St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
April 30, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 30, 1939 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 1, Chicago Cubs 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brown 2b 5 0 1 1
Gutteridge 3b 5 0 2 0
Slaughter rf 5 0 1 0
Medwick lf 3 0 3 0
Mize 1b 3 0 1 0
Moore cf 4 0 0 0
Owen c 3 0 0 0
  Franks ph 0 1 0 0
Myers ss 2 0 0 0
  King ph 1 0 1 0
  Orengo ss 0 0 0 0
  Padgett ph 1 0 0 0
Davis p 2 0 1 0
  Martin ph 1 0 0 0
  McGee p 0 0 0 0
  Adams ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 1 10 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hack 3b 3 0 0 1
Herman 2b 4 0 0 0
Galan lf 4 2 1 0
Leiber cf 4 0 2 0
Reynolds rf 4 1 1 2
Cavarretta 1b 4 0 1 0
Mancuso c 4 1 1 1
Bartell ss 3 0 0 0
Lillard p 2 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 6 4
St. Louis 000 000 0011103
Chicago 001 210 00x460
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Davis  L(1-2) 6.0 6 4 3 1 2
  McGee   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
4
3
1
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Lillard  W(2-0) 9.0 10 1 1 3 6
Totals
9.0
10
1
1
3
6

  E–Myers 2 (7), Orengo (2).  DP–Chicago 1. Hack-Herman-Cavarretta.  2B–St. Louis Medwick (3).  Team LOB–11.  SH–Hack (2).  Team–6.  U–Beans Reardon, Larry Goetz, Lee Ballanfant.  T–1:56.  A–19,630.
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