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Braves 11 @ Cardinals 5
Sportsman's Park
June 9, 1948

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Boston Braves, played on June 9, 1948 at Sportsman's Park. The home team Cardinals were bested by the visiting Braves with a score of 11 to 5.

Game Summary

DateJune 9, 1948 
Visiting Team
Boston Braves
R: 11 H: 15 E: 1 LOB: 11
Runs: 11
Hits: 15
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 11
Home Team
St. Louis Cardinals
R: 5 H: 11 E: 4 LOB: 10
Runs: 5
Hits: 11
Errors: 4
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherWarren Spahn  
Losing PitcherHowie Pollet  
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Game Winning RBIEarl Torgeson 

Game Info

DateJune 9, 1948 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamBoston Braves 
Home TeamSt. Louis Cardinals 
Visiting Starting PitcherWarren Spahn  
Home Starting PitcherHowie Pollet  
BallparkSportsman's Park 
CitySt. Louis 
StateMO 
Attendance14,234 
Time of Game2 hours 53 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Lou Jorda
1B: Artie Gore
2B: Scotty Robb
3B: Babe Pinelli

Boston Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Eddie Stanky  Second Baseman 
Tommy Holmes  Right Fielder 
Earl Torgeson  First Baseman 
Bob Elliott  Third Baseman 
Jeff Heath  Left Fielder 
Jim Russell  Center Fielder 
Phil Masi  Catcher 
Sibby Sisti  Shortstop 
Warren Spahn  Pitcher 
Billy Southworth  Manager 

St. Louis Cardinals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Erv Dusak  Center Fielder 
Red Schoendienst  Second Baseman 
Stan Musial  Left Fielder 
Whitey Kurowski  Third Baseman 
Enos Slaughter  Right Fielder 
Nippy Jones  First Baseman 
Marty Marion  Shortstop 
Del Rice  Catcher 
Howie Pollet  Pitcher 
Eddie Dyer  Manager 

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Braves 11 @ Cardinals 5
Sportsman's Park
June 9, 1948

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         Game of 6/9/1948 -- Boston at St.Louis (N)

  Boston             AB  R  H RBI    St.Louis           AB  R  H RBI
Stanky E, 2b          6  2  4  0   Dusak E, cf           5  0  0  0   
Holmes T, rf          5  3  2  1   Schoendienst R, 2b    4  3  3  0   
Torgeson E, 1b        5  2  2  2   Musial S, lf          3  1  2  0   
Elliott B, 3b         5  0  0  0   Kurowski W, 3b        5  1  1  0   
Heath J, lf           2  1  0  0   Slaughter E, rf       5  0  3  4   
Russell J, cf         5  1  3  4   Jones N, 1b           4  0  0  0   
Masi P, c             5  1  3  0   Marion M, ss          4  0  1  0   
Sisti S, ss           5  0  0  1   Rice D, c             3  0  0  0   
Spahn W, p            3  1  1  1   Pollet H, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Burkhart K, p         1  0  0  0   
                                   Moore T, ph           1  0  1  0   
                                   Staley G, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Medwick J, ph         1  0  0  0   
                                   Papai A, p            0  0  0  0   
                                   Lang D, ph            1  0  0  0   
                                   Hearn J, p            0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     41 11 15  9                        37  5 11  4

Boston           060 002 120 -- 11
St.Louis         100 000 031 --  5

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Spahn W (W)           9.0 11  5  4  5  1

  St.Louis             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Pollet H (L)          1.1  5  5  5  3  0
Burkhart K            3.2  3  1  0  1  1
Staley G              2.0  4  3  1  0  0
Papai A               1.0  2  2  2  2  1
Hearn J               1.0  1  0  0  1  0

E -- Slaughter E, Jones N 2, Staley G, Sisti S
LOB -- Boston 11, St.Louis 10
2B -- Masi P 2, Stanky E
SH -- Spahn W
WP -- Spahn W
PB -- Rice D
T -- 2:53
A -- 14234

    

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