New York Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 3, 1951 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 3, 1951 at Sportsman's Park III. 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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New York Giants 4, St. Louis Cardinals 5

New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Williams 2b 5 0 1 0
Dark ss 5 1 2 0
Mays cf 4 0 3 1
Irvin lf 3 1 1 0
Thomson 3b 3 1 1 2
Lockman 1b 4 1 3 0
Westrum c 3 0 0 0
  Mueller ph,rf 1 0 0 1
Hartung rf 3 0 0 0
  Thompson ph 1 0 0 0
  Noble c 0 0 0 0
Maglie p 3 0 0 0
  Kennedy p 0 0 0 0
  Stanky ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 11 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Glaviano cf 3 1 0 0
  Diering cf 0 0 0 0
Hemus 2b 3 1 1 1
Musial 1b 4 0 1 3
Rice lf 4 0 1 0
Slaughter rf 4 0 0 0
Schoendienst ss 3 1 2 0
Lowrey 3b 3 1 2 0
  Johnson 3b 0 0 0 0
Scheffing c 3 0 0 0
Brecheen p 3 1 1 1
  Bokelmann p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 8 5
New York 000 010 0304110
St. Louis 000 000 50x581
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Maglie  L(15-5) 6.1 7 5 5 3 2
  Kennedy   1.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
4
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Brecheen  W(7-2) 7.1 11 4 4 2 3
  Bokelmann  SV(1) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
2
4

  E–Brecheen (2).  DP–New York 1. Dark-Westrum-Thomson-Westrum-Thomson-Dark, St. Louis 1. Brecheen-Hemus-Musial.  PB–Westrum (4).  2B–New York Dark 2 (26,off Brecheen 2); Mays (14,off Brecheen), St. Louis Lowrey (17,off Maglie); Schoendienst (19,off Maglie).  3B–New York Lockman (4,off Brecheen), St. Louis Musial (8,off Kennedy).  HR–New York Thomson (21,8th inning off Brecheen 1 on 1 out).  IBB–Thomson (2,by Brecheen).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Scheffing (1,off Maglie).  Team–6.  U–Scotty Robb, Babe Pinelli, Dusty Boggess.  T–2:27.  A–13,662.
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