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August 1, 1947
The Wilmington Morning Star
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina
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Brooklyn Dodgers beat St. Louis Cardinals 2-1 in ninth inning on Pee Wee Reese's triple, scoring Bruce Edwards. Vic Lombardi pitched the win, extending Dodgers' streak to 14. Controversial call in Cardinals' rally.
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Pee Wee Reese, whose tenth-inning single had nullified the Cards' dramatic uphill surge last night, came through with a ninth-inning triple today scoring Bruce Edwards who had singled. The winning smash hugged the fair side of the right field foul line.
The triumph, spun by little Vic Lombardi, only recently restored to grace as a regular starter, gave the Brooks their second longest winning string in history. The club record of 15 was established by Uncle Wilbert Robinson's Robins of 1924.
Just as in last night's game when the Cards came back to force the issue at the last second, the champs rallied in the last of the ninth after Reese's blow had broken a 1-1 tie.
Joe Medwick opened the home ninth with a double high off the right field 'screen.' Manager Eddie Dyer sent in Chuck Diering to run for Medwick and he took third base on Marty Marion's sacrifice bunt. With the tying run on third and one out, pinch hitter Terry Moore hit a hard smash to third baseman Johnny Jorgensen and the rookie tagged Diering off third for the second out.
Jorgensen's peg to first, trying for Moore, was low and got away from Jackie Robinson for a moment, precipitating an argument. Robinson tagged Moore, whom the Dodgers claimed had made a move to run for second base. Almost the entire Brooklyn team huddled around umpire Dusty Boggess for five minutes' arguing that Moore be declared out. Boggess ruled, however, that Moore did not make definite break for second and allowed him to remain on first.
Although Dyer sent in the fleet Joffre Cross to run for Moore, Howie Pollet ended his own game by flying out to Dixie Walker.
TOTALS
33 1-7 27 1 3
x-Ran for Medwick in 9th.
xx-Was safe on fielder's choice for Wilber in 9th.
xxx-Ran for Moore in 9th.
xxxx-Flied out for Pollet in 9th.
Errors Stanky, Musial, Reese. Runs batted in-Reiser, Slaughter, Reese. Two base hits - Reiser, Dusak, Medwick. Three base hit-Reese. Sacrifice-Musial Marion. Double play-Marion, Schoendienst and Musial; Schoendienst, Marion and Musial; Marion and Musial; Kurowski, Marion and Schoendienst. Left on bases-Brooklyn 8: St. Louis 8. Bases on balls-Lombardi 1. Pollet 3. Strikeouts- Lombardi 1. Umpires-Jordan, Boggess and Barr. Time 2:20. Attendance 21,873
The triumph, spun by little Vic Lombardi, only recently restored to grace as a regular starter, gave the Brooks their second longest winning string in history. The club record of 15 was established by Uncle Wilbert Robinson's Robins of 1924.
Just as in last night's game when the Cards came back to force the issue at the last second, the champs rallied in the last of the ninth after Reese's blow had broken a 1-1 tie.
Joe Medwick opened the home ninth with a double high off the right field 'screen.' Manager Eddie Dyer sent in Chuck Diering to run for Medwick and he took third base on Marty Marion's sacrifice bunt. With the tying run on third and one out, pinch hitter Terry Moore hit a hard smash to third baseman Johnny Jorgensen and the rookie tagged Diering off third for the second out.
Jorgensen's peg to first, trying for Moore, was low and got away from Jackie Robinson for a moment, precipitating an argument. Robinson tagged Moore, whom the Dodgers claimed had made a move to run for second base. Almost the entire Brooklyn team huddled around umpire Dusty Boggess for five minutes' arguing that Moore be declared out. Boggess ruled, however, that Moore did not make definite break for second and allowed him to remain on first.
Although Dyer sent in the fleet Joffre Cross to run for Moore, Howie Pollet ended his own game by flying out to Dixie Walker.
TOTALS
33 1-7 27 1 3
x-Ran for Medwick in 9th.
xx-Was safe on fielder's choice for Wilber in 9th.
xxx-Ran for Moore in 9th.
xxxx-Flied out for Pollet in 9th.
Errors Stanky, Musial, Reese. Runs batted in-Reiser, Slaughter, Reese. Two base hits - Reiser, Dusak, Medwick. Three base hit-Reese. Sacrifice-Musial Marion. Double play-Marion, Schoendienst and Musial; Schoendienst, Marion and Musial; Marion and Musial; Kurowski, Marion and Schoendienst. Left on bases-Brooklyn 8: St. Louis 8. Bases on balls-Lombardi 1. Pollet 3. Strikeouts- Lombardi 1. Umpires-Jordan, Boggess and Barr. Time 2:20. Attendance 21,873
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
Personal Triumph
What themes does it cover?
Triumph
Survival
What keywords are associated?
Baseball Game
Dodgers Victory
Ninth Inning Triple
Winning Streak
Cardinals Rally
Umpire Dispute
What entities or persons were involved?
Pee Wee Reese
Vic Lombardi
Bruce Edwards
Joe Medwick
Eddie Dyer
Chuck Diering
Marty Marion
Terry Moore
Johnny Jorgensen
Jackie Robinson
Dusty Boggess
Howie Pollet
Dixie Walker
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Key Persons
Pee Wee Reese
Vic Lombardi
Bruce Edwards
Joe Medwick
Eddie Dyer
Chuck Diering
Marty Marion
Terry Moore
Johnny Jorgensen
Jackie Robinson
Dusty Boggess
Howie Pollet
Dixie Walker
Story Details
Pee Wee Reese's ninth-inning triple scored Bruce Edwards for a 2-1 Dodgers win over the Cardinals, extending their winning streak to 14 games. The Cardinals rallied in the ninth but were stopped after a controversial play at first base.