Rd 2: ‘29 Mackmen defeat ‘42 Swifties in 4

GAME 1 - Shibe Park
Mort Cooper vs Lefty Grove
1929 A's 2, 1942 Cardinals 1
Both high octane lineups were stymied by two great hurlers.  The White Elephant was able to stake Lefty Grove to a 2-0 lead thanks to solo blasts by Al Simmons and Mule Haas in the 2nd and 4th innings respectively.  Marty Marion's lead off double in the 6th was followed by a single from Terry Moore to put runners on the corners with no out.  Enos "Country" Slaughter's RBI ground out would score Marion to cut the lead in half.  Walker Cooper and Stan Musial would follow with ground outs to end the inning and blow a golden opportunity to tie the game.  Grove would not allow a hit the rest of the way en route to fanning 10 in a complete game victory.
A's lead series 1-0

GAME 2 - Shibe Park
Johnny Beazley vs George Earnshaw
Cardinals 6, A's 4

A four run outburst by the "Swifties" made all the difference in this huge Cardinal win.   With 2 out and a runner on 3rd Marty Marion doubled down the left field line to cut the A's lead to 3-2.  Pitcher Beazley's line single up the middle tied the game up at 3 and back to back hits by Brown and Harry “the Hat” Walker made it 5-3 Redbirds.  Both teams exchanged solo runs in the 6th and no further scoring gave the Cards the win.
Series tied 1-1

GAME 3 - Sportsman's Park
Rube Walberg vs Eddie White
A's 7, Cardinals 4
Al Simmons' 1 out round tripper in the 8th broke a 4-4 stalemate.  At the time no one could have known that one swing of Simmons' bat would ignite a huge rally.  "Double X", Jimmy Foxx would work out a walk and Mickey Cochrane and Mule Haas would follow with back to back singles to make it 5-3 A's.  A squeeze bunt by Sammy Hale would make it 6-3 and an untimely error by third baseman White Kurowski made it 7-3.  St. Louis would load the bases in the bottom of the 9th Bill Shores, who pitched 3 innings of relief, was able to get out of the inning and give up just one meaningless run.
A's lead series 2-1

GAME 4 - Sportsman's Park
Howard Ehmke vs Max Lanier
Both starters were gone before the 7th inning. Ehmke, who was so brilliant in his game 1 start in the '29 series was neither a surprise nor a challenge for the Redbirds here in game 4 of this series.  Ehmke would give up 4 runs (2 earned) in 5 mediocre innings of work.  Lanier would have a similar linescore in 6 innings.  The key today would be the lumber.  Down 5-4 and heading into the top of the 7th the A's tied the game up with a 1 out homer by Jimmy Dykes. A sac fly in the 8th by Homer Summa put the A's up 6-5.  With time running out in the game and in the series the Cards headed to the bottom of the 9th in complete desperation mode.  The always clutch Enos "Country" Slaughter singled to lead off the frame.  Stan "the Man" Musial worked out a walk to put runners on 2nd and 3rd with nobody out.  Harry "the Hat" Walker bunted the boys up 90 feet.  Marion was given an intentional pass to load the bases and create a force everywhere.  Pinch hitter Triplett popped up to short for the second out and the Cards were now down to their last out.  Creepy Crespi fought off 3 strike 2 pitches before serving the ball into right for a single to score Slaughter.  Musial cut third and headed home, but Bing Miller threw a dart to Mickey Cochrane, who blocked the plate perfectly.  Cochrane applied the tag perfectly for the final out and the game headed to extras tied 6-6.  Beazley was brought on in relief to start the 10th for the Redbirds, but never recorded an out.  Jimmy Foxx would single cleanly to left then get bunted over to second by Haas.  Howie Pollet who replaced Beazley hung a curve ball that Sammy Hale crushed off the left field wall for an RBI double.  After Max Bishop struck out looking Ossie Orwoll hit a pinch hit single to give the A's a two run bulge.  Orwoll stayed in the game to pitch and set the Cards, who had no miracles left in their arsenal, down easily to lock up the series.
A's win series 3-1