1949 Pittsburgh Pirates Replay

May 27. Gm# 36 Sportsman’s Park St. Louis 5 Pittsburgh 0

BRAZLE BLANKS BUCS WITH FIVE HIT SHUTOUT

St. Louis moundsman, Al Brazle, dispatched Pittsburgh with ease, spinning a five hit shutout, as the Cardinals won, 5-0.

Brazle, who fanned only two and walked one, got great help from his stellar infield defense of Marion and Schoendiest.

6 Cardinals had at least two hits as St. Louis racked up 15 safeties.

Cliff Chambers(4-2), who has been the Pirates only decent pitcher of late, was tagged for 4 runs in five innings.

National League scores: Brooklyn 4 Boston 0; Chicago 3 Cincinnati 1; Philadelphia 9 New York 3.

Standing of the Clubs

Brooklyn/35/21/14/.600

Boston/36/20/15/1/.569

New York/35/19/15/1/.557

Philadelphia/33/18/15/.545

St.Louis/33/17/16/.515

Cincinnati/34/17/17/.500

Pittsburgh/36/13/23/.361

Chicago/32/11/21.344


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