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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 9, 1912
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on August 9, 1912 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | August 9, 1912 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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| Home Team |
New York Giants
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 9, 1912 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Rube Geyer |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Hooks Wiltse |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 3,000 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 36 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jim Johnstone 1B: Mal Eason 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Miller Huggins | Second Baseman |
| Lee Magee | Left Fielder |
| Mike Mowrey | Third Baseman |
| Ed Konetchy | First Baseman |
| Steve Evans | Right Fielder |
| Arnold Hauser | Shortstop |
| Rebel Oakes | Center Fielder |
| Ivey Wingo | Catcher |
| Rube Geyer | Pitcher |
| Roger Bresnahan | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Fred Snodgrass | Left Fielder |
| Larry Doyle | Second Baseman |
| Beals Becker | Center Fielder |
| Red Murray | Right Fielder |
| Fred Merkle | First Baseman |
| Buck Herzog | Third Baseman |
| Chief Meyers | Catcher |
| Art Fletcher | Shortstop |
| Hooks Wiltse | Pitcher |
| John McGraw | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 9, 1912
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Huggins vs. Wiltse
Huggins hits a fly ball into right field. Murray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Magee vs. Wiltse
Magee hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mowrey vs. Wiltse
Mowrey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snodgrass vs. Geyer
Snodgrass hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Magee. Snodgrass reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Doyle vs. Geyer
Doyle hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Oakes who is chasing the ball. Doyle reaches third base with a triple. Oakes throws the ball in to Wingo who tags Doyle trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Snodgrass scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Becker vs. Geyer
Becker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hauser scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Geyer
Murray hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Huggins scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Konetchy vs. Wiltse
Konetchy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Herzog fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Wiltse
Evans hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hauser vs. Wiltse
Hauser bunts towards third. Herzog fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Evans moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Oakes vs. Wiltse
Oakes hits a fly ball into left field. Snodgrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wingo vs. Wiltse
Wingo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Evans scores. Hauser moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Geyer vs. Wiltse
Geyer hits a fly ball into right field. Murray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merkle vs. Geyer
Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hauser scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herzog vs. Geyer
Herzog hits a fly ball into center field. Oakes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meyers vs. Geyer
Meyers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mowrey fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Huggins vs. Wiltse
Huggins hits a fly ball into center field. Becker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Magee vs. Wiltse
Magee hits a ball on the ground towards third. Herzog fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mowrey vs. Wiltse
Mowrey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Magee moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Konetchy vs. Wiltse
Magee advances to third in unknown way. Magee moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Konetchy vs. Wiltse
Konetchy strikes out. Meyers throws to third, and they've got Magee trapped. The throw to Meyers, and Magee is tagged out for the double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Geyer
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hauser scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wiltse vs. Geyer
Wiltse hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snodgrass vs. Geyer
Snodgrass takes first base on ball four. Wiltse moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Doyle vs. Geyer
Doyle strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Becker vs. Geyer
Becker hits a fly ball into center field. Oakes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Wiltse
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hauser vs. Wiltse
Hauser hits a popup towards short. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oakes vs. Wiltse
Oakes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Geyer
Murray hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merkle vs. Geyer
Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Huggins scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herzog vs. Geyer
Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hauser scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wingo vs. Wiltse
Wingo strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geyer vs. Wiltse
Geyer strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Huggins vs. Wiltse
Huggins hits a ball on the ground towards third. Herzog fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meyers vs. Geyer
Meyers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hauser scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Geyer
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hauser scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wiltse vs. Geyer
Wiltse hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snodgrass vs. Geyer
Snodgrass hits a line drive towards the mound. Geyer reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Magee vs. Wiltse
Magee hits a fly ball into right field. Murray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mowrey vs. Wiltse
Mowrey hits a fly ball into left field. Snodgrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Konetchy vs. Wiltse
Konetchy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Geyer
Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hauser scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Becker vs. Geyer
Becker hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Evans. Becker reaches second base with a double. Evans throws the ball in to Mowrey who tags Becker trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Geyer
Murray hits a fly ball into left field. Magee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Wiltse
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hauser vs. Wiltse
Hauser hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oakes vs. Wiltse
Oakes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wingo vs. Wiltse
Wingo hits a fly ball into center field. Becker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merkle vs. Geyer
Merkle bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herzog vs. Geyer
Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hauser scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meyers vs. Geyer
Meyers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hauser scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geyer vs. Wiltse
Geyer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Huggins vs. Wiltse
Huggins hits a popup, foul, towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Magee vs. Wiltse
Magee hits a ball on the ground towards third. Herzog juggles the ball. That's an error on Herzog. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mowrey vs. Wiltse
Mowrey hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Konetchy vs. Wiltse
Konetchy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Herzog fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Geyer
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hauser fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Shafer vs. Geyer
Tillie Shafer pinch hits for Hooks Wiltse.
Shafer strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snodgrass vs. Geyer
Snodgrass hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hauser throws to second for one, and Huggins throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Snodgrass moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Doyle vs. Geyer
Doyle hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Crandall
Doc Crandall now pitching.
Evans hits a fly ball into left field. Snodgrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hauser vs. Crandall
Hauser hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oakes vs. Crandall
There goes Hauser. The throw from Meyers and he is safe. Hauser steals second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Oakes vs. Crandall
Oakes hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Murray. Oakes reaches second base with a double. Hauser scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wingo vs. Crandall
Wingo strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Geyer vs. Crandall
Geyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Becker vs. Geyer
Becker hits a popup, foul, towards first. Konetchy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Geyer
Murray hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Merkle vs. Geyer
Merkle hits a popup, foul, towards third. Mowrey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCormick vs. Geyer
Moose McCormick pinch hits for Buck Herzog.
There goes Murray. The throw from Wingo and he is safe. Murray steals second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McCormick vs. Geyer
McCormick hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Evans who is chasing the ball. McCormick reaches third base with a triple. Murray scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Meyers vs. Geyer
Meyers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mowrey fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 8/9/1912 -- SLN at New York (D)
SLN AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Miller Huggins, 2b 4 0 0 0 Snodgrass F, lf 3 1 1 0
Lee Magee, lf 4 1 1 0 Doyle L, 2b 4 0 1 1
Mike Mowrey, 3b 4 1 2 2 Becker B, cf 4 0 1 0
Ed Konetchy, 1b 4 0 0 0 Murray R, rf 4 1 1 0
Steve Evans, rf 4 1 1 0 Merkle F, 1b 4 0 0 0
Arnold Hauser, ss 4 1 3 0 Herzog B, 3b 3 0 0 0
Rebel Oakes, cf 4 0 1 1 McCormick M, ph 1 0 1 1
Ivey Wingo, c 4 0 1 1 Meyers C, c 4 0 0 0
Rube Geyer, p 4 0 0 0 Fletcher A, ss 3 0 1 0
Wiltse H, p 2 0 2 0
Shafer T, ph 1 0 0 0
Crandall D, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 4 9 4 33 2 8 2
SLN 010 000 021 -- 4
New York 100 000 001 -- 2
SLN IP H R ER BB SO
Rube Geyer (W) 9.0 8 2 2 1 3
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Wiltse H (L) 8.0 7 3 1 0 3
Crandall D 1.0 2 1 1 0 1
E -- Herzog B, Miller Huggins
DP -- New York 1
LOB -- SLN 5, New York 5
2B -- Snodgrass F, Becker B, Rebel Oakes
3B -- Doyle L, McCormick M
HR -- Mike Mowrey
SB -- Arnold Hauser, Murray R
CS -- Lee Magee
T -- 1:36
A -- 3000
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