Cards Claim Tight Series Over Rival Cubs

June 8: St. Louis 6, Chicago 1

The Cardinal bats gave Hippo Vaughn a rude welcome in the bottom of the first. Stan Musial, Rogers Hornsby, and Curt Flood all hit for extra bases in the four-run frame, and Dizzy Dean went a strong nine innings for St. Louis to move the teams into a tie in the standings.

                  R  H BB
CHI 000 001 000 - 1  6  2
STL 401 100 00x - 6 12  3

HR: none

starters     IP  R ER HR BB SO
H. Vaughn   8.0  6  6  0  3  1  
D. Dean     9.0  1  1  0  2  2

CHI 28-24, STL 28-24

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June 9: Chicago 8, St. Louis 4

Frank Chance, Hack  Wilson, and Ryne Sandberg all swatted triples for the Cubs to help Chicago even the series.

                  R  H BB
CHI 140 120 000 - 8 14  1
STL 001 110 100 - 4 10  0

HR: none

starters       IP  R ER HR BB SO
P. Alexander  8.0  4  3  0  0  1  
S. Sallee     5.0  8  5  0  0  3 

CHI 29-24, STL 28-25

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June 10: St.  Louis 2, Chicago 1

Cards spot starter John Tudor came up big in a duel with Lon Warneke. Tudor gave up a solo shot to Sammy Sosa but no other runs. Sosa made a couple of extremely costly errors in left field that aided St. Louis’s two runs, and the rivals find themselves neck-and-neck with records of 29-25.

                  R H BB
CHI 010 000 000 - 1 8  4
STL 000 020 00x - 2 5  2

HR: S. Sosa-CHI (4)

starters      IP  R ER HR BB SO
L. Warneke   8.0  2  0  0  2  1  
J. Tudor     8.0  1  1  1  4  4 

CHI 29-25, STL 29-25

St. Louis Rides 2 Shutouts Of Cinci To Series Win

June 5: St. Louis 7, Cincinnati 0

Cards starter Joe Magrane was surgical on the way to his first shutout. He faced just 30 Cincinnati batsmen and yielded zero extra base hits. The Cards hitters meanwhile bashed six extra-baggers and cruised to an easy victory.

                  R  H BB
CIN 000 000 000 - 0  4  1
STL 005 000 20x - 7 10  3

HR: R. Hornsby-STL (6)

starters      IP  R ER HR BB SO
J. Cueto     6.2  7  4  1  2  5  
J. Magrane   9.0  0  0  0  1  2 

CIN 22-27, STL 26-23

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June 6: St. Louis 2, Cincinnati 0

Bob Gibson followed Magrane’s gem with a remarkably similar performance the next day. Gibson also collected his first shutout while facing just 30 batters and giving up no extra-base hits. The Reds offense was completely stalled and the team lost their eighth straight game.

Noodles Hahn was quite good for the Reds on the hill, but Ted Simmons laced a two-run triple to give the Cards the edge.

                  R H BB
CIN 000 000 000 - 0 2  3
STL 000 000 20x - 2 4  3

HR: none

starters     IP  R ER HR BB SO
N. Hahn     8.0  2  2  0  3  1  
B. Gibson   9.0  0  0  0  3  5 

CIN 22-28, STL 27-23

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June 7: Cincinnati 9, St. Louis 2

The Reds offense revved back to life in the finale to end the losing streak. Every Reds batter had a hit, including three for Joe Morgan and a triple and a dinger by Edd Roush. Their starter Bob Ewing gave up no earned runs and dropped his ERA to 2.60.

Cards hurler Harry Brecheen was torched in a third straight start after dominating in his first six starts of the year.

                  R  H BB
CIN 130 400 100 - 9 12  4
STL 200 000 000 - 2  9  0

HR: J. Votto-CIN (10), E. Roush-CIN (2)

starters      IP  R ER HR BB SO
B. Ewing     9.0  2  0  0  0  3  
H. Brecheen  3.1  8  8  2  2  2 

CIN 23-28, STL 27-24

St. Louis Claims 2 of 3 in Philly

June 1: Philadelphia 7, St. Louis 4

A Sherry Magee triple in the bottom of the seventh knocked in two decisive runs for Philly. Their starting pitcher Tully Sparks carefully bobbed and weaved his way through copious Cardinals base runners.

                  R  H BB
STL 100 010 101 - 4 11  3
PHI 100 030 30x - 7 11  4

HR: S. Musial-STL (5), J. Mize-STL (4), M. Schmidt-PHI (6)

starters      IP  R ER HR BB SO
H. Brecheen  6.2  7  7  1  3  1
T. Sparks    7.0  3  2  1  3  2 

STL 23-23, PHI 20-26

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June 2: St. Louis 9, Philadelphia 2

Rogers Hornsby, already the most productive hitter in the league so far, padded his gaudy stats with a 5-for-5 day at the plate. Cards starter Dizzy Dean put together his best start of the season.

                  R  H BB
STL 100 050 210 - 9 13  3
PHI 000 002 000 - 2  7  4

HR: S. Musial-STL (6), A. Pujols-STL (7)

starters       IP  R ER HR BB SO
D. Dean       9.0  2  2  0  4  8  
C. Schilling  4.1  6  4  1  1  3 

STL 24-23, PHI 20-27

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June 3: St. Louis 7, Philadelphia 2

The second-best offense in the league out-hit the worst offense in the league to take the rubber match. St. Louis out-homered Philly 6-1 in the series and was relieved to finally win another series after dropping their last seven.

                  R  H BB
STL 020 010 031 - 7 11  4
PHI 020 000 000 - 2  7  6

HR: A. Pujols-STL (8), J. Edmonds-STL (6)

starters      IP  R ER HR BB SO
S. Sallee    7.0  2  2  0  6  0  
J. Bunning   7.0  5  5  2  2  4 

STL 25-23, PHI 21-27

SF Hands STL 7th Straight Losing Series

May 29: St. Louis 6, San Francisco 4

The Giants are hitting more dingers than anyone else in the league, but the Cards swatted three bombs on the way to winning the series opener.

The Giants one homer was notable for moving Willie McCovey into sole posession of the league HR lead with nine.

                  R  H BB
STL 310 020 000 - 6 10  3
SFG 010 002 001 - 4 11  3

HR: R. Hornsby-STL (5), J. Mize-STL (3),
A. Pujols-STL (6), W. McCovey-SFG (9)

starters     IP  R ER HR BB SO
S. Sallee   8.0  3  3  0  2  2  
J. Schmidt  5.0  5  5  3  2  5 

STL 23-20, SFG 20-23

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May 30: San Francisco 4, St. Louis 0

Giants rooters were relieved to see their ace Christy Mathewson put together a filthy shutout after getting a little roughed up in his last three starts. It didn’t start out promising for the Christian Gentleman—Stan Musial, Rogers Hornsby, and Johnny Mize began the first inning with consecutive singles that loaded the bases with no outs. But Albert Pujols then flied out, not quite deep enough for Musial to tag up, and Ray Lankford rolled into a double play.

Cardinals starter Joe Magrane was almost as good as Mathewson, but his fielders abandoned him at a couple of crucial instances and the series was tied up.

                  R H BB
STL 000 000 000 - 0 9  0
SFG 000 202 00x - 4 6  2

HR: none

starters       IP  R ER HR BB SO
J. Magrane    8.0  4  1  0  2  2  
C. Mathewson  9.0  0  0  0  0  4 

STL 23-21, SFG 21-23

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May 31: San Francisco 9, St. Louis 3

The Giants broke out the big lumber and launched four homers in the finale. Two of them came in a pivotal seventh-inning, seven run onslaught. Bob Gibson was pulled after giving up three singles in the inning, but his reliever Joe Hoerner got torched for two homers and three runs without recording an out.

The Cardinals recent woes continue as they lost their seventh straight series (6-15 record in that stretch), but they still are one game over .500 and only two games behind the three teams tied for first.

                  R  H BB
STL 000 200 001 - 3  8  2
SFG 011 000 70x - 9 12  3

HR: J. Mize-SFG (5), B. Bonds-SFG (6),
W. Mays-SFG (3), B. Posey-SFG (1)

starters     IP  R ER HR BB SO
B. Gibson   6.1  6  5  2  2  3  
C. Hubbell  9.0  3  3  0  2  3

STL 23-22, SFG 22-23

Pitt Grabs Share of 1st, St. Louis Slide Continues

May 26: Pittsburgh 9, St. Louis 1

Arky Vaughan and Honus Wagner started the Pittsburgh homestand off with a bang in the bottom of the first with a double and triple respectively. Babe Adams kept the St. Louis bats quiet, and the Bucs exploded for rallies in the fifth and sixth innings to get Pittsburgh off on the right foot in the series. All nine Pirates batters had at least one hit.

                  R  H BB
STL 000 000 010 - 1  7  1
PIT 210 033 00x - 9 12  2

HR: none

starters     IP  R ER HR BB SO
B. Gibson   6.0  7  4  0  1  3  
B. Adams    7.0  1  1  0  1  1 

STL 21-19, PIT 22-18

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May 27: Pittsburgh 13, St. Louis 5

There were even more offensive fireworks for the Bucs the next day. Once again all nine Pirates batters had at least one hit. Wagner and Paul Waner led the way with four safeties apiece, and Wagner added a walk to make it a perfect five-for-five on-base day.

Cards starter Harry Brecheen has had a brilliant start to the year but was probably due to get a little roughed up like he did in this one.

                   R  H BB
STL 012 000 002 -  5 11  2
PIT 103 341 10x - 13 18  7

HR: none

starters      IP  R ER HR BB SO
H. Brecheen  3.0  7  6  0  2  3  
W. Cooper    9.0  5  2  0  2  1 

STL 21-20, PIT 23-18

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May 28: St. Louis 7, Pittsburgh 5

The struggling Cards managed to sacrifice the last game in the series. They were helped along with some ugly Pittsburgh fielding that contributed to five un-earned runs for St. Louis.

After a great start to the year that had the pundits thinking the Cardinals might run away with the league title, St. Louis has now lost 11 of their last 14 and slid into a tie for third place. The Pittsburgh wins moved them up to a first-place tie, and the standings are delightfully bunched up.

                  R H BB
STL 000 301 210 - 7 6  4
PIT 000 004 100 - 5 8  4

HR: H. Wagner-PIT (2)

starters      IP  R ER HR BB SO
D. Dean      5.0  4  2  0  2  1  
J. Morrison  6.1  6  2  0  4  0 

STL 22-20, PIT 23-19

3 Stunning Comebacks! Last Place Atlanta Sweeps 1st Place St. Louis

May 23: Atlanta 4, St. Louis 2

The 12-24 Braves rolled into St. Louis to face the 21-15 Cardinals and the game went the way everyone expected…until the top of the ninth inning that is. Dizzy Dean was maginificent for the birds for eight innings, but couldn’t hammer down the final nail in the ninth. Hank Aaron tagged Dean for a triple and Chipper Jones singled to tie the game. A pinch-hitting Dale Murphy doubled in two more runs to give Atlanta the winner.

                  R H BB
ATL 000 001 003 - 4 9  2
STL 020 000 000 - 2 7  3

HR: F. Freeman-ATL (4)

starters      IP  R ER HR BB SO
J. Smoltz    7.0  2  2  0  1  5  
D. Dean      8.2  4  4  1  2  5

ATL 13-24, STL 21-16

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May 24: Atlanta 6, St. Louis 5

Things got back on-script for the second game…until the ninth inning that is. Slim Sallee cruised through eight shut-out innings for the home team, and the Cards took a seemingly safe 5-0 lead into the top of the ninth. Sallee got his first man in the ninth, and closing out the game looked like it would be a mere formality. But then Jones, Murphy, Aaron, and Wally Berger all got consecutive hits off Slim and his day was done. Atlanta’s ninth-inning magic continued with Joe Torre, Eddie Mathews, and Freddie Freeman all reaching safely before the half-inning was over and the Braves claimed a stunning 6-5 victory. 

                  R H BB
ATL 000 000 006 - 6 9  3
STL 010 102 010 - 5 9  2

HR: none

starters      IP  R ER HR BB SO
D. Rudolph   7.0  4  3  0  2  1  
S. Sallee    8.1  4  4  0  1  0 

ATL 14-24, STL 21-17

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May 25: Atlanta 5, St. Louis 4 (10 innings)

OK, things really got back on-script in the finale…until the seventh inning that is. The Cardinals claimed a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the second when Braves starter Kevin Millwood temporarily lost his command. Cards starter Joe Magrane faced the minimum through six innings. But Atlanta rallied for three runs in the seventh to tie it up, where things stayed until the top of the 10th. Hits from Rafael Furcal and Rico Carty highlighted a two-run 10th for Atlanta, and they hung on by the skin of their teeth to make those two runs stand up and pull off a bonkers sweep.

And suddenly the Cardinals have lost nine of 11 and the Braves have a five game win streak going.

                    R H BB
ATL 000 000 300 2 - 5 7  4
STL 030 000 000 1 - 4 8  3

HR: none

starters      IP  R ER HR BB SO
K. Millwood  8.0  3  3  0  2  4  
J. Magrane   6.2  3  3  0  1  2 

ATL 15-24, STL 21-18