Cardinals @ Giants
June 16, 1952

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 7 16 2
Giants 4 10 3
Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 7 16 2
Giants 8 11 3

Bobby Thomson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .261
OBP .000 .369
At Bats 4 176
Hits 0 46
• Singles 0 26
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 6
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 27
RBI’s 0 40

Willard Schmidt Season Stats

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Polo Grounds - June 16, 1952
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Home Run
Willard Schmidt
Del Rice
Dick Sisler
Red Schoendienst
Billy Johnson
Solly Hemus
Peanuts Lowrey
Stan Musial
Enos Slaughter
Bobby Thomson
Whitey Lockman
Davey Williams
Hank Thompson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 7 16 2 10
New York Giants 8 11 3 6
Winning Pitcher George Spencer
Losing Pitcher Willard Schmidt
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Bobby Thomson
Attendance 7,468
Time of Game 3 hours 13 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Willard Schmidt now pitching. Thomson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Bill Werle now pitching. Lockman takes first base on ball four. Williams moves to second.
Bottom 9 Williams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thompson moves to third.
Bottom 9 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.
Bottom 9 Billy Johnson now playing third base. Thompson takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 George Spencer now pitching. Rice hits a ball on the ground for a double play.
Top 9 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.
Top 9 Glaviano hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Slaughter scores. Lowrey moves to second.
Top 9 Lowrey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Slaughter moves to third.
Top 9 Slaughter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Musial for the out.
Bottom 8 Westrum hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Dark hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 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.
Top 8 Schoendienst hits a fly ball into center field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 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.
Top 8 Yuhas takes first base on ball four. Rice moves to second.
Top 8 Rice hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 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.
Bottom 7 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Glaviano fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Lockman hits a fly ball into center field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Max Lanier now pitching. Sisler hits a popup, foul, towards third. Thomson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Glaviano is hit by the pitch.
Top 7 Lowrey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Slaughter scores. Lowrey moves to second.
Top 7 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.
Top 7 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.
Top 7 Musial hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hemus moves to second.
Top 7 Schoendienst hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hemus takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Williams hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Rice settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Maglie hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thompson moves to third.
Bottom 6 Thompson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Westrum hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Dark hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Mueller hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Yuhas hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Rice hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Slaughter scores. Sisler moves to second.
Top 6 Sisler is walked intentionally.
Top 6 Glaviano hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomson fields it and throws to first for the out. Musial scores.
Top 6 Sal Maglie now pitching. Lowrey strikes out.
Top 6 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.
Top 6 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.
Bottom 5 Diering is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Thomson hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Eddie Yuhas now pitching. Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Hemus hits a fly ball towards cemter. Thompson catches it and throws to home to double up Rice.
Top 5 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.
Top 5 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.
Top 5 Sisler is hit by the pitch. Glaviano moves to second.
Top 5 Glaviano hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 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.
Bottom 4 Thompson hits a fly ball into left field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Westrum strikes out.
Bottom 4 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brecheen fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards second. Williams scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 4 Slaughter hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 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.
Bottom 3 Mueller hits a fly ball into center field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Diering takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Thomson strikes out.
Bottom 3 Lockman bunts in front of the plate. Rice fields it and throws to first for the out. Williams moves to third.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Williams moves to second.
Bottom 3 Williams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Hemus hits a popup towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 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.
Bottom 2 Kennedy hits a line drive towards short. Hemus reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Westrum is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Dark hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Rice hits a fly ball into center field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Sisler takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Glaviano strikes out.
Top 2 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.
Top 2 Slaughter hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 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.
Bottom 1 Elliott is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 1 Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Lockman is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Williams hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 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.
Top 1 Schoendienst hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Hemus hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out.