Cardinals @ Giants
August 24, 1951

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 5 11 0
Giants 5 14 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 5 11 0
Giants 6 14 2

Davey Williams Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .283
OBP .000 .338
At Bats 0 60
Hits 0 17
• Singles 0 14
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 5
RBI’s 0 7

Gerry Staley Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
9 11 1
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Polo Grounds - August 24, 1951
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Fielder's Choice
Gerry Staley
Bob Scheffing
Nippy Jones
Red Schoendienst
Billy Johnson
Solly Hemus
Hal Rice
Stan Musial
Enos Slaughter
Davey Williams
Don Mueller
Whitey Lockman
Bobby Thomson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 5 11 0 10
New York Giants 6 14 2 14
Winning Pitcher Sheldon Jones
Losing Pitcher Gerry Staley
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Davey Williams
Attendance 10,559
Time of Game 3 hours 15 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Davey Williams pinch hits for Sheldon Jones. Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus fields it and throws to third to get the runner. Lockman is safe. Thomson scores. Lockman moves to third. Mueller moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Mueller is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 Yvars bunts towards first. Jones scoops it up and throws to first, with Schoendienst covering, for the out. Thomson moves to third. Lockman moves to second.
Bottom 9 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jones fields the ball and throws to Staley covering. Safe. Irvin scores. Thomson moves to second.
Bottom 9 Thomson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Irvin moves to third.
Bottom 9 Irvin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 9 Jones hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rice moves to third.
Top 9 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark misplays the ball. That's an error on Dark.
Top 9 Sal Yvars now catching. Sheldon Jones now pitching. Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Mays is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Mueller moves to third. Stanky moves to second.
Bottom 8 Stanky hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Mueller moves to second.
Bottom 8 Bill Rigney pinch hits for George Spencer. Rigney hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Mueller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Bob Scheffing now catching. Gerry Staley now pitching. Earl Rapp pinch hits for Wes Westrum. Rapp hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Schoendienst hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Hemus hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Diering scores. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Chuck Diering pinch runs for Del Rice. Bob Scheffing pinch hits for Dick Bokelmann. Scheffing hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Johnson scores.
Top 8 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Spencer fields the ball and throws to third. Thomson drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Thomson. Johnson moves to third. Rice moves to second.
Top 8 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Slaughter moves to second.
Top 8 Slaughter takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Lockman 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 Dick Bokelmann now pitching. Thomson takes first base on ball four. Mays moves to third. Irvin moves to second.
Bottom 7 Irvin takes first base on ball four. Mays moves to second.
Bottom 7 Mays hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Dark hits a popup towards short. Hemus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Hal Rice now playing left field. Stan Musial now playing center field. Stanky hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomson fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 7 Hal Rice pinch hits for Wally Westlake. Rice takes first base on ball four. Hemus moves to third. Schoendienst moves to second.
Top 7 George Spencer now pitching. Musial hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Schoendienst hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brecheen scores. Hemus moves to second.
Top 7 Hemus hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brecheen moves to second.
Top 7 Brecheen takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Rice hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Johnson hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Koslo is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 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. Westrum moves to second.
Bottom 6 Westrum takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Lockman hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Slaughter hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Westlake hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Mays hits a popup, foul, towards first. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brecheen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 There goes Stanky. The throw from Rice and he is safe. Stanky steals second.
Bottom 5 Stanky takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Hemus hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Brecheen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Koslo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Koslo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brecheen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jones fields it and throws to second for the out. Thomson moves to third.
Bottom 4 Westrum is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brecheen fields it and throws to first for the out. Thomson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Thomson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Johnson hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Koslo fields it and throws to first for the out. Jones moves to second.
Top 4 Jones hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Westlake hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Dark hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Stanky is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Koslo 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 3 Musial strikes out.
Top 3 Schoendienst hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hemus moves to third.
Top 3 Hemus takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Brecheen strikes out.
Top 3 Rice strikes out.
Top 3 Johnson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Mueller hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Westrum strikes out.
Bottom 2 Lockman hits a fly ball into center field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Slaughter is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Jones hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stanky settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Westlake hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Thomson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Musial throws the ball in to Schoendienst who tags Thomson, trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Irvin scores.
Bottom 1 Irvin hits a ball on the ground for a double play. Irvin moves to second.
Bottom 1 Mays hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Stanky scores. Dark moves to second.
Bottom 1 Dark bunts towards the mound. Brecheen fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Stanky moves to second.
Bottom 1 Stanky takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Koslo, and towards Stanky, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Hemus hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.