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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
May 1, 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 May 1, 1947 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | May 1, 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 | May 1, 1947 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Al Brazle |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Dave Koslo |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 7,993 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 26 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jocko Conlan 1B: Beans Reardon 2B: (none) 3B: Larry Goetz |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Red Schoendienst | Second Baseman |
| Chuck Diering | Left Fielder |
| Stan Musial | First Baseman |
| Whitey Kurowski | Third Baseman |
| Enos Slaughter | Right Fielder |
| Terry Moore | Center Fielder |
| Marty Marion | Shortstop |
| Del Rice | Catcher |
| Al Brazle | 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 |
| Dave Koslo | Pitcher |
| Mel Ott | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
May 1, 1947
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Koslo
Schoendienst hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Blattner reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Diering vs. Koslo
Diering hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Koslo
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Diering moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kurowski vs. Koslo
Kurowski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Diering scores. Musial moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Slaughter vs. Koslo
Slaughter hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Musial scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moore vs. Koslo
Moore hits a line drive towards third. Rigney reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blattner vs. Brazle
Blattner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kurowski fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Brazle
Rigney hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Brazle
Thomson hits a fly ball into left field. Diering settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marion vs. Koslo
Marion hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rice vs. Koslo
Rice hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Marion moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brazle vs. Andrews
Hub Andrews now pitching.
Brazle bunts towards the mound. Andrews fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Marion moves to third. Rice moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Schoendienst vs. Andrews
Schoendienst takes first base on ball four. Marion scores. Rice moves to third. Brazle moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Diering vs. Andrews
Diering hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blattner fields it and throws to second for the out. Rice scores. Brazle moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Musial vs. Andrews
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blattner fields it and throws to second for the out. Brazle scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kurowski vs. Andrews
Kurowski hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Cooper fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Brazle
Mize hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mize for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Brazle
Cooper hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marshall vs. Brazle
Marshall takes first base on ball four. Cooper moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gordon vs. Brazle
Gordon hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Moore who is chasing the ball. Gordon reaches third base with a triple. Cooper scores. Marshall goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Kerr vs. Brazle
Kerr hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gordon scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hartung vs. Burkhart
Ken Burkhart now pitching. Clint Hartung pinch hits for Hub Andrews.
Hartung strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blattner vs. Burkhart
Blattner hits a popup towards short. Marion settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Thompson
Junior Thompson now pitching.
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mize scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Slaughter for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Thompson
Moore strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marion vs. Thompson
Marion hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Burkhart
Harry Walker now playing center field.
Rigney hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Burkhart
Thomson is hit by the pitch. Rigney moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mize vs. Burkhart
Mize hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial fields the ball and throws to Burkhart covering. Safe. Rigney moves to third. Thomson moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Cooper vs. Burkhart
Cooper hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kurowski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Marshall vs. Burkhart
Marshall hits a fly ball towards left. Diering catches it and throws to second to double up Thomson. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Thompson
Rice strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burkhart vs. Thompson
Burkhart hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mize scoops it up and throws to first, with Thompson covering, for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Thompson
Schoendienst hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Burkhart
Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kerr vs. Burkhart
Kerr strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Burkhart
Thompson hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Diering vs. Thompson
Diering hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Thompson
Musial hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kurowski vs. Thompson
Kurowski takes first base on ball four. Musial moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Slaughter vs. Thompson
Slaughter takes first base on ball four. Musial moves to third. Kurowski moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Walker vs. Thompson
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blattner fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blattner vs. Burkhart
Blattner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Walker. Blattner reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rigney vs. Burkhart
Rigney hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Blattner scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Burkhart
Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mize vs. Burkhart
Mize hits a fly ball into center field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cooper vs. Burkhart
Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marion vs. Thompson
Marion hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Thompson
Rice takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burkhart vs. Thompson
Burkhart bunts between the mound and first base. Thompson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Burkhart for the out. Rice moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Schoendienst vs. Thompson
Schoendienst is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Diering vs. Thompson
Diering strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Burkhart
Marshall takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Burkhart
Gordon hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kerr vs. Burkhart
Kerr hits a popup, foul, towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lombardi vs. Burkhart
Ernie Lombardi pinch hits for Junior Thompson.
Lombardi hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kurowski fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Trinkle
Ken Trinkle now pitching.
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kurowski vs. Trinkle
Kurowski takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Slaughter vs. Trinkle
Slaughter 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, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Trinkle
Walker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Slaughter moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Marion vs. Trinkle
Marion hits a popup towards first. Mize settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blattner vs. Burkhart
Blattner hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Burkhart
Rigney hits a fly ball into center field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Burkhart
Thomson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Diering. Thomson reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mize vs. Burkhart
Mize hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Burkhart
Cooper 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, 5 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sisler vs. Trinkle
Dick Sisler pinch hits for Del Rice.
Sisler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garagiola vs. Trinkle
Joe Garagiola pinch hits for Ken Burkhart.
Garagiola strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Trinkle
Schoendienst hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Dickson
Joe Garagiola now catching. Murry Dickson now pitching.
Marshall takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Dickson
Gordon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kerr vs. Dickson
Kerr hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Marshall moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Trinkle vs. Dickson
Trinkle hits a line drive towards first. Musial catches it and steps on first to double up Kerr. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Diering vs. Trinkle
Diering hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Trinkle
Musial 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, 5 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kurowski vs. Trinkle
Kurowski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Slaughter vs. Trinkle
Jeff Cross pinch runs for Whitey Kurowski.
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Cross moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Walker vs. Trinkle
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trinkle fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/1/1947 -- St.Louis at New York (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Schoendienst R, 2b 3 0 0 1 Blattner B, 2b 4 1 1 0
Diering C, lf 5 1 2 1 Rigney B, 3b 4 0 2 1
Musial S, 1b 5 1 2 1 Thomson B, cf 3 1 1 0
Kurowski W, 3b 3 0 1 1 Mize J, 1b 4 1 2 2
Cross J, pr 0 0 0 0 Cooper W, c 4 1 1 0
Slaughter E, rf 4 0 1 1 Marshall W, rf 1 1 0 0
Moore T, cf 2 0 0 0 Gordon S, lf 4 1 1 2
Walker H, cf 3 0 1 0 Kerr B, ss 4 0 2 1
Marion M, ss 4 1 1 0 Koslo D, p 0 0 0 0
Rice D, c 2 1 1 0 Andrews H, p 0 0 0 0
Sisler D, ph 1 0 0 0 Hartung C, ph 1 0 0 0
Dickson M, p 0 0 0 0 Thompson J, p 1 0 0 0
Brazle A, p 1 1 1 0 Lombardi E, ph 1 0 0 0
Burkhart K, p 1 0 0 0 Trinkle K, p 1 0 0 0
Garagiola J, ph-c 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 5 10 5 32 6 10 6
St.Louis 230 000 000 -- 5
New York 030 010 20x -- 6
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Brazle A 1.1 3 3 3 1 0
Burkhart K (L) 5.2 6 3 3 1 2
Dickson M 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Koslo D* 1.0 5 4 4 0 0
Andrews H 1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Thompson J 4.0 1 0 0 4 3
Trinkle K (W) 3.0 3 0 0 1 1
* Pitched to 2 batters in 2nd
DP -- St.Louis 2, New York 1
LOB -- St.Louis 10, New York 6
2B -- Blattner B, Thomson B
3B -- Gordon S
HR -- Mize J
SH -- Burkhart K
HBP -- by Burkhart K (Thomson B)
T -- 2:26
A -- 7993
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