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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
July 22, 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 July 22, 1953 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | July 22, 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 | July 22, 1953 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Joe Presko |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jim Hearn |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 7,826 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 2 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Dusty Boggess 1B: Babe Pinelli 2B: Bill Engeln 3B: Bill Stewart |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Eddie Stanky | Second Baseman |
| Solly Hemus | Shortstop |
| Stan Musial | Left Fielder |
| Enos Slaughter | Right Fielder |
| Rip Repulski | Center Fielder |
| Ray Jablonski | Third Baseman |
| Steve Bilko | First Baseman |
| Del Rice | Catcher |
| Joe Presko | Pitcher |
| Eddie Stanky | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Whitey Lockman | First Baseman |
| Al Dark | Second Baseman |
| Hank Thompson | Third Baseman |
| Monte Irvin | Left Fielder |
| Bobby Thomson | Center Fielder |
| Don Mueller | Right Fielder |
| Daryl Spencer | Shortstop |
| Wes Westrum | Catcher |
| Jim Hearn | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
July 22, 1953
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Hearn
Stanky hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hemus vs. Hearn
Hemus hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Hearn
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops it up and throws to first, with Hearn covering, for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Hearn
Slaughter hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Presko
Lockman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Musial. Lockman reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dark vs. Presko
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lockman moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Thompson vs. Presko
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Irvin vs. Presko
Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Hearn
Repulski takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jablonski vs. Hearn
There goes Repulski. The throw from Westrum and he is out, Dark applying the tag. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jablonski vs. Hearn
Jablonski hits a popup towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bilko vs. Hearn
Bilko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Presko
Thomson hits a line drive beyond short. Hemus can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Presko
Mueller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thomson moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Spencer vs. Presko
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Thomson scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Presko
Westrum hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stanky settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Hearn
Rice hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Presko vs. Hearn
Presko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Hearn
Stanky hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hemus vs. Hearn
Hemus hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hearn vs. Presko
Hearn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Presko
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Presko fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Presko
Dark hits a popup into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Hearn
Musial takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Slaughter vs. Hearn
Slaughter hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Musial moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Repulski vs. Hearn
Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Musial scores. Slaughter moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jablonski vs. Hearn
Jablonski hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bilko vs. Hearn
Bilko hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Jansen
Larry Jansen now pitching.
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Spencer. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Presko vs. Jansen
Presko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Presko
Thompson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Presko
Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Presko
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Presko
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Jansen
Stanky hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jansen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemus vs. Jansen
Hemus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Jansen
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Presko
Spencer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Westrum vs. Presko
There's a wild pitch. Spencer moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Westrum vs. Presko
Westrum hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jansen vs. Chambers
Cliff Chambers now pitching.
Jansen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Chambers
Lockman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Chambers
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Chambers fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Chambers
Thompson strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Jansen
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops it up and throws to first, with Jansen covering, for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Jansen
Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jablonski vs. Jansen
Jablonski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Chambers
Irvin hits a line drive beyond third. Jablonski can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Chambers
Rice fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Rice. Irvin moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thomson vs. Chambers
Thomson hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mueller vs. Chambers
Mueller strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Spencer vs. Chambers
Spencer hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bilko vs. Jansen
Bilko hits a line drive into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Jansen
Rice hits a line drive into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambers vs. Jansen
Chambers hits a line drive into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Chambers
Westrum hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hofman vs. Chambers
Bobby Hofman pinch hits for Larry Jansen.
Hofman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Chambers
Lockman hits a fly ball into center field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Koslo
Dave Koslo now pitching.
Stanky hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemus vs. Koslo
Hemus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hemus for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Koslo
Musial hits a popup, foul, towards third. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Chambers
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Chambers
Thompson hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Chambers
Irvin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Chambers
Thomson hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Koslo
Slaughter hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Koslo
Repulski hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jablonski vs. Koslo
Jablonski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Chambers
Pete Castiglione now playing third base. Davey Williams pinch hits for Don Mueller.
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spencer vs. Chambers
Spencer strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Westrum vs. Chambers
Westrum takes first base on ball four. Williams moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rhodes vs. White
Ruben Gomez pinch runs for Wes Westrum. Hal White now pitching. Ray Noble pinch hits for Dave Koslo. Dusty Rhodes pinch hits for Ray Noble.
Rhodes hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Williams moves to third. Gomez moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Lockman vs. Brazle
Al Brazle now pitching.
Lockman hits a line drive beyond third. Castiglione can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Williams scores. Gomez moves to third. Rhodes moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Dark vs. Miller
Stu Miller now pitching.
Dark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gomez scores. Rhodes moves to third. Lockman moves to second. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/22/1953 -- St.Louis at New York (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Stanky E, 2b 4 0 1 0 Lockman W, 1b 4 0 2 1
Hemus S, ss 4 1 1 1 Dark A, 2b 5 0 1 1
Musial S, lf 3 1 0 0 Thompson H, 3b 4 1 1 1
Slaughter E, rf 4 1 1 0 Irvin M, lf 4 0 2 0
Repulski R, cf 3 1 1 1 Thomson B, cf 4 1 1 0
Jablonski R, 3b 4 0 0 0 Mueller D, rf 3 0 1 0
Castiglione P, 3b 0 0 0 0 Williams D, ph 1 1 1 0
Bilko S, 1b 3 1 1 3 Spencer D, ss 3 1 0 0
Rice D, c 3 0 0 0 Westrum W, c 3 1 1 2
Presko J, p 2 0 0 0 Gomez R, pr 0 1 0 0
Chambers C, p 1 0 0 0 Hearn J, p 1 0 0 0
White H, p 0 0 0 0 Jansen L, p 1 0 0 0
Brazle A, p 0 0 0 0 Hofman B, ph 1 0 0 0
Miller S, p 0 0 0 0 Koslo D, p 0 0 0 0
Noble R, ph 0 0 0 0
Rhodes D, ph 1 0 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
31 5 5 5 35 6 11 5
St.Louis 100 400 000 -- 5
New York 010 120 002 -- 6
1 out when winning run was scored.
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Presko J* 4.0 5 4 4 1 0
Chambers C (L) 4.1 3 2 2 2 3
White H+ 0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Brazle A# 0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Miller S 0.0 1 0 0 0 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Hearn J 3.1 5 5 5 2 0
Jansen L 3.2 0 0 0 0 0
Koslo D (W) 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
* Pitched to 2 batters in 5th
+ Pitched to 1 batter in 9th
# Pitched to 1 batter in 9th
E -- Spencer D, Rice D
DP -- St.Louis 1, New York 1
LOB -- St.Louis 1, New York 7
2B -- Lockman W
HR -- Hemus S, Bilko S, Thompson H, Westrum W
CS -- Repulski R
WP -- Presko J
T -- 3:02
A -- 7826
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