St. Louis Cardinals vs Brooklyn Dodgers
May 8, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1949 at Ebbets Field. The Brooklyn Dodgers 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 7, Brooklyn Dodgers 8

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Diering cf 4 0 2 2
Marion ss 4 1 2 0
Musial rf 3 1 0 0
Kazak 2b 4 1 2 1
Slaughter lf 4 2 0 1
Jones 1b 2 1 1 0
  Northey ph 1 0 0 0
  Nelson 1b 2 0 1 0
Glaviano 3b 5 1 3 1
Rice D. c 1 0 0 0
  Rice H. ph 0 0 0 0
  Garagiola c 1 0 0 0
  Sauer ph 1 0 0 0
Johnson p 3 0 1 2
  Wilks p 1 0 0 0
  Hearn p 0 0 0 0
  Pollet p 0 0 0 0
  Baker ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 12 7
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Reese ss 4 1 0 1
McCormick lf 1 1 0 0
  Hermanski ph,lf 2 0 1 2
Snider cf 5 0 0 0
Robinson 2b 5 1 3 1
Campanella c 4 1 0 1
Cox 3b 2 1 0 0
Hodges 1b 3 2 1 2
Furillo rf 4 1 2 1
Hatten p 1 0 0 0
  Palica p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 1 0
  Minner p 0 0 0 0
  Jorgensen ph 0 0 0 0
  Edwards ph 1 0 0 0
  Roe p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 8 8 8
St. Louis 021 040 0007121
Brooklyn 101 002 40x881
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   5.1 4 4 4 4 1
  Wilks   0.2 3 3 3 2 1
  Hearn  L(0-2) 0.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Pollet   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
8
8
7
3
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Hatten   4.0 7 6 6 4 1
  Palica   2.0 2 1 1 2 1
  Minner  W(1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Roe   2.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
7
7
7
4

  E–Kazak (2), Hatten (1).  DP–St. Louis 1. Marion-Nelson-Kazak.  2B–St. Louis Diering (1); Marion (8); Glaviano (3); Johnson (1), Brooklyn Robinson (4).  3B–St. Louis Nelson (1).  HR–Brooklyn Hodges (2,6th inning off Johnson 0 on 1 out).  SH–Marion (3).  Team LOB–11.  HBP–Hatten (1).  Team–9.  U–Bill Stewart, Jocko Conlan, Lon Warneke.
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