St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Giants
May 1, 1947 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 1, 1947 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 5, New York Giants 6

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Schoendienst 2b 3 0 0 1
Diering lf 5 1 2 1
Musial 1b 5 1 2 1
Kurowski 3b 3 0 1 1
  Cross pr 0 0 0 0
Slaughter rf 4 0 1 1
Moore cf 2 0 0 0
  Walker cf 3 0 1 0
Marion ss 4 1 1 0
Rice c 2 1 1 0
  Sisler ph 1 0 0 0
  Dickson p 0 0 0 0
Brazle p 1 1 1 0
  Burkhart p 1 0 0 0
  Garagiola c 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 5
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Blattner 2b 4 1 1 0
Rigney 3b 4 0 2 1
Thomson cf 3 1 1 0
Mize 1b 4 1 2 2
Cooper c 4 1 1 0
Marshall rf 1 1 0 0
Gordon lf 4 1 1 2
Kerr ss 4 0 2 1
Koslo p 0 0 0 0
  Andrews p 0 0 0 0
  Hartung ph 1 0 0 0
  Thompson p 1 0 0 0
  Lombardi ph 1 0 0 0
  Trinkle p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 10 6
St. Louis 230 000 0005100
New York 030 010 20x6100
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Brazle   1.1 3 3 3 1 0
  Burkhart  L(0-2) 5.2 6 3 3 1 2
  Dickson   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
3
2
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Koslo   1.0 5 4 4 0 0
  Andrews   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Thompson   4.0 1 0 0 4 3
  Trinkle  W(2-0) 3.0 3 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
6
4

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 2. Diering-Schoendienst, Musial, New York 1. Blattner-Kerr-Mize.  2B–New York Blattner (1); Thomson (2).  3B–New York Gordon (1).  HR–New York Mize (8,7th inning off Burkhart 1 on).  SH–Burkhart (1).  Team LOB–10.  HBP–Thomson (1).  Team–6.  U–Jocko Conlan, Beans Reardon, Larry Goetz.  T–2:26.  A–7,993.
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