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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
July 21, 1944
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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 21, 1944 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | July 21, 1944 |
|---|---|
| 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 21, 1944 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Harry Brecheen |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Harry Feldman |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 19,328 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 8 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Stewart 1B: Tom Dunn 2B: (none) 3B: George Magerkurth |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Hopp | Center Fielder |
| Ray Sanders | First Baseman |
| Stan Musial | Right Fielder |
| Ken O'Dea | Catcher |
| Whitey Kurowski | Third Baseman |
| Augie Bergamo | Left Fielder |
| Marty Marion | Shortstop |
| Emil Verban | Second Baseman |
| Harry Brecheen | Pitcher |
| Billy Southworth | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Rucker | Center Fielder |
| Hal Luby | Second Baseman |
| Mel Ott | Right Fielder |
| Joe Medwick | Left Fielder |
| Phil Weintraub | First Baseman |
| Ernie Lombardi | Catcher |
| Buddy Kerr | Shortstop |
| Nap Reyes | Third Baseman |
| Harry Feldman | Pitcher |
| Mel Ott | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
July 21, 1944
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hopp vs. Feldman
Hopp hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanders vs. Feldman
Sanders hits a fly ball into left field. Medwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Feldman
Musial hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Dea vs. Feldman
O'Dea hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Lombardi settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Lombardi. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Dea vs. Feldman
O'Dea hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rucker vs. Brecheen
Rucker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Luby vs. Brecheen
Luby hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sanders scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Luby for the out. Rucker moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ott vs. Brecheen
Ott hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brecheen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Medwick vs. Brecheen
Medwick is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Weintraub vs. Brecheen
Weintraub strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kurowski vs. Feldman
Kurowski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bergamo vs. Feldman
Bergamo takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marion vs. Feldman
Marion hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lombardi vs. Brecheen
Lombardi 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--
Kerr vs. Brecheen
Kerr hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reyes vs. Brecheen
Reyes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Verban vs. Feldman
Verban hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brecheen vs. Feldman
Brecheen hits a popup towards short. Kerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hopp vs. Feldman
Hopp hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanders vs. Feldman
Sanders hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Luby scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Feldman vs. Brecheen
Feldman hits a fly ball into center field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rucker vs. Brecheen
Rucker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Luby vs. Brecheen
Luby hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Rucker moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ott vs. Brecheen
Ott hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brecheen fields it and throws to second for the out. Rucker moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Medwick vs. Brecheen
Medwick hits a fly ball into left field. Bergamo 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: ---
Musial vs. Feldman
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Dea vs. Feldman
O'Dea hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kurowski vs. Feldman
Kurowski hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. O'Dea moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bergamo vs. Feldman
Bergamo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. O'Dea scores. Kurowski moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Marion vs. Feldman
Marion hits a popup towards short. Kerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Verban vs. Feldman
Verban hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kurowski scores. Bergamo moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brecheen vs. Feldman
Brecheen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Feldman fields it 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: ---
Weintraub vs. Brecheen
Weintraub strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lombardi vs. Brecheen
Lombardi hits a fly ball into left field. Bergamo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kerr vs. Brecheen
Kerr hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reyes vs. Brecheen
Reyes hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Brecheen, and towards Verban, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hopp vs. Feldman
Hopp hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sanders vs. Feldman
There goes Hopp. The throw from Lombardi and he is out, Kerr applying the tag. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanders vs. Feldman
Sanders hits a fly ball into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Feldman
Musial hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Medwick. Musial reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
O'Dea vs. Feldman
O'Dea hits a line drive towards third. Reyes reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Feldman vs. Brecheen
Feldman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kurowski fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rucker vs. Brecheen
Rucker hits a fly ball into left field. Bergamo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Luby vs. Brecheen
Luby hits a popup in front of the plate. O'Dea settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kurowski vs. Feldman
Kurowski hits a popup towards short. Kerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bergamo vs. Feldman
Bergamo hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marion vs. Feldman
Marion hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Luby fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Verban vs. Feldman
Verban hits a fly ball into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Brecheen
Ott hits a popup towards short. Marion settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Medwick vs. Brecheen
Medwick strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weintraub vs. Brecheen
Weintraub hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brecheen vs. Feldman
Brecheen hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Ott who is chasing the ball. Brecheen reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hopp vs. Feldman
Hopp hits a fly ball into left field. Medwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Brecheen scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanders vs. Feldman
Sanders hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Luby scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Feldman
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Feldman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lombardi vs. Brecheen
Lombardi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kerr vs. Brecheen
Kerr strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reyes vs. Brecheen
Reyes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kurowski fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Dea vs. Feldman
O'Dea hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kurowski vs. Feldman
Kurowski hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. O'Dea moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bergamo vs. Feldman
Bergamo hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Marion vs. Feldman
Marion takes first base on ball four. O'Dea moves to third. Kurowski moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Garms vs. Feldman
Debs Garms pinch hits for Emil Verban.
Garms hits a popup towards short. Kerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Brecheen vs. Feldman
Brecheen hits a fly ball into left field. Medwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jurges vs. Brecheen
George Fallon now playing second base. Billy Jurges pinch hits for Harry Feldman.
Jurges strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rucker vs. Brecheen
Rucker strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Luby vs. Brecheen
Luby takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ott vs. Brecheen
Ott hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Luby moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Medwick vs. Brecheen
Medwick hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hopp vs. Adams
Ace Adams now pitching.
Hopp hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sanders vs. Adams
Lombardi fires to first and picks off Hopp. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanders vs. Adams
Sanders hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Adams
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Luby scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Dea vs. Adams
O'Dea hits a ball on the ground towards first. Weintraub scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats O'Dea for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weintraub vs. Brecheen
Weintraub hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fallon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lombardi vs. Brecheen
Lombardi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kerr vs. Brecheen
Kerr hits a popup, foul, towards first. Sanders settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/21/1944 -- St.Louis at New York (N)
St.Louis AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Hopp J, cf 5 1 3 2 Rucker J, cf 3 0 1 0
Sanders R, 1b 5 1 1 1 Luby H, 2b 3 0 1 0
Musial S, rf 5 0 2 0 Ott M, rf 4 0 1 0
O'Dea K, c 5 1 2 0 Medwick J, lf 3 0 0 0
Kurowski W, 3b 4 1 2 0 Weintraub P, 1b 4 0 0 0
Bergamo A, lf 3 0 2 1 Lombardi E, c 4 0 1 0
Marion M, ss 3 0 0 0 Kerr B, ss 4 0 1 0
Verban E, 2b 3 0 1 1 Reyes N, 3b 3 0 0 0
Garms D, ph 1 0 0 0 Feldman H, p 2 0 0 0
Fallon G, 2b 0 0 0 0 Jurges B, ph 1 0 0 0
Brecheen H, p 4 1 1 0 Adams A, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
38 5 14 5 31 0 5 0
St.Louis 001 200 101 -- 5
New York 000 000 000 -- 0
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Brecheen H (W) 9.0 5 0 0 3 6
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Feldman H (L) 8.0 12 4 4 2 0
Adams A 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
E -- Lombardi E
DP -- St.Louis 1, New York 1
LOB -- St.Louis 8, New York 7
2B -- Musial S
3B -- Brecheen H
HR -- Hopp J, Sanders R
CS -- Hopp J
T -- 2:08
A -- 19328
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