St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
April 23, 1942 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 1942 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 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Crespi 2b 4 0 0 0
  Walker ph 1 0 0 0
Musial lf 5 0 0 0
Moore cf 4 1 1 0
Slaughter rf 4 0 2 0
Sanders 1b 3 0 1 0
Brown 3b 3 0 2 1
O'Dea c 4 0 1 0
Marion ss 2 0 0 0
  Hopp ph 1 0 0 0
  Blattner ss 0 0 0 0
Lanier p 2 0 0 0
  Crabtree ph 1 0 0 0
  Beazley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 7 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hack 3b 4 0 1 0
Merullo ss 3 0 2 1
Nicholson rf 4 0 0 0
Novikoff lf 3 1 1 1
  Lowrey lf 0 0 0 0
Cavarretta cf 2 0 0 0
Stringer 2b 3 0 1 0
Dahlgren 1b 4 0 0 0
Hernandez c 2 1 1 0
Lee p 3 0 1 0
Totals 28 2 7 2
St. Louis 001 000 000–170
Chicago 000 011 00x–272
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Lanier  L(0-1) 7.0 7 2 2 3 4
  Beazley   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
7
2
2
4
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Lee  W(2-0) 9.0 7 1 1 5 2
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
5
2
  E–Hack (2), Merullo (3).  DP–St. Louis 1. Crespi-Marion-Sanders.  2B–St. Louis Brown (4).  HR–Chicago Novikoff (1,6th inning off Lanier 0 on).  SH–Marion (1); Cavarretta (1); Stringer (1).  Team LOB–12.  Team–8.  SB–T. Moore (1).  U–Lou Jorda, George Magerkurth, George Barr.  T–2:08.  A–7,552.
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