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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
July 20, 1955
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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 July 20, 1955 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | July 20, 1955 |
|---|---|
| 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 | July 20, 1955 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Tom Poholsky |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Johnny Antonelli |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 5,077 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 48 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Larry Goetz 1B: Frank Dascoli 2B: Lon Warneke 3B: Frank Secory |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bob Stephenson | Shortstop |
| Wally Moon | Center Fielder |
| Stan Musial | First Baseman |
| Rip Repulski | Left Fielder |
| Red Schoendienst | Second Baseman |
| Bill Virdon | Right Fielder |
| Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Nelson Burbrink | Catcher |
| Tom Poholsky | Pitcher |
| Harry Walker | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Whitey Lockman | Left Fielder |
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Hank Thompson | Third Baseman |
| Don Mueller | Right Fielder |
| Gail Harris | First Baseman |
| Wes Westrum | Catcher |
| Wayne Terwilliger | Second Baseman |
| Johnny Antonelli | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
July 20, 1955
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stephenson vs. Antonelli
Stephenson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Antonelli
Moon hits a fly ball into center field. Mays 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. Antonelli
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Antonelli fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Poholsky
Dark hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Moon. Dark reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lockman vs. Poholsky
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Dark moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mays vs. Poholsky
Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Thompson vs. Poholsky
Thompson hits a popup towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mueller vs. Poholsky
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephenson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Antonelli
Repulski hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Antonelli
Schoendienst takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Virdon vs. Antonelli
Virdon hits a fly ball towards center. Mays catches it and throws to first to double up Schoendienst. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Poholsky
Harris strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Poholsky
Westrum hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terwilliger vs. Poholsky
Terwilliger hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Antonelli
Boyer hits a popup, foul, towards first. Harris settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Harris. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Antonelli
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burbrink vs. Antonelli
Burbrink hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Antonelli fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poholsky vs. Antonelli
Poholsky hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stephenson vs. Antonelli
Stephenson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Poholsky moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Moon vs. Antonelli
Moon hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mueller. Moon reaches second base with a double. Poholsky scores. Stephenson goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Musial vs. Antonelli
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Antonelli fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Antonelli vs. Poholsky
Antonelli hits a popup, foul, towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Poholsky
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephenson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Poholsky
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephenson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Antonelli
Repulski 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: ---
Schoendienst vs. Antonelli
Schoendienst is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Virdon vs. Antonelli
There's a wild pitch. Schoendienst moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Virdon vs. Antonelli
Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Harris scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Virdon for the out. Schoendienst moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Boyer vs. Antonelli
Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Schoendienst scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burbrink vs. Antonelli
There goes Boyer. The throw from Westrum and he is safe. Boyer steals second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Burbrink vs. Antonelli
Burbrink takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Poholsky vs. Antonelli
Poholsky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger fields the ball and can't make a play. That's a base hit. There goes Boyer trying to get to home. Terwilliger throws to Westrum who tags Boyer for the out. Burbrink moves to second. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Poholsky
Mays hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Poholsky
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Poholsky
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial fields the ball and throws to Poholsky covering. Safe. Thompson moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Harris vs. Poholsky
Harris hits a fly ball into right field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Westrum vs. Poholsky
Westrum hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stephenson vs. Antonelli
Stephenson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Antonelli
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Harris scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moon for the out. Stephenson moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Musial vs. Antonelli
Musial hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Antonelli
Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Antonelli
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hofman vs. Poholsky
Bobby Hofman pinch hits for Wayne Terwilliger.
Hofman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephenson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Poholsky
Davey Williams pinch hits for Johnny Antonelli.
Williams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Poholsky
Ruben Gomez pinch runs for Davey Williams.
Dark hits a line drive into right field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Poholsky
Lockman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Monzant
Bobby Hofman now playing second base. Ramon Monzant now pitching.
Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hofman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Monzant
Boyer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burbrink vs. Monzant
Burbrink takes first base on ball four. Boyer moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Poholsky vs. Monzant
Poholsky hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boyer scores. Burbrink moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Stephenson vs. Monzant
Stephenson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Burbrink scores. Poholsky moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Moon vs. Wilhelm
Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching.
Moon strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Musial vs. Wilhelm
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wilhelm fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Poholsky
Mays hits a line drive into center field. Moon picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Moon. Mays moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thompson vs. Poholsky
Thompson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mueller vs. Poholsky
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephenson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Mays moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Harris vs. Poholsky
Harris hits a fly ball into center field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Wilhelm
Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hofman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Wilhelm
Schoendienst hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Virdon vs. Wilhelm
Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Schoendienst moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boyer vs. Wilhelm
Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Schoendienst scores. Virdon moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Burbrink vs. Wilhelm
Burbrink hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wilhelm fields it and throws to second for the out. Virdon moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Poholsky vs. Wilhelm
Poholsky hits a popup towards first. Harris settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Poholsky
Westrum hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hofman vs. Poholsky
Hofman hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rhodes vs. Poholsky
Dusty Rhodes pinch hits for Hoyt Wilhelm.
Rhodes 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, 8 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Poholsky
Dark hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Poholsky
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
Top 8
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Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stephenson vs. Giel
Paul Giel now pitching.
Stephenson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Giel
Moon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Giel
Musial hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays. Musial reaches second base with a double. Moon goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cardinals, 9 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Repulski vs. Giel
Repulski strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 9 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Schoendienst vs. Giel
Schoendienst hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 9 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Poholsky
Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 9 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Poholsky
Thompson hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 9 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Poholsky
Mueller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 9 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harris vs. Poholsky
Harris takes first base on ball four. Mueller moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 9 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Westrum vs. Poholsky
Westrum hits a popup towards short. Stephenson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 9 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Giel
Virdon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 9 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Giel
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hofman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Virdon moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 9 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Burbrink vs. Giel
Burbrink hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Virdon moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 9 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Poholsky vs. Giel
Poholsky is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 9 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hofman vs. Poholsky
Hofman hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 9 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Poholsky
Bill Taylor pinch hits for Paul Giel.
Taylor hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 9 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Poholsky
Dark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 9 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Poholsky
Lockman hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski 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 7/20/1955 -- St.Louis at New York (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Stephenson B, ss 5 2 3 1 Dark A, ss 5 0 2 0
Moon W, cf 5 1 2 2 Lockman W, lf 5 0 1 0
Musial S, 1b 5 1 2 3 Mays W, cf 4 0 2 0
Repulski R, lf 5 0 0 0 Thompson H, 3b 4 0 0 0
Schoendienst R, 2b 3 2 1 0 Mueller D, rf 4 0 2 0
Virdon B, rf 4 0 1 0 Harris G, 1b 3 0 0 0
Boyer K, 3b 5 1 3 2 Westrum W, c 4 1 1 1
Burbrink N, c 3 1 0 0 Terwilliger W, 2b 1 0 0 0
Poholsky T, p 5 1 3 1 Hofman B, ph-2b 3 1 1 1
Antonelli J, p 1 0 0 0
Williams D, ph 1 0 1 0
Gomez R, pr 0 0 0 0
Monzant R, p 0 0 0 0
Wilhelm H, p 0 0 0 0
Rhodes D, ph 1 0 0 0
Giel P, p 0 0 0 0
Taylor B, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
40 9 15 9 37 2 10 2
St.Louis 002 122 110 -- 9
New York 000 000 200 -- 2
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Poholsky T (W) 9.0 10 2 2 1 1
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Antonelli J (L) 5.0 7 5 5 2 0
Monzant R 0.1 3 2 2 1 0
Wilhelm H 1.2 3 1 1 0 1
Giel P 2.0 2 1 1 1 2
E -- Harris G, Moon W
DP -- New York 1
LOB -- St.Louis 9, New York 9
2B -- Dark A, Moon W, Musial S
HR -- Musial S, Westrum W, Hofman B
SB -- Boyer K
HBP -- by Antonelli J (Schoendienst R)
WP -- Antonelli J
T -- 2:48
A -- 5077
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