The 1934 St. Louis Cardinals won the opener, but the 1946 Boston Red Sox came back to win the next three to claim the series victory. The Red Sox (8-8) got back to .500, while the Cardinals (4-12) went 1-3 for the fourth straight week.
Boston’s Dave Ferriss became the league’s first four-game winner and is 4-0 after four starts with his shutout in the finale. St. Louis’ Tex Carleton had a shutout of his own in the opener.
Boston won despite hitting .198 for the series compared to St. Louis’ .233. Johnny Pesky batted .385 (5-for-13) to lead the Red Sox. Virgil Davis hit .400 (6-for-15) for the Cardinals.
Game #1: St. Louis 2, Boston 0
Two guys named Tex — Carleton for the Cardinals, Hughson for the Red Sox — put on a tremendous pitchers’ duel. It was tied 0-0 heading to the ninth. Neither pitcher had allowed a runner to make it to third base at that point. In the top of the ninth, Hughson finally made one bad pitch, and the Cardinals’ Joe Medwick slammed a two-run homer for what turned out to be the game-winner.
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI 1946 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI
Pepper Martin 4 0 0 0 George Metkovich 4 0 1 0
Jack Rothrock 2 0 0 0 Johnny Pesky 3 0 0 0
Frankie Frisch 4 1 0 0 Ted Williams 4 0 0 0
Joe Medwick 4 1 1 2 Bobby Doerr 3 0 1 0
Ripper Collins 4 0 1 0 Rudy York 4 0 0 0
Virgil Davis 3 0 0 0 Dom DiMaggio 3 0 0 0
Ernie Orsatti 3 0 1 0 Rip Russell 3 0 1 0
Leo Durocher 3 0 1 0 Hal Wagner 2 0 0 0
Tex Carleton CYZ 3 0 0 0 Tex Hughson BXZ 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 30 2 4 2 TOTALS 29 0 3 0
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 000 000 002 -- 2
1946 BOSTON RED SOX 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 4, 1946 BOSTON RED SOX 5.
ERR--Ripper Collins. 2B--Ripper Collins, Bobby Doerr.
HR--Joe Medwick. SACB--Johnny Pesky.
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tex Carleton CYZ [W] 9.00 3 0 0 2 5 0
1946 BOSTON RED SOX
Tex Hughson BXZ [L] 9.00 4 2 2 3 6 1
Game #2: Boston 8, St. Louis 5
The Red Sox bats woke up in this one as Boston slugged three home runs. Bobby Doerr had a two-run shot in the fourth inning to give the Red Sox a 2-1 lead. Ted Williams hit a three-run blast in a four-run fifth inning. Johnny Pesky added a two-run homer in the seventh. It was 8-2 entering the ninth and the Cardinals were able to halve the deficit, including a solo homer from Virgil Davis, but they got no closer.
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI 1946 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI
Pepper Martin 3 0 0 0 George Metkovich 3 2 2 1
Jack Rothrock 4 1 1 0 Johnny Pesky 3 2 2 2
Frankie Frisch 3 1 2 1 Ted Williams 3 2 1 3
Joe Medwick 3 0 0 0 Bobby Doerr 4 1 1 2
Ripper Collins 4 1 1 0 Rudy York 2 0 0 0
Virgil Davis 4 1 3 2 Dom DiMaggio 4 0 1 0
Ernie Orsatti 4 1 1 0 Rip Russell 4 0 0 0
Leo Durocher 3 0 0 0 Hal Wagner 3 1 1 0
Bill DeLancey 1 0 1 1 Joe Dobson CY 1 0 0 0
Paul Dean BKZ 2 0 0 0
Burgess Whitehead 2 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 5 9 4 TOTALS 27 8 8 8
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 010 001 003 -- 5
1946 BOSTON RED SOX 000 240 20x -- 8
LOB--1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 4, 1946 BOSTON RED SOX 3.
2B--Bill DeLancey, Frankie Frisch, George Metkovich.
3B--Frankie Frisch, Dom DiMaggio. HR--Virgil Davis, Johnny
Pesky, Ted Williams, Bobby Doerr. SACB--Joe Dobson CY (2).
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Paul Dean BKZ [L] 6.33 8 8 8 5 3 3
Bill Hallahan CYW 1.67 0 0 0 1 0 0
1946 BOSTON RED SOX
Joe Dobson CY [W] 8.67 7 4 4 3 5 1
Clem Dreisewerd CZ 0.33 2 1 1 0 0 0
Game #3: Boston 6, St. Louis 3
Ted Williams drove in four runs with a two-run homer in the third inning and a two-RBI single in the fifth. Boston led 4-3 in the eighth and added two insurance runs on RBI singles by Dom DiMaggio and Rip Russell.
1946 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI 1934 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI
George Metkovich 5 2 2 0 Pepper Martin 4 2 1 0
Johnny Pesky 4 0 1 0 Jack Rothrock 5 0 1 0
Ted Williams 2 2 2 4 Frankie Frisch 4 1 1 1
Bobby Doerr 2 1 0 0 Joe Medwick 4 0 0 0
Rudy York 4 0 0 0 Ripper Collins 4 0 0 0
Dom DiMaggio 4 0 1 1 Virgil Davis 4 0 2 1
Rip Russell 4 0 1 1 Ernie Orsatti 2 0 1 0
Hal Wagner 4 0 0 0 Leo Durocher 4 0 1 0
Mickey Harris CX 3 1 0 0 Dizzy Dean AKZ 2 0 0 0
Wally Moses 1 0 0 0 Chick Fullis 1 0 0 0
Burgess Whitehead 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 6 7 6 TOTALS 35 3 7 2
1946 BOSTON RED SOX 002 020 020 -- 6
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 000 002 100 -- 3
LOB--1946 BOSTON RED SOX 5, 1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 8.
ERR--Johnny Pesky, Bobby Doerr, Ripper Collins. 2B--Johnny
Pesky. HR--Ted Williams. SACB--Johnny Pesky. SB--Pepper
Martin.
1946 BOSTON RED SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mickey Harris CX [W] 8.00 6 3 1 3 6 0
Jim Bagby CR [S] 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Dizzy Dean AKZ [L] 7.00 5 4 3 2 4 1
Jesse Haines CRZ 2.00 2 2 2 2 1 0
Game #4: Boston 4, St. Louis 0
Dave Ferriss gave up 10 hits but still pitched a shutout for the Red Sox. His defense turned five double plays, including one with the bases loaded in the ninth inning to end the contest. The Red Sox went up early on a two-run homer from Bobby Doerr in the first inning. Doerr also had an RBI single in the fifth, and Dom DiMaggio provided an RBI triple in the eighth.
1946 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI 1934 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI
George Metkovich 4 0 0 0 Pepper Martin 3 0 0 0
Johnny Pesky 3 0 2 0 Jack Rothrock 4 0 2 0
Ted Williams 4 1 0 0 Frankie Frisch 3 0 0 0
Bobby Doerr 5 1 2 3 Joe Medwick 4 0 2 0
Rudy York 2 1 1 0 Ripper Collins 4 0 2 0
Dom DiMaggio 4 0 1 1 Virgil Davis 4 0 1 0
Rip Russell 3 0 0 0 Ernie Orsatti 3 0 1 0
Hal Wagner 4 0 0 0 Leo Durocher 3 0 2 0
Dave Ferriss BZ 3 1 0 0 Bill Walker BYW 2 0 0 0
Burgess Whitehead 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 4 6 4 TOTALS 31 0 10 0
1946 BOSTON RED SOX 200 010 010 -- 4
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1946 BOSTON RED SOX 9, 1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 6.
2B--Jack Rothrock, Leo Durocher. 3B--Dom DiMaggio. HR--Bobby
Doerr. SACB--George Metkovich.
1946 BOSTON RED SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dave Ferriss BZ [W] 9.00 10 0 0 2 2 0
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Bill Walker BYW [L] 8.00 5 4 4 7 7 1
Dazzy Vance DX 1.00 1 0 0 0 2 0
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