Philadelphia Phillies vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 8, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1940 at Sportsman's Park III. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Philadelphia Phillies 4, St. Louis Cardinals 7
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Schulte 2b 4 1 1 0
Martin cf 2 0 0 0
Mahan 1b 4 1 3 2
Arnovich lf 5 0 1 1
Klein rf 5 0 0 0
Warren c 2 0 0 0
  Atwood c 2 0 0 0
Mueller 3b 4 0 1 0
Young ss 4 0 1 0
Smoll p 0 0 0 0
  Bruner p 2 1 1 0
  Benjamin ph 1 0 0 0
  Hoerst p 0 0 0 0
  Suhr ph 1 1 1 1
Totals 36 4 9 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Lake 2b 4 1 0 0
Martin S. 3b 5 2 2 3
Slaughter rf 5 1 1 0
Medwick lf 3 1 1 1
  Hopp cf 0 0 0 0
Mize 1b 4 1 1 1
Martin P. cf,lf 3 0 2 1
Brown ss 3 0 1 1
Owen c 2 1 2 0
McGee p 3 0 0 0
  Shoun p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 10 7
Philadelphia 000 010 003–490
St. Louis 300 020 02x–7100
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Smoll  L(1-2) 0.2 3 3 3 0 0
  Bruner   5.1 4 2 2 4 3
  Hoerst   2.0 3 2 2 1 1
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
5
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
McGee  W(2-1) 8.2 9 4 4 5 3
  Shoun  SV(1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
5
3
  E–None.  PB–Warren 2 (4).  2B–Philadelphia Schulte (4); Mahan (3); Mueller (1), St. Louis Mize (3); P. Martin 2 (5).  HR–Philadelphia Suhr (2,9th inning off McGee 0 on), St. Louis S. Martin 2 (3,5th inning off Bruner 0 on,8th inning off Hoerst 1 on).  Team LOB–10.  SH–McGee (2).  HBP–Lake (1).  Team–8.  U–Beans Reardon, Babe Pinelli, Larry Goetz.  T–2:19.  A–1,333.
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