Cardinals @ Giants
August 23, 1923

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 7 11 2
Giants 7 8 2
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Cardinals 7 11 2
Giants 8 9 2

Irish Meusel Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .303
OBP .250 .343
At Bats 3 459
Hits 0 139
• Singles 0 96
• Doubles 0 19
• Triples 0 10
• Home Runs 0 14
Walks 1 31
RBI’s 0 100

Bill Sherdel Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
10 12 2
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Polo Grounds - August 23, 1923
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Home Run
Bill Sherdel
Harry McCurdy
Jim Bottomley
Rogers Hornsby
Milt Stock
Specs Toporcer
Ray Blades
Heinie Mueller
Max Flack
Irish Meusel
 
 
 

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 7 11 2 9
New York Giants 8 9 2 7
Winning Pitcher Jack Scott
Losing Pitcher Bill Sherdel
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Irish Meusel
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 5 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Meusel hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Heinie Mueller now playing center field. Specs Toporcer now playing shortstop. Bill Sherdel now pitching. Youngs is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Specs Toporcer pinch hits for Howard Freigau. Toporcer hits a fly ball into center field. O'Connell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 McCurdy strikes out.
Top 9 Jack Scott now pitching. Heinie Mueller pinch hits for Hi Myers. Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kelly can't make a play. That's a base hit. Blades scores. Hornsby moves to third. Bottomley moves to second.
Top 9 Bottomley takes first base on ball four. Lavan scores. Blades moves to third. Hornsby moves to second.
Top 9 Claude Jonnard now pitching. Hornsby takes first base on ball four. Lavan moves to third. Blades moves to second.
Top 9 Blades hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Stock scores. Lavan moves to second.
Top 9 Flack hits a line drive into left field. Meusel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Doc Lavan pinch hits for Jeff Pfeffer. Lavan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stock moves to third.
Top 9 Stock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Frisch hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Bancroft hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bottomley scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bancroft for the out. Gowdy moves to third.
Bottom 8 Bentley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Jackson scores. Gowdy moves to second.
Bottom 8 Gowdy bunts towards the mound. Pfeffer juggles the ball. That's an error on Pfeffer. Jackson moves to third.
Bottom 8 There goes Jackson. The throw from McCurdy and he is safe. Jackson steals second.
Bottom 8 Jeff Pfeffer now pitching. Harry McCurdy now catching. Jackson takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Jack Smith pinch runs for Eddie Ainsmith. Freigau hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bentley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Ainsmith hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Meusel. Ainsmith reaches second base with a double. Bottomley scores. Myers moves to third.
Top 8 Myers hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hornsby scores. Bottomley moves to second.
Top 8 Bottomley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Blades scores. Hornsby moves to second.
Top 8 Hornsby hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bentley fields it and throws to third for the out. Blades moves to second.
Top 8 Blades takes first base on ball four. Flack moves to second.
Top 8 Flack hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Clyde Barfoot pinch hits for Lou North. Barfoot strikes out.
Bottom 7 Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Freigau scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 O'Connell hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Myers. O'Connell reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Meusel hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stock fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Youngs hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Stock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Freigau hits a fly ball into right field. Youngs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ainsmith strikes out.
Bottom 6 Frisch hits a line drive into left field. Blades settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bancroft hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gowdy scores.
Bottom 6 Bentley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Gowdy moves to third.
Bottom 6 There goes Gowdy. The throw from Ainsmith and he is safe. Gowdy steals second.
Bottom 6 Gowdy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bottomley fields the ball and throws to North covering. Safe.
Bottom 6 Jackson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ainsmith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Myers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Bottomley is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Hornsby hits a fly ball into left field. Meusel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stock fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 O'Connell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Meusel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Freigau scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Youngs hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Blades hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Flack hits a popup towards short. Bancroft settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 North strikes out.
Bottom 4 Frisch hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. North fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Bancroft hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gowdy scores. Bentley moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Bentley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gowdy moves to second.
Bottom 4 Gowdy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. O'Connell scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Lou North now pitching. Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Freigau fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Meusel scores. O'Connell moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Kelly takes first base on ball four. Youngs scores. Meusel moves to third. O'Connell moves to second.
Bottom 4 O'Connell takes first base on ball four. Frisch scores. Youngs moves to third. Meusel moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Meusel takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 The ball gets by Ainsmith for a passed ball. Frisch moves to third. Youngs moves to second.
Bottom 4 Youngs hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bottomley fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Bottomley. Frisch moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 4 Frisch hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Stock hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kelly settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Freigau hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Ainsmith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Myers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Bancroft hits a line drive into center field. Myers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bentley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stock fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Gowdy hits a popup towards short. Freigau settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bottomley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Hornsby hits a popup towards short. Bancroft settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Blades hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bentley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Jackson hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Milt Stock now playing third base. Ray Blades now playing left field. O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Doak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Flack hits a fly ball into center field. O'Connell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Doak bunts in front of the plate. Gowdy fields it and throws to first for the out. Freigau moves to second.
Top 2 Milt Stock pinch hits for Tige Stone. Stock hits a fly ball into center field. O'Connell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Ainsmith tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Freigau hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bentley fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Ainsmith moves to third.
Top 2 Ainsmith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Bancroft. Ainsmith moves to second.
Bottom 1 There goes Meusel. The throw from Ainsmith and he is out, Freigau applying the tag.
Bottom 1 Meusel hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby fields it and throws to second for the out. Frisch moves to third.
Bottom 1 Youngs takes first base on ball four. Frisch moves to second.
Bottom 1 Frisch hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Bancroft hits a line drive towards short. Freigau reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Myers hits a line drive into right field. Youngs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bottomley takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Hornsby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Flack moves to third.
Top 1 Blades hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bentley fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Bentley. Flack moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 1 Flack takes first base on ball four.