	0
Al Papai	2.0	3	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Hank Schenz: 99
Eddie Waitkus: S
Hal Jeffcoat: S.1-2
Andy Pafko: W.2-3;1-2
Bill Nicholson: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Peanuts Lowrey: 99/F.3-H
Bob Scheffing: D9.2-H;1-3
Roy Smalley: S.3-H;2-H
Russ Meyer: 99

Bot 1

Ralph LaPointe: 99
Marty Marion: K
Stan Musial: 99

Top 2

Hank Schenz: 99
Eddie Waitkus: S
Hal Jeffcoat: K
Andy Pafko: 99

Bot 2

Enos Slaughter: 99
Ron Northey: W
Whitey Kurowski: D.1-3
Nippy Jones: S.3-H;2-H
Bill Baker: S.1-3
Don Lang: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Bill Nicholson: S
Peanuts Lowrey: W.1-2
Bob Scheffing: K
Roy Smalley: K
Russ Meyer: K

Bot 3

Ralph LaPointe: S
Marty Marion: S.1-3
Stan Musial: 99/F.3-H
Enos Slaughter: S.1-3
Ron Northey: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Hank Schenz: S
Eddie Waitkus: 99(1)/FO/BG
Hal Jeffcoat: S.1-2
Andy Pafko: W.2-3;1-2
Bill Nicholson: S8.3-H;2-3;1-2
Peanuts Lowrey: S.3-H;2-H;1-2
Bob Scheffing: W.2-3;1-2
Roy Smalley: 99
Dutch McCall: S.3-H;2-H;1-2
Hank Schenz: 99

Bot 4

Whitey Kurowski: 99
Nippy Jones: K
Bill Baker: 99

Top 5

Eddie Waitkus: 99
Hal Jeffcoat: 99
Andy Pafko: 99

Bot 5

Ken Burkhart: K
Ralph LaPointe: 99
Marty Marion: K

Top 6

Bill Nicholson: 99
Peanuts Lowrey: 99
Bob Scheffing: 99

Bot 6

Stan Musial: HR
Enos Slaughter: 99
Ron Northey: W
Whitey Kurowski: W.1-2
Nippy Jones: T.2-H;1-H
Bill Baker: S.3-H
Red Schoendienst: K
Ralph LaPointe: S.1-2
Marty Marion: S9.2-3;1X3(95)

Top 7

Roy Smalley: 99
Emil Kush: 99
Hank Schenz: K

Bot 7

Stan Musial: S
Enos Slaughter: S.1-2
Ron Northey: S.2-H;1-3
Whitey Kurowski: K/C
Nippy Jones: SB2
Nippy Jones: K/C
Bill Baker: S.3-H;2-H
Al Papai: 99

Top 8

Eddie Waitkus: D9
Hal Jeffcoat: 99/SH.2-3
Andy Pafko: WP.3-H
Andy Pafko: 99
Bill Nicholson: HR/9
Peanuts Lowrey: S
Bob Scheffing: 99

Bot 8

Ralph LaPointe: S
Marty Marion: 99
Stan Musial: S.1-2
Enos Slaughter: 99
Erv Dusak: 99

Notes & reviews

Coach held Baker, but LaPointe was running with head down and the Cardinals had two men on third
Kurowski ejected by HP umpire Henline for arguing called third strike; he threw bat
Game called for agreed-upon curfew of 11:30 so Cubs could catch train to Chicago

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