Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 16, 1942 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 16, 1942 at Sportsman's Park III. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 6, St. Louis Cardinals 11

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hack 3b 5 0 0 0
Cavarretta lf,cf 5 0 3 0
Lowrey cf 3 0 1 0
  Merullo ss 1 0 0 0
Nicholson rf 5 1 1 0
Dahlgren 1b 5 1 2 0
Stringer 2b 3 2 0 0
McCullough c 4 1 3 3
Sturgeon ss 2 1 2 0
  Dallessandro lf 2 0 0 0
Erickson p 2 0 1 1
  Flores p 0 0 0 0
  Novikoff ph 1 0 1 1
  Fleming p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez ph 1 0 0 0
  Pressnell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 14 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Crespi 2b 4 2 1 1
Musial lf 5 3 3 1
Moore cf 4 1 1 1
Slaughter rf 5 0 2 1
Sanders 1b 5 2 2 1
Brown 3b 4 0 2 2
Cooper c 2 1 1 0
Marion ss 4 1 0 0
White p 1 0 0 0
  Lohrman p 3 1 2 0
Totals 37 11 14 7
Chicago 041 010 0006143
St. Louis 221 400 11x11143
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Erickson   2.2 4 5 3 2 0
  Flores  L(0-1) 1.1 4 4 2 1 0
  Fleming   3.0 4 1 1 0 1
  Pressnell   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
11
7
3
1
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
White   2.0 6 5 5 1 1
  Lohrman  W(1-0) 7.0 8 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
14
6
6
1
3

  E–Hack (1), Stringer (1), Flores (1), Crespi (1), Brown (2), Marion (2).  DP–Chicago 1. Merullo-Stringer-Dahlgren.  2B–Chicago McCullough 2 (2), St. Louis Sanders (1).  3B–St. Louis Slaughter (1); Sanders (1); W. Cooper (1).  HR–St. Louis Musial (1,8th inning off Pressnell 0 on).  SH–Merullo (1); W. Cooper (1).  Team LOB–8.  Team–6.  SB–Hack (1); Sturgeon (1).  U–Al Barlick, Babe Pinelli, Lee Ballanfant.  T–2:23.  A–2,583.
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