New York Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 29, 1954 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 29, 1954 at Busch Stadium I. 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 6 0 1 1
Lockman 1b 6 0 0 0
Dark ss 6 1 3 0
Mays cf 4 1 3 1
Mueller rf 6 1 1 0
Irvin lf 3 0 0 0
  Rhodes ph,lf 2 0 2 2
Thompson 3b 2 1 0 0
  Gardner pr,3b 1 0 0 0
Westrum c 2 0 0 0
  Hofman ph 0 0 0 0
  Amalfitano pr 0 0 0 0
  Katt c 0 0 0 0
Liddle p 1 0 0 0
  McCall p 0 0 0 0
  Castleman ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 0 0
  Grissom p 1 0 0 0
  Gomez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 4 10 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Grammas ss 5 1 3 1
Moon cf 5 0 0 0
Musial rf 5 2 3 2
Jablonski 3b 4 0 1 1
Schoendienst 2b 5 0 2 0
Repulski lf 3 2 0 0
Sarni c 4 0 0 0
Cunningham 1b 3 0 1 1
Haddix p 2 0 0 0
  Frazier ph 1 0 0 0
  Lawrence p 0 0 0 0
  Lint p 0 0 0 0
  Hemus ph 1 0 1 0
  Staley p 0 0 0 0
  Brazle p 0 0 0 0
  Lowrey ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 11 5
New York 010 000 110 104100
St. Louis 100 110 000 115110
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Liddle   5.0 6 3 3 2 3
  McCall   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Wilhelm   1.0 0 0 0 1 3
  Grissom  L(9-7) 3.0 4 2 2 2 1
  Gomez   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
10.2
11
5
5
6
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Haddix   7.0 4 2 2 4 7
  Lawrence   0.2 3 1 1 2 0
  Lint   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Staley   1.2 3 1 1 1 2
  Brazle  W(5-3) 0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
11.0
10
4
4
8
10

  E–None.  PB–Katt (7).  2B–New York Dark (23,off Staley), St. Louis Musial (32,off Liddle); Hemus (13,off Grissom); Schoendienst (33,off Grissom)..  3B–New York Rhodes 2 (3,off Lawrence,off Staley), St. Louis Jablonski (3,off Liddle).  HR–New York Mays (39,2nd inning off Haddix 0 on 0 out), St. Louis Musial 2 (34,5th inning off Liddle 0 on 2 out,10th inning off Grissom 0 on 2 out).  IBB–Thompson (6,by Lawrence); Katt (5,by Staley); Mays (9,by Brazle).; Repulski (2,by Grissom).  Team LOB–13.  SF–Jablonski (10,off Liddle).  Team–9.  U-HP–Babe Pinelli, 1B–Dusty Boggess, 2B–Bill Engeln, 3B–Bill Stewart.  T–3:32.
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