St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
August 16, 1948 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 1948 at Wrigley Field. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 9, Chicago Cubs 7

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Dusak 2b,rf 5 2 2 1
Marion ss 5 1 2 0
Musial cf,1b 5 2 4 2
Slaughter lf 5 0 1 0
Northey rf 5 0 0 1
  LaPointe 2b 0 0 0 0
Lang 3b 5 0 1 0
Young 1b 2 2 1 0
  Jones 1b 0 0 0 0
  Moore cf 1 0 0 0
Rice c 4 1 1 2
Pollet p 0 0 0 0
  Staley p 0 0 0 0
  Schoendienst ph 1 1 1 1
  Johnson p 2 0 1 0
  Wilks p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 9 14 7
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Verban 2b 5 2 1 0
Jeffcoat cf 5 1 3 0
Lowrey 3b 5 2 2 1
Cavarretta 1b 3 2 0 1
Maddern lf 4 0 2 2
Nicholson rf 5 0 2 2
Scheffing c 4 0 0 1
  Walker ph 1 0 0 0
Smalley ss 5 0 0 0
Hamner p 1 0 0 0
  Chipman p 0 0 0 0
  Mauch ph 1 0 0 0
  Chambers p 0 0 0 0
  Pafko ph 1 0 1 0
  Waitkus pr 0 0 0 0
  Lade p 0 0 0 0
  McCullough ph 1 0 0 0
  Dobernic p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 7 11 7
St. Louis 021 401 0019143
Chicago 104 000 1017112
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Pollet   2.1 5 5 3 1 2
  Staley   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Johnson  W(1-1) 5.1 6 2 2 2 1
  Wilks  SV(12) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
7
5
3
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hamner  L(5-9) 3.2 6 6 4 1 0
  Chipman   0.1 2 1 0 0 0
  Chambers   2.0 2 1 1 0 2
  Lade   2.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Dobernic   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
9
6
2
3

  E–Dusak (3), Marion (15), Lang (6), Verban (8), Jeffcoat (8).  DP–Chicago 2. Verban-Smalley-Cavarretta, Lowrey-Verban-Cavarretta.  2B–St. Louis Marion (18); Musial (34); Lang (10), Chicago Jeffcoat (11); Lowrey (8); Nicholson (21).  HR–St. Louis Dusak (5,6th inning off Chambers 0 on); Musial (29,3rd inning off Hamner 0 on); D. Rice (4,2nd inning off Hamner 1 on).  HBP–Jones (1).  Team LOB–7.  Team–10.  U–Babe Pinelli, Scotty Robb, Artie Gore.  T–2:38.  A–16,447.
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