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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
June 2, 1939
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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 June 2, 1939 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | June 2, 1939 |
|---|---|
| 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 | June 2, 1939 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Curt Davis |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Cliff Melton |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 5,417 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 6 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Klem 1B: Bick Campbell 2B: (none) 3B: Lee Ballanfant |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jimmy Brown | Shortstop |
| Stu Martin | Second Baseman |
| Pepper Martin | Center Fielder |
| Joe Medwick | Left Fielder |
| Johnny Mize | First Baseman |
| Don Gutteridge | Third Baseman |
| Enos Slaughter | Right Fielder |
| Mickey Owen | Catcher |
| Curt Davis | Pitcher |
| Ray Blades | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jo-Jo Moore | Left Fielder |
| Billy Jurges | Shortstop |
| Harry Danning | Catcher |
| Mel Ott | Right Fielder |
| Zeke Bonura | First Baseman |
| Frank Demaree | Center Fielder |
| Tony Lazzeri | Third Baseman |
| Burgess Whitehead | Second Baseman |
| Cliff Melton | Pitcher |
| Bill Terry | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
June 2, 1939
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Melton
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Melton
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Melton
Martin strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Davis
Moore hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jurges vs. Davis
Jurges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Brown. Moore moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Danning vs. Davis
Danning hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mize settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Ott vs. Davis
Ott hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Medwick. Ott reaches second base with a double. Moore scores. Jurges moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bonura vs. Davis
Bonura is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Demaree vs. Davis
Demaree hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Jurges scores. Ott scores. Bonura moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lazzeri vs. Davis
Lazzeri hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bonura scores. Demaree moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Whitehead vs. Dean
Paul Dean now pitching.
Whitehead bunts towards the mound. Dean juggles the ball. That's an error on Dean. Demaree scores. Lazzeri moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Melton vs. Dean
Melton hits a line drive towards short. Brown catches it and steps on second to double up Lazzeri. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Medwick vs. Melton
Medwick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Melton
Mize hits a popup towards third. Lazzeri settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gutteridge vs. Melton
Gutteridge strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Dean
Moore hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jurges vs. Dean
Jurges hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Danning vs. Dean
Danning hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dean fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Melton
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Owen vs. Melton
Owen strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dean vs. Melton
Dean hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bonura scoops it up and throws to first, with Melton covering, for the out. Slaughter moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brown vs. Melton
Brown hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Dean
Ott strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonura vs. Dean
Bonura hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown misplays the ball. That's an error on Brown. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Demaree vs. Dean
There goes Bonura. The throw from Owen and he is out, Brown applying the tag. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Demaree vs. Dean
Demaree hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Melton
Martin hits a popup beyond third. Lazzeri can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. Martin is thrown out after the base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Melton
Martin hits a popup towards short. Jurges settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Medwick vs. Melton
Medwick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lazzeri vs. Dean
Lazzeri hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gutteridge fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitehead vs. Dean
Whitehead hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gutteridge fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Melton vs. Dean
Melton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Melton
Mize hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gutteridge vs. Melton
Gutteridge hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Slaughter vs. Melton
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gutteridge moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Owen vs. Melton
Owen hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gutteridge scores. Slaughter moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Myers vs. Melton
Lynn Myers pinch hits for Paul Dean.
Myers strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brown vs. Melton
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges misplays the ball. That's an error on Jurges. Slaughter moves to third. Owen moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Padgett vs. Lohrman
Terry Moore pinch hits for Stu Martin. Bill Lohrman now pitching. Don Padgett pinch hits for Terry Moore.
Padgett hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lohrman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Bowman
Lynn Myers now playing shortstop. Jimmy Brown now playing second base. Bob Bowman now pitching.
Moore takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jurges vs. Bowman
Jurges hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brown fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Danning vs. Bowman
Danning hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ott vs. Bowman
There goes Jurges. The throw from Owen and he is out, Myers applying the tag. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Lohrman
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Medwick vs. Lohrman
Medwick hits a fly ball into left field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Lohrman
Mize hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Bowman
Ott strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonura vs. Bowman
Bonura hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Demaree vs. Bowman
Demaree hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Martin. Demaree reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lazzeri vs. Bowman
Lazzeri takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Whitehead vs. Bowman
Whitehead hits a ball on the ground towards short. Myers scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gutteridge vs. Lohrman
Gutteridge hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Lohrman, and towards Jurges, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Lohrman
Slaughter hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lazzeri settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Owen vs. Lohrman
Owen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lohrman vs. Bowman
Lohrman hits a fly ball into left field. Medwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Bowman
Moore hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jurges vs. Bowman
Jurges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Myers scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Myers vs. Lohrman
Myers strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Lohrman
Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Demaree settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
King vs. Lohrman
Lynn King pinch hits for Bob Bowman.
King hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Danning vs. Cooper
Mort Cooper now pitching.
Danning hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Cooper
Ott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Myers misplays the ball. That's an error on Myers. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bonura vs. Cooper
Bonura takes first base on ball four. Ott moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Demaree vs. Cooper
Demaree hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mize settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lazzeri vs. Cooper
Lazzeri hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Ott scores. Bonura moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Whitehead vs. Cooper
Whitehead hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bonura scores. Lazzeri moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lohrman vs. Cooper
Lohrman bunts towards the mound. Cooper fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Lohrman
Martin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Medwick vs. Lohrman
Medwick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mize vs. Lohrman
Mize hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gutteridge vs. Lohrman
Gutteridge hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lazzeri fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/2/1939 -- St.Louis at New York (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Brown J, ss-2b 4 0 0 0 Moore J, lf 3 1 1 0
Martin S, 2b 2 0 1 0 Jurges B, ss 4 1 0 0
Moore T, ph 0 0 0 0 Danning H, c 4 1 1 1
Padgett D, ph 1 0 0 0 Ott M, rf 4 2 1 1
Bowman B, p 0 0 0 0 Bonura Z, 1b 2 2 0 0
King L, ph 1 0 0 0 Demaree F, cf 4 1 2 2
Cooper M, p 0 0 0 0 Lazzeri T, 3b 3 0 2 2
Martin P, cf 3 0 0 0 Whitehead B, 2b 3 0 1 2
Medwick J, lf 4 0 0 0 Melton C, p 2 0 0 0
Mize J, 1b 4 1 1 1 Lohrman B, p 2 0 0 0
Gutteridge D, 3b 4 1 1 0
Slaughter E, rf 3 0 2 0
Owen M, c 3 0 1 1
Davis C, p 0 0 0 0
Dean P, p 1 0 0 0
Myers L, ph-ss 2 0 0 0
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32 2 6 2 31 8 8 8
St.Louis 000 020 000 -- 2
New York 500 000 03x -- 8
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Davis C (L) 0.1 4 5 3 1 0
Dean P 3.2 0 0 0 0 1
Bowman B 3.0 1 0 0 2 1
Cooper M 1.0 3 3 2 1 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Melton C 4.1 6 2 2 0 4
Lohrman B (W) 4.2 0 0 0 1 1
E -- Brown J 2, Dean P, Jurges B, Myers L
DP -- St.Louis 2, New York 1
LOB -- St.Louis 4, New York 4
2B -- Ott M, Demaree F
HR -- Mize J, Danning H
CS -- Bonura Z, Jurges B
SH -- Whitehead B
T -- 2:06
A -- 5417
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