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1949 PWBL World Series Game One

St. Louis Cardinals

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New York Yankees

Cardinals lead the Series 1-0

from Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York.

Starting for the Cardinals-
Fred Martin (17-10, 3.44)

Starting for the Yankees-
Hal Newhouser (26-5, 2.27)

First inning -

Cardinals draw first blood off ace starter Newhouser, as Erv Dusak leads the game off with a double and Stan Musial follows two batters later with a double of his own.

Fred Martin doesn't even allow a baserunner on just six pitches.

Cardinals lead 1-0

Second inning -

Newhouser settles down and holds the Cards scoreless. However, Martin allows only a walk and the Yankees fail to score.

Cardinals lead 1-0

Third inning -

Martin keeps his very early no-hitter going and both teams fail to score.

Cardinals lead 1-0

Fourth inning -

After four innings, Fred Martin continues to pitch a no-no.

Cardinals lead 1-0

Fifth inning -

SS Cecil Travis breaks up Martin's no-hit bid with a single and Yogi follows with an RBI double. He is later driven home by Yankee starter Hal Newhouser.

Yankees with their first lead of the series 2-1

Sixth inning -

Neither team scores and the Yankees continue to lead 2-1

Seventh inning -

Neither team scores and the Yankees continue to lead 2-1

Eighth inning -

Neither team scores and the Yankees continue to lead 2-1

Ninth inning -

Cardinals starter Fred Martin gets a base hit. Newhouser retires the next two batters leaving the Cadinals on their final out, but SS Ralph LaPointe drives Martin home with a game tying base hit.

Yankees get shut down by Martin in the bottom half of the inning and we go to extra innings.

Tenth inning -

Yankee reliever Joe Page holds the Cardinals scoreless (despite some close calls) to move the game to the bottom of the tenth.

The Cardinals strangely leave Martin in to pitch the tenth. This proves to be a poor move as Cecil Travis doubles and sees pinch runner Phil Rizzuto driven home by Yankee pinch hitter Billy Johnson.

Final Score

Yankees 3 - Cardinals 2

Winning pitcher - Joe Page (1.1 IP, 0 ER)
Losing pitcher - Fred Martin (9.1 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K)

Player of the Game -
Hal Newhouser (8.2 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 K)

Series tied at a game a piece. Games 3 and 4 from Sportsman's Park on Monday night!