St. Louis Cardinals vs Boston Braves
June 6, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 6, 1949 at Braves Field. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Boston Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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St. Louis Cardinals 7, Boston Braves 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Diering cf 5 1 3 1
Schoendienst 2b 4 1 3 1
Musial rf 5 0 1 0
Kazak 3b 4 1 1 0
Slaughter lf 4 2 1 1
Marion ss 5 1 3 2
Jones 1b 5 0 1 1
Baker c 5 1 0 0
Munger p 4 0 1 0
  Wilks p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 7 14 6
Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Stanky 2b 3 0 1 1
Fletcher 1b 3 0 1 1
Reiser lf 5 0 0 0
Elliott 3b 5 0 0 0
Russell cf 4 1 2 0
Rickert rf 4 0 0 0
Dark ss 3 1 1 0
Salkeld c 3 0 1 0
  Sisti pr 0 1 0 0
  Potter p 0 0 0 0
Spahn p 3 0 1 1
  Holmes ph 0 0 0 0
  Masi pr,c 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
St. Louis 001 003 003–7140
Boston 020 000 010–373
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Munger  W(3-2) 7.0 7 3 3 8 5
  Wilks   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
8
5
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Spahn  L(6-5) 8.0 11 4 2 1 1
  Potter   1.0 3 3 3 2 0
Totals
9.0
14
7
5
3
1
  E–Stanky (5), Russell (4), Salkeld (2).  DP–Boston 1. B. Elliott-Stanky-Fletcher.  2B–St. Louis Diering (7); Marion 2 (13), Boston Fletcher (4); Russell (11); Salkeld (3).  HR–St. Louis Slaughter (6,6th inning off Spahn 0 on).  Team LOB–10.  SH–Stanky (3).  Team–12.  U–Al Barlick, George Barr, Lee Ballanfant.
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