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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
June 4, 1951
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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 4, 1951 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | June 4, 1951 |
|---|---|
| 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 4, 1951 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Joe Presko |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Larry Jansen |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 6,833 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 16 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Lee Ballanfant 1B: Al Barlick 2B: (none) 3B: Augie Donatelli |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Peanuts Lowrey | Center Fielder |
| Red Schoendienst | Second Baseman |
| Stan Musial | Left Fielder |
| Enos Slaughter | Right Fielder |
| Nippy Jones | First Baseman |
| Billy Johnson | Third Baseman |
| Stan Rojek | Shortstop |
| Del Rice | Catcher |
| Joe Presko | Pitcher |
| Marty Marion | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Eddie Stanky | Second Baseman |
| Whitey Lockman | First Baseman |
| Bobby Thomson | Left Fielder |
| Hank Thompson | Third Baseman |
| Don Mueller | Right Fielder |
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Wes Westrum | Catcher |
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Larry Jansen | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
June 4, 1951
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lowrey vs. Jansen
Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson juggles the ball. That's an error on Thompson. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schoendienst vs. Jansen
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Jansen
Musial strikes out. There goes Schoendienst. The throw from Westrum to Dark, and Schoendienst is out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Presko
Stanky hits a popup towards short. Rojek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Presko
Lockman hits a fly ball into left 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: ---
Thomson vs. Presko
Thomson hits a fly ball into left field. Musial 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. Jansen
Slaughter hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Jansen
Jones hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Jansen
Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rojek vs. Jansen
Rojek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jansen 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: ---
Thompson vs. Presko
Thompson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Presko
Mueller hits a line drive into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Presko
Dark hits a ball on the ground for an out. Thompson moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Westrum vs. Presko
Westrum takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mays vs. Presko
Mays hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball 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. Jansen
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Presko vs. Jansen
Presko hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lowrey vs. Jansen
Lowrey is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jansen vs. Presko
Chuck Diering now playing center field.
Jansen 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 -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Presko
Stanky hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Presko
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Jansen
Schoendienst hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Jansen
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: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Jansen
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Jansen
Jones hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Jansen
Johnson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jones moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rojek vs. Jansen
Rojek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jones scores. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rice vs. Jansen
Rice hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Presko
Thomson hits a line drive into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Presko
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Presko fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Presko
Mueller 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, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Presko vs. Jansen
Presko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Diering vs. Jansen
Diering hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jansen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Jansen
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Jansen
Musial hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Jansen
Slaughter strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Presko
Dark hits a fly ball into center field. Diering settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Presko
Westrum strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Presko
Mays strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Jansen
Jones is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Jansen
Johnson bunts towards the mound. Jansen fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Jones moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rojek vs. Jansen
Rojek hits a popup, foul, towards the mound. Jansen settles under it and makes the catch for the out. Jones moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rice vs. Jansen
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jansen fields it and has Jones trapped. Jansen throws to third, and Thompson tags Jones for the out. Johnson moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Presko vs. Jansen
Presko 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, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Presko
Bill Rigney pinch hits for Larry Jansen.
Rigney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rojek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Presko
Stanky strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Presko
Lockman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Presko
Thomson is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Diering vs. Spencer
George Spencer now pitching.
Diering hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Spencer
Schoendienst hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Spencer
Musial hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Schoendienst moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Slaughter vs. Spencer
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky fields it and throws to second for the out. Schoendienst scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Spencer
Jones hits a popup, foul, towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Presko
Thompson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Presko
Mueller hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Presko
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rojek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Presko
Westrum hits a popup towards short. Rojek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Spencer
Johnson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays who is chasing the ball. Johnson reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rojek vs. Spencer
Rojek hits a popup, foul, towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rice vs. Spencer
Rice hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Presko vs. Spencer
Presko strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Diering vs. Spencer
Diering strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Presko
Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Diering settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jorgensen vs. Presko
Spider Jorgensen pinch hits for George Spencer.
Jorgensen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stanky vs. Presko
Stanky hits a fly ball into right 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: 1--
Lockman vs. Presko
Lockman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jorgensen moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Thomson vs. Presko
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Gettel
Al Gettel now pitching.
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman 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: ---
Musial vs. Gettel
Musial takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Slaughter vs. Gettel
Slaughter takes first base on ball four. Musial moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jones vs. Gettel
Jones hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Johnson vs. Gettel
Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Presko
Thompson 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 -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Presko
Mueller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Presko
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first, with Presko covering, for the out. Mueller moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Westrum vs. Presko
Westrum hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rojek misplays the ball. That's an error on Rojek. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mays vs. Presko
Mays hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mueller scores. Westrum moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Noble vs. Presko
Ray Noble pinch hits for Al Gettel.
Noble hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter 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 6/4/1951 -- St.Louis at New York (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Lowrey P, cf 2 0 0 0 Stanky E, 2b 4 0 1 0
Diering C, cf 3 0 0 0 Lockman W, 1b 4 0 2 0
Schoendienst R, 2b 5 2 2 0 Thomson B, lf 4 0 0 0
Musial S, lf 4 2 3 3 Thompson H, 3b 4 1 2 1
Slaughter E, rf 4 0 0 1 Mueller D, rf 4 1 1 0
Jones N, 1b 4 1 1 0 Dark A, ss 4 0 0 0
Johnson B, 3b 5 1 4 0 Westrum W, c 3 0 0 0
Rojek S, ss 4 0 1 1 Mays W, cf 4 0 1 1
Rice D, c 4 1 1 2 Jansen L, p 1 0 0 0
Presko J, p 4 0 0 0 Rigney B, ph 1 0 0 0
Spencer G, p 0 0 0 0
Jorgensen S, ph 1 0 1 0
Gettel A, p 0 0 0 0
Noble R, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
39 7 12 7 35 2 8 2
St.Louis 000 220 120 -- 7
New York 000 000 101 -- 2
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Presko J (W) 9.0 8 2 1 1 4
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Jansen L (L) 6.0 8 4 4 0 3
Spencer G 2.0 4 3 3 0 2
Gettel A 1.0 0 0 0 2 0
E -- Thompson H, Rojek S 2
DP -- St.Louis 1, New York 1
LOB -- St.Louis 8, New York 7
3B -- Johnson B
HR -- Musial S 2, Thompson H, Rice D
CS -- Schoendienst R
HBP -- by Jansen L (Jones N)
T -- 2:16
A -- 6833
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