Walters vs Brecheen
St. Louis 5 Cincinnati 1
The Cardinals jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the 3rd on a Stan Musial single only to see the Reds tie it up the next inning on a Woody Williams single. St. Louis regained the lead in the 5th when a Ray Sander's triple plated two for a 3-1 lead. Red's starter, Bucky Walters, kept Cincinnati in the game until LF'er Danny Litwhiler unloaded to the RF bleachers for two insurance runs ending the scoring and giving the Redbirds their 20th win of the season, 5-1.
Heusser vs Munger
St. Louis 3 Cincinnati 2
The high octane St. Louis Cardinals machine sputtered along for most of this game until the offense found just enough gas to pull the game out. Cincinnati starter, Ed Heusser, was pitching a gem of a game and for 7 innings the Cardinal offense was clueless. Single runs by the Reds in the third and fourth innings had given them a 2-0 lead that they took into the bottom of the 8th. Whether Heusser began to tire or the Cards realized they were about to be shutout of the first time this season, the offense came to life as they opened the frame with five consecutive hits that netted them 3 runs with the third one coming on an Emil Verban single to center that gave the Redbirds a 3-2 lead. That was all they needed as closer Blix Donnelly came on in the 9th to earn the save.
Shoun vs Cooper
St. Louis 7 Cincinnati 0
The Cardinal offense had no problem getting untracked in the first game of the doubleheader as they they scored in the second and 3 more in the 3rd aided by a Danny Litwhiler HR, his second of the series, to take a 4- 0 lead after 3. St. Louis put up another 3 spot in the 5th to take an unsurmontable 7-0 lead. The star of the game, however, belonged to Card's starter, Mort Cooper who tossed a nifty 6 hit shutout to run his record to 4-2 on the year.
de la Cruz vs Wilks
St. Louis 3 Cincinnati 0
The second game of the doubleheader was much like the first. St. Louis scored in the third inning on a Johnny Hopp single and then 2 more in the 4th on a single by Whitey Kurowski for a 3-0 lead. As it turned out that was all the scoring in the game as Ted Wilks duplicated Cooper's pitching gem earlier in the day with one of his own in the nightcap. Wilks scattered 5 hits as he shutdown the Cincinnati offense in route to the 3-0 win. The victory and sweep of the Redlegs raised the Cardinals season record to 23-5.
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