St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Giants
August 2, 1926 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 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 2, New York Giants 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blades lf 4 0 1 0
Toporcer 2b 3 0 0 0
Southworth rf 4 0 1 0
Bottomley 1b 4 0 2 0
Bell 3b 4 0 0 0
Douthit cf 4 1 0 0
O'Farrell c 3 1 1 2
Thevenow ss 3 0 1 0
Keen p 2 0 0 0
  Sherdel p 0 0 0 0
  Hafey ph 1 0 1 0
  Hallahan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Frisch 2b 4 1 1 1
Youngs rf 3 1 1 0
  Johnston ph 0 0 0 0
  Davies p 0 0 0 0
  Scott p 0 0 0 0
Lindstrom 3b 4 0 1 0
Tyson lf,cf 3 0 1 2
Kelly 1b 4 0 1 1
Mueller cf,rf 3 0 0 0
Jackson ss 4 1 1 0
Florence c 1 0 1 0
  Terry ph 1 0 0 0
  McMullen c 1 0 0 0
Ring p 2 0 0 0
  Meusel lf 1 1 1 0
Totals 31 4 8 4
St. Louis 020 000 000–272
New York 000 001 30x–480
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Keen  L(10-7) 6.1 7 4 4 2 2
  Sherdel   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Hallahan   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
3
3
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Ring  W(8-7) 7.0 4 2 2 1 4
  Davies   0.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Scott  SV(5) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
4
  E–Southworth 2 (8).  DP–St. Louis 1. Thevenow-Bottomley, New York 1. Tyson.  2B–St. Louis Bottomley (29), New York Youngs (10).  HR–St. Louis O'Farrell (6,2nd inning off Ring 1 on 2 out).  Team LOB–4.  HBP–Tyson (2).  Team–7.  U–Ernie Quigley, Beans Reardon, Charlie Moran.
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