St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Giants
May 5, 1929 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1929 at Polo Grounds V. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the New York Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 9, New York Giants 7

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Douthit cf 5 2 2 1
High 3b 4 2 1 0
Frisch 2b 5 2 3 1
Bottomley 1b 4 1 3 2
Hafey lf 5 2 3 4
Southworth rf 5 0 1 1
Gelbert ss 4 0 0 0
Smith c 4 0 0 0
Alexander p 2 0 0 0
  Sherdel p 1 0 0 0
  Orsatti ph 1 0 0 0
  Haid p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 9 13 9
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Welsh cf 4 2 2 0
Reese 2b 5 0 1 0
Lindstrom 3b 3 1 0 0
Ott rf 1 1 1 1
  O'Farrell c 2 0 1 0
Terry 1b 4 2 3 2
Jackson ss 5 1 2 3
Leach lf 3 0 0 0
Hogan c 3 0 0 0
  Fullis rf 0 0 0 1
Fitzsimmons p 1 0 0 0
  Genewich p 3 0 2 0
  Mays p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 12 7
St. Louis 104 000 0139132
New York 102 030 1007121
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander   5.0 9 6 4 2 1
  Sherdel  W(2-1) 3.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Haid  SV(3) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
7
5
3
2
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Fitzsimmons   2.2 7 5 4 0 0
  Genewich  L(0-2) 6.0 5 4 4 2 1
  Mays   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
9
8
2
1

  E–Bottomley (3), Gelbert (4), Reese (3).  DP–St. Louis 1. Gelbert-Frisch-Bottomley, New York 2. Jackson-Reese-Terry, Jackson-Reese-Terry.  2B–New York Terry (3).  3B–St. Louis Frisch (2); Hafey (1).  HR–St. Louis Douthit (2,9th inning off Genewich 0 on); Hafey (4,3rd inning off Fitzsimmons 1 on), New York Jackson (4,5th inning off Alexander 2 on).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Welsh (1); Lindstrom (1); Terry (1); Leach (1); Fullis (1).  Team–8.  U–Lou Jorda, Bill Klem, George Magerkurth.  T–2:03.  A–35,000.
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