Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 27, 1947 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 27, 1947 at Sportsman's Park III. 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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Chicago Cubs 10, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hack 3b 4 1 1 0
Waitkus 1b 4 3 3 0
Lowrey cf 4 0 0 1
  Rickert lf 2 0 0 2
Cavarretta lf,cf 6 1 3 2
Scheffing c 4 1 3 3
Nicholson rf 3 1 1 0
Johnson 2b 5 0 1 1
Merullo ss 4 2 1 1
Chipman p 3 1 1 0
Totals 39 10 14 10
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Schoendienst 2b 5 1 1 0
Dusak rf 5 2 3 0
Musial 1b 5 0 2 2
Kurowski 3b 3 0 0 0
Slaughter lf 4 0 0 0
Moore cf 4 0 1 0
Marion ss 3 0 1 0
Rice c 3 0 0 0
Pollet p 1 0 1 0
  Burkhart p 1 0 1 0
  Medwick ph 1 0 0 0
  Dickson p 0 0 0 0
  Staley p 0 0 0 0
  Wilber ph 1 0 1 0
  Grodzicki p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 11 2
Chicago 202 000 23110141
St. Louis 200 010 0003112
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Chipman  W(4-2) 9.0 11 3 2 3 0
Totals
9.0
11
3
2
3
0
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Pollet  L(2-6) 2.1 7 4 4 3 2
  Burkhart   3.2 0 0 0 0 3
  Dickson   1.2 6 5 5 2 0
  Staley   0.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Grodzicki   1.0 0 1 1 3 0
Totals
9.0
14
10
10
9
6

  E–Merullo (11), Schoendienst (5), Slaughter (1).  DP–Chicago 1. Waitkus-Merullo-Waitkus.  2B–Chicago Hack (5); Waitkus (3); Cavarretta (4); Johnson (3); Merullo (6), St. Louis Pollet (1).  SH–Chipman (2); Rice (1).  Team LOB–12.  Team–10.  U–Butch Henline, Bill Stewart, George Magerkurth.  T–2:36.  A–19,238.
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