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Cardinals
@ Reds
Crosley Field
July 2, 1948
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on July 2, 1948 at Crosley Field.
Game Summary
Date | July 2, 1948 |
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Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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Home Team |
Cincinnati Reds
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | July 2, 1948 |
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Day of Week | Fri |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
Home Team | Cincinnati Reds |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Howie Pollet |
Home Starting Pitcher | Johnny Vander Meer |
Ballpark | Crosley Field |
City | Cincinnati |
State | OH |
Attendance | 26,636 |
Time of Game | 1 hour 50 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Jocko Conlan 1B: Bill Stewart 2B: (none) 3B: Butch Henline |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Ralph LaPointe | Shortstop |
Erv Dusak | Center Fielder |
Stan Musial | Right Fielder |
Whitey Kurowski | Third Baseman |
Enos Slaughter | Left Fielder |
Nippy Jones | First Baseman |
Don Lang | Second Baseman |
Del Rice | Catcher |
Howie Pollet | Pitcher |
Eddie Dyer | Manager |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
Name | Position |
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Johnny Wyrostek | Center Fielder |
Benny Zientara | Second Baseman |
Grady Hatton | Third Baseman |
Hank Sauer | Left Fielder |
Danny Litwhiler | Right Fielder |
Howie Schultz | First Baseman |
Virgil Stallcup | Shortstop |
Dewey Williams | Catcher |
Johnny Vander Meer | Pitcher |
Johnny Neun | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Cardinals
@ Reds
Crosley Field
July 2, 1948
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LaPointe vs. Vander Meer
LaPointe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stallcup scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dusak vs. Vander Meer
Dusak hits a popup towards first. Schultz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Vander Meer
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zientara scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wyrostek vs. Pollet
Wyrostek hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jones fields the ball and throws to Pollet covering. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zientara vs. Pollet
Zientara hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wyrostek moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hatton vs. Pollet
There's a wild pitch. Wyrostek moves to third. Zientara moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hatton vs. Pollet
Hatton hits a line drive into right field. Musial picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Musial. Wyrostek scores. Zientara scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sauer vs. Pollet
Sauer hits a fly ball into center field. Dusak settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Litwhiler vs. Pollet
Litwhiler hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schultz vs. Munger
Red Munger now pitching.
Schultz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kurowski fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stallcup vs. Munger
Stallcup hits a fly ball into center field. Dusak settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kurowski vs. Vander Meer
Kurowski hits a fly ball into center field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Vander Meer
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zientara scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Vander Meer
Jones strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Munger
Williams strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vander Meer vs. Munger
Vander Meer hits a fly ball into center field. Dusak settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wyrostek vs. Munger
Wyrostek hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zientara vs. Munger
Zientara hits a line drive into center field. Dusak settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lang vs. Vander Meer
Lang hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stallcup fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rice vs. Vander Meer
Rice strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Munger vs. Vander Meer
Munger strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
LaPointe vs. Vander Meer
LaPointe hits a fly ball into right field. Litwhiler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hatton vs. Munger
Hatton hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sauer vs. Munger
Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lang misplays the ball. That's an error on Lang. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Litwhiler vs. Munger
Litwhiler strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schultz vs. Munger
Schultz hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stallcup vs. Munger
Stallcup hits a fly ball into left field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dusak vs. Vander Meer
Dusak is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Vander Meer
Musial hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kurowski vs. Vander Meer
Kurowski takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Slaughter vs. Vander Meer
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Kurowski moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Jones vs. Vander Meer
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Vander Meer fields it and throws to second for the out. Kurowski scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lang vs. Vander Meer
Lang hits a line drive towards short. Stallcup reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Munger
Williams takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vander Meer vs. Munger
Vander Meer bunts towards first. Jones juggles the ball. That's an error on Jones. Williams moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wyrostek vs. Munger
Wyrostek takes first base on ball four. Williams moves to third. Vander Meer moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Zientara vs. Munger
Zientara hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Rice settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Rice. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Zientara vs. Munger
Zientara hits a ball on the ground towards short. LaPointe fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Williams scores. Vander Meer moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hatton vs. Munger
Hatton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lang scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Vander Meer
Rice hits a popup towards short. Stallcup settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Medwick vs. Vander Meer
Joe Medwick pinch hits for Red Munger.
Medwick hits a popup towards short. Stallcup settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LaPointe vs. Vander Meer
LaPointe hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Litwhiler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sauer vs. Staley
Gerry Staley now pitching.
Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kurowski fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Kurowski. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Litwhiler vs. Staley
Litwhiler strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schultz vs. Staley
Schultz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Staley fields it and throws to first for the out. Sauer moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Stallcup vs. Staley
Stallcup hits a ball on the ground towards short. LaPointe fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on LaPointe. Sauer moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Williams vs. Staley
Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Dusak settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dusak vs. Vander Meer
Dusak takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Vander Meer
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zientara scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Dusak moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kurowski vs. Vander Meer
Kurowski hits a popup towards short. Stallcup settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Slaughter vs. Vander Meer
Slaughter hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dusak scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Vander Meer
Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vander Meer vs. Staley
Del Wilber now catching.
Vander Meer hits a ball on the ground towards short. LaPointe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wyrostek vs. Staley
Wyrostek hits a fly ball into center field. Dusak settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zientara vs. Staley
Zientara hits a ball on the ground towards short. LaPointe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lang vs. Vander Meer
Lang hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wilber vs. Vander Meer
Wilber hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zientara fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moore vs. Vander Meer
Terry Moore pinch hits for Gerry Staley.
Moore hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zientara fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hatton vs. Burkhart
Ken Burkhart now pitching.
Hatton hits a fly ball into center field. Dusak settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sauer vs. Burkhart
Sauer hits a fly ball into left field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Litwhiler vs. Burkhart
Litwhiler hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schultz vs. Burkhart
Schultz hits a ball on the ground towards short. LaPointe fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LaPointe vs. Vander Meer
LaPointe hits a line drive into center field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dusak vs. Vander Meer
Dusak takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Vander Meer
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zientara fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stallcup vs. Burkhart
Stallcup hits a fly ball into center field. Dusak settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Burkhart
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burkhart fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vander Meer vs. Burkhart
Vander Meer strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kurowski vs. Vander Meer
Kurowski takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Slaughter vs. Vander Meer
Slaughter takes first base on ball four. Kurowski moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jones vs. Vander Meer
Jones hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hatton settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lang vs. Vander Meer
Lang hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Hatton. Kurowski moves to third. Slaughter moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Wilber vs. Vander Meer
Wilber hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stallcup fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/2/1948 -- St.Louis at Cincinnati (N) St.Louis AB R H RBI Cincinnati AB R H RBI LaPointe R, ss 4 0 0 0 Wyrostek J, cf 3 2 2 1 Dusak E, cf 2 1 0 0 Zientara B, 2b 4 1 1 0 Musial S, rf 4 1 1 1 Hatton G, 3b 4 2 2 2 Kurowski W, 3b 2 1 0 0 Sauer H, lf 4 0 0 0 Slaughter E, lf 3 0 2 1 Litwhiler D, rf 4 1 2 2 Jones N, 1b 4 0 0 1 Schultz H, 1b 4 0 0 0 Lang D, 2b 4 0 2 0 Stallcup V, ss 4 0 0 0 Rice D, c 2 0 0 0 Williams D, c 3 1 0 0 Wilber D, c 2 0 0 0 Vander Meer J, p 3 0 0 0 Pollet H, p 0 0 0 0 Munger R, p 1 0 0 0 Medwick J, ph 1 0 0 0 Staley G, p 0 0 0 0 Moore T, ph 1 0 0 0 Burkhart K, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 30 3 5 3 33 7 7 5 St.Louis 000 201 000 -- 3 Cincinnati 411 100 00x -- 7 St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO Pollet H (L) 0.1 4 4 4 0 0 Munger R 3.2 2 3 2 2 2 Staley G 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 Burkhart K 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO Vander Meer J (W) 9.0 5 3 3 5 4 E -- Musial S, Lang D, Jones N, Rice D, Kurowski W, LaPointe R, Hatton G DP -- St.Louis 1, Cincinnati 3 LOB -- St.Louis 5, Cincinnati 5 HR -- Litwhiler D, Wyrostek J, Hatton G, Musial S SH -- Vander Meer J WP -- Pollet H T -- 1:50 A -- 26636
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