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Cardinals 16 @ Giants 4
Polo Grounds
May 18, 1942

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on May 18, 1942 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants were bested by the visiting Cardinals with a score of 16 to 4.

Game Summary

DateMay 18, 1942 
Visiting Team
St. Louis Cardinals
R: 16 H: 15 E: 1 LOB: 10
Runs: 16
Hits: 15
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 4 H: 8 E: 3 LOB: 6
Runs: 4
Hits: 8
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 6
Winning PitcherMax Lanier  
Losing PitcherDave Koslo  
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Game Winning RBIJimmy Brown 

Game Info

DateMay 18, 1942 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamSt. Louis Cardinals 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherLon Warneke  
Home Starting PitcherDave Koslo  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance5,229 
Time of Game2 hours 27 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Lee Ballanfant
1B: Al Barlick
2B: (none)
3B: Babe Pinelli

St. Louis Cardinals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jimmy Brown  Third Baseman 
Terry Moore  Center Fielder 
Coaker Triplett  Left Fielder 
Enos Slaughter  Right Fielder 
Walker Cooper  Catcher 
Ray Sanders  First Baseman 
Creepy Crespi  Second Baseman 
Buddy Blattner  Shortstop 
Lon Warneke  Pitcher 
Billy Southworth  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Dick Bartell  Third Baseman 
Billy Jurges  Shortstop 
Mel Ott  Right Fielder 
Johnny Mize  First Baseman 
Willard Marshall  Left Fielder 
Hank Leiber  Center Fielder 
Ray Berres  Catcher 
Connie Ryan  Second Baseman 
Dave Koslo  Pitcher 
Mel Ott  Manager 

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Cardinals 16 @ Giants 4
Polo Grounds
May 18, 1942

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/18/1942 -- St.Louis at New York (D)

  St.Louis           AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Brown J, 3b           5  2  2  4   Bartell D, 3b         2  2  1  0   
Moore T, cf           6  2  2  2   Maynard B, 3b         2  0  1  0   
Triplett C, lf        1  0  1  1   Jurges B, ss          3  0  2  0   
Musial S, ph-lf       3  3  2  0   Ott M, rf             3  0  1  2   
Slaughter E, rf       5  2  3  0   Mize J, 1b            4  1  1  2   
Cooper W, c           5  1  2  4   Marshall W, lf        4  0  0  0   
Sanders R, 1b         5  3  2  2   Leiber H, cf          4  0  0  0   
Crespi C, 2b          5  1  1  1   Berres R, c           3  0  0  0   
Blattner B, ss        5  2  0  1   Ryan C, 2b            4  0  1  0   
Warneke L, p          1  0  0  0   Koslo D, p            0  0  0  0   
Lanier M, p           2  0  0  0   Feldman H, p          1  0  0  0   
                                   Adams A, p            2  1  1  0   
                                   Witek M, ph           1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     43 16 15 15                        33  4  8  4

St.Louis         150 330 022 -- 16
New York         201 000 100 --  4

  St.Louis             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Warneke L             2.1  4  3  3  1  3
Lanier M (W)          6.2  4  1  1  2  4

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Koslo D (L)           1.1  2  5  4  2  2
Feldman H             2.0  4  3  3  3  1
Adams A               5.2  9  8  5  3  0

E -- Koslo D, Ryan C, Maynard B, Cooper W
DP -- St.Louis 1
LOB -- St.Louis 10, New York 6
2B -- Musial S 2, Cooper W 2, Brown J
HR -- Mize J
SB -- Brown J, Musial S
SH -- Lanier M
HBP -- by Koslo D (Blattner B), by Lanier M (Ott M)
WP -- Adams A
T -- 2:27
A -- 5229

    

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