Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 2, 1948 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 1948 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 13, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Schenz 2b 5 1 1 0
Waitkus 1b 4 2 3 0
Jeffcoat cf 5 1 3 3
Cavarretta lf 6 1 1 0
Nicholson rf 4 2 2 3
Lowrey 3b 5 1 4 2
McCullough c 6 1 2 1
Smalley ss 5 2 2 2
Meyer p 1 0 0 0
  Chipman p 4 2 1 1
Totals 45 13 19 12
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Schoendienst 2b 5 0 0 1
Moore cf 4 0 0 0
Musial lf 5 0 2 0
Slaughter rf 4 1 0 0
Jones 1b 5 0 1 1
Lang 3b 2 2 2 1
Garagiola c 1 0 0 0
  Medwick ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilber c 2 0 0 0
  Yochim p 0 0 0 0
Marion ss 3 1 1 0
Dickson p 2 0 1 1
  Staley p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 1 0 1 0
  Beers p 0 0 0 0
  Bucha c 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 4
Chicago 100 122 07013192
St. Louis 021 010 000481
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Meyer   2.1 6 3 1 2 1
  Chipman  W(1-0) 6.2 2 1 1 4 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
2
6
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Dickson   4.2 10 4 4 1 3
  Staley  L(0-1) 0.1 3 2 2 0 0
  Johnson   2.1 3 3 3 3 0
  Beers   0.2 3 4 1 1 0
  Yochim   1.0 0 0 0 3 1
Totals
9.0
19
13
10
8
4

  E–Lowrey (1), Smalley (6), Wilber (2).  PB–Wilber (1).  2B–Chicago Waitkus (3); Jeffcoat 2 (3); Lowrey (2); McCullough (2); Smalley (2), St. Louis Jones (2); Johnson (1).  3B–Chicago Smalley (1), St. Louis Musial (3).  HR–Chicago Nicholson (3,4th inning off Dickson 0 on), St. Louis Lang (1,5th inning off Chipman 0 on).  SH–Waitkus (1).  HBP–Schenz (1).  Team LOB–15.  Team–10.  U–Beans Reardon, Larry Goetz, Jocko Conlan.  T–2:49.  A–15,071.
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