St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
April 29, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 29, 1949 at Wrigley Field. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 4, Chicago Cubs 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Schoendienst 2b 5 0 0 0
Marion ss 6 0 1 1
Musial cf 4 1 0 0
Slaughter lf 5 1 2 2
Kazak 3b 4 0 1 0
Sauer rf 5 0 1 0
Nelson 1b 4 1 1 0
Rice c 3 0 1 0
  Diering pr 0 1 0 0
  Garagiola c 1 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Baker c 0 0 0 0
Munger p 2 0 1 0
  Wilks p 0 0 0 0
  Kurowski ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnson p 1 0 0 0
  Staley p 1 0 0 0
Totals 43 4 8 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Walker H. rf 3 0 1 0
  Aberson ph 1 0 0 0
  Novotney c 0 0 0 0
Lowrey lf 6 2 3 0
Cavarretta 1b 5 1 2 1
Pafko cf 5 1 4 1
Gustine 3b 4 1 0 0
  Walker R. ph 0 0 0 0
  Schenz pr 0 0 0 0
Scheffing c 3 0 1 0
  Jeffcoat rf 1 0 0 0
  Burgess ph 1 0 1 1
Smalley ss 4 0 1 1
Verban 2b 4 0 0 1
Schmitz p 3 0 0 0
  Maddern ph 0 0 0 0
  Chipman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 5 13 5
St. Louis 000 200 200 000–480
Chicago 100 210 000 001–5131
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Munger   4.1 6 4 4 4 0
  Wilks   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Johnson   4.2 4 0 0 4 0
  Staley  L(0-1) 0.1 3 1 1 1 0
Totals
11.0
13
5
5
9
1
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Schmitz   9.0 7 4 3 3 3
  Chipman  W(2-0) 3.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
12.0
8
4
3
4
4
  E–Smalley (5).  DP–St. Louis 3. Munger-Marion-Nelson, Marion-Schoendienst-Nelson, Johnson-Garagiola-Nelson, Chicago 2. Scheffing-Gustine, Chipman-Smalley-Cavarretta.  2B–Chicago Lowrey (2); Cavarretta (5); Pafko (3).  HR–St. Louis Slaughter (2,4th inning off Schmitz 1 on).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Scheffing (1); Verban (1).  Team–13.  U–Al Barlick, George Barr, Lee Ballanfant.
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