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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 9, 1945
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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, 1945 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | August 9, 1945 |
|---|---|
| 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, 1945 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | D |
| 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 | 7,721 |
| Time of Game | 0 hours |
| Umpires | HP: Ziggy Sears 1B: George Barr 2B: (none) 3B: Tom Dunn |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Red Schoendienst | Left Fielder |
| Debs Garms | Third Baseman |
| Johnny Hopp | Right Fielder |
| Buster Adams | Center Fielder |
| Ray Sanders | First Baseman |
| Del Rice | Catcher |
| Emil Verban | Second Baseman |
| Marty Marion | Shortstop |
| Harry Brecheen | Pitcher |
| Billy Southworth | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Whitey Lockman | Center Fielder |
| George Hausmann | Second Baseman |
| Mel Ott | Right Fielder |
| Danny Gardella | Left Fielder |
| Clyde Kluttz | Catcher |
| Mike Schemer | First Baseman |
| Buddy Kerr | Shortstop |
| Billy Jurges | Third Baseman |
| Harry Feldman | Pitcher |
| Mel Ott | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 9, 1945
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Feldman
Schoendienst hits a fly ball into left field. Gardella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garms vs. Feldman
Garms takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hopp vs. Feldman
Hopp 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: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adams vs. Feldman
Adams hits a fly ball into left field. Gardella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Brecheen
Lockman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hausmann vs. Brecheen
Hausmann hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lockman moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ott vs. Brecheen
Ott hits a fly ball into right field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gardella vs. Brecheen
Gardella 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 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanders vs. Feldman
Sanders hits a fly ball into center field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Feldman
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr misplays the ball. That's an error on Kerr. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Verban vs. Feldman
Verban hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Kluttz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marion vs. Feldman
Marion hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluttz vs. Brecheen
Kluttz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schemer vs. Brecheen
Schemer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kluttz moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kerr vs. Brecheen
Kerr hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kluttz scores. Schemer moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jurges vs. Brecheen
Jurges bunts towards first. Sanders scoops it up and throws to first, with Verban covering, for the out. Schemer moves to third. Kerr moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Feldman vs. Brecheen
Feldman strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Lockman vs. Brecheen
Lockman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hausmann vs. Brecheen
Hausmann hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brecheen vs. Feldman
Brecheen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Schemer scoops it up and throws to first, with Feldman covering, for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Feldman
Schoendienst hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garms vs. Feldman
Garms hits a fly ball into center field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hopp vs. Feldman
There goes Schoendienst. The throw from Kluttz and he is safe. Schoendienst steals second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hopp vs. Feldman
Hopp hits a ball on the ground towards first. Schemer scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hopp for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Brecheen
Ott hits a fly ball into right field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardella vs. Brecheen
Gardella hits a fly ball into right field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluttz vs. Brecheen
Kluttz hits a fly ball into left field. Schoendienst settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Feldman
Adams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sanders vs. Feldman
Sanders hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Adams moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rice vs. Feldman
Rice hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Adams scores. Sanders moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Verban vs. Feldman
Verban hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sanders scores. Rice moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Marion vs. Feldman
Marion bunts towards third. Jurges fields it and throws to first for the out. Rice moves to third. Verban moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Brecheen vs. Feldman
Brecheen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rice scores. Verban scores. Brecheen moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Schoendienst vs. Maglie
Sal Maglie now pitching.
Schoendienst hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Garms vs. Maglie
Garms takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hopp vs. Maglie
Hopp hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Kerr fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schemer vs. Brecheen
Schemer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kerr vs. Brecheen
Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sanders fields the ball and throws to Brecheen covering. Safe. Schemer moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jurges vs. Brecheen
Jurges hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban fields it and throws to second for the out. Schemer moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mallory vs. Brecheen
Jim Mallory pinch hits for Sal Maglie.
Mallory 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 5
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Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Fischer
Rube Fischer now pitching.
Adams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanders vs. Fischer
Sanders strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Fischer
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hausmann scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Brecheen
Lockman hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hausmann vs. Brecheen
Hausmann 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 -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Brecheen
Ott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garms fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardella vs. Brecheen
Gardella hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluttz vs. Brecheen
Kluttz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garms fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Verban vs. Fischer
Verban hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hausmann scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marion vs. Fischer
Marion is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brecheen vs. Fischer
Brecheen hits a fly ball towards left. Gardella settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Gardella. Brecheen moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Schoendienst vs. Fischer
Schoendienst takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Garms vs. Fischer
Garms hits a ball on the ground towards first. Schemer scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Garms for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schemer vs. Brecheen
Schemer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kerr vs. Brecheen
Kerr bunts towards the mound. Brecheen fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jurges vs. Brecheen
Jurges hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Verban catches it and throws to first to double up Kerr. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hopp vs. Fischer
Hopp hits a ball on the ground towards first. Schemer scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hopp for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Fischer
Adams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sanders vs. Fischer
Sanders hits a ball on the ground towards first. Schemer scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Sanders for the out. Adams moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rice vs. Fischer
Rice strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rucker vs. Brecheen
Johnny Rucker pinch hits for Rube Fischer.
Rucker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garms fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Brecheen
Lockman hits a fly ball into right field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hausmann vs. Brecheen
Hausmann hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Rice fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Verban vs. Adams
Ace Adams now pitching.
Verban hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marion vs. Adams
Marion bunts towards first. Schemer scoops it up and throws to first, with Hausmann covering, for the out. Verban moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brecheen vs. Adams
Brecheen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Schemer scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brecheen for the out. Verban moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Schoendienst vs. Adams
Schoendienst hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gardella. Schoendienst reaches second base with a double. Verban scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Garms vs. Adams
Garms hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Brecheen
Ott hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gardella vs. Brecheen
Gardella hits a popup, foul, towards first. Sanders settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kluttz vs. Brecheen
Kluttz hits a line drive into left field. Schoendienst settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schemer vs. Brecheen
Schemer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hopp vs. Adams
Hopp hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adams vs. Adams
Adams bunts towards first. Schemer fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Hausmann covering. It's a double play. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanders vs. Adams
Sanders hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rice vs. Adams
Rice is hit by the pitch. Sanders moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Verban vs. Adams
Verban hits a fly ball into left field. Gardella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kerr vs. Brecheen
Pep Young now playing third base.
Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jurges vs. Brecheen
Jurges hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brecheen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lombardi vs. Brecheen
Ernie Lombardi pinch hits for Ace Adams.
Lombardi hits a fly ball into center field. Adams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/9/1945 -- St.Louis at New York (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Schoendienst R, lf 4 0 2 1 Lockman W, cf 2 1 1 1
Garms D, 3b 3 0 0 0 Hausmann G, 2b 4 0 0 0
Young P, 3b 0 0 0 0 Ott M, rf 4 0 1 0
Hopp J, rf 5 0 1 0 Gardella D, lf 4 1 1 1
Adams B, cf 5 1 2 0 Kluttz C, c 3 1 0 0
Sanders R, 1b 5 1 2 0 Schemer M, 1b 3 0 2 0
Rice D, c 4 1 1 1 Kerr B, ss 4 0 2 1
Verban E, 2b 5 2 2 1 Jurges B, 3b 3 0 0 0
Marion M, ss 2 0 0 0 Feldman H, p 1 0 0 0
Brecheen H, p 4 0 1 2 Maglie S, p 0 0 0 0
Mallory J, ph 1 0 0 0
Fischer R, p 0 0 0 0
Rucker J, ph 1 0 0 0
Adams A, p 0 0 0 0
Lombardi E, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
37 5 11 5 31 3 7 3
St.Louis 000 400 010 -- 5
New York 010 020 000 -- 3
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Brecheen H (W) 9.0 7 3 3 4 1
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Feldman H (L) 3.1 6 4 4 1 0
Maglie S 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Fischer R 3.0 1 0 0 1 3
Adams A 2.0 4 1 1 0 0
E -- Kerr B, Gardella D
DP -- St.Louis 2, New York 1
LOB -- St.Louis 11, New York 6
2B -- Schoendienst R
HR -- Lockman W, Gardella D
SB -- Schoendienst R
SH -- Jurges B, Marion M 2
HBP -- by Adams A (Rice D)
A -- 7721
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