Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 22, 1947 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 22, 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 2, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Johnson 3b 4 0 0 0
Waitkus 1b 4 1 2 0
Aberson lf 4 1 2 0
Pafko cf 4 0 1 2
Scheffing c 4 0 1 0
Nicholson rf 4 0 0 0
Mack 2b 3 0 0 0
Sturgeon ss 3 0 0 0
Hamner p 3 0 1 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Schoendienst 3b 2 1 0 0
Jones 2b 5 0 0 0
Musial 1b 3 0 1 1
Slaughter lf 2 0 0 0
Northey rf 3 0 0 0
  Diering rf 0 0 0 0
Moore cf 3 1 0 0
Marion ss 3 1 1 0
Rice c 3 0 0 0
  Kurowski ph 0 0 0 0
  Cross pr 0 1 0 0
  Garagiola c 0 0 0 0
Brecheen p 3 0 3 2
Totals 27 4 5 3
Chicago 000 000 101271
St. Louis 001 000 03x450
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hamner  L(1-1) 8.0 5 4 3 10 1
Totals
8.0
5
4
3
10
1
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Brecheen  W(16-11) 9.0 7 2 2 0 6
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
0
6

  E–Mack (2).  DP–Chicago 1. Johnson-Mack-Waitkus, St. Louis 1. Brecheen-Rice-Musial.  2B–Chicago Waitkus (26); Aberson (5); Pafko (23), St. Louis Musial (27); Marion (17).  Team LOB–4.  SH–Schoendienst (3).  Team–10.  SB–Schoendienst (5).  U–Lou Jorda, Beans Reardon, Al Barlick.  T–1:51.  A–1,340.
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