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Cardinals 7 @ Giants 8
Polo Grounds
August 23, 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 August 23, 1923 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants beat the visiting Cardinals with a score of 8 to 7.

Game Summary

DateAugust 23, 1923 
Visiting Team
St. Louis Cardinals
R: 7 H: 11 E: 2 LOB: 9
Runs: 7
Hits: 11
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 8 H: 9 E: 2 LOB: 7
Runs: 8
Hits: 9
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherJack Scott  
Losing PitcherBill Sherdel  
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Game Winning RBIIrish Meusel 

Game Info

DateAugust 23, 1923 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamSt. Louis Cardinals 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherBill Doak  
Home Starting PitcherJack Bentley  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance 
Time of Game2 hours 5 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill Klem
1B: Frank Wilson
2B: (none)
3B: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Max Flack  Right Fielder 
Ray Blades  Third Baseman 
Rogers Hornsby  Second Baseman 
Jim Bottomley  First Baseman 
Hi Myers  Center Fielder 
Eddie Ainsmith  Catcher 
Howard Freigau  Shortstop 
Tige Stone  Left Fielder 
Bill Doak  Pitcher 
Branch Rickey  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Dave Bancroft  Shortstop 
Frankie Frisch  Second Baseman 
Ross Youngs  Right Fielder 
Irish Meusel  Left Fielder 
Jimmy O'Connell  Center Fielder 
High Pockets Kelly  First Baseman 
Travis Jackson  Third Baseman 
Hank Gowdy  Catcher 
Jack Bentley  Pitcher 
John McGraw  Manager 

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Cardinals 7 @ Giants 8
Polo Grounds
August 23, 1923

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         Game of 8/23/1923, game 1 -- SLN at New York (D)

  SLN                AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Max Flack, rf         4  0  1  0   Bancroft D, ss        5  0  2  2   
Ray Blades, 3b-lf     4  2  1  1   Frisch F, 2b          5  1  2  0   
Rogers Hornsby, 2b    4  1  0  0   Youngs R, rf          4  1  0  0   
Jim Bottomley, 1b     3  1  1  2   Meusel I, lf          4  2  1  1   
Hi Myers, cf          4  0  1  1   O'Connell J, cf       2  1  1  1   
Heinie Muelle, ph-cf  1  0  1  1   Kelly H, 1b           3  0  0  1   
Eddie Ainsmith, c     4  1  2  1   Jackson T, 3b         3  1  0  1   
Jack Smith, pr        0  0  0  0   Gowdy H, c            3  2  2  1   
Harry McCurdy, c      1  0  0  0   Bentley J, p          4  0  1  1   
Howard Freigau, ss    4  0  2  0   Jonnard C, p          0  0  0  0   
Specs Toporce, ph-ss  1  0  0  0   Scott J, p            0  0  0  0   
Tige Stone, lf        0  0  0  0                                      
Milt Stock, ph-3b     3  1  1  1                                      
Bill Doak, p          0  0  0  0                                      
Lou North, p          1  0  0  0                                      
Clyde Barfoot, ph     1  0  0  0                                      
Jeff Pfeffer, p       0  0  0  0                                      
Doc Lavan, ph         1  1  1  0                                      
Bill Sherdel, p       0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     36  7 11  7                        33  8  9  8

SLN              010 000 033 --  7
New York         000 501 011 --  8
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  SLN                  IP  H  R ER BB SO
Bill Doak*            3.0  2  4  1  4  0
Lou North             4.0  6  2  1  1  0
Jeff Pfeffer          1.0  0  1  1  1  0
Bill Sherdel (L)      0.1  1  1  1  0  1

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Bentley J             8.1 10  7  6  3  4
Jonnard C+            0.0  0  0  0  2  0
Scott J (W)           0.2  1  0  0  0  1
  * Pitched to 5 batters in 4th
  + Pitched to 2 batters in 9th

E -- Bentley J, Bancroft D, Jim Bottomley, Jeff Pfeffer
DP -- SLN 1, New York 1
LOB -- SLN 9, New York 7
2B -- O'Connell J, Eddie Ainsmith
HR -- Meusel I
SB -- Gowdy H, Jackson T
CS -- Meusel I
SH -- Bill Doak, Gowdy H
SF -- Milt Stock
PB -- Eddie Ainsmith
T -- 2:05
A -- 0

    

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