St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Giants
August 27, 1947 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 27, 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 4, New York Giants 6

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Schoendienst 2b 5 0 1 0
Moore cf 4 1 3 1
Musial 1b 3 0 0 0
Slaughter lf 3 1 0 0
Northey rf 4 0 1 0
  Diering rf 0 0 0 0
Kurowski 3b 3 1 0 0
Marion ss 4 0 1 1
Garagiola c 3 1 2 2
Brecheen p 3 0 0 0
  Burkhart p 0 0 0 0
  Wilks p 0 0 0 0
  Medwick ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Rigney 2b,3b 3 0 0 0
Kerr ss 4 0 0 0
Thomson cf 4 1 2 0
Mize 1b 4 1 2 2
Cooper c 4 1 1 0
Marshall rf 4 1 3 0
Gordon lf 3 1 1 2
Lohrke 3b 2 0 0 0
  Lombardi ph 1 0 0 0
  Witek 2b 1 0 0 0
Poat p 4 1 2 2
Totals 34 6 11 6
St. Louis 020 010 001482
New York 000 021 12x6111
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Brecheen  L(14-9) 6.0 8 4 4 2 6
  Burkhart   1.1 3 2 2 0 1
  Wilks   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
6
6
2
8
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Poat  W(1-0) 9.0 8 4 4 4 5
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
4
5

  E–Slaughter (4), Northey (5), Rigney (21).  2B–St. Louis Northey (18), New York Thomson (23); Marshall 2 (18); Gordon (19).  3B–New York Poat (1).  HR–St. Louis Moore (7,5th inning off Poat 0 on); Garagiola (4,9th inning off Poat 0 on), New York Mize (43,8th inning off Burkhart 0 on); Poat (1,7th inning off Brecheen 0 on).  Team LOB–6.  Team–6.  U–Babe Pinelli, Artie Gore, Al Barlick.  T–2:15.  A–40,612.
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