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May 29, 1944

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Cardinals 4 7 0
Giants 6 5 0
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Giants 6 5 0

Johnny Rucker Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .295
OBP .333 .315
At Bats 2 139
Hits 0 41
• Singles 0 34
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 1 4
RBI’s 0 9

Blix Donnelly Season Stats

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Polo Grounds - May 29, 1944
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Out
Blix Donnelly
Ken O'Dea
Ray Sanders
Whitey Kurowski
Debs Garms
Marty Marion
Augie Bergamo
Johnny Hopp
Stan Musial
Johnny Rucker
Gus Mancuso
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Rucker hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Donnelly, and towards Marion, who fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 6 Adams hits a line drive towards short. Marion reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kerr bunts towards the mound. Donnelly fields it and throws to first for the out. Mancuso moves to second.
Bottom 6 Mancuso hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 O'Dea hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hausmann fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Musial takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Sanders hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hausmann scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Reyes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garms fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Weintraub hits a line drive into center field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Ott hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Debs Garms now playing third base. Whitey Kurowski now playing second base. Blix Donnelly now pitching. Gardella hits a popup, foul, towards third. Garms settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Ace Adams now pitching. Hopp hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Adams fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Debs Garms pinch hits for Freddy Schmidt. Garms hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kurowski scores. Bergamo scores. Verban moves to second.
Top 5 Verban takes first base on ball four. Kurowski moves to third. Bergamo moves to second.
Top 5 Marion hits a popup towards short. Kerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bergamo takes first base on ball four. Kurowski moves to second.
Top 5 Kurowski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Hausmann hits a line drive towards third. Kurowski reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Rucker hits a popup towards short. Marion settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Fischer hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kerr hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 O'Dea hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Kerr fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 4 Musial takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Sanders hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hausmann scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Hopp hits a ball on the ground towards first. Weintraub scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hopp for the out.
Bottom 3 Mancuso hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Reyes hits a popup, foul, towards first. Sanders settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Augie Bergamo now playing left field. Ken O'Dea now catching. Weintraub hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Schmidt strikes out.
Top 3 Verban is hit by the pitch. Kurowski moves to second.
Top 3 Marion hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Mancuso settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Augie Bergamo pinch hits for Danny Litwhiler. Bergamo hits a fly ball into left field. Gardella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kurowski hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Ott hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Gardella hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 2 There goes Hausmann. The throw from Cooper and he is safe. Hausmann steals second.
Bottom 2 Hausmann takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Rucker hits a line drive into center field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Freddy Schmidt now pitching. Fischer hits a fly ball into center field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kerr scores.
Bottom 2 Kerr hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Hopp who is chasing the ball. Kerr reaches third base with a triple. Mancuso goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Mancuso takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Musial is walked intentionally.
Top 2 There's a wild pitch. Hopp scores. Sanders moves to second.
Top 2 Sanders hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hopp moves to third.
Top 2 Hopp takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Jurisich is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Verban hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reyes fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Reyes hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jurisich fields it, throws to the plate for one, and over to first for the double play.
Bottom 1 Weintraub takes first base on ball four. Rucker scores. Hausmann moves to third. Ott moves to second.
Bottom 1 Ott is walked intentionally.
Bottom 1 Gardella bunts towards first. Sanders scoops it up and throws to first, with Verban covering, for the out. Rucker moves to third. Hausmann moves to second.
Bottom 1 Hausmann takes first base on ball four. Rucker moves to second.
Bottom 1 Rucker takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Marion strikes out.
Top 1 Litwhiler is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Kurowski is walked intentionally.
Top 1 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Sanders moves to third. Musial moves to second.
Top 1 Musial hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Sanders moves to second.
Top 1 Sanders hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Hopp scores.
Top 1 Hopp hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Rucker. Hopp reaches second base with a double.