St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Giants
July 18, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 18, 1949 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 7

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Diering cf 4 2 2 0
Schoendienst 2b 5 0 2 0
Musial rf 5 0 0 1
Jones 1b 4 0 0 1
Slaughter lf 3 1 2 0
Kazak 3b 4 1 2 1
Marion ss 4 0 0 0
Rice c 3 0 1 1
Brazle p 3 0 0 0
  Staley p 0 0 0 0
  Klein ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilks p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 9 4
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Thompson 2b 3 0 0 0
Lockman lf 4 1 2 0
Thomson cf 5 2 2 2
Mize 1b 5 0 0 0
Gordon rf 3 2 1 1
Irvin 3b 4 0 2 0
Rigney ss 3 1 2 0
Mueller c 3 1 1 2
Kennedy p 4 0 2 1
Totals 34 7 12 6
St. Louis 100 000 120491
New York 000 001 42x7122
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Brazle  L(8-5) 6.2 9 5 5 8 0
  Staley   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Wilks   1.0 2 2 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
7
6
8
0
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Kennedy  W(8-6) 9.0 9 4 1 3 3
Totals
9.0
9
4
1
3
3

  E–Wilks (3), Thompson (3), Rigney (10).  DP–St. Louis 2. Marion-Schoendienst-Jones, Schoendienst-Jones, New York 1. Thompson-Mize.  2B–St. Louis Diering (12), New York Lockman (17); Thomson (20); Irvin (1); R. Mueller (5).  3B–St. Louis Kazak (3).  HR–New York Thomson (13,7th inning off Brazle 0 on); Gordon (18,6th inning off Brazle 0 on).  Team LOB–8.  Team–11.  U–Lon Warneke, Bill Stewart, Jocko Conlan.
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