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St. Louis Cardinals @ New York Giants

1939-06-01 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 5070 · 2:13

St. Louis Cardinals defeated New York Giants 1–0. Bill McGee earned the win.

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	6
NY1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5

W: Bill McGee L: Manny Salvo SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Lee Ballanfant · 1B: Bill Klem · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bick Campbell · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Jimmy Brown	4	0	0	1
Stu Martin	3	1	1	0
Pepper Martin	3	0	1	1
Joe Medwick	4	0	0	2
Johnny Mize	3	1	1	0
Enos Slaughter	3	0	1	0
Don Gutteridge	4	1	0	1
Mickey Owen	4	1	0	1
Bill McGee	4	2	0	1

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Jo-Jo Moore	4	1	0	0
Billy Jurges	4	1	0	0
Harry Danning	3	1	1	0
Mel Ott	4	0	0	0
Zeke Bonura	4	0	0	0
Frank Demaree	3	1	0	0
Tony Lazzeri	3	0	0	2
Burgess Whitehead	3	1	0	0
Manny Salvo	3	0	0	1
Jimmy Ripple	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill McGee	9.0	5	1	3

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Manny Salvo	9.0	6	4	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jimmy Brown: K23
Stu Martin: S
Pepper Martin: W.1-2
Joe Medwick: 63.2-3;1-2
Johnny Mize: IW
Enos Slaughter: 7/F

Bot 1

Jo-Jo Moore: 3/G
Billy Jurges: 2
Harry Danning: W
Mel Ott: 63

Top 2

Don Gutteridge: 63
Mickey Owen: 4/P
Bill McGee: S
Jimmy Brown: 8/F

Bot 2

Zeke Bonura: 4/P
Frank Demaree: 63
Tony Lazzeri: 63

Top 3

Stu Martin: 4/P
Pepper Martin: K
Joe Medwick: K

Bot 3

Burgess Whitehead: 43
Manny Salvo: K
Jo-Jo Moore: 3/G

Top 4

Johnny Mize: 31
Enos Slaughter: 63/6M
Don Gutteridge: K

Bot 4

Billy Jurges: 43
Harry Danning: S
Mel Ott: 7/L
Zeke Bonura: 64(1)/FO

Top 5

Mickey Owen: 5/L
Bill McGee: S
Jimmy Brown: 9/F
Stu Martin: 9/L

Bot 5

Frank Demaree: 7/F
Tony Lazzeri: K
Burgess Whitehead: 53

Top 6

Pepper Martin: 8/F
Joe Medwick: K
Johnny Mize: 2/FL

Bot 6

Manny Salvo: 63
Jo-Jo Moore: 43
Billy Jurges: S
Harry Danning: 9/F

Top 7

Enos Slaughter: 9/L
Don Gutteridge: 53
Mickey Owen: D
Bill McGee: 63

Bot 7

Mel Ott: 43
Zeke Bonura: 53
Frank Demaree: S
Tony Lazzeri: K

Top 8

Jimmy Brown: 43
Stu Martin: W
Pepper Martin: 8/F
Joe Medwick: 4(1)/FO

Bot 8

Burgess Whitehead: S8
Manny Salvo: 36(1)/FO/BG
Jo-Jo Moore: S.1-2
Billy Jurges: 53.2-3;1-2
Harry Danning: 43

Top 9

Johnny Mize: D9/G
Enos Slaughter: IW
Don Gutteridge: S1/BG.2-H(E1/TH1)(NR)(UR);1XH(42);B-3
Mickey Owen: K
Bill McGee: K

Bot 9

Mel Ott: 4/P
Zeke Bonura: 4/L
Jimmy Ripple: 43

Notes & reviews

Whitehead and Demaree ejected by Campbell arguing Mize was out stretching his single. On hearing the safe call, Whitehead threw ball to ground and his cap into air.
Salvo was throwing to 3B but Lazzeri did not cover so Salvo threw late and low to Kampy at 1B.

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