St. Louis Cardinals vs Philadelphia Phillies
May 4, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1949 at Shibe Park. The Philadelphia Phillies 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 5, Philadelphia Phillies 7
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Schoendienst 2b 4 2 1 0
Marion ss 5 1 2 0
Musial cf 3 1 1 0
Slaughter lf 4 0 1 1
Kazak 3b 5 1 1 2
Jones 1b 4 0 1 0
  Northey ph 1 0 0 0
Sauer rf 4 0 2 0
  Rice H. ph 1 0 0 0
Rice D. c 3 0 1 1
Brazle p 3 0 0 0
  Kurowski ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilks p 0 0 0 0
  Staley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 10 4
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn cf 5 1 1 0
Hamner ss 3 2 0 0
Waitkus 1b 4 1 2 0
Ennis lf 2 1 0 0
Hollmig rf 4 1 2 3
  Mayo rf 0 0 0 0
Jones 3b 3 1 0 1
Miller 2b 4 0 0 1
Seminick c 2 0 0 0
Heintzelman p 4 0 2 2
  Trinkle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 7 6
St. Louis 000 100 103–5101
Philadelphia 000 003 04x–772
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Brazle  L(2-1) 7.0 4 3 2 3 2
  Wilks   0.2 3 4 4 3 1
  Staley   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
7
6
6
3
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Heintzelman  W(4-0) 8.0 10 5 4 4 1
  Trinkle   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
4
5
1
  E–Kazak (1), Hamner 2 (6).  DP–St. Louis 2. Schoendienst-Jones, Schoendienst-Marion-Jones.  2B–St. Louis Marion (7); Sauer (1).  Team LOB–11.  Team–6.  U–Lou Jorda, Beans Reardon, Larry Goetz.
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