St. Louis Cardinals vs Brooklyn Dodgers
May 17, 1938 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1938 at Ebbets Field. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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St. Louis Cardinals 2, Brooklyn Dodgers 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Martin 2b 4 0 1 1
Stripp 3b 4 0 0 0
Slaughter cf 4 0 1 0
Medwick lf 4 0 2 0
Mize 1b 4 0 1 0
Padgett rf 4 1 1 0
Gutteridge ss 3 0 0 0
Owen c 3 0 0 0
McGee p 3 1 2 1
Totals 33 2 8 2
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Rosen cf 4 1 1 0
Hudson 2b 4 0 0 0
Lavagetto 3b 3 0 0 0
Camilli 1b 3 0 0 0
Koy rf 3 0 0 0
Phelps c 3 0 0 0
Hassett lf 2 0 0 0
Durocher ss 3 0 0 0
Hamlin p 1 0 0 0
  Brack ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 27 1 1 0
St. Louis 001 000 100–281
Brooklyn 000 001 000–110
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
McGee  W(2-0) 9.0 1 1 0 1 9
Totals
9.0
1
1
0
1
9
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Hamlin  L(3-2) 9.0 8 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
0
1
  E–Medwick (1).  DP–Brooklyn 1. Rosen-Lavagetto.  2B–St. Louis S. Martin (4); Medwick (7).  SH–Gutteridge (1); Hamlin (2).  Team LOB–5.  Team–1.  SB–Slaughter (1).  U–Babe Pinelli, Larry Goetz, Beans Reardon.  T–1:48.  A–7,560.
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