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Cardinals 3 @ Dodgers 2
Ebbets Field
August 20, 1947

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on August 20, 1947 at Ebbets Field. The home team Dodgers were bested by the visiting Cardinals with a score of 3 to 2.

Game Summary

DateAugust 20, 1947 
Visiting Team
St. Louis Cardinals
R: 3 H: 4 E: 1 LOB: 6
Runs: 3
Hits: 4
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 6
Home Team
Brooklyn Dodgers
R: 2 H: 9 E: 1 LOB: 11
Runs: 2
Hits: 9
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 11
Winning PitcherHowie Pollet  
Losing PitcherHugh Casey  
SaveRed Munger  
Game Winning RBIWhitey Kurowski 

Game Info

DateAugust 20, 1947 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamSt. Louis Cardinals 
Home TeamBrooklyn Dodgers 
Visiting Starting PitcherMurry Dickson  
Home Starting PitcherRalph Branca  
BallparkEbbets Field 
CityBrooklyn 
StateNY 
Attendance25,762 
Time of Game3 hours 17 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Babe Pinelli
1B: Al Barlick
2B: (none)
3B: Artie Gore

St. Louis Cardinals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Red Schoendienst  Second Baseman 
Terry Moore  Center Fielder 
Stan Musial  First Baseman 
Enos Slaughter  Left Fielder 
Ron Northey  Right Fielder 
Whitey Kurowski  Third Baseman 
Marty Marion  Shortstop 
Del Wilber  Catcher 
Murry Dickson  Pitcher 
Eddie Dyer  Manager 

Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Eddie Stanky  Second Baseman 
Jackie Robinson  First Baseman 
Pete Reiser  Center Fielder 
Gene Hermanski  Left Fielder 
Dixie Walker  Right Fielder 
Bruce Edwards  Catcher 
Spider Jorgensen  Third Baseman 
Pee Wee Reese  Shortstop 
Ralph Branca  Pitcher 
Burt Shotton  Manager 

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Cardinals 3 @ Dodgers 2
Ebbets Field
August 20, 1947

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/20/1947 -- St.Louis at Brooklyn (D)

  St.Louis           AB  R  H RBI    Brooklyn           AB  R  H RBI
Schoendienst R, 2b    4  1  0  0   Stanky E, 2b          6  2  3  0   
Moore T, cf           5  0  1  0   Robinson J, 1b        5  0  2  1   
Musial S, 1b          4  0  0  0   Reiser P, cf-lf       4  0  1  0   
Slaughter E, lf       4  1  0  0   Hermanski G, lf       3  0  0  0   
Northey R, rf         4  0  1  1   Furillo C, ph-cf      1  0  1  0   
Diering C, pr-rf      0  0  0  0   Vaughan A, ph         1  0  0  0   
Dusak E, ph-rf        1  0  0  0   Walker D, rf          4  0  2  1   
Kurowski W, 3b        3  1  2  1   Edwards B, c          3  0  0  0   
Marion M, ss          5  0  0  0   Jorgensen S, 3b       3  0  0  0   
Wilber D, c           2  0  0  0   Miksis E, ph-3b       1  0  0  0   
Medwick J, ph         1  0  0  0   Reese P, ss           3  0  0  0   
Rice D, c             2  0  0  0   Branca R, p           3  0  0  0   
Dickson M, p          2  0  0  0   Casey H, p            2  0  0  0   
Sisler D, ph          1  0  0  0                                      
Wilks T, p            0  0  0  0                                      
Pollet H, p           2  0  0  0                                      
Munger R, p           0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     40  3  4  2                        39  2  9  2

St.Louis         000 000 002 001 --  3
Brooklyn         001 000 010 000 --  2

  St.Louis             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Dickson M             7.0  4  1  1  2  2
Wilks T*              0.0  1  1  1  0  0
Pollet H (W)          4.1  4  0  0  4  2
Munger R (S)          0.2  0  0  0  0  0

  Brooklyn             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Branca R              8.2  1  2  1  4  5
Casey H (L)           3.1  3  1  1  0  2
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 8th

E -- Wilks T, Jorgensen S
DP -- St.Louis 1, Brooklyn 1
LOB -- St.Louis 6, Brooklyn 11
2B -- Walker D, Robinson J, Stanky E
HR -- Kurowski W
SH -- Edwards B, Robinson J, Miksis E, Reiser P
HBP -- by Branca R (Musial S)
T -- 3:17
A -- 25762

    

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