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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 11, 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 11, 1945 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | August 11, 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 11, 1945 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bud Byerly |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Adrian Zabala |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 9,869 |
| Time of Game | 0 hours |
| Umpires | HP: Tom Dunn 1B: Ziggy Sears 2B: (none) 3B: George Barr |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Red Schoendienst | Left Fielder |
| Johnny Hopp | Right Fielder |
| Buster Adams | Center Fielder |
| Ray Sanders | First Baseman |
| Del Rice | Catcher |
| Emil Verban | Second Baseman |
| Marty Marion | Shortstop |
| Pep Young | Third Baseman |
| Bud Byerly | Pitcher |
| Billy Southworth | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Rucker | 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 |
| Adrian Zabala | Pitcher |
| Mel Ott | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 11, 1945
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Zabala
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jurges fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hopp vs. Zabala
Hopp hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jurges fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Zabala
Adams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jurges fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rucker vs. Byerly
Rucker 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, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hausmann vs. Byerly
Hausmann takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ott vs. Byerly
Ott hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hausmann moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gardella vs. Byerly
Gardella hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hausmann scores. Ott moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kluttz vs. Byerly
Kluttz hits a fly ball into center field. Adams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schemer vs. Byerly
Schemer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ott scores. Gardella moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kerr vs. Byerly
Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards third. Young fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanders vs. Zabala
Sanders hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rice vs. Zabala
The ball gets by Kluttz for a passed ball. Sanders moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rice vs. Zabala
Rice takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Verban vs. Zabala
Verban hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jurges fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Sanders moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Marion vs. Zabala
Marion hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jurges vs. Byerly
Jurges is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zabala vs. Byerly
Zabala takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rucker vs. Byerly
Rucker hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Byerly fields it and throws to first for the out. Zabala moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hausmann vs. Byerly
There's a wild pitch. Zabala moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hausmann vs. Byerly
Hausmann hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Zabala scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ott vs. Byerly
Ott hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Verban settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Zabala
Young hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gardella. Young reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Garms vs. Zabala
Debs Garms pinch hits for Bud Byerly.
Garms hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Young scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schoendienst vs. Zabala
Zabala fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Zabala. Garms moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Schoendienst vs. Zabala
Schoendienst hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hopp vs. Zabala
Hopp hits a fly ball into left field. Gardella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Adams vs. Zabala
Adams strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardella vs. Gardner
Debs Garms now playing third base. Pep Young now playing shortstop. Art Rebel now playing right field. Glenn Gardner now pitching.
Gardella hits a popup towards third. Garms settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluttz vs. Gardner
Kluttz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schemer vs. Gardner
Schemer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Schoendienst. Schemer reaches second base with a double. Kluttz moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Kerr vs. Gardner
Kerr is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Jurges vs. Gardner
Jurges hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kluttz scores. Schemer moves to third. Kerr moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Zabala vs. Gardner
Zabala strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanders vs. Zabala
Sanders hits a ball on the ground towards first. Schemer scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Sanders for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Zabala
Rice hits a popup into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Verban vs. Zabala
Verban hits a line drive into left field. Gardella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gardner vs. Zabala
Gardner hits a fly ball into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rucker vs. Gardner
Rucker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Young fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hausmann vs. Gardner
Hausmann takes first base on ball four. Rucker moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ott vs. Gardner
Ott takes first base on ball four. Rucker moves to third. Hausmann moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Gardella vs. Gardner
Gardella takes first base on ball four. Rucker scores. Hausmann moves to third. Ott moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Kluttz vs. Jurisich
Al Jurisich now pitching.
Kluttz strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Schemer vs. Jurisich
Schemer hits a popup into left field. Schoendienst settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Kerr vs. Jurisich
Kerr hits a popup towards short. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Zabala
Young hits a popup towards short. Kerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garms vs. Zabala
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 -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Zabala
Schoendienst 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, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jurges vs. Jurisich
Jurges hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zabala vs. Jurisich
Zabala hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rucker vs. Jurisich
Rucker hits a fly ball into right field. Rebel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hausmann vs. Jurisich
Hausmann strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ott vs. Jurisich
Ott takes first base on ball four. Zabala moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gardella vs. Jurisich
Gardella hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Zabala scores. Ott moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kluttz vs. Jurisich
Kluttz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ott scores. Gardella moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schemer vs. Jurisich
Schemer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Verban settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rebel vs. Zabala
Rebel hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adams vs. Zabala
Adams hits a fly ball into left field. Gardella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sanders vs. Zabala
Sanders takes first base on ball four. Rebel moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rice vs. Zabala
Rice hits a fly ball into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Verban vs. Zabala
Verban hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jurges fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kerr vs. Crouch
Bill Crouch now pitching.
Kerr hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rebel throws the ball in to Young who tags Kerr trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jurges vs. Crouch
Jurges hits a popup towards short. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zabala vs. Crouch
Zabala hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sanders scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Zabala for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crouch vs. Zabala
Crouch hits a fly ball into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Zabala
Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garms vs. Zabala
Garms hits a fly ball into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rucker vs. Crouch
Rucker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hausmann vs. Crouch
Hausmann hits a popup into center field for a base hit. Rucker moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Ott vs. Crouch
Ott strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Gardella vs. Crouch
Gardella is hit by the pitch. Hausmann moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Kluttz vs. Crouch
Kluttz hits a ball on the ground towards center field. Adams picks it up and throws to third to catch Hausmannfor the out. Rucker scores. Gardella moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schemer vs. Crouch
Schemer takes first base on ball four. Gardella moves to third. Kluttz moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Kerr vs. Crouch
Kerr takes first base on ball four. Gardella scores. Kluttz moves to third. Schemer moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Jurges vs. Crouch
Jurges hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Verban settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Zabala
Schoendienst 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, 1 - Giants, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rebel vs. Zabala
Rebel hits a popup into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Zabala
Adams hits a popup into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zabala vs. Creel
Jack Creel now pitching.
Zabala hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Creel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rucker vs. Creel
Rucker hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Creel, and towards Young, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hausmann vs. Creel
Hausmann hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Verban settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanders vs. Zabala
Sanders hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rice vs. Zabala
Rice strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Verban vs. Zabala
Verban hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Zabala fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bergamo vs. Zabala
Augie Bergamo pinch hits for Jack Creel.
Bergamo is called out on strikes. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/11/1945 -- St.Louis at New York (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Schoendienst R, lf 4 0 0 0 Rucker J, cf 6 2 2 0
Hopp J, rf 2 0 0 0 Hausmann G, 2b 4 1 2 1
Rebel A, rf 2 0 1 0 Ott M, rf 3 2 1 0
Adams B, cf 4 0 0 0 Gardella D, lf 3 1 2 3
Sanders R, 1b 3 0 2 0 Kluttz C, c 5 1 2 2
Rice D, c 3 0 1 0 Schemer M, 1b 4 0 2 1
Verban E, 2b 4 0 0 0 Kerr B, ss 3 0 1 1
Marion M, ss 1 0 0 0 Jurges B, 3b 5 1 1 2
Gardner G, p 1 0 0 0 Zabala A, p 4 2 1 0
Jurisich A, p 0 0 0 0
Crouch B, p 1 0 0 0
Creel J, p 0 0 0 0
Bergamo A, ph 1 0 0 0
Young P, 3b-ss 3 1 1 0
Byerly B, p 0 0 0 0
Garms D, ph-3b 3 0 1 1
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 1 6 1 37 10 14 10
St.Louis 001 000 000 -- 1
New York 211 130 20x -- 10
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Byerly B (L) 2.0 4 3 3 2 1
Gardner G* 1.0 3 2 2 4 1
Jurisich A 2.0 4 3 3 1 2
Crouch B 2.0 3 2 2 2 1
Creel J 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Zabala A (W) 9.0 6 1 1 2 3
* Pitched to 4 batters in 4th
E -- Zabala A
DP -- New York 1
LOB -- St.Louis 6, New York 13
2B -- Young P, Schemer M
HR -- Jurges B
HBP -- by Crouch B (Gardella D)
WP -- Byerly B
PB -- Kluttz C
A -- 9869
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