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Boston Braves @ St. Louis Cardinals

1950-06-07 · Night game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 13413 · night · 2:27

Boston Braves defeated St. Louis Cardinals 10–2. Boston Braves put up 5 in the 5th. Warren Spahn earned the win. Sid Gordon went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BSN	0	1	0	4	5	0	0	0	0	10	16
SLN	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	8

W: Warren Spahn L: Gerry Staley SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Lee Ballanfant · 1B: Al Barlick · 2B: (none) · 3B: Augie Donatelli · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sam Jethroe	6	0	2	2	0	0
Earl Torgeson	5	0	1	1	1	0
Tommy Holmes	6	1	1	0	0	1
Bob Elliott	4	2	1	0	1	0
Sid Gordon	4	2	3	1	1	0
Walker Cooper	4	2	2	2	1	0
Gene Mauch	4	2	2	2	1	0
Buddy Kerr	4	1	1	0	1	0
Warren Spahn	5	0	3	2	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Harry Walker	5	1	3	0	0	0
Red Schoendienst	4	0	1	0	0	0
Stan Musial	2	0	0	0	0	1
Eddie Kazak	4	1	2	1	0	1
Enos Slaughter	4	0	1	1	0	2
Johnny Lindell	4	0	0	0	0	1
Marty Marion	3	0	0	0	1	1
Del Rice	4	0	1	0	0	2
Gerry Staley	0	0	0	0	1	0
Cloyd Boyer	1	0	0	0	0	1
Erv Dusak	2	0	0	0	0	1
Eddie Miller	1	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Bucha	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Warren Spahn	9.0	8	2	10

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gerry Staley	3.1	8	1	1
Al Brazle	1.0	3	3	0
Cloyd Boyer	2.2	4	0	1
Jim Hearn	2.0	1	2	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Sam Jethroe: 8
Earl Torgeson: 43
Tommy Holmes: K23

Bot 1

Harry Walker: 63
Red Schoendienst: 43
Stan Musial: 4

Top 2

Bob Elliott: 7/FL
Sid Gordon: HR/7D
Walker Cooper: S
Gene Mauch: CS2(24)
Gene Mauch: 43

Bot 2

Eddie Kazak: S/78
Enos Slaughter: D7.1-H
Johnny Lindell: K
Marty Marion: K
Del Rice: K

Top 3

Buddy Kerr: 8/L
Warren Spahn: 13
Sam Jethroe: S
Earl Torgeson: 3/G

Bot 3

Gerry Staley: W
Harry Walker: S.1-2
Red Schoendienst: PO1(E1).2-3;1-2
Red Schoendienst: 7
Stan Musial: K
Eddie Kazak: K/C

Top 4

Tommy Holmes: S
Bob Elliott: S.1-3;B-2(TH)
Sid Gordon: W
Walker Cooper: S8.3-H;2-H;1-3
Gene Mauch: FC5.3XH(52);1-2
Buddy Kerr: S.2-3;1-2
Warren Spahn: S.3-H;2-3;1-2
Sam Jethroe: 7/F.3-H;2-3
Earl Torgeson: 1/P

Bot 4

Enos Slaughter: K
Johnny Lindell: 53
Marty Marion: 9

Top 5

Tommy Holmes: 63
Bob Elliott: W
Sid Gordon: D.1-3
Walker Cooper: IW
Gene Mauch: D.3-H;2-H;1-3
Buddy Kerr: IW
Warren Spahn: S1.3-H;2-3;1-2
Sam Jethroe: 7/F.3-H
Earl Torgeson: D/89.2-H;1-3
Tommy Holmes: 13

Bot 5

Del Rice: 5/FL
Cloyd Boyer: K
Harry Walker: S
Red Schoendienst: 54(1)/FO

Top 6

Bob Elliott: 163
Sid Gordon: S
Walker Cooper: 8
Gene Mauch: S.1-2#
Buddy Kerr: 8

Bot 6

Erv Dusak: K
Eddie Kazak: 4
Enos Slaughter: K

Top 7

Warren Spahn: K
Sam Jethroe: S
Earl Torgeson: 4
Tommy Holmes: SB2
Tommy Holmes: 8

Bot 7

Johnny Lindell: 9
Marty Marion: 23
Del Rice: S
Eddie Miller: 8

Top 8

Bob Elliott: 13
Sid Gordon: 63
Walker Cooper: 8

Bot 8

Harry Walker: S
Red Schoendienst: S.1-3
Erv Dusak: 9
Eddie Kazak: S.3-H;1-2#
Enos Slaughter: 9
Johnny Lindell: 9

Top 9

Gene Mauch: W
Buddy Kerr: 8
Warren Spahn: S.1-2#
Sam Jethroe: 7
Earl Torgeson: W.2-3;1-2
Tommy Holmes: 43

Bot 9

Marty Marion: W
Del Rice: K
Johnny Bucha: 6
Harry Walker: 63

Notes & reviews

Cardinals Coach Tony Kaufmann ejected by HP umpire Lee Ballanfant
Al Brazle fired the ball to 1B from just a few feet away; Stan Musial tried to catch the ball barehanded and suffered a cut between two of his fingers

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