In my Digging Deeper series we are going to show you some awesome games.
On May 7th, the Brooklyn Dodgers fell 18-2 after the St. Louis Cardinals totaled forty-nine bases on twenty hits. Thirteen knocks went for extra-bases and seven of them were home runs. The rally set a National League record for most extra bases on long hits with twenty-nine.
The BOXSCORE
Extra Base Hits
2B: Hopp (1,off Casey); Lake (2,off Casey); Mize (2,off Casey); Warneke (1,off Macon). 3B: Brown (1,off Casey); Slaughter (2,off Casey)
Home Runs
HR: Padgett (2,2nd inning off Casey 0 on 1 out); Lake 2 (2,3rd inning off Casey 0 on 0 out,8th inning off Macon 1 on 2 out); Mize 2 (5,3rd inning off Casey 1 on 0 out,8th inning off Macon 0 on 1 out); S. Martin (1,4th inning off Casey 0 on 1 out); Medwick (2,6th inning off Casey 1 on 0 out).