For my next game with the 1948 teams the Red Sox took on the Cardinals at Sportsman's Park. These two teams met in the World Series two years earlier and finished second in their respective leagues in 1948. Boston actually finished in a tie for first in the American League but lost a pennant-deciding playoff game against Cleveland. St. Louis started its 20-game winner Harry "the Cat" Brecheen (2.24 ERA) and the Red Sox gave the ball to Mel Parnell (15-8, 3.14 ERA).
Boston centerfielder Dom DiMaggio led off the game with a double. Two batters later, Ted Williams sent him home with a single. In the top of the third, the Splendid Splinter drove in his second run with a double that plated Billy Goodman. In the bottom of the frame, Red Schoendienst put St. Louis on the board with an RBI double of his own. He advanced to third on a ground out and then came home on Stan Musial's RBI grounder.
The game remained tied 2-2 until the bottom of the fifth when a Schoendienst single and walks to Musial and Nippy Jones loaded the bases. Cardinal third baseman Don Lang then singled to drive in a pair. Stan the Man added to the St. Louis lead with a solo homer to lead off the seventh. Later in the inning, back-to-back doubles by Terry Moore and Marty Marion put the Cards up by four. Brecheen held the Red Sox in check the rest of the way to lock down the win for the home team.
St. Louis 6, Boston 2
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