SEMIFINALS: The Pirates were no-hit in game one, but then won the next four games to advance to the World Series. All three Pirate series have been decided by five games and they now have a 12-3 record (.800). The final three games were all decided by a single run, with game 5 requiring a come-from-behind walk-off game-winner to clinch the series. St. Louis managed to outhit Pittsburgh .226 to .181.
Pre-Expansion Greats Tournament
Game 1: St. Louis 5, Pittsburgh 0
Game 2: Pittsburgh 4, St. Louis 1
Game 3: Pittsburgh 5, St. Louis 4
Game 4: Pittsburgh 2, St. Louis 1
Game 5: Pittsburgh 3, St. Louis 2
Series MVP: Paul Waner, Pittsburgh
Waner had team bests for batting average (.333, 5-for-15), slugging percentage (.800) and on-base percentage (.444) over the five games. He had key hits in the game 2 and 4 wins, then had an RBI triple in the ninth inning of game 5 that tied the game. He then scored the series-ending, walk-off run two batters later.
Batting Statistics
Pitching Statistics
Game 1: St. Louis 5, Pittsburgh 0
NO-HITTER! Harry Brecheen took a perfect game into the ninth inning and although the leadoff batter reached base on an error, Brecheen got the next three outs to finish off the no-hitter. He walked none and struck out five. Stan Musial hit a pair of two-run homers, one in the first inning and one in the third inning. Rogers Hornsby also had an RBI single in the first inning, one of his three hits.
00 PITTSBURGH PIRATES (0) AT 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (5) 00 PITTSBURGH PIRATE AB R H BI 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINA AB R H BI Honus Wagner 4 0 0 0 Enos Slaughter 4 1 1 0 Pie Traynor 3 0 0 0 Joe Medwick 4 0 0 0 Arky Vaughan 3 0 0 0 Rogers Hornsby 4 2 3 1 Ralph Kiner 3 0 0 0 Stan Musial 4 2 3 4 Paul Waner 3 0 0 0 Johnny Mize 3 0 1 0 Lloyd Waner 3 0 0 0 Jim Bottomley 3 0 0 0 Gus Suhr 3 0 0 0 Ken Boyer 3 0 0 0 Johnny Gooch 3 0 0 0 Red Schoendienst 3 0 0 0 Bill Mazeroski 3 0 0 0 Jimmie Wilson 3 0 0 0 TOTALS 28 0 0 0 TOTALS 31 5 8 5 00 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 000 000 000 -- 0 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 302 000 00x -- 5 LOB--00 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 1, 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 2. ERR--Rogers Hornsby. 2B--Johnny Mize. HR--Stan Musial (2). 00 PITTSBURGH PIRATES IP H R ER BB SO HR Rip Sewell [L] 3.00 6 5 5 0 1 2 Sam Leever 5.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS Harry Brecheen [W] 9.00 0 0 0 0 5 0 SO--Bill Mazeroski, Gus Suhr, Johnny Gooch, Ralph Kiner (2), Enos Slaughter.
Game 2: Pittsburgh 4, St. Louis 1
After the no-hitter, the Pirates bounced back with 10 hits and a strong pitching effort by Babe Adams. All of the Pirates’ runs came via homers: Paul Waner and Honus Wagner with solo shots in the second and fifth innings, respectively, and a two-run blast by Pie Traynor in the ninth inning. Adams limited the Cardinals to six hits and one walk in 8+ innings. The Cardinals’ only run came in the fifth inning when Jim Bottomley singled, moved around the bases and scored on a wild pitch. St. Louis twice had runners on second and third base with less than two outs, but came up empty both times.
00 PITTSBURGH PIRATES (4) AT 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (1) 00 PITTSBURGH PIRATE AB R H BI 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINA AB R H BI Honus Wagner 5 1 1 1 Enos Slaughter 4 0 0 0 Pie Traynor 5 1 2 2 Joe Medwick 4 0 0 0 Arky Vaughan 4 0 1 0 Rogers Hornsby 4 0 1 0 Ralph Kiner 5 0 1 0 Stan Musial 4 0 0 0 Paul Waner 4 1 2 1 Johnny Mize 3 0 1 0 Lloyd Waner 4 0 1 0 Jim Bottomley 4 1 3 0 Gus Suhr 4 0 0 0 Ken Boyer 3 0 0 0 Johnny Gooch 3 0 2 0 Red Schoendienst 3 0 0 0 Bill Mazeroski 4 1 0 0 Jimmie Wilson 3 0 1 0 TOTALS 38 4 10 4 TOTALS 32 1 6 0 00 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 010 010 002 -- 4 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 000 010 000 -- 1 LOB--00 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 9, 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 5. ERR--Rogers Hornsby. 2B--Paul Waner, Pie Traynor, Lloyd Waner, Jim Bottomley (2), Jimmie Wilson. HR--Paul Waner, Pie Traynor, Honus Wagner. 00 PITTSBURGH PIRATES IP H R ER BB SO HR Babe Adams [W] 8.00 6 1 1 1 3 0 Roy Face [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS Mort Cooper [L] 8.00 7 2 2 2 4 2 Howie Pollet 1.00 3 2 2 0 0 1 WP--Babe Adams. SO--Bill Mazeroski, Pie Traynor, Gus Suhr, Honus Wagner, Stan Musial, Johnny Mize, Red Schoendienst, Jimmie Wilson. BB--Arky Vaughan, Johnny Gooch, Johnny Mize.
Game 3: Pittsburgh 5, St. Louis 4
A four-run fourth inning by the Pirates helped them to a 2-1 series lead. St. Louis led 2-1 at the time, but Gus Suhr and Bill Mazeroski had RBI singles and Honus Wagner provided an RBI double. The Cardinals got two runs back in the top of the fifth on a two-run homer by Stan Musial, but that would be the end of the scoring for both teams. St. Louis advanced runners to third base in the seventh and to second base in the eighth, but couldn’t bring them home.
00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (4) AT 00 PITTSBURGH PIRATES (5) 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINA AB R H BI 00 PITTSBURGH PIRATE AB R H BI Enos Slaughter 4 0 2 0 Honus Wagner 3 1 2 1 Joe Medwick 4 2 2 0 Pie Traynor 4 0 1 1 Rogers Hornsby 4 0 1 1 Arky Vaughan 4 0 1 0 Stan Musial 4 1 1 2 Ralph Kiner 4 0 1 0 Johnny Mize 3 1 1 0 Paul Waner 2 1 0 0 Jim Bottomley 4 0 1 1 Lloyd Waner 4 1 1 0 Ken Boyer 4 0 0 0 Gus Suhr 3 1 1 1 Red Schoendienst 4 0 0 0 Johnny Gooch 4 0 0 0 Jimmie Wilson 4 0 0 0 Bill Mazeroski 4 1 1 1 TOTALS 35 4 8 4 TOTALS 32 5 8 4 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 011 020 000 -- 4 00 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 001 400 00x -- 5 LOB--00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 7, 00 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 7. ERR--Red Schoendienst, Bill Mazeroski (2). 2B--Johnny Mize, Jim Bottomley, Joe Medwick (2), Honus Wagner (2), Ralph Kiner. 3B--Enos Slaughter. HR--Stan Musial. SB--Rogers Hornsby, Pie Traynor. 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR Dizzy Dean [L] 8.00 8 5 5 4 3 0 00 PITTSBURGH PIRATES Howie Camnitz [W] 9.00 8 4 4 3 4 1 PB--Jimmie Wilson. WP--Howie Camnitz. SO--Joe Medwick, Jimmie Wilson (2), Ken Boyer, Bill Mazeroski, Arky Vaughan, Gus Suhr. BB--Johnny Mize, Joe Medwick, Enos Slaughter, Paul Waner (2), Gus Suhr, Honus Wagner.
Game 4: Pittsburgh 2, St. Louis 1
After being no-hit by Harry Brecheen in game 1, the Pirates didn’t waste any time in this one, as Honus Wagner led off the bottom of the first with a single. He stole second, went to third on a groundout and scored on Arky Vaughan’s sacrifice fly for the early lead. The Pirates made it 2-0 in the second inning when Paul Waner and Lloyd Waner hit back-to-back doubles. The Pirates’ Rip Sewell scattered eight hits, one of them a solo home run to Red Schoendienst for the Cardinals’ only run in the eighth inning. He stranded a Cardinal runner on second base in five different innings.
00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (1) AT 00 PITTSBURGH PIRATES (2) 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINA AB R H BI 00 PITTSBURGH PIRATE AB R H BI Enos Slaughter 4 0 1 0 Honus Wagner 4 1 2 0 Joe Medwick 4 0 1 0 Pie Traynor 4 0 0 0 Rogers Hornsby 4 0 0 0 Arky Vaughan 3 0 0 1 Stan Musial 4 0 0 0 Ralph Kiner 2 0 0 0 Johnny Mize 4 0 2 0 Paul Waner 3 1 2 0 Jim Bottomley 4 0 1 0 Lloyd Waner 3 0 1 1 Ken Boyer 4 0 1 0 Gus Suhr 2 0 1 0 Red Schoendienst 3 1 1 1 Johnny Gooch 3 0 0 0 Jimmie Wilson 3 0 1 0 Bill Mazeroski 3 0 0 0 TOTALS 34 1 8 1 TOTALS 27 2 6 2 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 000 000 010 -- 1 00 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 110 000 00x -- 2 LOB--00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 6, 00 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 4. 2B--Jimmie Wilson, Ken Boyer, Paul Waner, Lloyd Waner. HR--Red Schoendienst. SACF--Arky Vaughan. SB--Honus Wagner (2). 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR Harry Brecheen [L] 8.00 6 2 2 2 4 0 00 PITTSBURGH PIRATES Rip Sewell [W] 9.00 8 1 1 0 3 1 SO--Johnny Mize, Red Schoendienst, Enos Slaughter, Pie Traynor, Johnny Gooch, Lloyd Waner (2). BB--Gus Suhr, Ralph Kiner.
Game 5: Pittsburgh 3, St. Louis 2
Forbes Field went crazy as the Pirates pulled off a ninth-inning comeback, walking off with the series victory. The Cardinals led 2-0 after six innings and 2-1 heading to the bottom of the ninth. Arky Vaughan led off with a walk. The Cardinals’ Mort Cooper, who had only given up two hits to that point, was lifted for closer Lindy McDaniel. After the first out of the inning, Paul Waner tripled, scoring Vaughan and tying the game. After the second out, Gus Suhr blooped a single over the second baseman’s head, sending Waner home with the winning run. Two of the Pirates’ four hits came in the final inning. St. Louis had taken a 2-0 lead in the third inning when Enos Slaughter hit a solo homer, Joe Medwick doubled and Rogers Hornsby had an RBI single. The Cardinals managed four more hits, but didn’t get another runner past second base. The Pirates got a leadoff solo home run from Ralph Kiner in the seventh inning for their first run.
00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (2) AT 00 PITTSBURGH PIRATES (3) 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINA AB R H BI 00 PITTSBURGH PIRATE AB R H BI Enos Slaughter 4 1 1 1 Honus Wagner 4 0 0 0 Joe Medwick 4 1 2 0 Pie Traynor 4 0 1 0 Rogers Hornsby 4 0 2 1 Arky Vaughan 3 1 0 0 Stan Musial 3 0 0 0 Ralph Kiner 2 1 1 1 Johnny Mize 4 0 1 0 Paul Waner 3 1 1 1 Jim Bottomley 3 0 1 0 Lloyd Waner 4 0 0 0 Ken Boyer 3 0 0 0 Gus Suhr 4 0 1 1 Red Schoendienst 4 0 0 0 Johnny Gooch 3 0 0 0 Jimmie Wilson 3 0 0 0 Bill Mazeroski 3 0 0 0 TOTALS 32 2 7 2 TOTALS 30 3 4 3 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 002 000 000 -- 2 00 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 000 000 102 -- 3 LOB--00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 6, 00 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 5. 2B--Johnny Mize, Joe Medwick, Pie Traynor. 3B--Paul Waner. HR--Enos Slaughter, Ralph Kiner. 00 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR Mort Cooper 8.00 2 2 2 4 6 1 Lindy McDaniel [L] 0.67 2 1 1 0 0 0 00 PITTSBURGH PIRATES Babe Adams 8.00 7 2 2 2 3 1 Ray Kremer [W] 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 SO--Rogers Hornsby, Jim Bottomley, Joe Medwick, Bill Mazeroski (2), Arky Vaughan, Gus Suhr, Johnny Gooch, Honus Wagner. BB--Stan Musial, Jim Bottomley, Ken Boyer, Paul Waner, Arky Vaughan, Ralph Kiner (2).
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