Try this game in our Simulator
Lineups and Summary
(back to top)
Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 27, 1949
(No Comments)
The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on August 27, 1949 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | August 27, 1949 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Home Team |
New York Giants
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 27, 1949 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Fred Martin |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Dave Koslo |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 55 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Beans Reardon 1B: Lou Jorda 2B: (none) 3B: Larry Goetz |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Chuck Diering | Center Fielder |
| Red Schoendienst | Shortstop |
| Stan Musial | Right Fielder |
| Nippy Jones | First Baseman |
| Enos Slaughter | Left Fielder |
| Lou Klein | Second Baseman |
| Del Rice | Catcher |
| Tommy Glaviano | Third Baseman |
| Fred Martin | Pitcher |
| Eddie Dyer | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Hank Thompson | Second Baseman |
| Whitey Lockman | Left Fielder |
| Bobby Thomson | Center Fielder |
| Willard Marshall | Right Fielder |
| Joe Lafata | First Baseman |
| Bill Rigney | Third Baseman |
| Wes Westrum | Catcher |
| Buddy Kerr | Shortstop |
| Dave Koslo | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
All Plays in Game
(back to top)
Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 27, 1949
Top 1
-
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Diering vs. Koslo
Diering 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: ---
Schoendienst vs. Koslo
Schoendienst 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. Koslo
Musial hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Koslo
Jones hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
-
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Martin
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jones scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Thompson for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Martin
Lockman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Martin
Thomson strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marshall vs. Martin
Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Schoendienst fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
-
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Koslo
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Klein vs. Koslo
Klein hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rigney fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rice vs. Koslo
Rice strikes out. There goes Klein. The throw from Westrum to second, and Klein is out. View Play
Bottom 2
-
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lafata vs. Martin
Lafata takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rigney vs. Martin
Rigney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lafata moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Westrum vs. Martin
Westrum hits a ball on the ground towards third. Glaviano juggles the ball. That's an error on Glaviano. Lafata scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kerr vs. Martin
Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards short. The ball bounces off Schoendienst, and towards Klein, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Westrum moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Koslo vs. Martin
Koslo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Martin fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
-
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Glaviano vs. Koslo
Glaviano hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Koslo
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Diering vs. Koslo
Diering hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Koslo
Schoendienst hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
-
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Martin
Thompson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Martin
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards second. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Thompson moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thomson vs. Martin
Thomson hits a line drive towards short. Schoendienst catches it and steps on second to double up Thompson. The throw to first to get Lockman, and that's a triple play. View Play
Top 4
-
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Koslo
Musial hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Koslo
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Koslo
Slaughter hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Klein vs. Koslo
Klein hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rigney fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
-
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Martin
Marshall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lafata vs. Martin
Lafata takes first base on ball four. Marshall moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rigney vs. Martin
Rigney hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Marshall trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. Lafata moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Westrum vs. Martin
Westrum hits a ball on the ground towards third. Glaviano fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Glaviano. Lafata scores. Rigney moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kerr vs. Martin
Kerr hits a fly ball into center field. Diering settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Koslo vs. Martin
Koslo strikes out. View Play
Top 5
-
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Koslo
Rice hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Glaviano vs. Koslo
Glaviano hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rigney fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Koslo
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Koslo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
-
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Martin
Thompson hits a popup towards short. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Martin
Lockman hits a fly ball into left field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Martin
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Glaviano fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
-
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Diering vs. Koslo
Diering hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Koslo
Schoendienst hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Koslo
Musial hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
-
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Martin
Marshall takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lafata vs. Martin
Lafata strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rigney vs. Martin
Rigney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Glaviano fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Westrum vs. Martin
Westrum hits a line drive into left field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
-
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Koslo
Jones hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Slaughter vs. Koslo
Slaughter hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Klein vs. Koslo
Klein hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rice vs. Koslo
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
-
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kerr vs. Martin
Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Klein fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Koslo vs. Martin
Koslo bunts between the mound and first base. Martin scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Koslo for the out. Kerr moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thompson vs. Martin
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jones scoops it up and throws to first, with Martin covering, for the out. Kerr moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Lockman vs. Martin
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jones scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lockman for the out. View Play
Top 8
-
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Glaviano vs. Koslo
Glaviano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr misplays the ball. That's an error on Kerr. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Martin vs. Koslo
Martin bunts towards the right side of the infield. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Diering vs. Koslo
Diering hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schoendienst vs. Koslo
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rigney fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
-
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Martin
Solly Hemus now playing second base.
Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Diering settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Martin
Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lafata vs. Martin
Lafata hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
-
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Koslo
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Koslo
Jones hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Slaughter vs. Koslo
Slaughter hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemus vs. Koslo
Hemus hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rice vs. Koslo
Rice hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Glaviano vs. Koslo
Glaviano hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
-
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Martin
Rigney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Glaviano fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Martin
Westrum hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Haas vs. Martin
Bert Haas pinch hits for Buddy Kerr.
Haas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Glaviano fields it and throws to first for the out. Westrum moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Irvin vs. Martin
Monte Irvin pinch hits for Dave Koslo.
That is defensive interference on unknown player with unknown particulars. Westrum moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Irvin vs. Martin
Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Audio Play-by-Play
(back to top)
Click the button below to listen to the audio play-by-play.
If the player above doesn’t work for you, please check to make sure that your speakers are not muted, especially if your device has a hardware "silence switch".
If that does not resolve the issue, please download the MP3 file below to play the game audio directly.
Box Score
(back to top)
Game of 8/27/1949, game 1 -- St.Louis at New York (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Diering C, cf 4 1 1 1 Thompson H, 2b 4 0 1 0
Schoendienst R, ss 4 0 0 0 Lockman W, lf 3 0 0 0
Musial S, rf 4 2 2 2 Thomson B, cf 4 0 0 0
Jones N, 1b 4 1 2 0 Marshall W, rf 3 0 1 0
Slaughter E, lf 4 1 1 2 Lafata J, 1b 2 2 0 0
Klein L, 2b 3 0 1 0 Rigney B, 3b 4 0 1 0
Hemus S, 2b 1 0 1 0 Westrum W, c 4 0 1 0
Rice D, c 4 0 0 0 Kerr B, ss 3 0 1 0
Glaviano T, 3b 4 0 0 0 Haas B, ph 1 0 0 0
Martin F, p 3 0 0 0 Koslo D, p 2 0 0 0
Irvin M, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 5 8 5 31 2 5 0
St.Louis 101 100 002 -- 5
New York 010 100 000 -- 2
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Martin F (W) 9.0 5 2 0 4 3
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Koslo D (L) 9.0 8 5 5 0 1
E -- Glaviano T 2, Kerr B
DP -- New York 1
TP -- St.Louis 1
LOB -- St.Louis 3, New York 7
HR -- Musial S 2, Diering C, Slaughter E
CS -- Klein L
SH -- Koslo D
T -- 1:55
A -- 0
More Complete Baseball-Reference Box Score
