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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
June 16, 1952
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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 June 16, 1952 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
Date | June 16, 1952 |
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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 | June 16, 1952 |
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Day of Week | Mon |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
Home Team | New York Giants |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Harry Brecheen |
Home Starting Pitcher | Monty Kennedy |
Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
City | New York |
State | NY |
Attendance | 7,468 |
Time of Game | 3 hours 13 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Lee Ballanfant 1B: Al Barlick 2B: Tom Gorman 3B: Augie Donatelli |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Solly Hemus | Shortstop |
Red Schoendienst | Second Baseman |
Stan Musial | Center Fielder |
Enos Slaughter | Right Fielder |
Peanuts Lowrey | Left Fielder |
Tommy Glaviano | Third Baseman |
Dick Sisler | First Baseman |
Del Rice | Catcher |
Harry Brecheen | Pitcher |
Eddie Stanky | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
Name | Position |
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Davey Williams | Second Baseman |
Whitey Lockman | First Baseman |
Bobby Thomson | Third Baseman |
Bob Elliott | Left Fielder |
Don Mueller | Right Fielder |
Al Dark | Shortstop |
Wes Westrum | Catcher |
Hank Thompson | Center Fielder |
Monty Kennedy | Pitcher |
Leo Durocher | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
June 16, 1952
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemus vs. Kennedy
Hemus hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Kennedy
Schoendienst hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Kennedy
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Kennedy covering. It's a double play. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Brecheen
Williams hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Brecheen
Lockman is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Brecheen
Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Brecheen
Elliott is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Brecheen
Mueller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Elliott trying to get to third. Slaughter throws the ball in to Glaviano, who tags Elliott for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Kennedy
Slaughter hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lowrey vs. Kennedy
Lowrey hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thompson who is chasing the ball. Lowrey reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Glaviano vs. Kennedy
Glaviano strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Sisler vs. Kennedy
Sisler takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rice vs. Kennedy
Rice hits a fly ball into center field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Brecheen
Dark hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Brecheen
Westrum is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Brecheen
Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Brecheen
Kennedy hits a line drive towards short. Hemus reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brecheen vs. Kennedy
Chuck Diering now playing left field.
Brecheen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops it up and throws to first, with Kennedy covering, for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemus vs. Kennedy
Hemus hits a popup towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Kennedy
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Brecheen
Williams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Brecheen
There's a wild pitch. Williams moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lockman vs. Brecheen
Lockman bunts in front of the plate. Rice fields it and throws to first for the out. Williams moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Thomson vs. Brecheen
Thomson strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Diering vs. Brecheen
Diering takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mueller vs. Brecheen
Mueller 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, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Kennedy
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Kennedy
Slaughter hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lowrey vs. Kennedy
Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards second. Williams scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Brecheen
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brecheen fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Westrum vs. Brecheen
Westrum strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Brecheen
Thompson hits a fly ball into left field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kennedy vs. Brecheen
Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Glaviano picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Glaviano. Dark goes all the way around to score. Kennedy moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Williams vs. Brecheen
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Glaviano vs. Kennedy
Glaviano hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sisler vs. Kennedy
Sisler is hit by the pitch. Glaviano moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rice vs. Kennedy
Rice hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Diering. Rice reaches second base with a double. Glaviano scores. Sisler moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Stanky vs. Kennedy
Eddie Stanky pinch hits for Harry Brecheen.
Stanky hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sisler scores. Rice moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hemus vs. Kennedy
Hemus hits a fly ball towards cemter. Thompson catches it and throws to home to double up Rice. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schoendienst vs. Kennedy
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Yuhas
Eddie Yuhas now pitching.
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Yuhas
Thomson hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Diering vs. Yuhas
Diering is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Kennedy
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Lockman. Musial moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Slaughter vs. Kennedy
Slaughter hits a line drive into center field. Thompson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Thompson. Musial moves to third. Slaughter moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Lowrey vs. Maglie
Sal Maglie now pitching.
Lowrey strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Glaviano vs. Maglie
Glaviano hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomson fields it and throws to first for the out. Musial scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sisler vs. Maglie
Sisler is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rice vs. Maglie
Rice hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Slaughter scores. Sisler moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Yuhas vs. Maglie
Yuhas hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Yuhas
Mueller hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Yuhas
Dark hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Yuhas
Westrum hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Yuhas
Thompson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maglie vs. Yuhas
Maglie hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thompson moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Williams vs. Yuhas
Williams hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Rice settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemus vs. Maglie
Hemus takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schoendienst vs. Maglie
Schoendienst hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Maglie
Musial hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hemus moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Slaughter vs. Maglie
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams misplays the ball. That's an error on Williams. Hemus scores. Musial moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lowrey vs. Maglie
There go the runners. The throw from Westrum to Williams covering second. The throw back to home, and Musial is out at the plate. Slaughter moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lowrey vs. Maglie
Lowrey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Slaughter scores. Lowrey moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Glaviano vs. Maglie
Glaviano is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sisler vs. Lanier
Max Lanier now pitching.
Sisler hits a popup, foul, towards third. Thomson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Yuhas
Lockman hits a fly ball into center field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Yuhas
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Glaviano fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Diering vs. Yuhas
Diering hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Lanier
Rice hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yuhas vs. Lanier
Yuhas takes first base on ball four. Rice moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hemus vs. Lanier
Hemus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Rice moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Schoendienst vs. Lanier
Schoendienst hits a fly ball into center field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Yuhas
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Yuhas
Dark hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Yuhas
Westrum hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Lanier
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Musial for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Lanier
Slaughter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lowrey vs. Lanier
Lowrey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Slaughter moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Glaviano vs. Lanier
Glaviano hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Slaughter scores. Lowrey moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sisler vs. Lanier
Sisler hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lanier fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Lowrey moves to third. Glaviano moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Rice vs. Spencer
George Spencer now pitching.
Rice hits a ball on the ground for a double play. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Yuhas
Billy Johnson now playing third base.
Thompson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wilson vs. Yuhas
George Wilson pinch hits for George Spencer.
Wilson hits a line drive towards second. Schoendienst catches it, and throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Thompson moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Williams vs. Yuhas
Williams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thompson moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lockman vs. Werle
Bill Werle now pitching.
Lockman takes first base on ball four. Williams moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Thomson vs. Schmidt
Willard Schmidt now pitching.
Thomson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 6/16/1952 -- St.Louis at New York (D) St.Louis AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI Hemus S, ss 4 1 0 0 Williams D, 2b 5 2 3 1 Schoendienst R, 2b 5 0 1 0 Lockman W, 1b 3 1 0 0 Musial S, cf 5 1 2 0 Thomson B, 3b 5 1 1 4 Slaughter E, rf 5 3 3 0 Elliott B, lf 0 0 0 0 Lowrey P, lf 5 0 3 1 Diering C, lf 2 0 0 0 Glaviano T, 3b 4 1 2 2 Mueller D, rf 4 0 1 0 Johnson B, 3b 0 0 0 0 Dark A, ss 4 2 2 1 Sisler D, 1b 2 1 1 0 Westrum W, c 4 1 1 1 Rice D, c 5 0 3 2 Thompson H, cf 3 1 1 0 Brecheen H, p 1 0 0 0 Kennedy M, p 2 0 1 0 Stanky E, ph 1 0 1 1 Maglie S, p 1 0 1 0 Yuhas E, p 1 0 0 0 Lanier M, p 0 0 0 0 Werle B, p 0 0 0 0 Spencer G, p 0 0 0 0 Schmidt W, p 0 0 0 0 Wilson G, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 38 7 16 6 34 8 11 7 St.Louis 000 022 201 -- 7 New York 110 101 004 -- 8 1 out when winning run was scored. St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO Brecheen H 4.0 6 3 2 1 4 Yuhas E 4.1 4 3 3 1 1 Werle B* 0.0 0 1 1 1 0 Schmidt W (L) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 New York IP H R ER BB SO Kennedy M+ 5.0 8 4 4 1 1 Maglie S 1.2 3 2 2 2 1 Lanier M 1.2 5 1 1 1 0 Spencer G (W) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 * Pitched to 1 batter in 9th + Pitched to 2 batters in 6th E -- Glaviano T, Lockman W, Thompson H, Williams D, Schoendienst R DP -- New York 5 LOB -- St.Louis 10, New York 6 2B -- Rice D 3B -- Lowrey P HR -- Williams D, Dark A, Westrum W, Thomson B SH -- Lockman W HBP -- by Brecheen H (Elliott B), by Kennedy M (Sisler D), by Maglie S (Glaviano T) WP -- Brecheen H T -- 3:13 A -- 7468
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