1942 – The largest night crowd in St. Louis history watch two aces deal, the Dodgers’ Whit Wyatt and the Cardinals’ Mort Cooper, go scoreless for 12 innings. Both teams score in the 13th, and the Cards win it in the 14th, 2 – 1, on Walker Cooper’s solo shot. The win by Cooper cuts the Dodgers’ lead over St. Louis to 5 1/2 games.

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1942 – The largest night crowd in St. Louis history watch two aces deal, the Dodgers’ Whit Wyatt and the Cardinals’ Mort Cooper, go scoreless for 12 innings. Both teams score in the 13th, and the Cards win it in the 14th, 2 – 1, on Walker Cooper’s solo shot. The win by Cooper cuts the Dodgers’ lead over St. Louis to 5 1/2 games.