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New York Giants @ St. Louis Cardinals

1925-08-01 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 5000 · 1:39

New York Giants defeated St. Louis Cardinals 5–1. New York Giants put up 3 in the 5th. Virgil Barnes earned the win. Irish Meusel went 3-for-4 with 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NY1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	5	9
SLN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	10

W: Virgil Barnes L: Flint Rhem SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Cy Pfirman · 1B: Hank O'Day · 2B: (none) · 3B: Monroe Sweeney · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Southworth	5	1	3	1	0	0
Frankie Frisch	4	1	0	0	1	0
Ross Youngs	3	1	0	0	1	1
Irish Meusel	4	1	3	1	0	0
Bill Terry	3	0	1	1	1	0
High Pockets Kelly	4	0	1	1	0	1
Freddie Lindstrom	4	0	0	0	0	0
Hank Gowdy	2	1	1	0	2	0
Virgil Barnes	3	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Jack Smith	4	0	1	0	1
Specs Toporcer	4	1	1	0	0
Rogers Hornsby	4	0	1	0	0
Jim Bottomley	4	0	0	0	0
Chick Hafey	4	0	2	1	0
Heinie Mueller	4	0	1	0	0
Les Bell	4	0	2	0	1
Bob O'Farrell	3	0	2	0	1
Flint Rhem	1	0	0	0	1
Eddie Dyer	2	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Virgil Barnes	9.0	10	0	4

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Flint Rhem	4.0	7	4	1
Eddie Dyer	5.0	2	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Billy Southworth: D7/G5L
Frankie Frisch: 43.2-3
Ross Youngs: W
Irish Meusel: 14(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Jack Smith: S8
Specs Toporcer: 54(1)3/GDP
Rogers Hornsby: S8/G46
Jim Bottomley: 43

Top 2

Bill Terry: W
High Pockets Kelly: 6/P56D
Freddie Lindstrom: CS2(26)
Freddie Lindstrom: 7/F

Bot 2

Chick Hafey: 63
Heinie Mueller: 31
Les Bell: D8/78.BX3(85)

Top 3

Hank Gowdy: D/78
Virgil Barnes: E2/TH1/SH.2-3
Billy Southworth: S9.3-H;1-2
Frankie Frisch: 5/LDP.2X2(54)
Ross Youngs: 3/P

Bot 3

Bob O'Farrell: K/C
Flint Rhem: K/C
Jack Smith: 43

Top 4

Irish Meusel: T8/8XD
Bill Terry: S8.3-H;B-2(E8)
High Pockets Kelly: K/C
Freddie Lindstrom: 3/G.2-3
Hank Gowdy: IW
Virgil Barnes: 64(1)/FO

Bot 4

Specs Toporcer: 43
Rogers Hornsby: 63
Jim Bottomley: 4/L

Top 5

Billy Southworth: S7
Frankie Frisch: W.1-2
Ross Youngs: FC1/SH.2-H(E1/TH3)(NR)(UR);1-2
Irish Meusel: S/G6.2-H;1-3
Bill Terry: 5/FL
High Pockets Kelly: S7.3-H;1-2
Freddie Lindstrom: 54(1)/FO.2-3
Hank Gowdy: IW.1-2
Virgil Barnes: K

Bot 5

Chick Hafey: 53
Heinie Mueller: 9/F
Les Bell: S9.BX2(93)

Top 6

Billy Southworth: 7/F
Frankie Frisch: 53
Ross Youngs: K/C

Bot 6

Bob O'Farrell: S4/G
Eddie Dyer: 13.1-2
Jack Smith: 7/F
Specs Toporcer: 43

Top 7

Irish Meusel: S1/G
Bill Terry: 5/LDP.1X1(53)
High Pockets Kelly: 5/L

Bot 7

Rogers Hornsby: 9/F
Jim Bottomley: 43
Chick Hafey: D/6
Heinie Mueller: 43

Top 8

Freddie Lindstrom: 6#
Hank Gowdy: 8#
Virgil Barnes: 4#

Bot 8

Les Bell: K#
Bob O'Farrell: S
Eddie Dyer: 64(1)/FO#
Jack Smith: K#

Top 9

Billy Southworth: 7#
Frankie Frisch: 53#
Ross Youngs: 3#

Bot 9

Specs Toporcer: S/BG
Rogers Hornsby: DI.1-2
Rogers Hornsby: 9/L
Jim Bottomley: 7/F
Chick Hafey: S8.2-H
Heinie Mueller: S.1-2#
Les Bell: 64(1)/FO#

Notes & reviews

Low throw
Low liner
to the flagpole
Threw over Bell
Off Toporcer's shins
Rounded 1B too far and was picked off
Off Dyer's glove
1-handed catch
Another great 1-handed catch
Past Frisch
Missing top of 8th to end in SLN192508010. Some of the remaining events were gleaned from summary in the NY Times. Others were deduced or fabricated to match box scores/EBN where possible.

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