Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 18, 1947 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1947 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 1, St. Louis Cardinals 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hack 3b 4 0 2 0
Waitkus 1b 4 0 0 0
  Rickert lf 0 0 0 0
Pafko cf 4 1 2 1
Cavarretta lf,1b 4 0 1 0
Nicholson rf 2 0 0 0
  Livingston ph 1 0 0 0
Scheffing c 3 0 2 0
Johnson 2b 4 0 0 0
Merullo ss 2 0 1 0
Schmitz p 1 0 0 0
  Sturgeon ph 1 0 0 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Lowrey ph 1 0 0 0
  Erickson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 8 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Schoendienst 2b 4 0 0 0
Diering cf 2 2 1 0
Musial 1b 3 0 1 0
Kurowski 3b 4 1 1 1
Slaughter rf 4 1 1 1
Dusak lf 1 0 0 0
  Walker lf 1 0 1 0
Marion ss 4 0 0 1
Rice c 4 0 0 1
Brecheen p 2 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 5 4
Chicago 000 001 000–181
St. Louis 103 000 00x–450
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Schmitz  L(0-1) 4.0 4 4 3 5 0
  Lee   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Erickson   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
5
4
3
6
1
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Brecheen  W(1-0) 9.0 8 1 1 2 2
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
2
2
  E–Hack (1).  DP–St. Louis 3. Marion-Schoendienst-Musial, Marion-Musial, Slaughter-Musial.  2B–St. Louis Diering (1); Slaughter (2).  HR–Chicago Pafko (1,6th inning off Brecheen 0 on).  SH–Scheffing (1).  Team LOB–6.  Team–7.  U–Jocko Conlan, Beans Reardon, Larry Goetz.  T–2:02.  A–11,963.
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