Cardinals @ Giants
August 2, 1940

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 4 10 0
Giants 4 8 0
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Cardinals 4 10 0
Giants 5 9 0

Babe Young Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .263
OBP .667 .339
At Bats 3 167
Hits 2 44
• Singles 1 33
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 3
Walks 0 18
RBI’s 2 25

Jack Russell Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 1 1
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Polo Grounds - August 2, 1940
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Home Run
Jack Russell
Don Padgett
Johnny Mize
Stu Martin
Don Gutteridge
Jimmy Brown
Ernie Koy
Terry Moore
Pepper Martin
Babe Young

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 4 10 0 9
New York Giants 5 9 0 3
Winning Pitcher Roy Joiner
Losing Pitcher Jack Russell
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Babe Young
Attendance 22,904
Time of Game 2 hours 19 minutes
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Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Stu Martin now playing second base. Don Padgett now catching. Jack Russell now pitching. Young hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Roy Joiner now pitching. Mize hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead scoops it up and throws to first, with Joiner covering, for the out.
Top 9 Red Lynn now pitching. Martin hits a popup towards third. Cuccinello settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Moore takes first base on ball four. Slaughter moves to third. Brown moves to second.
Top 9 Stu Martin pinch runs for Joe Orengo. Brown hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gutteridge scores. Martin scores. Slaughter moves to second.
Top 9 Enos Slaughter pinch hits for Mort Cooper. Slaughter takes first base on ball four. Orengo moves to second.
Top 9 Jumbo Brown now pitching. Don Padgett pinch hits for Mickey Owen. Padgett hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Koy scores. Gutteridge moves to third.
Top 9 Orengo takes first base on ball four. Koy moves to third. Gutteridge moves to second.
Top 9 Gutteridge hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cuccinello fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Koy moves to second.
Top 9 Koy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Danning hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Ott hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Martin. Ott reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Whitehead hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mize settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Seeds hits a fly ball into left field. Koy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Mize hits a line drive into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Martin hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Moore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Witek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Cooper spins and fires to second, with Brown covering, and Witek is picked off.
Bottom 7 Melton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gutteridge has Cuccinello trapped. There's the throw to Owen and back to Gutteridge, who tags Cuccinello for the out. Witek moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 7 Witek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cuccinello moves to third.
Bottom 7 Cuccinello hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Demaree hits a fly ball into right field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Young hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 7 Danning hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Brown hits a popup towards first. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Cooper bunts towards third. Cuccinello fields it and throws to first for the out. Orengo moves to second.
Top 7 Owen hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Orengo hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Ott hits a fly ball into right field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Whitehead strikes out.
Bottom 6 Seeds hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Gutteridge hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cuccinello fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Koy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Martin scores.
Top 6 Mize hits a popup, foul, towards first. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Martin hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Ott. Martin reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Melton is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Witek strikes out.
Bottom 5 Cuccinello hits a popup towards first. Mize settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Moore hits a popup towards third. Cuccinello settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Witek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Demaree is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 There goes Young. The throw from Owen and he is safe. Young steals second.
Bottom 4 Young hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mize fields the ball and throws to Cooper covering. Safe.
Bottom 4 Danning hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gutteridge fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Ott hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 4 Whitehead is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Seeds hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Owen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Witek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Orengo hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Gutteridge hits a fly ball into center field. Demaree settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Melton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cooper fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Witek hits a fly ball into right field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Cuccinello hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Orengo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Koy strikes out.
Top 3 Mize is hit by the pitch. Brown moves to second.
Top 3 Martin hits a fly ball into center field. Demaree settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Moore hits a popup, foul, towards first. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Witek fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Demaree hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Young hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mize scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Young for the out.
Bottom 2 Danning hits a popup towards short. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Cooper is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Owen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Koy moves to third.
Top 2 Orengo strikes out.
Top 2 Gutteridge hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Koy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Ott hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mize settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Whitehead bunts towards first. Mize scoops it up and throws to first, with Cooper covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Seeds hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cooper fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Mize hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young scoops it up and throws to first, with Melton covering, for the out.
Top 1 Martin strikes out. There goes Moore. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Top 1 Moore takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Witek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.