It's a Monday and it's a travel day. The eastern NL teams are all heading east and in the AL the western teams that are heading west. The next two weeks will feature west vs west and east vs east in both leagues and at the end of that two weeks, we will be at the halfway point of the season. Monday, June 27, 1949 Only one game today as the Cubs headed downstate to play the Cardinals. The full slate of games will resume tomorrow. St. Louis (NL) (H) 7 Chicago (NL) 1 Fred Martin St. Louis starter Gerry Staley (4-0) didn’t allow a run until the eighth inning and picked up an easy win against the rival Chicago Cubs. Enos Slaughter and Red Schoendienst both homered in support of Staley. Note: St. Louis activated pitcher Fred Martin . Martin had been on the Mexican League suspended list. To make room on the roster St. Louis sent out reliever Jim Hearn . Tuesday, June 28, 1949 New York (AL) 9 Boston (AL) (H) 1 In his first game of the season, ...