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September 2, 1937

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Cardinals 4 8 1
Giants 4 15 4
Bottom 10 R H E
Cardinals 4 8 1
Giants 5 16 4

Burgess Whitehead Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .297
OBP .500 .330
At Bats 4 367
Hits 2 109
• Singles 2 87
• Doubles 0 11
• Triples 0 6
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 16
RBI’s 0 32

Bob Weiland Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 9 0
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Polo Grounds - September 2, 1937
Bob Weiland
Mickey Owen
Stu Martin
Jimmy Brown
Don Gutteridge
Leo Durocher
Joe Medwick
Terry Moore
Frenchy Bordagaray
Burgess Whitehead
Harry Danning
Hank Leiber

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 4 8 1 8
New York Giants 5 16 4 10
Winning Pitcher Dick Coffman
Losing Pitcher Si Johnson
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Burgess Whitehead
Attendance 7,450
Time of Game 3 hours 15 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Whitehead hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Leiber scores. Danning moves to second.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 10 Danning hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Leiber moves to second.
Bottom 10 Bob Weiland now pitching. McCarthy hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Leiber hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 10 Ott hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 10 Ripple hits a fly ball into left field. Medwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Gutteridge hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Dick Coffman now pitching. Bordagaray hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Coffman fields it and throws to home. Danning drops the ball. Martin scores. That run is unearned.
Top 10 Medwick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Martin moves to third.
Top 10 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 10 Brown hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Moore hits a fly ball into center field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Durocher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Moore hits a popup towards short. Bartell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Johnson strikes out.
Top 9 Owen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ott fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Whitehead hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Danning hits a fly ball into left field. Medwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 McCarthy hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Frenchy Bordagaray now playing right field. Leiber hits a popup towards short. Durocher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Durocher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Gutteridge hits a fly ball into center field. Leiber settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Brown scores.
Top 8 Al Smith now pitching. Frenchy Bordagaray pinch hits for Don Padgett. Bordagaray hits a fly ball into right field. Ripple settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Medwick takes first base on ball four. Moore scores. Brown moves to third. Martin moves to second.
Top 8 Martin takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 The ball gets by Danning for a passed ball. Moore moves to third. Brown moves to second.
Top 8 Brown bunts towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Moore moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 8 Moore hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Ott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Durocher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Ripple hits a fly ball into center field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gumbert moves to third.
Bottom 7 Bartell hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Gumbert moves to second.
Bottom 7 Moore hits a fly ball into left field. Medwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Gumbert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Durocher fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Johnson is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Owen takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Durocher hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gumbert fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Gutteridge hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ott fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Whitehead hits a fly ball into right field. Padgett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Danning takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 McCarthy hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 6 Leiber hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Leiber hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Owen settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Owen.
Bottom 6 Ott hits a popup towards short. Durocher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Stu Martin now playing first base. Ripple hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Padgett hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCarthy scoops it up and throws to first, with Gumbert covering, for the out.
Top 6 Stu Martin pinch runs for Johnny Mize. Medwick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ott juggles the ball. That's an error on Ott. Moore moves to third. Martin moves to second.
Top 6 Mize is hit by the pitch.
Top 6 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCarthy scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brown for the out. Moore moves to second.
Top 6 Moore hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ott fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ott fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gutteridge fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Moore hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Gumbert bunts towards third. Gutteridge fields it and throws to first for the out. Whitehead moves to third.
Bottom 5 Whitehead hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 There goes Gutteridge. The slide. Danning applies the tag. Gutteridge is out.
Top 5 Owen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gumbert fields it and throws to first for the out. Gutteridge moves to third.
Top 5 Durocher hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Gumbert, and towards Bartell, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Gutteridge moves to second.
Top 5 Gutteridge hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Danning hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gutteridge fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 McCarthy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brown fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Leiber hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Ott hits a popup towards first. Mize settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Padgett hits a ball on the ground towards second. Whitehead scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 4 Medwick hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Danning settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Mize hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Ripple hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Johnson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Moore hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gumbert fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Moore hits a fly ball into left field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Gumbert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brown fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Whitehead hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brown fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Danning hits a ball on the ground towards short. Durocher fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 McCarthy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Owen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ott fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Durocher hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gumbert fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 There goes Gutteridge. The throw from Danning and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. Gutteridge scores. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Gutteridge hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Bartell. Gutteridge moves to second.
Top 2 Padgett hits a fly ball into left field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Leiber hits a line drive into left field. Medwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Ott hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ripple moves to third.
Bottom 1 Ripple hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Bartell hits a fly ball into center field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Moore hits a popup towards short. Durocher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Medwick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ott fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Mize hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Ripple who is chasing the ball. Mize reaches third base with a triple.
Top 1 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Moore hits a popup towards short. Bartell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.