Polo Grounds, New York
Lanier vs Maglie
St. Louis 8 New York 2
The Cardinals took their offensive show on the road to New York and the cozy confines of the Polo Grounds. St. Louis didn't get their offense untracked until the 8th inning when, leading 2-0, they erupted for four runs in the top of the inning and tacked on two more in the 9th as they defeated the Giants 8-2 in the opener of the four game series. The Redbirds banged out 14 hits which included a 3 for 5 day for Walker Cooper who also scored a run and drove in 2. Johnny Hopp contributed a double and triple from the leadoff spot. Max Lanier went 7 innings to get the win and improve his record to 4-0 with a 2.16 ERA.
Polo Grounds, New York
Brecheen vs Voiselle
St. Louis 10 New York 6
Game two played out nothing like the final score indicates. The Cards had to scrape and claw to win this one. Starter, Harry Brecheen, had nothing this day as he was pulled early giving up 5 hits and 5 runs (1 earned) in only 3 innings and left trailing 5-0. The teams traded runs in the 4th and the Cards added 2 in 5th and one more in the 6th to narrow the Giant's lead to 2, 6-4. It stayed like that until the 8th when Marty Marion, Emil Verban and PH'er Ken O'Dea lead off the inning with consecutive singles to make the score 6-5. One out latter, Walker Cooper singled in the tying run. As has been their pattern this season St. Louis again scored late in the game to break things open this time with a 4 spot in the top of the 9th with the big blow coming on a 3 run HR to right by Johnny Hopp that traveled only 269 feet. St. Louis takes game 2 with a 10-6 victory.
Polo Grounds, New York
Munger vs Feldman
St. Louis 4 New York 1
For the third day in a row, the Cards and Giants were locked up in another close contest that kept the home town crowd on their feet until the end of the game. St. Louis took the early lead in the 4th inning on a Stan Musial RBI double but the Giants knotted it up in the 6th on an Ernie Lombardi HR to left that traveled 300 feet. The Cardinals came right back in the top of the 7th as Marty Marion drove in Danny Litwhiler who had just tripled giving the visitors a 2-1 lead. As the game entered the 9th inning, the New York fans were hoping that their team could keep the visitors off the board in the top of the inning and win it in the bottom but it was not to be. For the third straight game St. Louis added insurance runs in the 9th inning on a solo HR by Ray Sanders (261 feet) and a SAC fly by Emil Verban. Red Munger retired the Giants in the bottom of the 9th as he tosses a complete game and gets his third win (3-0, 2.68), 4-1.
Polo Grounds, New York
Cooper vs Mungo
St. Louis 5 New York 1
The New York fans had high hopes that their team could salvage the last game of the series from St. Louis as their ace, Van Mungo, was on the mound sporting a league leading .96 ERA. The Cards responded with their own ace, Mort Cooper, who was having a fine season of his own. The fans got what they expected to see as both pitchers were tossing goose eggs for the first 4 innings. Mungo surrendered 2 harmless singles to "The Man" and Cooper matched him giving up singles to George Hausmann and Mel Ott. The Cardinals, once again, were the first to strike as Danny Litwhiler stroked a leadoff doubled, advanced to 3rd on a Mungo wild pitch and scored on Marty Marion's single for a 1-0 lead. The Redbirds duplicated that scenario in the 7th to score it's second run this time on a Johnny Hopp double and a Walker Cooper single. St. Louis broke the game open against Mungo in the 8th as they scored 3 more times on RBI singles by Musial, Whitey Kurowski, and Marion for a 5-0 lead. Ernie Lombardi broke up Mort Cooper's shutout with a 9th inning HR. Cooper raises his record to 5-2 while lowering his ERA to 1.71. St. Louis completes its second consecutive sweep of their opponents and stretch their winning streak to 9 games, their season record to 27-5 and clinch the division title.
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