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Giants 9 @ Cardinals 6
Sportsman's Park
May 17, 1953

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Giants, played on May 17, 1953 at Sportsman's Park. The home team Cardinals were bested by the visiting Giants with a score of 9 to 6.

Game Summary

DateMay 17, 1953 
Visiting Team
New York Giants
R: 9 H: 17 E: 0 LOB: 10
Runs: 9
Hits: 17
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
St. Louis Cardinals
R: 6 H: 10 E: 0 LOB: 10
Runs: 6
Hits: 10
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherJim Hearn  
Losing PitcherJoe Presko  
SaveHoyt Wilhelm  
Game Winning RBIHank Thompson 

Game Info

DateMay 17, 1953 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Giants 
Home TeamSt. Louis Cardinals 
Visiting Starting PitcherJim Hearn  
Home Starting PitcherJoe Presko  
BallparkSportsman's Park 
CitySt. Louis 
StateMO 
Attendance19,177 
Time of Game3 hours 7 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Larry Goetz
1B: Frank Dascoli
2B: Frank Secory
3B: Hal Dixon

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Davey Williams  Second Baseman 
Al Dark  Shortstop 
Hank Thompson  Third Baseman 
Monte Irvin  Right Fielder 
Whitey Lockman  Center Fielder 
Tookie Gilbert  First Baseman 
Dusty Rhodes  Left Fielder 
Wes Westrum  Catcher 
Jim Hearn  Pitcher 
Leo Durocher  Manager 

St. Louis Cardinals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Solly Hemus  Shortstop 
Red Schoendienst  Second Baseman 
Stan Musial  Left Fielder 
Enos Slaughter  Right Fielder 
Ray Jablonski  Third Baseman 
Steve Bilko  First Baseman 
Rip Repulski  Center Fielder 
Del Rice  Catcher 
Joe Presko  Pitcher 
Eddie Stanky  Manager 

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Giants 9 @ Cardinals 6
Sportsman's Park
May 17, 1953

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/17/1953 -- New York at St.Louis (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    St.Louis           AB  R  H RBI
Williams D, 2b        6  1  1  0   Hemus S, ss           4  0  1  2   
Dark A, ss            5  1  2  1   Schoendienst R, 2b    4  0  1  0   
Thompson H, 3b        4  1  1  2   Musial S, lf          5  0  0  0   
Irvin M, rf           5  2  2  1   Slaughter E, rf       3  0  1  0   
Lockman W, cf-lf      5  2  4  0   Jablonski R, 3b       5  0  0  0   
Gilbert T, 1b         5  1  4  4   Bilko S, 1b           4  3  3  1   
Rhodes D, lf          1  0  0  0   Repulski R, cf        4  2  1  0   
Thomson B, cf         4  0  1  0   Rice D, c             1  0  1  1   
Westrum W, c          5  1  2  1   Lowrey P, ph          1  0  0  0   
Hearn J, p            2  0  0  0   Fusselman L, c        2  1  1  0   
Wilhelm H, p          0  0  0  0   Presko J, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Collum J, p           1  0  0  0   
                                   Clark M, p            0  0  0  0   
                                   Sisler D, ph          1  0  1  2   
                                   Miller S, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Rice H, ph            1  0  0  0   
                                   Chambers C, p         0  0  0  0   
                                   Benson V, ph          1  0  0  0   
                                   Brazle A, p           0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     42  9 17  9                        37  6 10  6

New York         212 004 000 --  9
St.Louis         010 202 001 --  6

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hearn J (W)           5.2  8  5  5  4  1
Wilhelm H (S)         3.1  2  1  1  2  0

  St.Louis             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Presko J (L)          1.2  6  3  3  0  0
Collum J*             0.1  3  2  2  0  0
Clark M               2.0  1  0  0  1  0
Miller S              2.0  6  4  4  0  2
Chambers C            2.0  1  0  0  1  1
Brazle A              1.0  0  0  0  1  0
  * Pitched to 3 batters in 3rd

LOB -- New York 10, St.Louis 10
2B -- Rice D, Bilko S, Repulski R, Fusselman L
HR -- Thompson H, Gilbert T, Bilko S
SH -- Hearn J
WP -- Hearn J
T -- 3:07
A -- 19177

    

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