Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 5, 1948 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 1948 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 3, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Schenz 2b 4 0 1 1
Waitkus 1b 5 1 3 0
Jeffcoat cf 4 0 0 0
Pafko 3b 2 1 0 0
Cavarretta rf 3 0 1 1
Lowrey lf 4 0 1 1
Scheffing c 3 1 2 0
Culler ss 1 0 0 0
  Nicholson ph 0 0 0 0
  Smalley ss 2 0 1 0
Schmitz p 3 0 0 0
  Dobernic p 0 0 0 0
  Walker ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 9 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
LaPointe 2b 4 0 1 0
Marion ss 4 1 1 0
Musial rf,1b 4 1 2 0
Kurowski 3b 3 1 1 1
Slaughter lf 3 0 0 0
Dusak cf,rf 3 2 1 0
Jones 1b 3 1 1 0
  Northey ph 1 0 1 2
  Burkhart pr 0 0 0 0
  Moore cf 0 0 0 0
Rice c 3 0 0 1
Dickson p 2 0 1 2
  Wilks p 0 0 0 0
  Lang ph 1 0 1 0
  Schoendienst pr 0 0 0 0
  Staley p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 10 6
Chicago 000 200 100391
St. Louis 020 000 04x6100
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Schmitz  L(7-9) 7.1 9 6 5 3 2
  Dobernic   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
6
5
3
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Dickson   6.2 9 3 3 3 1
  Wilks   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Staley  W(1-2) 2.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
5
1

  E–Pafko (10).  DP–Chicago 1. Culler-Waitkus, St. Louis 3. Dusak-Jones, Marion-LaPointe-Jones, LaPointe-Jones.  2B–Chicago Scheffing (9).  SH–Cavarretta (1); Slaughter (1).  Team LOB–8.  Team–6.  SB–Waitkus (4).  U–Jocko Conlan, Bill Stewart, Butch Henline.
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