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Cards-Dodgers box, 4-20-61

Over The Moon
STL 7-18-0 LAD 9-10-3
WP-L. Sherry(1-0) LP-McDaniel(0-1)
HR-Neal(2) Moon(1, game-winner in 9th)
STL-4 Cards with 3 hits(Flood, White, Musial, Grammas)
LAD-Moon, 4 hits(2 triples, single, home run), 4 RBI

Inning-by-inning
Top 1st-Cards score run on 2 hits and 2 errors.
Bot 2nd-Moon triples, scores on Neal HR.
Top 4th-Cards score 3 runs, take 4-2 lead(Javier 2-run double).
Top 5th-Cards score after Musial double, scoring on Fielder's Choice by H.R. Smith.
Top 6th-Don Drysdale leaves game after 5-2/3 ineffective innings with only 2 strikeouts(allowed 13 hits).
Top 7th-Cards pinch-hit for Broglio(6 innings, 2 runs, 4 hits), score 2 additional runs for 7-2 lead.
Bot 7th-Dodgers explode for 5 runs to tie it, the last 2 on Moon's 2nd triple.
Top 9th-Cards leave potential go-ahead runs(Flood, White) on 2nd and 3rd.
Bot 9th-W. Davis walks, T. Davis bunt attempt popped to 1st, Snider flied to right, Moon homered with 2 outs to end it.
STL(3-6) LAD(5-5)
Question: As hot as Moon was, should Cards have intentionally walked Moon?(pinch-hitter on deck)
Final Thought: No doubt Cards would've taken plenty of heat for the pinch-hitting of Broglio and the faulty bullpen.

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