St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Giants
May 17, 1942 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1942 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 8, New York Giants 6
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brown 3b 6 0 2 2
Moore cf 5 2 2 0
Triplett lf 3 1 2 0
  Musial lf 1 0 0 0
Slaughter rf 4 1 3 3
Cooper c 5 0 2 1
Sanders 1b 4 0 0 0
Crespi 2b 4 1 1 0
Marion ss 3 0 0 0
  Beazley p 0 0 0 0
  Crabtree ph 0 1 0 0
  White p 1 0 0 0
Lanier p 0 0 0 0
  Dickson p 2 0 0 0
  Kurowski 3b 2 2 1 0
  Blattner ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 8 13 6
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bartell 3b 4 1 1 0
Jurges ss 3 1 1 0
Ott rf 3 1 0 0
Mize 1b 4 1 1 1
Leiber cf 4 1 2 2
Marshall lf 4 0 1 0
Danning c 4 0 1 1
Ryan 2b 3 1 0 0
Melton p 2 0 0 0
  Adams p 1 0 0 0
  Sunkel p 0 0 0 0
  Maynard ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 7 4
St. Louis 100 001 240–8133
New York 401 000 100–673
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Lanier   0.1 3 4 4 1 1
  Dickson   5.2 2 1 1 1 6
  Beazley  W(3-2) 1.0 1 1 0 1 1
  White  SV(1) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
6
5
3
9
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Melton   6.1 10 4 3 2 2
  Adams  L(2-1) 1.0 2 3 3 2 0
  Sunkel   1.2 1 1 0 4 2
Totals
9.0
13
8
6
8
4
  E–Brown 2 (10), Lanier (1), Bartell 2 (6), Jurges (3).  DP–New York 3. Jurges, Ryan-Jurges-Mize, Jurges-Ryan-Mize.  PB–W. Cooper (1).  2B–St. Louis Triplett (1), New York Leiber (2).  3B–St. Louis Slaughter (3).  Team LOB–13.  Team–3.  U–Babe Pinelli, Lee Ballanfant, Al Barlick.  T–2:30.  A–49,745.
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