GAME 1 - Sportsman Park - STL 6, PIT 1
Lee Meadows vs Al Brazle
Al Braze was nursing a 2-1 lead, courtesy of a 2 run blast by Walker Cooper in the 2nd, until the troops rallied for 3 runs in the home half of the 7th to chase Meadows from the hill. With two out, that man...Stan Musial, knocked in 2 with a triple then scored on Kurowski's clean single to right. Marty Marion would shoot an RBI single to right in the 8th to make it 6-1. Brazle went the distance by scattering 7 hits and fanning 3 without walking a batter.
Cardinals lead series 1-0
GAME 2 - Sportsman Park - STL 4, PIT 3
Carmen Hill vs Max Lanier
The Redbirds struck for 2 runs in both the first and the third to give Max Lanier a 4-1 lead. Once again it was Stan Musial doing the damage. This time "the man" hit a 2 run shot in the 1st and an RBI single in the 3rd. Clyde Barnhardt's solo shot with one out in the 6th made it 4-2 and Glenn Wright's RBI single in the 9th cut it to a 1 run Cardinal lead. Lanier was facing a man on 1st with 1 out was able to get the next two batters to ground out weakly to second to close out the complete game performance.
Cardinals lead series 2-0
GAME 3 - Forbes Field - PIT 9, STL 2
Mort Cooper vs Ray Kremer
Cooper who for years was one of the stalwarts of the Cardinal staff had nothing as evidenced by the 6 run outburst by the Bucs in the bottom of the 2nd. Pittsburgh needed this game to stay alive in the series and won this one in convincing style. Ray Kremer would go the distance and give up just 2 runs He threw just 97 pitches in a very tidy outing. Buc second sacker George Grantham hit two homers and knocked in 3 to pace the Steeltown offense. Glenn Wright was also big going 3 for 3 with 2 RBI's.
Cardinals lead series 2-1
GAME 4 - Forbes Field - PIT 4, STL 3 (13 inn)
Howie Pollet vs Vic Aldridge
Vic Aldridge had little margin for error as he gamely
protected a 3-2 lead until the Cards tied it up in the 8th on a double by guess who...Yes, Stan Musial. Once again, "the Man" put a crip in Pittsburgh's plans to extend the series. Thankfully Johnny Miljus was able to come on board and get the final 2 outs of the inning and at least preserve the tie. Miljus would weave his magic for 5 1/3 scoreless innings of relief until his mates could finally push across the game winning run in the bottom of the 13th. With one out Lloyd "little poison" Waner singled to right. Barnhart followed with a knock of his own. That set the stage for "Big Poison" Paul Waner to win it with a clean single to center to score his brother and tie the series.
Series tied 2-2
GAME 5 - Sportsman Park - STL 7, PIT 0
Lee Meadows vs Al Brazle
So far the home team had won all 4 games played. Would this pattern repeat ? It sure would and in a very big way. St. Louis did not disappoint the hometown fans who must have thought that a game 5 would never have been played being the Redbirds left St. Louis up 2-0. The Cards would score their first run in the bottom of the first on a ground out by Whitey Kurowski. Starting in the 3rd inning the Cards would score 2 runs in each of the next 3 innings to go up 7-0. If they had TV broadcasts back then the few fans that owned a Dumont console would have been shutting them off in Pittsburgh knowing their boys were going down for the count. Kurowksi would knock in 3 runs on the day including a 2 run blast in the 3rd. Tablesetters Marty Marion
and Harry "the Hat" Walker each had 2 hits and scored runs. Musial took the collar for the first time in the series, but his team didn't need his output at all as Al Brazle kept the Bucs off stride all day and cruised to a 5 hit shutout even though he walked 4 and did not fan even a single batter.
Cardinals win series 3-2
