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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
May 24, 1950
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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 24, 1950 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | May 24, 1950 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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| Home Team |
New York Giants
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 24, 1950 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Max Lanier |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Monty Kennedy |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 2,990 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 54 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Frank Dascoli 1B: Lou Jorda 2B: Augie Donatelli 3B: Larry Goetz |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Tommy Glaviano | Third Baseman |
| Chuck Diering | Center Fielder |
| Stan Musial | First Baseman |
| Johnny Lindell | Left Fielder |
| Enos Slaughter | Right Fielder |
| Marty Marion | Shortstop |
| Red Schoendienst | Second Baseman |
| Del Rice | Catcher |
| Max Lanier | Pitcher |
| Eddie Dyer | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Eddie Stanky | Second Baseman |
| Whitey Lockman | Left Fielder |
| Monte Irvin | Right Fielder |
| Bobby Thomson | Center Fielder |
| Wes Westrum | Catcher |
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Jack Lohrke | Third Baseman |
| Tookie Gilbert | First Baseman |
| Monty Kennedy | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
May 24, 1950
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Glaviano vs. Kennedy
Glaviano takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Diering vs. Kennedy
Diering hits a fly ball into right field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Kennedy
Musial is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lindell vs. Kennedy
Lindell hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman 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: ---
Stanky vs. Lanier
Stanky hits a ball on the ground towards third. Glaviano fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Lanier
Lockman hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Rice settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Lanier
Irvin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Lanier
Thomson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Irvin moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Westrum vs. Lanier
Westrum hits a fly ball into left field. Lindell 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 short. Dark misplays the ball. That's an error on Dark. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marion vs. Kennedy
Marion hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lohrke fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Slaughter moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schoendienst vs. Kennedy
Schoendienst hits a fly ball into right field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Slaughter moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rice vs. Kennedy
Rice hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stanky settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lanier vs. Kennedy
Lanier hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Lanier
Dark hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lindell. Dark reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lohrke vs. Lanier
Lohrke takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gilbert vs. Lanier
Gilbert hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lanier fields it and throws to third for the out. Lohrke moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kennedy vs. Boyer
Cloyd Boyer now pitching.
Kennedy bunts towards the mound. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. Lohrke moves to third. Gilbert moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Stanky vs. Boyer
Stanky 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 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Glaviano vs. Kennedy
Glaviano hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lohrke fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Diering vs. Kennedy
Diering hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Kennedy
Musial takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lindell vs. Kennedy
Lindell hits a popup towards first. Gilbert settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Boyer
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lockman for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Boyer
Irvin hits a fly ball into left field. Lindell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Boyer
Thomson hits a popup towards short. Marion settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Kennedy
Hank Thompson now playing third base.
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marion vs. Kennedy
Marion hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Slaughter moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Schoendienst vs. Kennedy
Schoendienst hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Slaughter scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rice vs. Kennedy
Rice takes first base on ball four. Schoendienst moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boyer vs. Kennedy
Boyer hits a line drive towards short. Dark catches it and throws to second to double up Schoendienst. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Boyer
Westrum takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Boyer
Dark is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Boyer
Thompson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Westrum moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gilbert vs. Boyer
Gilbert takes first base on ball four. Westrum moves to third. Thompson moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Kennedy vs. Boyer
Kennedy hits a line drive towards the mound. Boyer catches it and throws to third to double up Westrum. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Glaviano vs. Kennedy
Glaviano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Diering vs. Kennedy
Diering strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Kennedy
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gilbert scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Musial for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Boyer
Stanky takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Boyer
Lockman bunts towards the mound. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. Stanky moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Irvin vs. Boyer
Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thomson vs. Boyer
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Glaviano fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lindell vs. Kennedy
Lindell strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Kennedy
Slaughter hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marion vs. Kennedy
Marion takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schoendienst vs. Kennedy
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Boyer
Westrum is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Boyer
Dark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Boyer
Thompson strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gilbert vs. Boyer
Gilbert hits a popup towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Kennedy
Rice is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Kennedy
Boyer hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Westrum fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Glaviano vs. Kennedy
Glaviano hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stanky settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Boyer
Kennedy strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Boyer
Stanky hits a popup towards short. Marion settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Boyer
Lockman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Irvin vs. Boyer
Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
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, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Kennedy
Musial hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lindell vs. Kennedy
Lindell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson juggles the ball. That's an error on Thompson. Musial moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Slaughter vs. Kennedy
There's a wild pitch. Musial moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Slaughter vs. Kennedy
Slaughter hits a popup, foul, towards third. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Marion vs. Kennedy
There goes Musial, trying to steal home. The slide, and he is safe. Musial steals home. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marion vs. Kennedy
Marion hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Boyer
Thomson strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weatherly vs. Boyer
Roy Weatherly pinch hits for Wes Westrum.
Weatherly takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Boyer
Don Mueller pinch hits for Al Dark.
Mueller hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Boyer
Thompson takes first base on ball four. Weatherly moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gilbert vs. Boyer
Gilbert 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 9
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Kennedy
Sam Calderone now catching. Rudy Rufer now playing shortstop.
Schoendienst hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rice vs. Kennedy
Rice bunts towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out. Schoendienst moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Boyer vs. Kennedy
There's a wild pitch. Schoendienst moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Boyer vs. Kennedy
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Glaviano vs. Kennedy
Glaviano takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Diering vs. Kennedy
Diering hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jorgensen vs. Boyer
Spider Jorgensen pinch hits for Monty Kennedy.
Jorgensen is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Boyer
Stanky hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Boyer
Lockman hits a fly ball into center field. Diering 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 5/24/1950 -- St.Louis at New York (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Glaviano T, 3b 3 0 0 0 Stanky E, 2b 4 0 0 0
Diering C, cf 5 0 0 0 Lockman W, lf 3 0 0 0
Musial S, 1b 3 1 1 0 Irvin M, rf 3 0 0 0
Lindell J, lf 4 0 0 0 Thomson B, cf 4 0 1 0
Slaughter E, rf 4 1 1 0 Westrum W, c 2 0 0 0
Marion M, ss 3 0 1 0 Weatherly R, ph 0 0 0 0
Schoendienst R, 2b 4 0 2 1 Calderone S, c 0 0 0 0
Rice D, c 2 0 0 0 Dark A, ss 3 0 2 0
Lanier M, p 1 0 0 0 Mueller D, ph 1 0 0 0
Boyer C, p 3 0 0 0 Rufer R, ss 0 0 0 0
Lohrke J, 3b 0 0 0 0
Thompson H, 3b 2 0 1 0
Gilbert T, 1b 3 0 0 0
Kennedy M, p 2 0 0 0
Jorgensen S, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 2 5 1 28 0 4 0
St.Louis 000 100 010 -- 2
New York 000 000 000 -- 0
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Lanier M 1.1 2 0 0 2 0
Boyer C (W) 7.2 2 0 0 6 6
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Kennedy M (L) 9.0 5 2 1 5 4
E -- Dark A, Thompson H
DP -- St.Louis 1, New York 1
LOB -- St.Louis 9, New York 11
2B -- Dark A
SB -- Musial S
SH -- Kennedy M, Lockman W, Rice D
WP -- Kennedy M 2
T -- 2:54
A -- 2990
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