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St. Louis Cardinals @ New York Giants

1940-08-02 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 22904 · 2:12

St. Louis Cardinals defeated New York Giants 3–1. Carl Doyle earned the win. Enos Slaughter went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Carl Doyle L: Harry Gumbert SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Tom Dunn · 1B: Lou Jorda · 2B: (none) · 3B: Ziggy Sears · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jimmy Brown	4	0	0	0	0	0
Terry Moore	4	0	1	0	0	1
Enos Slaughter	4	2	2	1	0	0
Johnny Mize	4	1	2	0	0	1
Don Padgett	4	0	2	1	0	0
Ernie Koy	3	0	0	0	0	0
Stu Martin	4	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Orengo	3	0	0	0	1	0
Carl Doyle	4	0	1	0	0	3

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bob Seeds	3	0	1	0	2	0
Burgess Whitehead	3	0	0	0	1	0
Mel Ott	4	0	1	0	0	0
Harry Danning	4	1	0	0	0	1
Babe Young	4	0	2	0	0	0
Frank Demaree	4	0	1	1	0	0
Tony Cuccinello	4	0	0	0	0	2
Mickey Witek	4	0	0	0	0	0
Harry Gumbert	3	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Rucker	1	0	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Carl Doyle	9.0	7	3	3

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Harry Gumbert	9.0	9	1	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jimmy Brown: 43
Terry Moore: 8/F8D
Enos Slaughter: HR/9
Johnny Mize: K/C

Bot 1

Bob Seeds: W
Burgess Whitehead: W.1-2
Mel Ott: FC1.2X3(15);1-2
Harry Danning: 4(B)6(2)/LDP

Top 2

Don Padgett: S8
Ernie Koy: 3/SH.1-2
Stu Martin: 3/G.2-3
Joe Orengo: 53

Bot 2

Babe Young: 8/F
Frank Demaree: 7/F
Tony Cuccinello: K

Top 3

Carl Doyle: K/C
Jimmy Brown: 53
Terry Moore: 53

Bot 3

Mickey Witek: 63
Harry Gumbert: 13
Bob Seeds: S7
Burgess Whitehead: 4/P

Top 4

Enos Slaughter: 3/G
Johnny Mize: 43
Don Padgett: S9
Ernie Koy: CS2(26)

Bot 4

Mel Ott: 8/F
Harry Danning: K
Babe Young: S/F9D
Frank Demaree: D7.1-3
Tony Cuccinello: 9/F

Top 5

Ernie Koy: 53
Stu Martin: 3/G
Joe Orengo: 7/F

Bot 5

Mickey Witek: 4/P
Harry Gumbert: S5/G
Bob Seeds: 2/FL
Burgess Whitehead: 43

Top 6

Carl Doyle: K
Jimmy Brown: 43
Terry Moore: K

Bot 6

Mel Ott: 99
Harry Danning: E4.B-1
Babe Young: S.1-3
Frank Demaree: 99/F.3-H
Tony Cuccinello: K

Top 7

Enos Slaughter: S
Johnny Mize: S.1-3
Don Padgett: FC6/TH2.3-H;1-2
Ernie Koy: 4(B)3(1)/LDP
Stu Martin: FC.2-3#
Joe Orengo: SB2
Joe Orengo: 99

Bot 7

Mickey Witek: 99
Harry Gumbert: 99
Bob Seeds: W
Burgess Whitehead: 99

Top 8

Carl Doyle: S
Jimmy Brown: 99
Terry Moore: S.1X3(99)#
Enos Slaughter: 99

Bot 8

Mel Ott: S
Harry Danning: 99
Babe Young: 99
Frank Demaree: 99

Top 9

Johnny Mize: S
Don Padgett: 99.1-2#
Ernie Koy: E6/TH.2-3;BX2(99)#
Stu Martin: S.3-H;B-2(TH)#
Joe Orengo: SB3
Joe Orengo: W
Carl Doyle: SB2
Carl Doyle: K

Bot 9

Tony Cuccinello: 99
Mickey Witek: 99
Johnny Rucker: S
Bob Seeds: 99