St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Giants
August 2, 1948 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 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 21, New York Giants 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Dusak 2b 7 2 2 2
Marion ss 5 2 2 3
  LaPointe ss 1 0 0 0
Musial cf,rf 6 3 2 1
Slaughter lf 5 4 3 3
Northey rf 1 1 1 0
  Moore cf 3 2 1 0
Kurowski 3b 4 4 2 4
Young 1b 2 0 0 0
  Jones 1b 3 1 3 2
Wilber c 6 2 3 5
Dickson p 5 0 1 0
Totals 48 21 20 20
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Rigney 2b 5 1 2 1
Lockman cf 3 2 1 1
Gordon 3b 4 0 2 0
Mize 1b 3 0 0 0
  McCarthy 1b 2 0 0 0
Marshall rf 4 0 1 1
  Layton rf 1 0 0 0
Cooper c 2 1 1 0
  Westrum c 1 0 0 0
Thomson lf 4 1 2 1
Kerr ss 4 0 0 0
Poat p 0 0 0 0
  Hartung p 1 0 0 0
  Trinkle p 0 0 0 0
  Mueller ph 1 0 1 1
  Kennedy p 0 0 0 0
  Dreisewerd p 2 0 1 0
Totals 37 5 11 5
St. Louis 413 182 02021200
New York 001 111 0015112
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Dickson  W(8-10) 9.0 11 5 5 4 3
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
4
3
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Poat  L(9-5) 0.2 2 4 1 3 0
  Hartung   2.1 6 5 5 2 0
  Trinkle   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Kennedy   0.0 3 5 5 2 0
  Dreisewerd   5.0 9 7 7 2 0
Totals
9.0
20
21
18
10
0

  E–Gordon (12), Marshall (5).  DP–St. Louis 1. Marion-Dusak.  2B–St. Louis Musial (27); Slaughter 2 (20); Moore (7); Kurowski (7); Jones 2 (18); Wilber (1).  HR–St. Louis Dusak (3,5th inning off Dreisewerd 1 on); Marion (4,3rd inning off Hartung 2 on); Musial (25,2nd inning off Hartung 0 on); Kurowski (2,6th inning off Dreisewerd 1 on), New York Rigney (9,3rd inning off Dickson 0 on); Lockman (15,9th inning off Dickson 0 on); Thomson (14,6th inning off Dickson 0 on).  HBP–Kurowski (5).  Team LOB–11.  Team–9.  U–Bill Stewart, Butch Henline, Jocko Conlan.  T–2:47.  A–20,446.
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