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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
May 28, 1944
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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 28, 1944 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | May 28, 1944 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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| Home Team |
New York Giants
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 28, 1944 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mort Cooper |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Ewald Pyle |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 0 hours |
| Umpires | HP: Tom Dunn 1B: Bill Stewart 2B: (none) 3B: George Magerkurth |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Pepper Martin | Right Fielder |
| Ray Sanders | First Baseman |
| Stan Musial | Center Fielder |
| Walker Cooper | Catcher |
| Danny Litwhiler | Left Fielder |
| Whitey Kurowski | Third Baseman |
| Marty Marion | Shortstop |
| Emil Verban | Second Baseman |
| Mort Cooper | Pitcher |
| Billy Southworth | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Rucker | Center Fielder |
| George Hausmann | Second Baseman |
| Danny Gardella | Left Fielder |
| Mel Ott | Right Fielder |
| Phil Weintraub | First Baseman |
| Billy Jurges | Shortstop |
| Nap Reyes | Third Baseman |
| Gus Mancuso | Catcher |
| Ewald Pyle | Pitcher |
| Mel Ott | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
May 28, 1944
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Pyle
Martin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sanders vs. Pyle
Sanders hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Pyle
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Pyle
Cooper strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Litwhiler vs. Pyle
Litwhiler hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pyle fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rucker vs. Cooper
Rucker hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Verban reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hausmann vs. Cooper
Hausmann hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardella vs. Cooper
Gardella strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kurowski vs. Pyle
Kurowski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marion vs. Pyle
Marion hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Verban vs. Pyle
Verban hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Marion moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cooper vs. Pyle
Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reyes fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Cooper
Ott hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Verban settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weintraub vs. Cooper
Weintraub strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jurges vs. Cooper
Jurges strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Pyle
Martin hits a fly ball into left field. Gardella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanders vs. Pyle
Sanders hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Mancuso settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Pyle
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pyle fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reyes vs. Cooper
Reyes hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Musial. Reyes reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mancuso vs. Cooper
Mancuso strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pyle vs. Cooper
Pyle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Reyes moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rucker vs. Cooper
Rucker hits a fly ball into center field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Pyle
Cooper hits a popup, foul, towards first. Weintraub settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Litwhiler vs. Pyle
Litwhiler hits a fly ball into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kurowski vs. Pyle
Kurowski hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hausmann vs. Cooper
Hausmann hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gardella vs. Cooper
Gardella hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Verban catches it and throws to first to double up Hausmann. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Cooper
Ott hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Verban settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marion vs. Pyle
Marion hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gardella. Marion reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Verban vs. Pyle
Verban hits a popup towards first. Weintraub settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cooper vs. Pyle
Cooper hits a line drive to center field. Rucker throws towards first. Weintraub fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Weintraub. Marion scores. Cooper moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Martin vs. Pyle
Martin hits a fly ball into left field. Gardella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sanders vs. Pyle
Sanders hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rucker. Sanders reaches second base with a double. Cooper scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Musial vs. Pyle
Musial hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Rucker. Musial reaches second base with a double. Sanders scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cooper vs. Seward
Frank Seward now pitching.
Cooper hits a popup towards short. Jurges settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weintraub vs. Cooper
Johnny Hopp now playing center field. Stan Musial now playing right field.
Weintraub hits a popup towards first. Sanders settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jurges vs. Cooper
Jurges hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sanders scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jurges for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reyes vs. Cooper
Reyes strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Litwhiler vs. Seward
Litwhiler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kurowski vs. Seward
Kurowski hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gardella who is chasing the ball. Kurowski reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Marion vs. Seward
Marion hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kurowski scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Verban vs. Seward
Verban hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Marion moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cooper vs. Seward
Cooper bunts towards third. Reyes fields it and throws to first for the out. Marion moves to third. Verban moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hopp vs. Seward
Hopp strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mancuso vs. Cooper
Mancuso takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mead vs. Cooper
Charlie Mead pinch hits for Frank Seward.
Mead strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rucker vs. Cooper
Rucker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hausmann vs. Cooper
Hausmann hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cooper fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanders vs. Brondell
Ken Brondell now pitching.
Sanders hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hausmann settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Brondell
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reyes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Brondell
Cooper hits a fly ball into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardella vs. Cooper
Gardella hits a popup, foul, towards first. Sanders settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Cooper
Ott strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weintraub vs. Cooper
Weintraub strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Litwhiler vs. Brondell
Litwhiler hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kurowski vs. Brondell
Kurowski hits a fly ball into left field. Gardella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marion vs. Brondell
Marion hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hausmann scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Litwhiler moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Verban vs. Brondell
Verban hits a fly ball into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jurges vs. Cooper
Jurges hits a popup, foul, towards first. Sanders settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reyes vs. Cooper
Reyes hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Hopp, who is chasing the ball. Reyes reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Mancuso vs. Cooper
Mancuso takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Medwick vs. Cooper
Joe Medwick pinch hits for Ken Brondell.
Medwick hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kurowski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rucker vs. Cooper
Rucker hits a line drive into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Polli
Lou Polli now pitching.
Cooper is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hopp vs. Polli
Hopp hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges misplays the ball. That's an error on Jurges. Hopp moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sanders vs. Polli
Sanders hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hausmann settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Musial vs. Polli
Musial hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Polli
Cooper hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gardella. Cooper reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Litwhiler vs. Polli
Litwhiler hits a fly ball into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hausmann vs. Cooper
Hausmann hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cooper fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardella vs. Cooper
Gardella strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Cooper
Ott takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Weintraub vs. Cooper
Weintraub strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/28/1944, game 1 -- St.Louis at New York
St.Louis AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Martin P, rf 3 1 1 0 Rucker J, cf 4 0 0 0
Hopp J, cf 2 1 0 0 Hausmann G, 2b 4 0 1 0
Sanders R, 1b 5 2 2 3 Gardella D, lf 4 0 0 0
Musial S, cf-rf 5 1 2 3 Ott M, rf 3 0 0 0
Cooper W, c 5 0 1 0 Weintraub P, 1b 4 0 0 0
Litwhiler D, lf 5 0 1 0 Jurges B, ss 3 0 0 0
Kurowski W, 3b 4 1 1 0 Reyes N, 3b 3 0 2 0
Marion M, ss 4 1 3 1 Mancuso G, c 1 0 0 0
Verban E, 2b 4 0 2 0 Pyle E, p 1 0 0 0
Cooper M, p 3 1 1 1 Seward F, p 0 0 0 0
Mead C, ph 1 0 0 0
Brondell K, p 0 0 0 0
Medwick J, ph 1 0 0 0
Polli L, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
40 8 14 8 29 0 3 0
St.Louis 200 031 002 -- 8
New York 000 000 000 -- 0
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Cooper M (W) 9.0 3 0 0 3 10
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Pyle E (L) 4.2 8 5 5 0 1
Seward F 1.1 3 1 1 0 1
Brondell K 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Polli L 1.0 2 2 0 0 1
E -- Weintraub P, Jurges B
DP -- St.Louis 1, New York 1
LOB -- St.Louis 6, New York 5
2B -- Reyes N, Marion M, Sanders R, Musial S, Cooper W
3B -- Kurowski W, Reyes N
HR -- Sanders R, Musial S
SH -- Cooper M
A -- 0
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