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St. Louis Cardinals @ New York Giants

1940-09-11 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 5275 · 2:20

St. Louis Cardinals defeated New York Giants 3–2. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 6th. Bill McGee earned the win and Max Lanier picked up the save. Terry Moore went 1-for-5 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bill McGee L: Harry Gumbert SV: Max Lanier

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Jimmy Brown	5	0	0	0	0
Terry Moore	5	1	1	1	0
Enos Slaughter	4	1	1	0	1
Johnny Mize	4	1	2	1	0
Ernie Koy	4	0	2	1	0
Don Padgett	4	0	1	0	0
Joe Orengo	3	0	1	0	1
Marty Marion	4	0	2	0	0
Bill McGee	3	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Rucker	5	0	2	0	0	0
Jo-Jo Moore	2	1	0	0	2	0
Frank Demaree	3	1	1	0	1	1
Babe Young	4	0	1	1	1	0
Mel Ott	3	0	2	1	1	0
Ken O'Dea	3	0	0	0	1	0
Mickey Witek	4	0	1	0	0	1
Burgess Whitehead	4	0	2	0	0	0
Harry Gumbert	4	0	0	0	0	2

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill McGee	8.1	9	6	4
Max Lanier	0.2	0	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Harry Gumbert	9.0	10	2	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jimmy Brown: 63
Terry Moore: 63
Enos Slaughter: W
Johnny Mize: S9.1-2
Ernie Koy: 4

Bot 1

Johnny Rucker: 3/G
Jo-Jo Moore: W
Frank Demaree: S7.1-2
Babe Young: S8.1-2;2-H
Mel Ott: D7.1-3;2-H
Ken O'Dea: W
Mickey Witek: K
Burgess Whitehead: 9

Top 2

Don Padgett: 4
Joe Orengo: 53
Marty Marion: D9
Bill McGee: 63

Bot 2

Harry Gumbert: K
Johnny Rucker: S5
Jo-Jo Moore: 31.1-2
Frank Demaree: K

Top 3

Jimmy Brown: 43
Terry Moore: 13
Enos Slaughter: 43

Bot 3

Babe Young: 8
Mel Ott: S9
Ken O'Dea: 43.1-2
Mickey Witek: 63

Top 4

Johnny Mize: 9
Ernie Koy: 3/FL
Don Padgett: 9

Bot 4

Burgess Whitehead: S4
Harry Gumbert: K/C
Johnny Rucker: SB2
Johnny Rucker: 13
Jo-Jo Moore: 43

Top 5

Joe Orengo: W
Marty Marion: S7.1-2
Bill McGee: 14/SH.1-2;2-3
Jimmy Brown: 13
Terry Moore: 6

Bot 5

Frank Demaree: 63
Babe Young: W
Mel Ott: 43.1-2
Ken O'Dea: 5/FL

Top 6

Enos Slaughter: S8
Johnny Mize: T8.1-H
Ernie Koy: S7.3-H
Don Padgett: 8
Joe Orengo: S9.1-2
Marty Marion: 46(1)/FO
Bill McGee: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Mickey Witek: S7
Burgess Whitehead: S1.1-2
Harry Gumbert: 56(1)4/BG/GDP.2-3
Johnny Rucker: 7

Top 7

Jimmy Brown: 43
Terry Moore: 8
Enos Slaughter: 8

Bot 7

Jo-Jo Moore: W
Frank Demaree: 99/SH.1-2
Babe Young: 99
Mel Ott: W
Ken O'Dea: 99

Top 8

Johnny Mize: 99
Ernie Koy: S
Don Padgett: S.1-2
Joe Orengo: 99
Marty Marion: 99

Bot 8

Mickey Witek: 99
Burgess Whitehead: 99
Harry Gumbert: 99

Top 9

Bill McGee: 99
Jimmy Brown: 99
Terry Moore: HR/7
Enos Slaughter: 99

Bot 9

Johnny Rucker: S3/BG
Jo-Jo Moore: 99/SH.1-2
Frank Demaree: W
Babe Young: 46(1)3/GDP

Notes & reviews

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