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St. Louis Cardinals @ New York Giants

1922-06-18 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · 5 innings · Att: 33000 · 1:10

St. Louis Cardinals defeated New York Giants 4–2. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 1st. Bill Pertica earned the win. Frankie Frisch went 2-for-2 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	R	H	E
SLN	2	0	0	1	1	4	6
NY1	0	0	0	0	2	2	5

W: Bill Pertica L: Fred Toney SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Klem · 1B: Barry McCormick · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Max Flack	1	1	1	0	0	0
Jack Smith	3	1	2	1	0	0
Rogers Hornsby	2	1	2	1	1	0
Austin McHenry	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jack Fournier	3	0	0	0	0	1
Milt Stock	2	0	0	0	0	1
Eddie Ainsmith	2	0	0	0	0	0
Doc Lavan	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Pertica	2	1	0	0	0	0
Joe Schultz	2	0	1	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dave Bancroft	2	0	0	0	1	0
Johnny Rawlings	3	1	1	0	0	0
Frankie Frisch	2	1	2	2	1	0
Irish Meusel	3	0	1	0	0	0
Ross Youngs	1	0	0	0	0	1
High Pockets Kelly	2	0	1	0	0	0
Casey Stengel	2	0	0	0	0	0
Earl Smith	2	0	0	0	0	0
Fred Toney	0	0	0	0	1	0
Bill Cunningham	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Pertica	5.0	5	3	2

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Fred Toney	5.0	6	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Max Flack: S9/G4
Jack Smith: S1/BG.1-2
Rogers Hornsby: S8.2-H;1-H(TH)(NR);BX2(86439)
Austin McHenry: 9
Jack Fournier: K

Bot 1

Dave Bancroft: W
Johnny Rawlings: 6(1)3/GDP
Frankie Frisch: T/89XD
Irish Meusel: 63

Top 2

Milt Stock: K/C
Eddie Ainsmith: 43
Doc Lavan: 7/FL

Bot 2

Ross Youngs: HP
High Pockets Kelly: S5.1-2
Casey Stengel: 6(1)3/GDP.2-3
Earl Smith: 8

Top 3

Bill Pertica: 8
Joe Schultz: 6/P7S
Jack Smith: 9

Bot 3

Fred Toney: W
Dave Bancroft: 9/F9S
Johnny Rawlings: 3/FL
Frankie Frisch: W.1-2
Irish Meusel: S7.2-3;1-2
Ross Youngs: K

Top 4

Rogers Hornsby: T9/F9DW
Austin McHenry: 53
Jack Fournier: 3
Milt Stock: E6/G.3-H(NR)(UR)
Eddie Ainsmith: 53

Bot 4

High Pockets Kelly: 6
Casey Stengel: 2/FL
Earl Smith: 8

Top 5

Doc Lavan: 8
Bill Pertica: E5/G
Joe Schultz: S8.1-2
Jack Smith: D7/G5.2-H(UR);1-3
Rogers Hornsby: IW
Austin McHenry: K
Jack Fournier: 7

Bot 5

Bill Cunningham: K
Dave Bancroft: 9/L9D
Johnny Rawlings: S7
Frankie Frisch: HR/9.1-H
Irish Meusel: 2/FL

Notes & reviews

a thunderstorm started during the fifth inning and increased in the sixth
play,6,0,stocm101,??,,NP sub,causr101,'Red Causey',1,9,1 play,6,0,stocm101,??,,43 play,6,0,ainse101,??,,K/C play,6,0,lavad101,??,,8/L89 play,6,1,younr101,??,,S7 play,6,1,kellg101,??,,S9.1-3 play,6,1,stenc101,??,,5/FL $game called due to rain with 2-0 count on Earl Smith in bottom of sixth; entire sixth inning negated

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