Starting Lineups:
Boston Braves St. Louis Cardinals
1. Stanky 2b Diering cf
2. Fletcher 1b Schoendienst 2b
3. Dark ss Musial rf
4. B. Elliott 3b Jones 1b
5. Sauer cf Slaughter lf
6. Holmes rf Klein ss
7. Sisti lf D. Rice c
8. Crandall c Glaviano 3b
9. Spahn p Brecheen p
BRAVES 1ST: Stanky grounded out (third to first); Fletcher made
an out to third; Dark walked; B. Elliott homered to left [Dark
scored]; Sauer was hit by a pitch; Holmes grounded out (second
to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Cardinals 0.
CARDINALS 1ST: Diering lined to left; Schoendienst grounded out
(third to first); Musial doubled to right; Jones grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Cardinals
0.
BRAVES 2ND: Sisti grounded out (second to first); Crandall
struck out; Spahn flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 2, Cardinals 0.
CARDINALS 2ND: Slaughter made an out to second; Klein grounded
out (third to first); D. Rice singled to third; Glaviano singled
[D. Rice to second]; Brecheen flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB. Braves 2, Cardinals 0.
BRAVES 3RD: Stanky was called out on strikes; Fletcher singled;
Dark flied out to left; B. Elliott singled to left [Fletcher to
second]; Sauer homered to left [Fletcher scored, B. Elliott
scored]; Holmes grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Braves 5, Cardinals 0.
CARDINALS 3RD: Diering popped to first in foul territory;
Schoendienst singled to right; Musial flied out to right; Jones
forced Schoendienst (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 5, Cardinals 0.
BRAVES 4TH: WILKS REPLACED BRECHEEN (PITCHING); Sisti flied out
to center; Crandall doubled to left; Spahn flied out to center;
Stanky flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 5,
Cardinals 0.
CARDINALS 4TH: Slaughter homered to right-center; Klein flied
out to center; D. Rice grounded out (third to first); Glaviano
flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 5, Cardinals 1.
BRAVES 5TH: Fletcher reached on an error by Wilks (assist by
Jones); Dark flied out to center; B. Elliott flied out to
center; Sauer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Braves 5,
Cardinals 1.
CARDINALS 5TH: Wilks struck out; Diering flied to left in foul
territory; Schoendienst lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Braves 5, Cardinals 1.
BRAVES 6TH: Holmes singled to center; RICKERT BATTED FOR SISTI;
Rickert flied out to center; Crandall singled to left [Holmes to
second]; Spahn made an out to shortstop; Stanky singled to
center [Holmes scored, Crandall to third, Stanky to second
(error by Diering)]; no one caught the throw in; Fletcher
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Braves 6,
Cardinals 1.
CARDINALS 6TH: RICKERT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Musial flied
out to center; Jones singled to center; Slaughter lined to
center; Klein struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 6,
Cardinals 1.
BRAVES 7TH: Dark was called out on strikes; B. Elliott flied out
to center; Sauer lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves
6, Cardinals 1.
CARDINALS 7TH: D. Rice struck out; Glaviano flied out to left;
BAKER BATTED FOR WILKS; Baker struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 6, Cardinals 1.
BRAVES 8TH: REEDER REPLACED BAKER (PITCHING); Holmes grounded
out (shortstop to first); Rickert singled to right; Crandall
flied out to right; Spahn singled to right [Rickert to third];
Stanky grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Braves 6, Cardinals 1.
CARDINALS 8TH: Diering doubled to right; Schoendienst hit into a
double play to right [Diering out at third (right to third)];
Musial walked; Jones flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 6, Cardinals 1.
BRAVES 9TH: Fletcher walked; Dark out on a sacrifice bunt (third
to first) [Fletcher to second]; B. Elliott walked; Sauer singled
[Fletcher scored, B. Elliott to third]; Holmes flied out to
right [B. Elliott scored]; Rickert flied out to center; 2 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 8, Cardinals 1.
CARDINALS 9TH: Slaughter singled to first; Klein flied out to
right; D. Rice popped to first in foul territory; Glaviano
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 8,
Cardinals 1.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Braves 8 11 0 8
Cardinals 1 8 2 7