Cardinals @ Giants
May 13, 1945

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 6 5 2
Giants 5 12 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 6 5 2
Giants 5 12 2

Johnny Rucker Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .317
OBP .500 .343
At Bats 4 101
Hits 2 32
• Singles 2 24
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 4
RBI’s 0 12

Bud Byerly Season Stats

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0 1 0
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Polo Grounds - May 13, 1945
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Out
Bud Byerly
Ken O'Dea
Ray Sanders
Emil Verban
Debs Garms
Whitey Kurowski
Buster Adams
Johnny Hopp
Augie Bergamo
Johnny Rucker
Johnny Hudson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 6 5 2 7
New York Giants 5 12 2 5
Winning Pitcher Bud Byerly
Losing Pitcher Rube Fischer
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Buster Adams
Attendance 38,056
Time of Game 0 hours
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Johnny Hudson pinch runs for Ernie Lombardi. Rucker hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. O'Dea settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Lombardi hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Billy Jurges pinch hits for Rube Fischer. Jurges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kurowski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Reyes hits a line drive into center field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Sanders hits a ball on the ground towards first. Weintraub scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Sanders for the out.
Top 9 Adams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Byerly scores. Hopp moves to second.
Top 9 Hopp is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Bergamo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Weintraub scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bergamo for the out. Byerly moves to second.
Top 9 Byerly takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Joe Medwick now playing left field. Garms hits a fly ball into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garms fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Weintraub hits a ball on the ground towards second. Verban scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 8 Danny Gardella pinch hits for Steve Filipowicz. Gardella hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hausmann scores. Ott moves to third.
Bottom 8 Ott hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hausmann moves to third.
Bottom 8 Hausmann hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Verban hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 O'Dea hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hausmann scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Kurowski strikes out. Lombardi drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Kurowski out.
Top 8 Rube Fischer now pitching. Ernie Lombardi now catching. Sanders hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Rucker hits a fly ball into center field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Red Treadway pinch runs for Ray Berres. Ernie Lombardi pinch hits for Ace Adams. Lombardi hits a fly ball into right field. Bergamo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Berres hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kurowski fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Kurowski. Berres moves to second.
Bottom 7 Reyes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Kerr hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Adams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Hopp hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hausmann scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bergamo hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Weintraub hits a popup towards short. Kurowski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Filipowicz hits a fly ball into left field. Adams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Ott hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sanders scoops it up and throws to first, with Byerly covering, for the out.
Top 6 Byerly bunts towards the mound. Adams catches it and throws to third to double up Verban.
Top 6 Garms hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kurowski scores. Verban moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Verban hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reyes juggles the ball. That's an error on Reyes. Kurowski moves to third.
Top 6 O'Dea bunts towards third. Reyes fields it and throws to first for the out. Kurowski moves to second.
Top 6 Kurowski takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Hausmann hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garms fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 There goes Rucker. The throw from O'Dea and he is safe. Rucker steals second.
Bottom 5 Rucker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Adams strikes out.
Bottom 5 Debs Garms now playing third base. Whitey Kurowski now playing shortstop. Bud Byerly now pitching. Berres hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garms fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Sanders strikes out.
Top 5 Adams hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Adams fields it and throws to home to get Garms. Bergamo moves to third. Hopp moves to second.
Top 5 Ace Adams now pitching. Hopp takes first base on ball four. Bergamo moves to second.
Top 5 Bergamo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. O'Dea scores. Verban scores. Garms moves to third.
Top 5 Red Schoendienst pinch hits for Mort Cooper. Schoendienst hits a popup, foul, towards third. Reyes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Debs Garms pinch hits for George Fallon. Garms takes first base on ball four. O'Dea moves to third. Verban moves to second.
Top 5 Verban hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kurowski scores. O'Dea moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 5 O'Dea takes first base on ball four. Kurowski moves to second.
Top 5 Kurowski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reyes juggles the ball. That's an error on Reyes.
Bottom 4 Reyes hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. O'Dea settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kerr hits a fly ball towards left. Adams catches it and throws to home to double up Weintraub.
Bottom 4 There goes Weintraub. The throw from O'Dea and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 4 Weintraub hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Sanders hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hausmann scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Adams hits a popup towards short. Kerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hopp hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Filipowicz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hausmann scores. There goes Ott trying to get to third. Bergamo throws the ball in to Kurowski, who tags Ott for the out.
Bottom 3 Ott is walked intentionally.
Bottom 3 Hausmann hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bergamo. Hausmann reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Rucker hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Verban settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Feldman strikes out.
Top 3 Bergamo hits a fly ball into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Cooper hits a fly ball into left field. Filipowicz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Fallon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Berres hits a fly ball towards right. Bergamo catches it and throws to first to double up Reyes.
Bottom 2 Reyes hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Kerr hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Verban settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Verban hits a fly ball into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 O'Dea hits a fly ball into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Kurowski hits a fly ball into left field. Filipowicz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Weintraub hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Filipowicz hits a fly ball into center field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Ott hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Hausmann strikes out.
Bottom 1 There goes Rucker. The throw from O'Dea and he is safe. Rucker steals second.
Bottom 1 Rucker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Sanders hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Feldman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Adams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reyes fields it and throws to first for the out. Hopp moves to second.
Top 1 Hopp takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Bergamo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hausmann scoops it up and throws to first for the out.