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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 4, 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 August 4, 1948 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | August 4, 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 | August 4, 1948 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Red Munger |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Sheldon Jones |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 15,361 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 34 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jocko Conlan 1B: Bill Stewart 2B: (none) 3B: Scotty Robb |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Erv Dusak | Second Baseman |
| Marty Marion | Shortstop |
| Stan Musial | Center Fielder |
| Enos Slaughter | Left Fielder |
| Ron Northey | Right Fielder |
| Whitey Kurowski | Third Baseman |
| Babe Young | First Baseman |
| Bill Baker | Catcher |
| Red Munger | Pitcher |
| Eddie Dyer | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bill Rigney | Second Baseman |
| Whitey Lockman | Center Fielder |
| Sid Gordon | Third Baseman |
| Johnny Mize | First Baseman |
| Willard Marshall | Right Fielder |
| Walker Cooper | Catcher |
| Bobby Thomson | Left Fielder |
| Buddy Kerr | Shortstop |
| Sheldon Jones | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 4, 1948
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dusak vs. Jones
Dusak 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: ---
Marion vs. Jones
Marion hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Jones
Musial hits a fly ball into left 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: 1--
Slaughter vs. Jones
Slaughter hits a fly ball into left 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: ---
Rigney vs. Munger
Rigney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Munger
Lockman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Munger
Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mize vs. Munger
Mize hits a popup towards first. Young settles under it 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: ---
Northey vs. Jones
Northey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kurowski vs. Jones
Kurowski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Northey moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Young vs. Jones
Young 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: 12-
Baker vs. Jones
Baker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Northey moves to third. Kurowski moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Munger vs. Jones
Munger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rigney scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Northey scores. Kurowski moves to third. Baker moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Dusak vs. Jones
Dusak hits a line drive into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Munger
Marshall hits a fly ball into center field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Munger
Cooper hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Munger
Thomson hits a line drive into right field. Northey picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Northey. Cooper moves to third. Thomson moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Kerr vs. Munger
Kerr takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Jones vs. Munger
Jones hits a popup towards first. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Rigney vs. Munger
Rigney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marion vs. Jones
Marion hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Jones
Musial hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Jones
Slaughter takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Northey vs. Jones
Northey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rigney fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kurowski vs. Jones
Kurowski hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mize settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Jones
Young hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Marshall throws the ball in to Kerr who tags Young trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Northey moves to third. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Munger
Lockman is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Munger
Gordon hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Slaughter who is chasing the ball. Gordon reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Mize vs. Munger
Mize hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gordon scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marshall vs. Munger
Marshall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mize moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cooper vs. Munger
Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dusak scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Mize moves to third. Marshall moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Thomson vs. Munger
Thomson hits a fly ball into right field. Northey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baker vs. Jones
Baker hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munger vs. Jones
Munger is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dusak vs. Jones
Dusak hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rigney settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kerr vs. Munger
Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Munger
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dusak scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Munger
Rigney hits a line drive towards short. Marion reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marion vs. Jones
Marion hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mize settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Jones
Musial 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, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Jones
Slaughter strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Munger
Lockman hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kurowski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Munger
Gordon hits a popup towards short. Marion settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Munger
Mize hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Dusak settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northey vs. Jones
Northey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kurowski vs. Jones
Kurowski hits a popup towards short. Kerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Jones
Young hits a popup towards third. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baker vs. Jones
Baker hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Cooper settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Munger
Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dusak scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Munger
Cooper hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Munger
Thomson strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kerr vs. Munger
Kerr 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, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munger vs. Jones
Munger strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dusak vs. Jones
Dusak hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lockman. Dusak reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Marion vs. Jones
Marion hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Musial vs. Jones
Musial is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Slaughter vs. Jones
Slaughter hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thomson. Slaughter reaches second base with a double. Dusak scores. Musial moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Northey vs. Jones
Northey is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Kurowski vs. Jones
Kurowski takes first base on ball four. Musial scores. Slaughter moves to third. Northey moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Young vs. Konikowski
Alex Konikowski now pitching.
Young hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Slaughter scores. Northey scores. Kurowski moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Baker vs. Konikowski
Baker hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frey vs. Munger
Lonny Frey pinch hits for Alex Konikowski.
Frey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rigney vs. Munger
Rigney hits a popup, foul, towards first. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Munger
Lockman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Frey moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gordon vs. Munger
Gordon 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, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munger vs. Trinkle
Ken Trinkle now pitching.
Munger 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, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dusak vs. Trinkle
Dusak hits a fly ball into center field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marion vs. Trinkle
Marion strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Munger
Mize hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mize for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Munger
Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Munger
Cooper hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Munger
Wes Westrum pinch runs for Walker Cooper.
Thomson strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Trinkle
Wes Westrum now catching.
Musial hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Trinkle
Slaughter takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Northey vs. Trinkle
Northey hits a popup towards third. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kurowski vs. Trinkle
Kurowski strikes out. Westrum drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Kurowski out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kerr vs. Munger
Terry Moore now playing center field. Stan Musial now playing right field.
Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Munger fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Munger
Don Mueller pinch hits for Ken Trinkle.
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Munger
Rigney hits a fly ball into center field. Moore 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 8/4/1948, game 1 -- St.Louis at New York (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Dusak E, 2b 5 1 1 0 Rigney B, 2b 5 0 0 0
Marion M, ss 5 1 2 0 Lockman W, cf 4 0 2 0
Musial S, cf-rf 4 2 1 2 Gordon S, 3b 4 1 1 0
Slaughter E, lf 3 1 1 1 Mize J, 1b 4 0 1 1
Northey R, rf 3 2 1 0 Marshall W, rf 4 0 1 0
Moore T, cf 0 0 0 0 Cooper W, c 4 1 3 1
Kurowski W, 3b 4 0 1 1 Westrum W, pr-c 0 0 0 0
Young B, 1b 4 0 2 2 Thomson B, lf 4 0 1 0
Baker B, c 4 0 1 0 Kerr B, ss 3 0 0 0
Munger R, p 4 0 0 1 Jones S, p 2 0 0 0
Konikowski A, p 0 0 0 0
Frey L, ph 1 0 1 0
Trinkle K, p 0 0 0 0
Mueller D, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 7 10 7 36 2 10 2
St.Louis 012 000 400 -- 7
New York 001 001 000 -- 2
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Munger R (W) 9.0 10 2 2 1 3
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Jones S (L) 6.2 9 7 7 5 3
Konikowski A 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Trinkle K 2.0 0 0 0 1 2
E -- Northey R
DP -- St.Louis 1
LOB -- St.Louis 8, New York 8
2B -- Dusak E, Slaughter E
3B -- Gordon S
HR -- Musial S, Cooper W
T -- 2:34
A -- 15361
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