St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Giants
July 31, 1926 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1926 at Polo Grounds V. The New York Giants defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 6, New York Giants 8

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blades lf 5 2 2 1
Flowers 2b 4 2 2 0
Southworth rf 4 1 2 1
Bottomley 1b 5 0 2 0
Bell 3b 2 1 0 1
Douthit cf 4 0 2 2
O'Farrell c 3 0 0 0
  Toporcer ph 1 0 0 0
Thevenow ss 4 0 2 1
  Holm ph 1 0 0 0
Haines p 2 0 0 0
  Sothoron p 0 0 0 0
  Hafey ph 1 0 0 0
  Hallahan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 12 6
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Frisch 2b 5 0 2 5
Youngs rf 5 1 2 0
Lindstrom 3b 4 0 1 1
Tyson lf 4 0 0 0
Kelly 1b 4 1 1 0
Mueller cf 4 1 1 0
Jackson ss 3 3 3 1
McMullen c 2 1 1 0
  Terry ph 0 1 0 0
  Florence c 1 0 1 0
Greenfield p 0 0 0 0
  Ott ph 1 0 0 0
  Ring p 1 0 1 0
  Johnston ph 1 0 0 0
  Scott p 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 13 7
St. Louis 204 000 0006120
New York 003 003 20x8133
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Haines   5.2 10 6 5 3 3
  Sothoron  L(2-2) 1.1 3 2 2 1 0
  Hallahan   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
8
7
4
4
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Greenfield   3.0 7 6 4 1 1
  Ring   3.0 2 0 0 3 4
  Scott  W(9-11) 3.0 3 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
6
4
5
6

  E–Frisch (16), Lindstrom (10), Mueller (12).  2B–St. Louis Thevenow (9), New York Frisch (26); Mueller (11).  HR–St. Louis Blades (8,3rd inning off Greenfield 0 on 0 out), New York Jackson (3,3rd inning off Haines 0 on 0 out).  SH–Southworth (11); L. Bell (19); Douthit (30).  Team LOB–11.  Team–8.  SB–Youngs (20); Lindstrom (5).  U–Ernie Quigley, Beans Reardon, Charlie Moran.
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