As the higher seed, the 1934 Cardinals will host the first two games of the best-of-seven championship series at Sportsman's Park. The next three games (if Game 5 is necessary) will be played in Cleveland and the final two games, if needed, will be in St. Louis again. The opening game featured a matchup of Hall of Fame fireballers, Dizzy Dean vs. Bob Feller.
The Cardinals jumped out to an early lead when Ripper Collins doubled with two outs in the bottom of the first. Catcher Bill Delancey then launched a drive that just cleared the right field screen to put St. Louis up 2-0. Feller settled down after that and did not allow another run through his five innings. Cleveland reliever Bob Muncrief followed with three scoreless frames to keep the game close.
Dean continued his mound dominance, taking a no-hitter into the seventh when Lou Boudreau beat out an infield single. Ol' Diz did not allow a run through eight innings, marking 22 scoreless frames thus far in the tournament. In the top of the ninth, Wally Judnich (pinch hitting for Jim Hegan) led off with a double. Hank Edwards (pinch hitting for Muncrief) followed with a single to put men at the corners with nobody out. Dale Mitchell then hit a sacrifice fly to right that scored Cleveland's first run. Larry Doby came to the plate representing the go-ahead run, but grounded into a 4-6-3 double play to end the game.
The Indians will look to even the series in Game 2.
St. Louis 2, Cleveland 1
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