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Cardinals 9 @ Cubs 7
Wrigley Field
August 16, 1948

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on August 16, 1948 at Wrigley Field. The home team Cubs were bested by the visiting Cardinals with a score of 9 to 7.

Game Summary

DateAugust 16, 1948 
Visiting Team
St. Louis Cardinals
R: 9 H: 14 E: 3 LOB: 7
Runs: 9
Hits: 14
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Chicago Cubs
R: 7 H: 11 E: 2 LOB: 10
Runs: 7
Hits: 11
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherKen Johnson  
Losing PitcherRalph Hamner  
SaveTed Wilks  
Game Winning RBIStan Musial 

Game Info

DateAugust 16, 1948 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamSt. Louis Cardinals 
Home TeamChicago Cubs 
Visiting Starting PitcherHowie Pollet  
Home Starting PitcherRalph Hamner  
BallparkWrigley Field 
CityChicago 
StateIL 
Attendance16,447 
Time of Game2 hours 38 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Babe Pinelli
1B: Scotty Robb
2B: (none)
3B: Artie Gore

St. Louis Cardinals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Erv Dusak  Second Baseman 
Marty Marion  Shortstop 
Stan Musial  Center Fielder 
Enos Slaughter  Left Fielder 
Ron Northey  Right Fielder 
Don Lang  Third Baseman 
Babe Young  First Baseman 
Del Rice  Catcher 
Howie Pollet  Pitcher 
Eddie Dyer  Manager 

Chicago Cubs Lineup 

Name  Position 
Emil Verban  Second Baseman 
Hal Jeffcoat  Center Fielder 
Peanuts Lowrey  Third Baseman 
Phil Cavarretta  First Baseman 
Clarence Maddern  Left Fielder 
Bill Nicholson  Right Fielder 
Bob Scheffing  Catcher 
Roy Smalley  Shortstop 
Ralph Hamner  Pitcher 
Charlie Grimm  Manager 

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Cardinals 9 @ Cubs 7
Wrigley Field
August 16, 1948

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/16/1948 -- St.Louis at Chicago (D)

  St.Louis           AB  R  H RBI    Chicago            AB  R  H RBI
Dusak E, 2b-rf        5  2  2  1   Verban E, 2b          5  2  1  0   
Marion M, ss          5  1  2  1   Jeffcoat H, cf        5  1  3  0   
Musial S, cf-1b       5  2  4  2   Lowrey P, 3b          5  2  2  1   
Slaughter E, lf       5  0  1  0   Cavarretta P, 1b      3  2  0  1   
Northey R, rf         5  0  0  1   Maddern C, lf         4  0  2  2   
LaPointe R, 2b        0  0  0  0   Nicholson B, rf       5  0  2  2   
Lang D, 3b            5  0  1  0   Scheffing B, c        4  0  0  1   
Young B, 1b           2  2  1  0   Walker R, ph          1  0  0  0   
Jones N, ph-1b        0  0  0  0   Smalley R, ss         5  0  0  0   
Moore T, cf           1  0  0  0   Hamner R, p           1  0  0  0   
Rice D, c             4  1  1  2   Chipman B, p          0  0  0  0   
Pollet H, p           0  0  0  0   Mauch G, ph           1  0  0  0   
Staley G, p           0  0  0  0   Chambers C, p         0  0  0  0   
Schoendienst R, ph    1  1  1  1   Pafko A, ph           1  0  1  0   
Johnson K, p          2  0  1  0   Waitkus E, pr         0  0  0  0   
Wilks T, p            0  0  0  0   Lade D, p             0  0  0  0   
                                   McCullough C, ph      1  0  0  0   
                                   Dobernic J, p         0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     40  9 14  8                        41  7 11  7

St.Louis         021 401 001 --  9
Chicago          104 000 101 --  7

  St.Louis             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Pollet H              2.1  5  5  3  1  2
Staley G              0.2  0  0  0  0  0
Johnson K (W)         5.1  6  2  2  2  1
Wilks T (S)           0.2  0  0  0  0  0

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hamner R (L)          3.2  6  6  4  1  0
Chipman B             0.1  2  1  0  0  0
Chambers C            2.0  2  1  1  0  2
Lade D                2.0  2  0  0  1  1
Dobernic J            1.0  2  1  1  0  0

E -- Verban E, Dusak E, Lang D, Jeffcoat H, Marion M
DP -- Chicago 2
LOB -- St.Louis 7, Chicago 10
2B -- Marion M, Jeffcoat H, Nicholson B, Musial S, Lang D, Lowrey P
HR -- Rice D, Musial S, Dusak E
HBP -- by Chambers C (Jones N)
T -- 2:38
A -- 16447

    

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