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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
April 29, 1947
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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 April 29, 1947 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | April 29, 1947 |
|---|---|
| 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 | April 29, 1947 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Howie Pollet |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Monty Kennedy |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 12,786 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 31 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Beans Reardon 1B: Larry Goetz 2B: (none) 3B: Jocko Conlan |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Red Schoendienst | Left Fielder |
| Chuck Diering | Center Fielder |
| Stan Musial | First Baseman |
| Whitey Kurowski | Third Baseman |
| Enos Slaughter | Right Fielder |
| Nippy Jones | Second Baseman |
| Marty Marion | Shortstop |
| Del Rice | Catcher |
| Howie Pollet | Pitcher |
| Eddie Dyer | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Buddy Blattner | Second Baseman |
| Bill Rigney | Third Baseman |
| Bobby Thomson | Center Fielder |
| Johnny Mize | First Baseman |
| Walker Cooper | Catcher |
| Willard Marshall | Right Fielder |
| Sid Gordon | Left Fielder |
| Buddy Kerr | Shortstop |
| Monty Kennedy | Pitcher |
| Mel Ott | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
April 29, 1947
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Kennedy
Schoendienst 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: ---
Diering vs. Kennedy
Diering takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Kennedy
Musial hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blattner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kurowski vs. Kennedy
Kurowski strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blattner vs. Pollet
Blattner hits a popup towards short. Marion settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Pollet
Rigney hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Schoendienst. Rigney reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thomson vs. Pollet
Thomson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rigney scores. Thomson moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mize vs. Pollet
Mize hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mize for the out. Thomson moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cooper vs. Pollet
Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Thomson scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marshall vs. Pollet
Marshall hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kurowski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Kennedy
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rigney fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Kennedy
Jones hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marion vs. Kennedy
Marion hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blattner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Pollet
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kurowski fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kerr vs. Pollet
Kerr takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kennedy vs. Pollet
Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pollet fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Kennedy
Rice hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pollet vs. Kennedy
Pollet strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schoendienst vs. Kennedy
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blattner fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Diering vs. Kennedy
Diering strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blattner vs. Pollet
Blattner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rigney vs. Pollet
Rigney hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Jones fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Jones. Blattner moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thomson vs. Pollet
Thomson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mize vs. Pollet
Mize hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Burkhart
Ken Burkhart now pitching.
Cooper hits a fly ball into center field. Diering settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Burkhart
Marshall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Burkhart
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Jones scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Kennedy
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kurowski vs. Kennedy
Kurowski hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Kennedy
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Kennedy
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rigney fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kerr vs. Burkhart
Kerr hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Slaughter. Kerr reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kennedy vs. Burkhart
Kennedy bunts towards the mound. Burkhart fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blattner vs. Burkhart
Blattner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kennedy moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rigney vs. Burkhart
Rigney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kurowski fields it and throws to first for the out. Kennedy moves to third. Blattner moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Thomson vs. Burkhart
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kurowski fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marion vs. Kennedy
Marion hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blattner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Kennedy
Rice hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dusak vs. Kennedy
Erv Dusak pinch hits for Ken Burkhart.
Dusak hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Cooper settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Cooper. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dusak vs. Kennedy
Dusak takes first base on ball four. Rice moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schoendienst vs. Kennedy
Bernie Creger pinch runs for Erv Dusak.
Schoendienst hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Diering vs. Kennedy
Diering hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Staley
Gerry Staley now pitching.
Mize hits a popup towards third. Kurowski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Staley
Cooper hits a fly ball into center field. Diering settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Staley
Marshall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Staley
Staley fires over to first and Musial drops the ball. That's an error on Musial. Marshall moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gordon vs. Staley
Gordon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Marshall moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kerr vs. Staley
Kerr strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Kennedy
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, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kurowski vs. Kennedy
Kurowski takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Slaughter vs. Kennedy
Slaughter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kurowski moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jones vs. Kennedy
The ball gets by Cooper for a passed ball. Kurowski moves to third. Slaughter moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Jones vs. Kennedy
Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Marion vs. Kennedy
Marion hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Staley
Kennedy takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blattner vs. Staley
Blattner takes first base on ball four. Kennedy moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rigney vs. Staley
Rigney hits a fly ball into left field. Schoendienst settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kennedy moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Thomson vs. Staley
Thomson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Diering who is chasing the ball. Thomson reaches third base with a triple. Kennedy scores. Blattner goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Mize vs. Grodzicki
Johnny Grodzicki now pitching.
Mize hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cooper vs. Grodzicki
Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Kennedy
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rigney fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cross vs. Kennedy
Jeff Cross pinch hits for Johnny Grodzicki.
Cross hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Kennedy
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mize scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Schoendienst for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Schmidt
Freddy Schmidt now pitching.
Marshall takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Schmidt
Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. Diering settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kerr vs. Schmidt
Kerr 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 8
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Diering vs. Kennedy
Diering hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Kennedy
Musial takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kurowski vs. Kennedy
Kurowski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Musial moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Slaughter vs. Kennedy
Slaughter hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Marshall. Slaughter reaches second base with a double. Musial scores. Kurowski moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Jones vs. Kennedy
Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Marion vs. Kennedy
Marion hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rigney fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Schmidt
Kennedy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blattner vs. Schmidt
Blattner bunts in front of the plate. Rice fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rigney vs. Schmidt
There goes Blattner. The throw from Rice and he is out, Jones applying the tag. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Schmidt
Rigney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kurowski fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Kennedy
Rice strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilber vs. Kennedy
Del Wilber pinch hits for Freddy Schmidt.
Wilber hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Kennedy
Schoendienst hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Diering vs. Kennedy
Diering hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon 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 4/29/1947 -- St.Louis at New York (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Schoendienst R, lf 5 0 1 0 Blattner B, 2b 4 2 2 0
Diering C, cf 4 0 0 0 Rigney B, 3b 5 2 1 0
Musial S, 1b 3 1 0 0 Thomson B, cf 4 1 2 3
Kurowski W, 3b 3 1 2 1 Mize J, 1b 4 1 1 3
Slaughter E, rf 4 0 2 1 Cooper W, c 4 0 1 1
Jones N, 2b 4 0 0 0 Marshall W, rf 3 0 2 0
Marion M, ss 4 0 0 0 Gordon S, lf 4 0 1 0
Rice D, c 4 0 2 0 Kerr B, ss 3 0 1 0
Pollet H, p 1 0 0 0 Kennedy M, p 3 1 1 0
Burkhart K, p 0 0 0 0
Dusak E, ph 0 0 0 0
Creger B, pr 0 0 0 0
Staley G, p 0 0 0 0
Grodzicki J, p 0 0 0 0
Cross J, ph 1 0 0 0
Schmidt F, p 0 0 0 0
Wilber D, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 2 7 2 34 7 12 7
St.Louis 000 100 010 -- 2
New York 203 002 00x -- 7
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Pollet H (L) 2.1 5 5 4 1 0
Burkhart K 1.2 3 0 0 0 0
Staley G 1.1 3 2 2 2 1
Grodzicki J 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Schmidt F 2.0 1 0 0 1 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Kennedy M (W) 9.0 7 2 2 4 4
E -- Jones N, Cooper W, Musial S
DP -- St.Louis 2
LOB -- St.Louis 9, New York 7
2B -- Rigney B, Kerr B, Slaughter E
3B -- Thomson B
HR -- Mize J, Kurowski W
CS -- Blattner B
PB -- Cooper W
T -- 2:31
A -- 12786
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