St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
September 30, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 30, 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 5, Chicago Cubs 6

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Schoendienst 2b 4 1 1 0
Marion ss 5 0 0 0
Musial cf,rf 4 2 2 1
Slaughter lf 5 0 2 1
Northey rf 4 0 2 1
  Diering pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Nelson 1b 4 0 0 0
Garagiola c 4 1 1 0
Glaviano 3b 3 1 2 2
Lanier p 1 0 0 0
  Munger p 1 0 0 0
  Martin p 1 0 0 0
  Derry ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilks p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 10 5
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Jeffcoat rf 5 0 0 0
Reich 1b 5 1 1 0
Smalley ss 5 2 2 1
Sauer lf 2 2 1 1
Pafko cf 2 1 1 1
Scheffing c 3 0 0 1
Serena 3b 3 0 1 2
Terwilliger 2b 2 0 1 0
Rush p 2 0 0 0
  Dubiel p 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 7 6
St. Louis 200 012 0005100
Chicago 202 020 00x671
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Lanier  L(5-4) 2.1 4 4 4 2 0
  Munger   1.2 3 2 2 2 0
  Martin   3.0 0 0 0 2 5
  Wilks   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
7
6
6
6
7
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Rush  W(10-18) 5.0 9 5 5 2 5
  Dubiel   4.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
3
7

  E–Reich (10).  DP–Chicago 1. Reich-Smalley-Reich.  2B–St. Louis Schoendienst (24); Musial (39); Northey (18), Chicago Smalley (20); Pafko (28).  HR–St. Louis Glaviano (6,6th inning off Rush 1 on), Chicago Smalley (8,1st inning off Lanier 0 on); Sauer (30,1st inning off Lanier 0 on).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Rush (5).  HBP–Pafko 2 (9).  Team–9.  U-HP–Babe Pinelli, 1B–Frank Dascoli, 2B–Artie Gore, 3B–Scotty Robb.
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