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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
June 20, 1948
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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 June 20, 1948 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | June 20, 1948 |
|---|---|
| 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 | June 20, 1948 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Murry Dickson |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Monty Kennedy |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 1 minute |
| Umpires | HP: Babe Pinelli 1B: Lou Jorda 2B: (none) 3B: Artie Gore |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Red Schoendienst | Second Baseman |
| Marty Marion | Shortstop |
| Stan Musial | Right Fielder |
| Don Lang | Third Baseman |
| Enos Slaughter | Left Fielder |
| Terry Moore | Center Fielder |
| Nippy Jones | First Baseman |
| Del Rice | Catcher |
| Murry Dickson | Pitcher |
| Eddie Dyer | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Buddy Kerr | Shortstop |
| Whitey Lockman | Left Fielder |
| Bobby Thomson | Center Fielder |
| Johnny Mize | First Baseman |
| Willard Marshall | Right Fielder |
| Sid Gordon | Third Baseman |
| Bill Rigney | Second Baseman |
| Mickey Livingston | Catcher |
| Monty Kennedy | Pitcher |
| Mel Ott | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
June 20, 1948
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Kennedy
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rigney scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marion vs. Kennedy
Marion hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson 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. Kennedy
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--
Lang vs. Kennedy
Lang hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson 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: ---
Kerr vs. Dickson
Kerr hits a popup, foul, in back of first. Schoendienst settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Schoendienst. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kerr vs. Dickson
Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dickson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Dickson
Lockman hits a popup towards first. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Dickson
Thomson hits a fly ball into left field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Kennedy
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mize scoops it up and throws to first, with Kennedy covering, for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Kennedy
Moore 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: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Kennedy
Jones hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Dickson
Mize strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Dickson
Marshall hits a fly ball into center field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Dickson
Gordon hits a popup in front of the plate. Rice settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Kennedy
Rice takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dickson vs. Kennedy
Dickson hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schoendienst vs. Kennedy
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Rice moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Marion vs. Kennedy
Marion hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rigney misplays the ball. That's an error on Rigney. Rice scores. Schoendienst moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Musial vs. Kennedy
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards second. Rigney fields the ball and throws to get the runner, and throws the ball away. Mize picks up the ball and throws it to Rigney who tags the runner out. Schoendienst moves to third. Marion moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Lang vs. Kennedy
Lang hits a line drive into center field. Thomson picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Thomson. Schoendienst scores. Marion scores. Lang moves to second. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Slaughter vs. Kennedy
Slaughter hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Dickson
Rigney hits a popup in front of the plate. Rice settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Livingston vs. Dickson
Livingston 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--
Kennedy vs. Dickson
Kennedy hits a popup towards third. Lang settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kerr vs. Dickson
Kerr hits a fly ball into center field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Kennedy
Moore hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Kennedy
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Kennedy
Rice hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickson vs. Kennedy
Dickson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Dickson
Lockman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Dickson
Thomson hits a line drive towards third. Lang catches it and throws to first to double up Lockman. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Dickson
Mize hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Kennedy
Schoendienst hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marion vs. Kennedy
Marion hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomson. Marion reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Musial vs. Kennedy
Musial hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lang vs. Kennedy
Lang strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Kennedy
Slaughter hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Jones
Sheldon Jones now pitching.
Moore hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Marshall throws the ball in to Kerr who tags Moore trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Dickson
Marshall hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Dickson
Gordon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rigney vs. Dickson
Rigney hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gordon moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Livingston vs. Dickson
Livingston hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gordon scores. Rigney moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McCarthy vs. Dickson
Johnny McCarthy pinch hits for Sheldon Jones.
McCarthy hits a fly ball into left field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kerr vs. Dickson
Kerr hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Hansen
Andy Hansen now pitching.
Jones strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Hansen
Rice strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickson vs. Hansen
Dickson hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Dickson
Lockman hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Dickson
Thomson hits a popup towards third. Lang settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Dickson
Mize hits a popup in front of the plate. Rice settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Hansen
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 -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marion vs. Hansen
Marion strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Hansen
Musial hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Dickson
Marshall hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Dickson
Gordon hits a fly ball into left field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rigney vs. Dickson
Rigney 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, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lang vs. Hansen
Lang hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Hansen
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rigney scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Hansen
Moore takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Hansen
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Livingston vs. Dickson
Livingston hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Layton vs. Dickson
Les Layton pinch hits for Andy Hansen.
Layton hits a fly ball into center field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kerr vs. Dickson
Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Dickson
Lockman takes first base on ball four. Kerr moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thomson vs. Dickson
Thomson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Kerr scores. Lockman moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mize vs. Dickson
Mize takes first base on ball four. Lockman moves to third. Thomson moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Marshall vs. Dickson
Marshall hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Rice fields it and tags Lockman for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Koslo
Dave Koslo now pitching.
Rice strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickson vs. Koslo
Dickson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schoendienst vs. Koslo
Schoendienst hits a fly ball towards center. Thomson catches it and throws to first to double up Dickson. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Dickson
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lang fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Dickson
Rigney hits a fly ball into left field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Livingston vs. Dickson
Livingston hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lang fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/20/1948, game 1 -- St.Louis at New York (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Schoendienst R, 2b 5 1 1 0 Kerr B, ss 4 1 0 0
Marion M, ss 4 2 1 0 Lockman W, lf 2 0 0 0
Musial S, rf 4 1 2 2 Thomson B, cf 4 0 1 1
Lang D, 3b 4 0 1 2 Mize J, 1b 3 0 0 0
Slaughter E, lf 4 1 1 1 Marshall W, rf 4 0 1 0
Moore T, cf 3 1 2 1 Gordon S, 3b 4 1 1 0
Jones N, 1b 4 0 0 0 Rigney B, 2b 4 0 1 0
Rice D, c 3 1 0 0 Livingston M, c 4 0 3 1
Dickson M, p 4 0 1 0 Kennedy M, p 1 0 0 0
Jones S, p 0 0 0 0
McCarthy J, ph 1 0 0 0
Hansen A, p 0 0 0 0
Layton L, ph 1 0 0 0
Koslo D, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 7 9 6 32 2 7 2
St.Louis 003 130 000 -- 7
New York 000 010 010 -- 2
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Dickson M (W) 9.0 7 2 2 3 1
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Kennedy M (L) 4.2 7 7 4 1 1
Jones S 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Hansen A 3.0 0 0 0 1 3
Koslo D 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
E -- Schoendienst R, Rigney B 2, Thomson B
DP -- St.Louis 2, New York 1
LOB -- St.Louis 3, New York 6
2B -- Marion M
HR -- Moore T, Musial S, Slaughter E
T -- 2:01
A -- 0
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