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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
July 18, 1923
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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 July 18, 1923 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | July 18, 1923 |
|---|---|
| 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 | July 18, 1923 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bill Sherdel |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Hugh McQuillan |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 6,000 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 45 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Cy Pfirman 1B: Bill Finneran 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Max Flack | Right Fielder |
| Jack Smith | Left Fielder |
| Rogers Hornsby | Second Baseman |
| Jim Bottomley | First Baseman |
| Milt Stock | Third Baseman |
| Heinie Mueller | Center Fielder |
| Eddie Ainsmith | Catcher |
| Specs Toporcer | Shortstop |
| Bill Sherdel | Pitcher |
| Branch Rickey | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ross Youngs | Right Fielder |
| Heinie Groh | Third Baseman |
| Frankie Frisch | Second Baseman |
| Irish Meusel | Left Fielder |
| Bill Cunningham | Center Fielder |
| High Pockets Kelly | First Baseman |
| Travis Jackson | Shortstop |
| Frank Snyder | Catcher |
| Hugh McQuillan | Pitcher |
| John McGraw | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
July 18, 1923
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flack vs. McQuillan
Flack hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. McQuillan
Smith bunts towards the mound. McQuillan fields it and throws to first for the out. Flack moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hornsby vs. McQuillan
Hornsby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bottomley vs. McQuillan
Bottomley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kelly scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bottomley for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Sherdel
Youngs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groh vs. Sherdel
Groh hits a fly ball into center field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frisch vs. Sherdel
Frisch hits a fly ball into center field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stock vs. McQuillan
Stock hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Meusel. Stock reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mueller vs. McQuillan
Mueller hits a fly ball into right field. Youngs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ainsmith vs. McQuillan
Ainsmith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Stock scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Toporcer vs. McQuillan
Toporcer hits a fly ball into center field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sherdel vs. McQuillan
Sherdel hits a ball on the ground towards third. Groh fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meusel vs. Sherdel
Meusel hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Sherdel
Cunningham hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bottomley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Sherdel
Kelly takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Sherdel
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Toporcer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flack vs. McQuillan
Flack hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kelly scoops it up and throws to first, with McQuillan covering, for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. McQuillan
Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Meusel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hornsby vs. McQuillan
Hornsby hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bottomley vs. McQuillan
Bottomley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Youngs throws the ball in to Frisch who tags Bottomley trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Hornsby moves to third. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Sherdel
Snyder hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McQuillan vs. Sherdel
McQuillan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Youngs vs. Sherdel
Youngs hits a line drive into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Groh vs. Sherdel
Groh hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stock vs. McQuillan
Jimmy O'Connell now playing first base.
Stock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. McQuillan
Mueller hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Meusel. Mueller reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ainsmith vs. McQuillan
Ainsmith hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Toporcer vs. McQuillan
Toporcer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sherdel vs. McQuillan
Sherdel hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frisch vs. Sherdel
Frisch hits a popup into center field, out of the reach of Mueller. Frisch reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Meusel vs. Sherdel
Meusel hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Frisch moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cunningham vs. Sherdel
Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards second. Hornsby can't make a play. That's a base hit. Frisch scores. Meusel moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
O'Connell vs. Sherdel
O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards second. Hornsby throws to second for one, and Toporcer throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Meusel scores. O'Connell moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jackson vs. Sherdel
Jackson bunts for a single. O'Connell moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Snyder vs. Sherdel
Snyder hits a line drive towards third. Stock reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McQuillan vs. Sherdel
McQuillan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stock fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flack vs. McQuillan
Flack hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cunningham who is chasing the ball. Flack reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Smith vs. McQuillan
Smith hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Snyder settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hornsby vs. McQuillan
Hornsby hits a popup, foul, towards first. O'Connell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bottomley vs. McQuillan
Bottomley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Sherdel
Youngs hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groh vs. Sherdel
Groh hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Smith who is chasing the ball. Groh reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Frisch vs. Sherdel
Frisch hits a fly ball into center field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Groh tags and scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meusel vs. Sherdel
Meusel hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stock vs. McQuillan
Stock hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Snyder settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. McQuillan
Mueller hits a line drive into right field. Youngs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ainsmith vs. McQuillan
Ainsmith takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Toporcer vs. McQuillan
Toporcer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Sherdel
Cunningham hits a popup towards first. Bottomley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Connell vs. Sherdel
O'Connell hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Sherdel
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Toporcer throws to second for one, and Hornsby throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Jackson moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Snyder vs. Sherdel
Sherdel spins and fires to second, with Toporcer covering, and Jackson is picked off. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sherdel vs. McQuillan
Sherdel hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Flack vs. McQuillan
Flack bunts in front of the plate. Snyder fields it and throws to first for the out. Sherdel moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Smith vs. McQuillan
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Sherdel moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hornsby vs. McQuillan
Hornsby hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sherdel scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bottomley vs. McQuillan
Bottomley hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Youngs who is chasing the ball. Bottomley reaches third base with a triple. Hornsby goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Stock vs. McQuillan
Stock hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Meusel. Stock reaches second base with a double. Bottomley scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mueller vs. McQuillan
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McQuillan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Sherdel
Snyder hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gowdy vs. Sherdel
Hank Gowdy pinch hits for Hugh McQuillan.
Gowdy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Toporcer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Sherdel
Youngs takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Groh vs. Sherdel
Groh hits a line drive into center field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ainsmith vs. Barnes
Virgil Barnes now pitching.
Ainsmith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson misplays the ball. That's an error on Jackson. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Toporcer vs. Barnes
Toporcer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sherdel vs. Barnes
Sherdel hits a ball on the ground towards first. O'Connell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Sherdel for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frisch vs. Sherdel
Frisch hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meusel vs. Sherdel
Meusel hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Sherdel
Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Connell vs. Sherdel
O'Connell hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Flack. O'Connell reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jackson vs. Sherdel
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sherdel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flack vs. Barnes
Flack takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Barnes
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Frisch fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hornsby vs. Barnes
Hornsby hits a line drive for a double play. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Sherdel
Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sherdel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shinners vs. Sherdel
Ralph Shinners pinch hits for Virgil Barnes.
Shinners hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Sherdel
Youngs is called out on strikes. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 7/18/1923 -- SLN at New York (D)
SLN AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Max Flack, rf 3 0 2 0 Youngs R, rf 4 0 0 0
Jack Smith, lf 4 0 0 0 Groh H, 3b 4 1 1 0
Rogers Hornsby, 2b 5 1 2 1 Frisch F, 2b 3 2 2 2
Jim Bottomley, 1b 4 1 2 1 Meusel I, lf 4 1 1 0
Milt Stock, 3b 4 1 2 1 Cunningham B, cf 4 0 1 1
Heinie Mueller, cf 4 1 1 0 Kelly H, 1b 0 0 0 0
Eddie Ainsmith, c 3 1 2 3 O'Connell J, 1b 3 0 2 1
Specs Toporcer, ss 4 0 0 0 Jackson T, ss 4 0 1 0
Bill Sherdel, p 4 1 1 0 Snyder F, c 4 0 1 0
McQuillan H, p 2 0 0 0
Gowdy H, ph 1 0 0 0
Barnes V, p 0 0 0 0
Shinners R, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 6 12 6 34 4 9 4
SLN 010 200 300 -- 6
New York 000 210 010 -- 4
SLN IP H R ER BB SO
Bill Sherdel (W) 9.0 9 4 4 2 1
New York IP H R ER BB SO
McQuillan H (L) 7.0 12 6 6 1 0
Barnes V 2.0 0 0 0 1 0
E -- Specs Toporcer, Rogers Hornsby, Jackson T
DP -- New York 2
LOB -- SLN 6, New York 6
2B -- Milt Stock 2, Heinie Mueller, Frisch F, O'Connell J
3B -- Max Flack, Groh H, Jim Bottomley
HR -- Eddie Ainsmith, Frisch F
SH -- Jack Smith, Max Flack
SF -- Frisch F
T -- 1:45
A -- 6000
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