FIRST ROUND: Boston scored 19 runs in the first two contests to jump out to a 2-0 lead, but St. Louis got its bats going and came back to win the next four. Three of the six games went to extra innings (St. Louis won two of the three). The road team won the first five games in the series.
Pre-Expansion Greats Tournament
Game 1: Boston 7, St. Louis 4 (10 innings)
Game 2: Boston 12, St. Louis 1
Game 3: St. Louis 5, Boston 4 (10 innings)
Game 4: St. Louis 10, Boston 7
Game 5: St. Louis 4, Boston 3 (11 innings)
Game 6: St. Louis 7, Boston 0
Series MVP: Hank Aaron, Boston
In a losing effort, Aaron had a big series, batting .400 (10-for-25) with nine RBI. Eight of his 10 hits went for extra bases, with three doubles, three triples and two home runs.
Batting Statistics
Pitching Statistics
Game 1: Boston 7, St. Louis 4 (10 innings)
Joe Adcock hit a three-run homer in the top of the 10th inning to give the Braves the extra-inning victory. The Braves’ Wally Berger had hit a three-run home run in the top of the eighth to put Boston ahead 4-3, but the Cardinals’ Joe Medwick tied it with a solo homer in the bottom half of the frame. Dizzy Dean retired the next five hitters, however, and St. Louis’ Don McMahon closed out the bottom of the 10th with a 1-2-3 inning.
00 BOSTON BRAVES (7) AT 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (4) 00 BOSTON BRAVES AB R H BI 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINA AB R H BI Hugh Duffy 5 1 1 0 Enos Slaughter 5 0 0 0 Fred Tenney 5 0 0 0 Joe Medwick 4 1 1 1 Hank Aaron 5 2 2 0 Rogers Hornsby 4 0 0 0 Eddie Matthews 3 2 3 1 Stan Musial 4 0 0 0 Wally Berger 5 1 1 3 Johnny Mize 4 0 1 0 Joe Adcock 5 1 2 3 Jim Bottomley 4 1 1 0 Bill Sweeney 4 0 1 0 Ken Boyer 3 1 1 1 Al Spohrer 4 0 0 0 Red Schoendienst 3 1 1 2 Rabbit Maranville 4 0 1 0 Jimmie Wilson 3 0 0 0 TOTALS 40 7 11 7 TOTALS 34 4 5 4 00 BOSTON BRAVES 100 000 030 3 -- 7 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 000 000 310 0 -- 4 LOB--00 BOSTON BRAVES 8, 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 3. 2B--Eddie Matthews, Hank Aaron (2), Rabbit Maranville. 3B--Jim Bottomley. HR--Joe Adcock, Wally Berger, Red Schoendienst, Joe Medwick. SACB--Bill Sweeney, Jimmie Wilson. SB--Hugh Duffy, Bill Sweeney. 00 BOSTON BRAVES IP H R ER BB SO HR Warren Spahn [W] 9.00 5 4 4 2 3 2 Don McMahon [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS Dizzy Dean 9.00 8 4 4 3 8 1 Slim Sallee [L] 1.00 3 3 3 1 0 1 SO--Joe Adcock (2), Hugh Duffy, Bill Sweeney, Al Spohrer, Fred Tenney (3), Stan Musial, Jimmie Wilson, Enos Slaughter. BB--Eddie Matthews (2), Rabbit Maranville, Al Spohrer, Red Schoendienst, Ken Boyer.
Game 2: Boston 12, St. Louis 1
Hank Aaron went 4-for-5 with three triples and three RBI, and Johnny Sain went the distance with a four-hitter to give the Braves a 2-0 lead in the series. Boston broke open the game with six runs in the top of the fourth inning, all of which were unearned. Eddie Matthews hit a three-run homer in the eighth to cap the scoring. Sain struck out four and only made one bad pitch, giving up a solo homer to Rogers Hornsby in the sixth inning. He didn’t allow another runner to reach third base.
00 BOSTON BRAVES (12) AT 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (1) 00 BOSTON BRAVES AB R H BI 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINA AB R H BI Hugh Duffy 6 2 2 1 Enos Slaughter 4 0 0 0 Fred Tenney 4 4 3 2 Joe Medwick 3 0 0 0 Hank Aaron 5 1 4 3 Rogers Hornsby 4 1 1 1 Eddie Matthews 5 1 2 3 Stan Musial 4 0 0 0 Wally Berger 4 1 1 0 Johnny Mize 4 0 1 0 Joe Adcock 4 1 1 0 Jim Bottomley 3 0 0 0 Bill Sweeney 4 1 0 0 Ken Boyer 4 0 1 0 Al Spohrer 5 0 0 0 Red Schoendienst 2 0 0 0 Rabbit Maranville 5 1 1 2 Jimmie Wilson 3 0 1 0 TOTALS 42 12 14 11 TOTALS 31 1 4 1 00 BOSTON BRAVES 100 601 040 -- 12 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 000 001 000 -- 1 LOB--00 BOSTON BRAVES 7, 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 6. ERR--Ken Boyer. 2B--Wally Berger, Fred Tenney, Ken Boyer. 3B--Hugh Duffy, Hank Aaron (3), Rabbit Maranville. HR--Eddie Matthews, Rogers Hornsby. SB--Hank Aaron, Fred Tenney. 00 BOSTON BRAVES IP H R ER BB SO HR Johnny Sain [W] 9.00 4 1 1 3 4 1 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS Harry Brecheen [L] 3.67 7 7 1 1 2 0 Howie Pollet 3.33 6 4 4 3 4 0 Bill Doak 2.00 1 1 1 0 1 1 SO--Eddie Matthews (2), Hugh Duffy, Rabbit Maranville, Wally Berger, Bill Sweeney, Al Spohrer, Stan Musial, Johnny Mize, Jim Bottomley, Joe Medwick. BB--Joe Adcock, Wally Berger, Bill Sweeney, Fred Tenney, Red Schoendienst, Jim Bottomley, Joe Medwick.
Game 3: St. Louis 5, Boston 4 (10 innings)
Stan Musial kept the Cardinals from going down 3-0 in the series, as he tied the game at three with a solo homer in the top of the ninth, then put the Cardinals ahead with a two-run shot in the 10th inning. The Braves’ Wally Berger led off the bottom of the 10th with a double and scored on a Bill Sweeney sacrifice fly, but the Cardinals’ Lindy McDaniel struck out the final batter to finish off the comeback win.
00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (5) AT 00 BOSTON BRAVES (4) 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINA AB R H BI 00 BOSTON BRAVES AB R H BI Enos Slaughter 5 0 0 0 Hugh Duffy 4 1 2 0 Joe Medwick 4 1 0 0 Fred Tenney 5 0 1 1 Rogers Hornsby 5 0 1 0 Hank Aaron 3 0 1 1 Stan Musial 5 2 2 3 Eddie Matthews 4 0 0 0 Johnny Mize 5 2 2 0 Wally Berger 4 1 1 0 Jim Bottomley 4 0 1 0 Joe Adcock 5 0 0 0 Ken Boyer 4 0 0 0 Bill Sweeney 3 1 1 1 Red Schoendienst 4 0 0 0 Al Spohrer 5 1 2 0 Jimmie Wilson 4 0 0 0 Rabbit Maranville 3 0 0 1 TOTALS 40 5 6 3 TOTALS 36 4 8 4 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 010 100 001 2 -- 5 00 BOSTON BRAVES 100 200 000 1 -- 4 LOB--00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 8, 00 BOSTON BRAVES 10. ERR--Mort Cooper, Red Schoendienst, Ken Boyer, Dick Rudolph, Bill Sweeney (2), Fred Tenney. 2B--Rogers Hornsby, Johnny Mize, Hugh Duffy, Hank Aaron, Wally Berger. 3B--Jim Bottomley. HR--Stan Musial (2). SACF--Bill Sweeney. SACB--Rabbit Maranville. 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR Mort Cooper 7.33 5 3 3 6 5 0 Lindy McDaniel [W] 2.67 3 1 1 0 2 0 00 BOSTON BRAVES Dick Rudolph 8.00 4 3 1 1 3 1 Lefty Tyler [L] 2.00 2 2 2 2 1 1 SO--Rogers Hornsby (2), Joe Medwick, Ken Boyer, Joe Adcock, Eddie Matthews (2), Hank Aaron, Wally Berger, Al Spohrer, Fred Tenney. BB--Jim Bottomley, Joe Medwick, Ken Boyer, Eddie Matthews, Hugh Duffy, Hank Aaron (2), Wally Berger, Bill Sweeney.
Game 4: St. Louis 10, Boston 7
The Cardinals evened the series at two wins apiece after a slugfest that included home runs by Rogers Hornsby, Stan Musial and Ken Boyer. The game was tied at four after four innings but St. Louis scored six times in the next four innings, while Boston only plated three more runs. In the top of the fifth, the Cardinals went up for good as Jimmie Wilson tripled and scored on Enos Slaughter’s sacrifice fly, and Hornsby hit a solo homer to make it 6-4. Red Schoendienst and Musial had RBI doubles in the sixth and seventh innings, respectively, while Slaughter had a bases-loaded single in the eighth that scored two.
00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (10) AT 00 BOSTON BRAVES (7) 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINA AB R H BI 00 BOSTON BRAVES AB R H BI Enos Slaughter 4 0 2 3 Hugh Duffy 4 1 1 0 Joe Medwick 5 1 1 0 Fred Tenney 4 1 0 1 Rogers Hornsby 5 2 3 1 Hank Aaron 4 1 2 3 Stan Musial 5 1 2 3 Eddie Matthews 5 0 1 0 Johnny Mize 5 0 0 0 Wally Berger 4 0 0 0 Jim Bottomley 4 2 2 0 Joe Adcock 4 0 0 0 Ken Boyer 4 2 2 2 Bill Sweeney 3 2 2 0 Red Schoendienst 4 1 1 1 Al Spohrer 4 1 1 1 Jimmie Wilson 3 1 1 0 Rabbit Maranville 4 1 3 2 TOTALS 39 10 14 10 TOTALS 36 7 10 7 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 220 021 120 -- 10 00 BOSTON BRAVES 120 100 210 -- 7 LOB--00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 4, 00 BOSTON BRAVES 7. ERR--Ken Boyer, Rabbit Maranville. 2B--Stan Musial, Red Schoendienst, Joe Medwick, Enos Slaughter, Hugh Duffy, Bill Sweeney, Al Spohrer. 3B--Rogers Hornsby, Jim Bottomley, Jimmie Wilson. HR--Rogers Hornsby, Stan Musial, Ken Boyer, Hank Aaron. HBP--Jimmie Wilson. SACF--Enos Slaughter, Hank Aaron, Fred Tenney. SB--Rabbit Maranville, Bill Sweeney. 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR Dizzy Dean [W] 6.00 9 6 5 2 6 1 Slim Sallee [S] 3.00 1 1 1 1 4 0 00 BOSTON BRAVES Warren Spahn [L] 6.00 10 7 7 0 4 3 Vic Willis 2.00 4 3 2 0 2 0 Kid Nichols 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 SO--Stan Musial, Johnny Mize (2), Red Schoendienst, Jim Bottomley, Jimmie Wilson, Ken Boyer, Joe Adcock (3), Wally Berger (4), Bill Sweeney, Al Spohrer, Fred Tenney. BB--Hugh Duffy, Wally Berger, Bill Sweeney.
Game 5: St. Louis 4, Boston 3 (11 innings)
Stan Musial hit an extra-inning game-winning home run for the second time in three games, as the Cardinals won their third straight and took a 3-2 lead in the series. The Cardinals were down a run heading to the ninth when Rogers Hornsby singled, went to second on a groundout, stole third base, and scored on a throwing error by the Boston catcher. Musial’s home run came with one out in the top of the 11th. Boston, which got homers from Eddie Matthews and Hank Aaron, put runners on first and second base in the eighth inning and on first and third in the 11th inning but came away with nothing.
00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (4) AT 00 BOSTON BRAVES (3) 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINA AB R H BI 00 BOSTON BRAVES AB R H BI Enos Slaughter 5 0 0 0 Hugh Duffy 5 0 2 0 Joe Medwick 5 0 0 0 Fred Tenney 5 1 1 0 Rogers Hornsby 5 1 1 0 Hank Aaron 4 1 1 2 Stan Musial 5 1 1 1 Eddie Matthews 4 1 3 1 Johnny Mize 5 2 2 1 Wally Berger 4 0 0 0 Jim Bottomley 5 0 2 1 Joe Adcock 5 0 0 0 Ken Boyer 4 0 1 0 Bill Sweeney 4 0 0 0 Red Schoendienst 4 0 1 0 Al Spohrer 4 0 0 0 Jimmie Wilson 4 0 1 0 Rabbit Maranville 4 0 1 0 TOTALS 42 4 9 3 TOTALS 39 3 8 3 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 010 000 101 01 -- 4 00 BOSTON BRAVES 000 102 000 00 -- 3 LOB--00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 5, 00 BOSTON BRAVES 6. ERR--Stan Musial, Eddie Matthews, Rabbit Maranville, Al Spohrer. 2B--Johnny Mize, Ken Boyer, Eddie Matthews, Hugh Duffy. HR--Stan Musial, Johnny Mize, Eddie Matthews, Hank Aaron. SB--Rogers Hornsby. 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR Harry Brecheen 7.33 7 3 3 2 1 2 Howie Pollet [W] 2.67 0 0 0 0 3 0 Lindy McDaniel [S] 1.00 1 0 0 1 0 0 00 BOSTON BRAVES Johnny Sain 9.00 7 3 2 0 6 1 Lefty Tyler [L] 2.00 2 1 1 0 2 1 SO--Rogers Hornsby (2), Stan Musial, Johnny Mize, Joe Medwick, Enos Slaughter, Ken Boyer (2), Eddie Matthews, Hugh Duffy, Wally Berger, Fred Tenney. BB--Eddie Matthews, Hank Aaron, Wally Berger.
Game 6: St. Louis 7, Boston 0
Mort Cooper clinched the series with a three-hit shutout, while Johnny Mize hit two home runs and drove in six, including a grand slam in the bottom of the first inning. Mize also had an RBI single in the third inning and a solo homer in the sixth inning. The Cardinals’ other run came courtesy of a Joe Medwick solo shot in the fifth inning. Cooper allowed three walks and struck out seven. He didn’t allow a Boston runner to reach second base until the sixth inning, and none reached third base until the eighth inning.
00 BOSTON BRAVES (0) AT 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (7) 00 BOSTON BRAVES AB R H BI 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINA AB R H BI Hugh Duffy 3 0 1 0 Enos Slaughter 4 1 1 0 Fred Tenney 4 0 1 0 Joe Medwick 3 2 2 1 Hank Aaron 4 0 0 0 Rogers Hornsby 4 0 0 0 Eddie Matthews 4 0 0 0 Stan Musial 3 2 1 0 Wally Berger 2 0 0 0 Johnny Mize 4 2 3 6 Joe Adcock 3 0 0 0 Jim Bottomley 4 0 1 0 Bill Sweeney 3 0 0 0 Ken Boyer 4 0 1 0 Al Spohrer 3 0 1 0 Red Schoendienst 4 0 1 0 Rabbit Maranville 3 0 0 0 Jimmie Wilson 3 0 0 0 TOTALS 29 0 3 0 TOTALS 33 7 10 7 00 BOSTON BRAVES 000 000 000 -- 0 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 401 011 00x -- 7 LOB--00 BOSTON BRAVES 5, 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 4. ERR--Bill Sweeney. 2B--Stan Musial, Red Schoendienst, Joe Medwick, Enos Slaughter. HR--Johnny Mize (2), Joe Medwick. SB--Hugh Duffy. 00 BOSTON BRAVES IP H R ER BB SO HR Dick Rudolph [L] 4.33 5 6 6 2 1 2 Kid Nichols 3.67 5 1 1 0 2 1 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS Mort Cooper [W] 9.00 3 0 0 3 7 0 SO--Joe Adcock, Eddie Matthews, Hank Aaron, Rabbit Maranville, Wally Berger, Bill Sweeney, Al Spohrer, Enos Slaughter, Ken Boyer (2). BB--Hugh Duffy, Wally Berger (2), Stan Musial, Joe Medwick.
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