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Giants
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
August 29, 1954
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Giants, played on August 29, 1954 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 29, 1954 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Giants
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| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 29, 1954 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Giants |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Al Worthington |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Joe Presko |
| Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 30,477 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 33 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Dusty Boggess 1B: Bill Engeln 2B: Bill Stewart 3B: Babe Pinelli |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Whitey Lockman | First Baseman |
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Don Mueller | Right Fielder |
| Dusty Rhodes | Left Fielder |
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Hank Thompson | Third Baseman |
| Davey Williams | Second Baseman |
| Wes Westrum | Catcher |
| Al Worthington | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Alex Grammas | Shortstop |
| Wally Moon | Center Fielder |
| Stan Musial | Right Fielder |
| Ray Jablonski | Third Baseman |
| Red Schoendienst | Second Baseman |
| Joe Cunningham | First Baseman |
| Rip Repulski | Left Fielder |
| Del Rice | Catcher |
| Joe Presko | Pitcher |
| Eddie Stanky | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
August 29, 1954
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Presko
Lockman hits a fly ball into center field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Presko
Dark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Presko
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Worthington
Grammas hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Worthington
Moon 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 -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Worthington
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
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rhodes vs. Presko
Rhodes hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Presko
Mays is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Presko
Thompson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Presko
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Thompson moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Westrum vs. Presko
Westrum is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jablonski vs. Worthington
Jablonski hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Worthington
Schoendienst takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cunningham vs. Worthington
Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Worthington vs. Presko
Worthington strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Presko
Lockman hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Presko
Dark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Presko
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Worthington
Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Worthington fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rice vs. Worthington
Worthington fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Worthington. Repulski moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rice vs. Worthington
Rice hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Repulski moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Presko vs. Worthington
Presko hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Repulski scores. Rice moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Grammas vs. Worthington
Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rice moves to third. Presko moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Moon vs. Worthington
Moon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Musial vs. Worthington
Musial hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rice tags and scores. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jablonski vs. Worthington
Jablonski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rhodes vs. Presko
Rhodes 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 -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Presko
Mays hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Presko
Thompson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Presko
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Presko fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Worthington
Schoendienst hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Worthington
Cunningham hits a fly ball into left field. Rhodes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Worthington
Repulski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rice vs. Worthington
There goes Repulski. The throw from Westrum and he is out, Dark applying the tag. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Presko
Westrum hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Worthington vs. Presko
Worthington hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Presko
Lockman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Presko
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Worthington
Rice takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Presko vs. Worthington
Presko hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Rice moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Grammas vs. Worthington
Grammas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rice scores. Presko moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Moon vs. Worthington
Moon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Presko moves to third. Grammas moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Musial vs. Corwin
Al Corwin now pitching.
Musial hits a fly ball into left field. Rhodes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Jablonski vs. Corwin
Jablonski hits a fly ball towards cemter. Mays catches it and throws to third to double up Presko. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Presko
Mueller hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rhodes vs. Presko
Rhodes hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Presko
Mays hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Presko
Thompson takes first base on ball four. Mays moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Williams vs. Presko
There's a wild pitch. Mays moves to third. Thompson moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Williams vs. Presko
Williams takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hofman vs. Lint
Bill Taylor pinch hits for Wes Westrum. Royce Lint now pitching. Bobby Hofman pinch hits for Bill Taylor.
Hofman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields it and throws to second for the out. Mays scores. Thompson moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Castleman vs. Lint
Foster Castleman pinch hits for Al Corwin. Ruben Gomez pinch runs for Bobby Hofman.
Castleman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thompson scores. Gomez moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lockman vs. Lint
Joey Amalfitano pinch runs for Foster Castleman.
Lockman takes first base on ball four. Gomez moves to third. Amalfitano moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Dark vs. Deal
Cot Deal now pitching.
Dark hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Rice settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Wilhelm
Ray Katt now catching. Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching.
Schoendienst hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Wilhelm
Cunningham strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Wilhelm
Repulski hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Rhodes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Deal
Mueller hits a line drive into center field. Moon picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Moon. Mueller moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rhodes vs. Deal
There's a wild pitch. Mueller scores. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rhodes vs. Deal
Rhodes hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Moon. Rhodes reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mays vs. Deal
Mays hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thompson vs. Deal
Thompson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Deal
Williams hits a fly ball towards center. Moon settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Moon. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Katt vs. Deal
Katt hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wilhelm vs. Deal
Wilhelm strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 7 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Wilhelm
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemus vs. Wilhelm
Solly Hemus pinch hits for Cot Deal.
Hemus hits a fly ball into left field. Rhodes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Wilhelm
Grammas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Wilhelm
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wilhelm fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 7 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Wade
Ben Wade now pitching.
Lockman hits a popup towards first. Cunningham settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Wade
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Wade
Mueller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rhodes vs. Wade
Rhodes hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Musial. Rhodes reaches second base with a double. There goes Mueller trying to get to home. Musial throws the ball in to Schoendienst who relays the ball to Rice, who tags Mueller, who came all the way from first, for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 7 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Wilhelm
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 -
Giants, 7 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jablonski vs. Wilhelm
Jablonski hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Wilhelm
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 7 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Wade
Mays hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Musial who is chasing the ball. Mays reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Thompson vs. Wade
There goes Mays. The slide. Rice applies the tag. Mays is out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Wade
Thompson hits a popup towards the mound. Wade settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Wade
Williams strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 7 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Wilhelm
Cunningham strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Wilhelm
Repulski hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rhodes. Repulski reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rice vs. Wilhelm
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Repulski moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Frazier vs. Wilhelm
Joe Frazier pinch hits for Ben Wade. Harvey Haddix pinch runs for Del Rice.
Frazier hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Grammas vs. Wilhelm
Grammas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Repulski scores. Haddix moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Moon vs. Wilhelm
Moon hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/29/1954, game 2 -- New York at St.Louis (D)
New York AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Lockman W, 1b 4 0 1 0 Grammas A, ss 5 0 3 2
Dark A, ss 5 0 2 0 Moon W, cf 4 0 1 0
Mueller D, rf 5 1 2 0 Musial S, rf 3 0 0 1
Rhodes D, lf 5 3 4 2 Jablonski R, 3b 4 0 0 0
Mays W, cf 5 1 2 0 Schoendienst R, 2b 3 0 0 0
Thompson H, 3b 2 2 1 2 Cunningham J, 1b 4 0 0 0
Williams D, 2b 4 0 0 0 Repulski R, lf 4 2 3 0
Westrum W, c 2 0 0 0 Rice D, c 3 2 2 0
Taylor B, ph 0 0 0 0 Haddix H, pr 0 0 0 0
Hofman B, ph 1 0 0 1 Presko J, p 2 0 2 1
Gomez R, pr 0 0 0 0 Lint R, p 0 0 0 0
Katt R, c 1 0 0 0 Deal C, p 0 0 0 0
Worthington A, p 2 0 0 0 Hemus S, ph 1 0 0 0
Corwin A, p 0 0 0 0 Wade B, p 0 0 0 0
Castleman F, ph 1 0 1 1 Frazier J, ph 1 0 0 0
Amalfitano J, pr 0 0 0 0
Wilhelm H, p 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
38 7 13 6 34 4 11 4
New York 010 003 300 -- 7
St.Louis 002 010 001 -- 4
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Worthington A* 4.0 7 3 3 3 0
Corwin A (W) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Wilhelm H (S) 4.0 4 1 1 0 2
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Presko J (L) 5.1 6 4 4 4 3
Lint R 0.1 1 0 0 1 0
Deal C 1.1 3 3 3 0 1
Wade B 2.0 3 0 0 0 1
* Pitched to 4 batters in 5th
E -- Worthington A, Moon W 2
DP -- New York 2, St.Louis 1
LOB -- New York 9, St.Louis 7
2B -- Rhodes D 2, Repulski R
3B -- Mays W
HR -- Rhodes D 2, Thompson H
CS -- Repulski R
SF -- Musial S
WP -- Presko J, Deal C
T -- 2:33
A -- 30477
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