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Retrosheet Boxscore: St. Louis Cardinals 2, New York Giants 0

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St. Louis Cardinals 2, New York Giants 0

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Game Played on Wednesday, June 8, 1949 (D) at Polo Grounds V

STL N    1  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   2  7  4
NY  N    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  0
BATTING
St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Diering cf                    4   1   1   0       0   0       4   0
Schoendienst 2b               4   0   0   0       0   1       3   3
Musial rf                     4   0   1   0       0   0       1   0
Kazak 3b                      4   1   2   1       0   0       0   7
Slaughter lf                  4   0   1   1       0   0       1   0
Marion ss                     3   0   0   0       1   2       3   2
Jones 1b                      4   0   0   0       0   0      12   2
D. Rice c                     3   0   2   0       0   0       2   0
Staley p                      2   0   0   0       1   1       1   1
Totals                       32   2   7   2       2   4      27  15
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Kazak-Schoendienst-Jones.
E: Kazak 3 (13), Slaughter (1).
BATTING - 
2B: D. Rice (6,off Koslo).
3B: Slaughter (2,off Koslo).
GDP: Jones (2,off Koslo); Diering (2,off Koslo).
Team LOB: 5.
New York Giants              AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Lohrke 2b                     4   0   1   0       0   0       4   1
Lockman lf                    3   0   0   0       1   0       2   0
Gordon 3b                     4   0   1   0       0   0       1   1
Marshall rf                   4   0   0   0       0   0       2   0
Thomson cf                    4   0   0   0       0   0       4   0
Mize 1b                       3   0   1   0       1   0       5   1
Livingston c                  2   0   0   0       0   0       3   0
  D. Mueller ph               1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Cooper c                    1   0   0   0       0   0       1   0
Kerr ss                       3   0   0   0       0   1       4   3
Koslo p                       2   0   0   0       0   0       1   3
  Milne ph                    0   0   0   0       1   0       0   0
  Behrman p                   0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       31   0   3   0       3   1      27   9
FIELDING - 
DP: 2. Koslo-Kerr-Mize, Kerr-Lohrke-Mize.
BATTING - 
GDP: Gordon (7,off Staley).
Team LOB: 7.
PITCHING
St. Louis Cardinals          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Staley W(3-2)                 9     3   0   0   3   1   0  34

New York Giants              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Koslo L(1-2)                  8     7   2   2   2   3   0  31
Behrman                       1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3
Totals                        9     7   2   2   2   4   0  34

Umpires: HP - Lon Warneke, 1B - Bill Stewart, 3B - Jocko Conlan
Time of Game: 1:53   Attendance: 13941
Starting Lineups:

   St. Louis Cardinals           New York Giants          
1. Diering             cf        Lohrke              2b
2. Schoendienst        2b        Lockman             lf
3. Musial              rf        Gordon              3b
4. Kazak               3b        Marshall            rf
5. Slaughter           lf        Thomson             cf
6. Marion              ss        Mize                1b
7. Jones               1b        Livingston          c
8. D. Rice             c         Kerr                ss
9. Staley              p         Koslo               p

CARDINALS 1ST: Diering singled to left; Schoendienst flied out
to center; Musial singled to center [Diering to third]; Kazak
flied out to center [Diering scored, Musial to second];
Slaughter grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Cardinals 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Lohrke grounded out (shortstop to first); Lockman
grounded out (third to first); Gordon reached on an error by
Kazak; Marshall grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Giants 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Marion walked; Jones grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Marion out at second]; D. Rice
singled to center; Staley was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Thomson lined to second; Mize grounded out (first
unassisted); Livingston grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Giants 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Diering flied out to right; Schoendienst grounded
out (shortstop to first); Musial popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Kerr grounded out (third to first); Koslo grounded
out (first to pitcher); Lohrke singled to third; Lockman
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Cardinals 1, Giants 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Kazak singled to center; Slaughter forced Kazak
(third to second); Marion popped to second; Jones lined to left;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Gordon singled to left [Gordon to second (error by
Slaughter)]; Marshall popped to catcher in foul territory;
Thomson flied out to center; Mize singled to first [Gordon to
third]; Livingston popped to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. 
Cardinals 1, Giants 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: D. Rice doubled to left; On a bunt Staley reached
on a fielder's choice [D. Rice out at third (pitcher to third)];
Diering popped to shortstop; Schoendienst struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Kerr flied out to center; Koslo grounded out (second
to first); Lohrke grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Giants 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Musial flied out to center; Kazak singled to
center; Slaughter tripled [Kazak scored]; Marion struck out;
Jones popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 2,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 6TH: Lockman walked; Gordon grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Lockman out at second]; Marshall
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Giants 0.

CARDINALS 7TH: D. Rice flied out to right; Staley walked;
Diering grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Staley out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
2, Giants 0.

GIANTS 7TH: Thomson flied to center; Mize walked; D. MUELLER
BATTED FOR LIVINGSTON; D. Mueller forced Mize (first to
shortstop); Kerr was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 2, Giants 0.

CARDINALS 8TH: COOPER REPLACED D. MUELLER (PLAYING C );
Schoendienst popped to shortstop; Musial grounded out (first to
pitcher); Kazak flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Cardinals 2, Giants 0.

GIANTS 8TH: MILNE BATTED FOR KOSLO; Milne walked; Lohrke forced
Milne (third to second); Lockman forced Lohrke (second to
shortstop); Gordon reached on an error by Kazak [Lockman to
second]; Kazak dropped a foul fly hit by Marshall for an error;
Marshall flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 2,
Giants 0.

CARDINALS 9TH: BEHRMAN REPLACED MILNE (PITCHING); Slaughter
grounded out (first unassisted); Marion struck out; Jones flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Giants 0.

GIANTS 9TH: Thomson grounded out (third to first); Mize flied
out to center; Cooper grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Giants 0.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Cardinals        2   7   4    5
 Giants           0   3   0    7
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