Editor’s note: The 1948 Tournament games are being played with Strat-o-Matic cards and dice. Injuries will only be used during the game when they occur. For this tournament, the rules include a three-man pitching rotation using the best lineups available. The first and second round series will be the best two of three games. The semifinals are best of five, while the championship series is the best of seven.
Harry Brecheen threw a three-hit shut out to give St. Louis a two games to one lead in the best of five semifinal series with the Chicago in the 1948 Tournament as the Cardinals beat the Cubs 4-0 in Wrigley Field.
The Cardinals will try to clinch the series and move onto the finals with Howie Pollet (1-1) on the mound in game four. Chicago has Bob Rush (1-1) getting the ball hoping to send the series to a fifth contest.
Brecheen (3-0) didn’t allow a hit until Peanuts Lowrey singled with two out in the sixth. The Cardinal hurler fanned nine without a walk. He gave up singles in the eighth to Phil Cavarretta and Hal Jeffcoat, but the Cubs couldn’t score.
Cubs starter Russ Meyer (1-2) was able to match Brecheen until the seventh inning when the Cardinals scored the first run of the contest on a RBI single by Stan Musial.
St. Louis sent Meyer to the showers in the ninth as the Cardinals put the game away with three runs.
Marty Marion had a RBI triple that was followed by a double by Enos Slaughter that made it 3-0. Musial capped the rally with a RBI single off Chicago’s Bob Chipman.
Slaughter topped the Cardinals with three hits, while Red Schoendienst, Marion and Musial had two hits each.
1948 Tournament
Semifinal Results
(N1) Boston Braves vs. (N6) Philadelphia Phillies
Phillies lead series 2-1; 0-8, 8-4, 3-2
(N8) Chicago Cubs vs (N2) St. Louis Cardinals
Cardinals lead series 2-1, 5-8, 4-3, 4-0
Second Round Results
(N1) Boston Braves vs. (A5) Detroit Tigers, Braves 15-6, 9-2
(N6) Philadelphia Phillies vs. (A2) Boston Red Sox, Phillies 11-3, 4-3
(N8) Chicago Cubs vs (N5) New York Giants, Cubs 5-2, 3-0
(N3) Brooklyn Dodgers vs. (N2) St. Louis Cardinals, Cardinals 5-4, 5-3
First Round Results
(N1) Boston Braves vs. (A8) Chicago White Sox, Braves 12-4, 5-0
(A5) Detroit Tigers vs. (N4) Pittsburgh Pirates, Tigers 11-4, 1-0
(A3) New York Yankees vs. (N6) Philadelphia Phillies, Phillies 6-2, 5-2
(N7) Cincinnati Reds vs. (A2) Boston Red Sox, Red Sox 20-1, 3-4, 9-5
(A1) Cleveland Indians vs. (N8) Chicago Cubs, Cubs 4-0, 1-3, 11-0
(N5) New York Giants vs. (A4) Philadelphia A’s, Giants 5-2, 6-1
(N3) Brooklyn Dodgers vs. (A6) St. Louis Browns, Dodgers 5-0, 6-3
(A7) Washington Senators vs. (N2) St. Louis Cardinals, Cardinals 3-0, 5-4