St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Giants
June 18, 1948 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 18, 1948 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 12, New York Giants 8

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Schoendienst 2b 6 1 2 1
Marion ss 5 1 1 1
Musial cf,rf 4 2 3 1
Slaughter lf 5 2 2 0
Northey rf 4 2 3 2
  Dusak cf 0 0 0 0
Kurowski 3b 2 2 0 0
Jones 1b 4 1 1 2
Garagiola c 5 1 1 3
Pollet p 5 0 1 0
  Wilks p 0 0 0 0
  Burkhart p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 12 14 10
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Kerr ss 6 0 3 2
Lockman lf 6 1 2 0
Thomson cf 5 2 2 3
Mize 1b 4 0 0 0
Gordon 3b 4 1 1 0
Marshall rf 5 1 2 1
Rigney 2b 5 1 2 0
Livingston c 3 1 1 0
  McCarthy ph 1 1 1 0
Hansen p 0 0 0 0
  Konikowski p 0 0 0 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Cooper ph 1 0 1 1
  Rhawn pr 0 0 0 0
  Newsom p 0 0 0 0
  Layton ph 1 0 0 0
  Trinkle p 0 0 0 0
  Lohrke ph 1 0 0 0
  Jansen p 0 0 0 0
  Hartung ph 1 0 1 1
Totals 43 8 16 8
St. Louis 601 121 010 012140
New York 000 021 005 x8160
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Pollet  W(5-3) 8.2 13 7 7 4 3
  Wilks  SV(6) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Burkhart   0.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
16
8
8
4
4
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Hansen  L(1-2) 0.2 4 5 4 1 1
  Konikowski   3.1 6 5 5 2 0
  Lee   1.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Newsom   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Trinkle   2.0 1 1 1 3 1
  Jansen   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
12
11
6
5

  E–None.  DP–New York 1. Kerr-Rigney-Mize.  PB–Livingston (1).  2B–New York Kerr (5).  HR–St. Louis Marion (2,4th inning off Konikowski 0 on); Musial (14,6th inning off Newsom 0 on); Northey (3,5th inning off Konikowski 0 on); Garagiola (2,1st inning off Konikowski 2 on), New York Thomson 2 (9,6th inning off Pollet 0 on,9th inning off Pollet 1 on); Marshall (6,9th inning off Pollet 0 on).  Team LOB–7.  Team–12.  U-HP–Artie Gore, 1B–Scotty Robb, 2B–Babe Pinelli, 3B–Lou Jorda.  T–3:07.  A–14,279.
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