St. Louis Cardinals vs Philadelphia Phillies
August 21, 1947 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 1947 at Shibe Park. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 13, Philadelphia Phillies 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Schoendienst 2b 5 3 3 1
Dusak lf,3b 5 3 3 0
Musial 1b 5 3 2 5
Northey rf 4 1 2 3
Kurowski 3b 2 1 1 1
  Diering lf 2 0 0 0
Moore cf 5 0 2 0
Marion ss 3 0 0 1
Rice c 3 1 0 0
  Garagiola c 1 0 0 0
Hearn p 1 0 0 0
  Brazle p 3 1 1 0
Totals 39 13 14 11
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
LaPointe ss 4 0 3 2
Walker cf 3 0 0 0
  Gilbert cf 0 0 0 0
Ennis lf 4 1 1 0
Wyrostek rf 3 0 1 1
  Adams rf 1 0 0 0
Padgett c 1 0 1 0
  Seminick c 2 0 0 0
Handley 3b 4 0 1 0
Schultz 1b 1 0 1 0
  Judd pr 0 1 0 0
  Lakeman 1b 3 0 1 0
Verban 2b 2 1 1 0
  Rowe ph 1 0 0 0
  Newsome 2b 1 0 0 0
Hughes p 2 0 0 0
  Schanz p 0 0 0 0
  Tabor ph 1 0 0 0
  Schmidt p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 10 3
St. Louis 001 134 400 013140
Philadelphia 120 000 000 x3100
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Hearn   1.2 5 3 3 1 1
  Brazle  W(11-6) 7.1 5 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
1
1
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Hughes  L(4-9) 4.1 5 5 5 5 2
  Schanz   2.2 9 8 8 2 2
  Schmidt   2.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
14
13
13
9
5

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1. Dusak-Schoendienst-Musial, Philadelphia 1. LaPointe-Verban-Lakeman.  2B–Philadelphia Handley (8).  HR–St. Louis Musial 2 (15,3rd inning off Hughes 0 on,6th inning off Schanz 3 on); Northey (11,7th inning off Schanz 2 on).  SH–Brazle (3); Walker (13).  HBP–Northey (2).  Team LOB–10.  Team–6.  SB–Marion (3); Ennis (6).  U–Butch Henline, Bill Stewart, George Magerkurth.  T–2:23.  A–11,997.
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