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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
June 12, 1953
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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 12, 1953 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | June 12, 1953 |
|---|---|
| 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 12, 1953 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Gerry Staley |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Dave Koslo |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 23,529 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 25 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Lon Warneke 1B: Tom Gorman 2B: Augie Donatelli 3B: Jocko Conlan |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Solly Hemus | Shortstop |
| Red Schoendienst | Second Baseman |
| Stan Musial | Left Fielder |
| Steve Bilko | First Baseman |
| Peanuts Lowrey | Center Fielder |
| Enos Slaughter | Right Fielder |
| Ray Jablonski | Third Baseman |
| Del Rice | Catcher |
| Gerry Staley | Pitcher |
| Eddie Stanky | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Davey Williams | Second Baseman |
| Al Dark | Third Baseman |
| Bobby Thomson | Center Fielder |
| Monte Irvin | Left Fielder |
| Whitey Lockman | First Baseman |
| Hank Thompson | Right Fielder |
| Daryl Spencer | Shortstop |
| Ray Noble | Catcher |
| Dave Koslo | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
June 12, 1953
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemus vs. Koslo
Hemus 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: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Koslo
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Koslo
Musial takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bilko vs. Koslo
Bilko hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Musial moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lowrey vs. Koslo
Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Staley
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Staley
Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter 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. Staley
Thomson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Staley
Irvin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Staley
Lockman hits a popup towards short. Hemus settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Koslo
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jablonski vs. Koslo
Jablonski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jablonski for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Koslo
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Koslo, and towards Spencer, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Staley
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Staley
Spencer is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Noble vs. Staley
Noble is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Staley vs. Koslo
Staley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Koslo, and towards Williams, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemus vs. Koslo
Hemus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops it up and throws to first, with Koslo covering, for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Koslo
Schoendienst hits a fly ball into right field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koslo vs. Staley
Koslo strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Staley
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Staley
Dark hits a line drive into center field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Koslo
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bilko vs. Koslo
Bilko hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lowrey vs. Koslo
Lowrey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bilko moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Slaughter vs. Koslo
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman juggles the ball. That's an error on Lockman. Bilko moves to third. Lowrey moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Jablonski vs. Koslo
Jablonski hits a popup, foul, towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Rice vs. Koslo
Rice hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Staley
Thomson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Staley
Irvin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Staley
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Staley fields it and throws to first for the out. Irvin moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thompson vs. Staley
Thompson is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Spencer vs. Staley
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bilko scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Spencer for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Staley vs. Koslo
Staley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemus vs. Koslo
Hemus hits a fly ball into right field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Koslo
Schoendienst hits a popup towards short. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Noble vs. Staley
Noble hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koslo vs. Staley
Koslo 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, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Staley
Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Koslo
Musial hits a line drive into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bilko vs. Koslo
Bilko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lowrey vs. Koslo
Lowrey strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Staley
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Staley
Thomson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Musial throws the ball in to Schoendienst who tags Thomson, trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Staley
Irvin hits a line drive towards short. Hemus reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Koslo
Slaughter hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jablonski vs. Koslo
Jablonski hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rice vs. Koslo
Rice hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jablonski moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dunlap vs. Koslo
Rip Repulski pinch runs for Del Rice. Grant Dunlap pinch hits for Gerry Staley.
Dunlap hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Thompson who is chasing the ball. Dunlap reaches third base with a triple. Jablonski scores. Repulski goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hemus vs. Koslo
Harvey Haddix pinch runs for Grant Dunlap.
Hemus hits a fly ball into right field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Haddix scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Koslo
Schoendienst hits a line drive into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Brazle
Les Fusselman now catching. Rip Repulski now playing center field. Al Brazle now pitching.
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brazle fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yvars vs. Brazle
Sal Yvars pinch hits for Hank Thompson.
Yvars strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Brazle
Spencer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Noble vs. Brazle
Noble hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Spencer moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hofman vs. Brazle
Al Corwin pinch runs for Ray Noble. Bobby Hofman pinch hits for Dave Koslo.
Hofman strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Wilhelm
Dusty Rhodes now playing right field. Sam Calderone now catching. Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching.
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bilko vs. Wilhelm
Bilko hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Musial moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fusselman vs. Wilhelm
Fusselman bunts towards third. Dark fields it and throws to first for the out. Musial moves to third. Bilko moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Slaughter vs. Wilhelm
Slaughter is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Jablonski vs. Wilhelm
Jablonski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Brazle
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Brazle
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Brazle
Thomson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Irvin vs. Brazle
Irvin strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Wilhelm
Repulski hits a fly ball into right field. Rhodes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brazle vs. Wilhelm
Brazle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemus vs. Wilhelm
Hemus takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schoendienst vs. Wilhelm
Schoendienst hits a fly ball into right field. Rhodes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Brazle
Lockman hits a popup towards short. Hemus settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Brazle
Bill Rigney pinch hits for Dusty Rhodes.
Rigney hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spencer vs. Brazle
Spencer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Calderone vs. Brazle
Calderone 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
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Box Score
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Game of 6/12/1953 -- St.Louis at New York (N)
St.Louis AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Hemus S, ss 4 0 0 1 Williams D, 2b 4 0 1 0
Schoendienst R, 2b 5 0 0 0 Dark A, 3b 4 0 0 0
Musial S, lf 3 0 1 0 Thomson B, cf 4 1 3 1
Bilko S, 1b 4 0 3 0 Irvin M, lf 4 0 2 0
Lowrey P, cf 3 0 1 0 Lockman W, 1b 4 0 0 0
Fusselman L, c 0 0 0 0 Thompson H, rf 1 0 0 0
Slaughter E, rf 3 0 0 0 Yvars S, ph 1 0 0 0
Jablonski R, 3b 4 1 1 0 Rhodes D, rf 0 0 0 0
Rice D, c 3 0 1 0 Rigney B, ph 1 0 1 0
Repulski R, pr-cf 1 1 0 0 Spencer D, ss 4 0 1 0
Staley G, p 2 0 0 0 Noble R, c 3 0 1 0
Dunlap G, ph 1 0 1 2 Corwin A, pr 0 0 0 0
Haddix H, pr 0 1 0 0 Calderone S, c 1 0 0 0
Brazle A, p 1 0 0 0 Koslo D, p 2 0 0 0
Hofman B, ph 1 0 0 0
Wilhelm H, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 3 8 3 34 1 9 1
St.Louis 000 000 300 -- 3
New York 100 000 000 -- 1
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Staley G (W) 6.0 4 1 1 1 3
Brazle A (S) 3.0 5 0 0 0 3
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Koslo D (L) 7.0 6 3 3 1 1
Wilhelm H 2.0 2 0 0 2 0
E -- Lockman W
DP -- St.Louis 1, New York 1
LOB -- St.Louis 8, New York 7
3B -- Dunlap G
HR -- Thomson B
SH -- Fusselman L
T -- 2:25
A -- 23529
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