Giants @ Cardinals
August 16, 1944

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Top 9 R H E
Giants 0 5 1
Cardinals 5 10 0
Top 9 R H E
Giants 0 5 1
Cardinals 5 10 0

Johnny Rucker Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .242
OBP .667 .274
At Bats 3 422
Hits 2 102
• Singles 2 81
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 7
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 18
RBI’s 0 26

Freddy Schmidt Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 1 4
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Sportsman's Park - August 16, 1944
Out
Freddy Schmidt
Ken O'Dea
Ray Sanders
Emil Verban
Whitey Kurowski
George Fallon
Augie Bergamo
Johnny Hopp
Stan Musial
Johnny Rucker

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Giants 0 5 1 7
St. Louis Cardinals 5 10 0 10
Winning Pitcher Freddy Schmidt
Losing Pitcher Bill Voiselle
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Ray Sanders
Attendance 7,984
Time of Game 2 hours 4 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Rucker hits a fly ball into center field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Mancuso hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kurowski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Reyes hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. O'Dea settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Musial hits a popup towards short. Kerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 There goes Hopp. The throw from Mancuso and he is safe. Hopp steals second.
Bottom 8 Hopp hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Bergamo strikes out.
Bottom 8 Schmidt strikes out. Mancuso drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Schmidt out.
Top 8 Medwick hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Verban settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Kerr hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Musial. Kerr reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Hausmann hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Treadway hits a line drive into left field. Bergamo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Verban hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Fallon hits a fly ball into left field. Medwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Johnny Allen now pitching. Kurowski strikes out.
Top 7 Bruce Sloan pinch hits for Bill Voiselle. Sloan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Luby takes first base on ball four. Rucker moves to second.
Top 7 Rucker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Mancuso hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sanders scoops it up and throws to first, with Schmidt covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 O'Dea hits a fly ball into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Sanders hits a fly ball into left field. Medwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hopp scores.
Bottom 6 Musial hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Treadway throws the ball in to Hausmann who tags Musial trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Bergamo scores. Hopp moves to third.
Bottom 6 Hopp hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bergamo moves to third.
Bottom 6 Bergamo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Reyes hits a fly ball into center field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Medwick strikes out.
Top 6 Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sanders scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kerr for the out.
Bottom 5 Schmidt strikes out.
Bottom 5 Verban hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hausmann scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Fallon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Luby fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Hausmann hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kurowski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Treadway hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Voiselle hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kurowski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 O'Dea is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Sanders hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Musial moves to third. Sanders moves to second.
Bottom 4 Musial bunts towards third. Luby fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Hopp hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Voiselle fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Bergamo strikes out.
Top 4 Luby hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Schmidt, and towards Verban, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Rucker strikes out.
Top 4 Mancuso hits a popup towards third. Kurowski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Schmidt is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Verban is walked intentionally.
Bottom 3 Fallon hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Rucker. Fallon reaches second base with a double. Sanders moves to third.
Bottom 3 Kurowski hits a line drive into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 O'Dea hits a fly ball into left field. Medwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Sanders hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Reyes strikes out.
Top 3 Medwick hits a line drive into center field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kerr hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Verban reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Musial hits a popup in front of the plate. Mancuso settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hopp hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hausmann scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Voiselle fires to first and picks off Bergamo.
Bottom 2 Bergamo takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Hausmann hits a popup towards first. Sanders settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Treadway hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kurowski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Voiselle bunts towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to third for the out. Luby moves to second.
Top 2 Luby takes first base on ball four. Rucker moves to second.
Top 2 Rucker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Schmidt strikes out.
Bottom 1 Verban is walked intentionally.
Bottom 1 Fallon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Luby fields it, throws to home for one, and over to first - double play. O'Dea moves to third. Kurowski moves to second.
Bottom 1 Kurowski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Musial scores. Sanders moves to third. O'Dea moves to second.
Bottom 1 O'Dea takes first base on ball four. Sanders moves to second.
Bottom 1 Sanders hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bergamo scores. Hopp scores. Musial moves to third.
Bottom 1 Musial takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Hopp hits a fly ball towards center. Rucker settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Rucker. Bergamo moves to third. Hopp moves to second.
Bottom 1 Bergamo takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Mancuso strikes out.
Top 1 Reyes takes first base on ball four. Medwick moves to second.
Top 1 Medwick hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Hausmann moves to third.
Top 1 Kerr hits a line drive into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hausmann bunts towards the mound. Schmidt fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Treadway strikes out.