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Miley BB CD 1942 World Series Game 5
Called by Tom Manning, Red Barber and Ty Tyson

A thriller is tied in the ninth, 2-2, when Whitey Kurowski homers scoring Walker Cooper ahead of him.  Enos Slaughter accounts for the Cardinal's first run with a fourth-inning homer.

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St. Louis Cardinals 4, New York Yankees 2

World Series Game 5 Played on Monday, October 5, 1942 (D) at Yankee Stadium I

STL N    0  0  0    1  0  1    0  0  2  -   4  9  4
NY A 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 1
BATTING
St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Brown 2b 3 0 2 0 1 0 3 4
Moore cf 3 1 1 0 0 1 3 0
Slaughter rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 0
Musial lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
W. Cooper c 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 1
Hopp 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 2
Kurowski 3b 4 1 1 2 0 0 1 1
Marion ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 5
Beazley p 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 0
Totals 33 4 9 4 1 3 27 13
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Hopp-Marion-Brown.
E: Brown 2 (3), Hopp (1), Beazley (1).
BATTING - 
HR: Slaughter (1,4th inning off Ruffing 0 on 0 out); Kurowski (1,9th inning
off Ruffing 1 on 1 out).
SH: Moore (3,off Ruffing); Hopp (2,off Ruffing).
GDP: Slaughter (1,off Ruffing).
Team LOB: 5.
New York Yankees             AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Rizzuto ss 4 1 2 1 0 0 7 1
Rolfe 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
Cullenbine rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
DiMaggio cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0
Keller lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Gordon 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 3
Dickey c 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Stainback pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Priddy 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 5 1
Ruffing p 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
Selkirk ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 7 2 1 2 27 6
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Gordon-Rizzuto-Priddy.
E: Priddy (1).
BATTING - 
HR: Rizzuto (1,1st inning off Beazley 0 on 0 out).
GDP: Ruffing (1,off Beazley).
Team LOB: 7.
PITCHING
St. Louis Cardinals          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Beazley W(2-0) 9 7 2 2 1 2 1 36
New York Yankees             IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Ruffing L(1-1) 9 9 4 4 1 3 2 36
Umpires: HP - George Magerkurth, 1B - Bill Summers, 2B - George Barr, 3B - Cal Hubbard