St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Giants
July 12, 1951 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 12, 1951 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 2, New York Giants 0
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Hemus ss 4 0 0 0
Schoendienst 2b 4 0 0 0
Musial 1b 4 0 1 0
Westlake cf 4 0 0 0
Slaughter rf 3 0 1 0
Rice H. lf 2 1 0 0
Johnson 3b 3 1 1 2
Rice D. c 3 0 0 0
Staley p 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 3 2
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Williams 2b 4 0 0 0
Dark ss 4 0 2 0
Mays cf 4 0 0 0
Mueller rf 4 0 1 0
Irvin lf 2 0 0 0
Lockman 1b 3 0 1 0
Thompson 3b 2 0 0 0
Westrum c 1 0 0 0
Jansen p 2 0 0 0
  Stanky ph 1 0 0 0
  Kennedy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 0 4 0
St. Louis 000 020 000–230
New York 000 000 000–040
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Staley  W(12-8) 9.0 4 0 0 3 4
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
3
4
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Jansen  L(12-8) 8.0 3 2 2 1 3
  Kennedy   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
3
2
2
1
4
  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 4. D. Rice-Hemus, Johnson-Schoendienst-Musial, Johnson-Schoendienst-Musial, Hemus-Schoendienst-Musial.  HR–St. Louis Johnson (7,5th inning off Jansen 1 on 1 out).  Team LOB–2.  HBP–Westrum (4,by Staley).  Team–4.  U–Larry Goetz, Lou Jorda, Frank Dascoli.  T–1:43.  A–13,448.
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