New York Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 31, 1954 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1954 at Busch Stadium I. 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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New York Giants 5, St. Louis Cardinals 3

New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Lockman 1b 4 1 1 0
Dark ss 5 1 1 0
Thompson 3b 2 1 1 0
Rhodes lf 4 1 2 2
Mays cf 3 1 2 2
Mueller rf 4 0 1 1
Katt c 4 0 2 0
Williams 2b 4 0 1 0
Liddle p 2 0 0 0
  McCall p 2 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 11 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Grammas ss 4 0 0 0
Repulski cf 4 1 1 0
Musial lf 4 1 1 0
Jablonski 3b 4 1 2 0
Schoendienst 2b 3 0 1 1
Frazier rf 2 0 0 0
Sarni c 4 0 1 1
Cunningham 1b 3 0 1 1
Beard p 0 0 0 0
  Staley p 1 0 0 0
  Wade p 1 0 0 0
  Hemus ph 1 0 0 0
  Brazle p 0 0 0 0
  Lowrey ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
New York 012 020 0005111
St. Louis 000 300 000370
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Liddle   4.0 6 3 3 0 1
  McCall  W(2-2) 5.0 1 0 0 2 4
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Beard   2.2 6 3 3 0 2
  Staley  L(7-11) 1.2 4 2 2 1 1
  Wade   1.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Brazle   3.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
2
4

  E–Katt (7).  DP–New York 1. Dark-Williams-Lockman, St. Louis 3. Wade-Grammas, Schoendienst-Cunningham, Grammas-Schoendienst-Cunningham.  2B–New York Rhodes (7,off Beard); Williams (15,off Staley)., St. Louis Schoendienst (34,off Liddle).  3B–New York Mays (11,off Beard).  SF–Mays (5,off Staley); Schoendienst (9,off Liddle).  HBP–Thompson (4,by Brazle); Frazier (1,by Liddle).  Team LOB–6.  Team–6.  U-HP–Bill Stewart, 1B–Babe Pinelli, 2B–Dusty Boggess, 3B–Bill Engeln.  T–2:11.  A–14,081.
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