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St. Louis Cardinals @ New York Giants

1931-08-16 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · 1:43

New York Giants defeated St. Louis Cardinals 7–1. New York Giants put up 4 in the 8th. Bill Walker earned the win. Johnny Vergez went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bill Walker L: Burleigh Grimes SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Klem · 1B: Charles Donnelly · 2B: (none) · 3B: Dolly Stark · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sparky Adams	4	0	0	0	0	0
Wally Roettger	4	0	0	1	0	0
Frankie Frisch	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Bottomley	4	0	0	0	0	0
Chick Hafey	3	0	1	0	0	0
Pepper Martin	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jimmie Wilson	3	0	0	0	0	1
Charlie Gelbert	2	1	0	0	1	0
Burleigh Grimes	2	0	0	0	0	1
Ray Blades	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chick Fullis	3	0	0	0	1	0
Freddy Leach	4	1	3	2	0	0
Bill Terry	4	1	2	0	0	0
Mel Ott	3	1	0	0	1	2
Shanty Hogan	4	0	0	1	0	0
Travis Jackson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Vergez	4	2	1	3	0	0
Bill Hunnefield	4	1	1	1	0	0
Bill Walker	3	1	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Burleigh Grimes	8.0	7	2	3

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Walker	9.0	2	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Sparky Adams: 8
Wally Roettger: 3/G
Frankie Frisch: 63

Bot 1

Chick Fullis: 5/P
Freddy Leach: D7
Bill Terry: S7.2-3
Mel Ott: 8
Shanty Hogan: 53

Top 2

Jim Bottomley: 3/P
Chick Hafey: 2/FL
Pepper Martin: 7

Bot 2

Travis Jackson: 4/P
Johnny Vergez: E6/TH.B-2
Bill Hunnefield: S7.2-H(UR)
Bill Walker: FC1/TH2.1-2;B-1
Chick Fullis: 13.2-3;1-2
Freddy Leach: D9.3-H(UR);2-H(UR)
Bill Terry: 43

Top 3

Jimmie Wilson: K
Charlie Gelbert: 13
Burleigh Grimes: K

Bot 3

Mel Ott: K
Shanty Hogan: 8
Travis Jackson: 8

Top 4

Sparky Adams: 7
Wally Roettger: 63
Frankie Frisch: 63

Bot 4

Johnny Vergez: 13
Bill Hunnefield: 13
Bill Walker: 9

Top 5

Jim Bottomley: 63
Chick Hafey: 53
Pepper Martin: 53

Bot 5

Chick Fullis: W
Freddy Leach: 13.1-2
Bill Terry: 9
Mel Ott: K

Top 6

Jimmie Wilson: 9
Charlie Gelbert: 8
Burleigh Grimes: 3/G

Bot 6

Shanty Hogan: 43
Travis Jackson: 43
Johnny Vergez: 7

Top 7

Sparky Adams: 8
Wally Roettger: 7
Frankie Frisch: S9
Jim Bottomley: 2/P

Bot 7

Bill Hunnefield: 7
Bill Walker: K
Chick Fullis: 53

Top 8

Chick Hafey: S7
Pepper Martin: K
Jimmie Wilson: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Freddy Leach: S9
Bill Terry: S8.1-3(E5);B-2
Mel Ott: IW
Shanty Hogan: 8/F.3-H
Travis Jackson: 8
Johnny Vergez: HR/7.2-H;1-H
Bill Hunnefield: 6/P

Top 9

Charlie Gelbert: W
Ray Blades: FC5.1-2(E5/TH2);B-1
Sparky Adams: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Wally Roettger: FC4.3-H(RBI)(UR);1-2(E4/TH);B-1
Frankie Frisch: 43.2-3;1-2
Jim Bottomley: 2/P