2010-11 Holiday Festivus Tourny

GAME 5 - Ebbets Field – STL 2, BKN 1
Mort Cooper vs Vic Lombardi
Both starters pitched their hearts out, but to no avail, as the game headed to extra innings tied a 1-1. Cooper was given the impossible task of keeping Brooklyn off the scoreboard for 9 innings after Lou Klein led the game off with a homer to make it 1-0 Cards. Cooper looked like he was going to perform the impossible until pinch hitter Arky Vaugh tripled with 1 out in the bottom of the 9^th. “Pistol” Pete Reiser popped out to short for the second out of the inning. It all rested squarely on the shoulders of Rookie of the Year Jackie Robinson, who lined a single to right to send the game to extra innings. What a clutch 2 out hit by the man who has spent the whole 1947 season fighting against racist remarks and poor behavior by fans in visiting cities. Robinson attempted to steal second, but could not get a good jump and was eventually forced at second by a weak grounder by his keystone partner Reese. Neither  team scored in the 10^th. With one out in the 11^th Stan “the Man” Musial launched a tape measure shot into the middle of Bedford Avenue to put the Redbirds up 2-1 off of reliever Harry Taylor. Bruce Edwards would lead off the bottom of the 11^th with a clean single off of Cardinal reliever Howie Krist. Stanky would bunt him into scoring position for pinch hitter Gene Hermanski who grounded weakly to short. With Edwards on third with 2 out Reiser needed a hit to keep the game going. He would hit a 1 hop bullet back to the box that Krist would easily snare and toss to Sanders at first for the final out.
St. Louis leads series 3-2