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1942 Baseball Replay |
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Cards
still alive, force final game in NL playoff BROOKLYN
(Oct. 2) -- The St. Louis Cardinals bounced back from a Game 1 loss to
the Brooklyn Dodgers, nipping Brooklyn, 4-3, on a clutch eighth-inning
hit by Walker Cooper, forcing a final showdown in Game 3 for the National
League flag. Cooper’s
hit, a double that scored Enos Slaughter from second, broke a 3-3
tie, and Cards starter Johnny
Beazley shut down Brooklyn in their final two at bats to seal the
win. Beazley,
who had been a reliable stopper for St. Louis all season, had control
problems early, but made key pitches when needed to keep his team in the
game. Meanwhile, Dodgers starter Curt Davis had problems of his
own, finding himself down, 2-0, after allowing back-to-back hits to the
first two batters he faced, who later scored on a ribbie double by Stan
Musial and a sacrifice fly by Cooper. Three
walks and a pair of hits off of Beazley helped Brooklyn tie the score in
the second, before Davis’ ribbie single in the fourth put Brooklyn up,
3-2. Beazley then settled in allowing just one hit and holding Brooklyn
scoreless over the next five innings, enabling the Cards to capitalize
on Cooper’s tie-breaking double in the eighth. The two teams will meet again tomorrow night at Ebbets Field in the final playoff game that will decide the National League championship. Brooklyn upends Cards in playoff opener ST.
LOUIS (Sept. 30) -- Dixie Walker’s bases loaded double off of Mort
Cooper with two out in the eighth inning lifted Brooklyn to a 4-2
win in Game 1 of the best-of-three playoff for the National League
pennant. Cooper,
who had breezed through seven innings, took a 2-1 lead into the eighth
before loading the bases on back-to-back walks to Dolph Camilli
and Ducky Medwick with Pee Wee Reese on third. Walker, who
had singled in three previous at bats, then lined a hanging curve ball
to the gap in right center, clearing the bases and putting Brooklyn on
top, 4-2. The
Cardinals mounted a comeback in their half of the eighth, loading the
bases off of reliever Larry French, before the Dodgers went to
the bullpen for the fourth time, calling on their ace fireman Hugh
Casey, who struck out Whitey Kurowski and Johnny Hopp
to end the inning. Cooper,
a 21-game winner for St. Louis, had allowed one run on only three hits
before running into trouble in the eighth. Meanwhile, Dodgers starter Kirby
Higbe, despite issuing five walks, held St. Louis to just two runs
in six innings of work before being lifted for a pinch hitter in the
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National League Playoff Schedule Brooklyn
Dodgers Game 1
- Sept. 30 Game 2
- Oct. 2 Game 3
- Oct. 3 |
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