St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Giants
May 21, 1952 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1952 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 3, New York Giants 0

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Hemus ss 2 1 0 0
Lowrey cf 4 0 0 0
Schoendienst 2b 4 0 1 0
Musial lf 2 1 2 1
Slaughter rf 2 0 1 0
Sisler 1b 4 0 0 1
Glaviano 3b 3 0 0 0
Rice c 4 1 1 1
Chambers p 4 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 5 3
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Williams 2b 4 0 0 0
Lockman 1b 4 0 0 0
Thomson 3b 3 0 1 0
Elliott lf 4 0 0 0
Mays cf 4 0 1 0
Dark ss 3 0 0 0
Mueller rf 3 0 1 0
Yvars c 3 0 0 0
Jansen p 1 0 1 0
  Rigney ph 0 0 0 0
  Lanier p 0 0 0 0
  Noble ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 4 0
St. Louis 001 110 000351
New York 000 000 000040
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Chambers  W(4-2) 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(3-1) 5.0 5 3 3 3 2
  Lanier   3.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Wilhelm   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
4
5

  E–Sisler (1).  DP–St. Louis 2. Hemus-Schoendienst-Sisler, Chambers-Hemus-Sisler.  2B–New York Thomson (7,off Chambers).  HR–St. Louis D. Rice (2,4th inning off Jansen 0 on 1 out).  SH–Slaughter (3,off Lanier).  HBP–Hemus 2 (4,by Jansen 2); Musial (2,by Jansen).  IBB–Slaughter (1,by Jansen).  Team LOB–7.  Team–6.  CS–Sisler (2,2nd base by Jansen/Yvars).  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Lee Ballanfant, 2B–Al Barlick, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–1:58.  A–6,950.
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