St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Giants
July 4, 1945 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1945 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 19, New York Giants 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Bergamo rf 6 4 5 8
Schoendienst lf 4 1 0 0
Adams cf 6 1 2 1
Kurowski 3b 4 2 2 0
  Garms 3b 1 1 1 2
Sanders 1b 3 3 1 0
Rice c 5 3 3 3
Verban 2b 6 1 3 3
Marion ss 4 1 1 1
  Fallon ss 2 0 0 0
Byerly p 3 2 2 0
Totals 44 19 20 18
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Mallory cf 5 1 2 0
Hausmann 2b 4 1 0 0
Gardella D. lf 3 0 1 0
Ott rf 3 0 1 1
Kluttz c 4 0 3 1
Weintraub 1b 3 0 0 0
Reyes 3b 4 0 1 0
Kerr ss 4 0 0 0
Emmerich p 1 0 0 0
  Hansen p 0 0 0 0
  Bain p 1 0 0 0
  Fischer p 1 0 1 0
  Gardella A. ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 9 2
St. Louis 100 274 005–19200
New York 000 101 000–291
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Byerly  W(3-2) 9.0 9 2 2 4 6
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
4
6
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Emmerich  L(3-3) 4.0 9 6 6 2 0
  Hansen   0.1 2 3 3 1 0
  Bain   1.1 5 5 5 1 0
  Fischer   3.1 4 5 5 3 4
Totals
9.0
20
19
19
7
4
  E–D. Gardella (3).  DP–St. Louis 2. Byerly-Marion-Sanders, Fallon-Verban-Sanders.  2B–St. Louis Verban (12).  3B–St. Louis Garms (1).  HR–St. Louis Bergamo 2 (3,4th inning off Emmerich 1 on,5th inning off Bain 3 on).  SH–Byerly (4).  HBP–Rice (2).  Team LOB–7.  Team–9.  U–Butch Henline, Bill Stewart, Lee Ballanfant.  T–2:25.  A–40,560.
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