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Cardinals 21 @ Giants 5
Polo Grounds
August 2, 1948

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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 August 2, 1948 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants were bested by the visiting Cardinals with a score of 21 to 5.

Game Summary

DateAugust 2, 1948 
Visiting Team
St. Louis Cardinals
R: 21 H: 20 E: 0 LOB: 11
Runs: 21
Hits: 20
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 11
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 5 H: 11 E: 2 LOB: 9
Runs: 5
Hits: 11
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 9
Winning PitcherMurry Dickson  
Losing PitcherRay Poat  
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Game Winning RBIEnos Slaughter 

Game Info

DateAugust 2, 1948 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamSt. Louis Cardinals 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherMurry Dickson  
Home Starting PitcherRay Poat  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance20,466 
Time of Game2 hours 47 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill Stewart
1B: Butch Henline
2B: (none)
3B: Jocko Conlan

St. Louis Cardinals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Erv Dusak  Second Baseman 
Marty Marion  Shortstop 
Stan Musial  Center Fielder 
Enos Slaughter  Left Fielder 
Ron Northey  Right Fielder 
Whitey Kurowski  Third Baseman 
Babe Young  First Baseman 
Del Wilber  Catcher 
Murry Dickson  Pitcher 
Eddie Dyer  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bill Rigney  Second Baseman 
Whitey Lockman  Center Fielder 
Sid Gordon  Third Baseman 
Johnny Mize  First Baseman 
Willard Marshall  Right Fielder 
Walker Cooper  Catcher 
Bobby Thomson  Left Fielder 
Buddy Kerr  Shortstop 
Ray Poat  Pitcher 
Leo Durocher  Manager 

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Cardinals 21 @ Giants 5
Polo Grounds
August 2, 1948

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/2/1948 -- St.Louis at New York (D)

  St.Louis           AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Dusak E, 2b           7  2  2  2   Rigney B, 2b          5  1  2  1   
Marion M, ss          5  2  2  3   Lockman W, cf         3  2  1  1   
LaPointe R, pr-ss     1  0  0  0   Gordon S, 3b          4  0  2  0   
Musial S, cf-rf       6  3  2  1   Mize J, 1b            3  0  0  0   
Slaughter E, lf       5  4  3  3   McCarthy J, 1b        2  0  0  0   
Northey R, rf         1  1  1  0   Marshall W, rf        4  0  1  1   
Moore T, ph-cf        3  2  1  0   Layton L, pr-rf       1  0  0  0   
Kurowski W, 3b        4  4  2  4   Cooper W, c           2  1  1  0   
Young B, 1b           2  0  0  1   Westrum W, c          1  0  0  0   
Jones N, ph-1b        3  1  3  1   Thomson B, lf         4  1  2  1   
Wilber D, c           6  2  3  5   Kerr B, ss            4  0  0  0   
Dickson M, p          5  0  1  0   Poat R, p             0  0  0  0   
                                   Hartung C, p          1  0  0  0   
                                   Trinkle K, p          0  0  0  0   
                                   Mueller D, ph         1  0  1  1   
                                   Kennedy M, p          0  0  0  0   
                                   Dreisewerd C, p       2  0  1  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     48 21 20 20                        37  5 11  5

St.Louis         413 182 020 -- 21
New York         001 111 001 --  5

  St.Louis             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Dickson M (W)         9.0 11  5  5  4  3

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Poat R (L)            0.2  2  4  1  3  0
Hartung C*            2.1  6  5  5  2  0
Trinkle K             1.0  0  0  0  1  0
Kennedy M+            0.0  3  5  5  2  0
Dreisewerd C          5.0  9  7  7  2  0
  * Pitched to 3 batters in 4th
  + Pitched to 5 batters in 5th

E -- Gordon S, Marshall W
DP -- St.Louis 1
LOB -- St.Louis 11, New York 9
2B -- Slaughter E 2, Musial S, Kurowski W, Wilber D, Jones N 2, Moore T
HR -- Musial S, Marion M, Rigney B, Dusak E, Kurowski W, Thomson B, Lockman W
HBP -- by Hartung C (Kurowski W)
T -- 2:47
A -- 20466

    

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