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St. Louis Cardinals @ New York Giants

1942-08-01 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · 1:59

St. Louis Cardinals defeated New York Giants 3–1. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 1st. Max Lanier earned the win. Enos Slaughter went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Max Lanier L: Tom Sunkel SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jimmy Brown	3	1	1	0	1	0
Terry Moore	4	0	1	0	0	0
Enos Slaughter	3	1	1	2	1	0
Coaker Triplett	4	0	0	0	0	1
Walker Cooper	4	0	2	0	0	0
Whitey Kurowski	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ray Sanders	4	0	0	0	0	0
Marty Marion	4	0	0	0	0	0
Max Lanier	3	1	2	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Bartell	3	0	0	0	1	2
Billy Jurges	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mel Ott	4	0	1	0	0	1
Babe Young	4	1	1	0	0	0
Buster Maynard	2	0	0	0	1	0
Harry Danning	2	0	0	0	1	0
Willard Marshall	3	0	2	1	0	1
Mickey Witek	3	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Sunkel	2	0	0	0	0	1
Hank Leiber	1	0	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Max Lanier	9.0	5	3	5

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Sunkel	8.0	8	2	1
Ace Adams	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jimmy Brown: W
Terry Moore: 7
Enos Slaughter: HR/9.1-H
Coaker Triplett: 4
Walker Cooper: S9
Whitey Kurowski: 7

Bot 1

Dick Bartell: K/C
Billy Jurges: 9
Mel Ott: 7

Top 2

Ray Sanders: 43
Marty Marion: 63
Max Lanier: 43

Bot 2

Babe Young: S9
Buster Maynard: 53.1-2
Harry Danning: W
Willard Marshall: S7.1-2;2-H
Mickey Witek: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Jimmy Brown: 2/FL
Terry Moore: S5
Enos Slaughter: 5
Coaker Triplett: 8

Bot 3

Tom Sunkel: 63
Dick Bartell: K/C
Billy Jurges: 9

Top 4

Walker Cooper: 4
Whitey Kurowski: D7
Ray Sanders: 43
Marty Marion: 4

Bot 4

Mel Ott: S7
Babe Young: E6.1-2
Buster Maynard: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Harry Danning: 6(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Max Lanier: S4
Jimmy Brown: S9.1-3
Terry Moore: 46(1)3/GDP.3-H(NR)
Enos Slaughter: 13

Bot 5

Willard Marshall: S8
Mickey Witek: 6(1)3/GDP
Tom Sunkel: K

Top 6

Coaker Triplett: 43
Walker Cooper: S8
Whitey Kurowski: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Dick Bartell: W
Billy Jurges: 6(1)3/GDP
Mel Ott: 3/FL

Top 7

Ray Sanders: 6/L
Marty Marion: 43
Max Lanier: S6
Jimmy Brown: 64(1)/FO

Bot 7

Babe Young: 8
Buster Maynard: W
Harry Danning: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Terry Moore: 7
Enos Slaughter: W
Coaker Triplett: K
Walker Cooper: 43

Bot 8

Willard Marshall: K
Mickey Witek: 9
Hank Leiber: S7
Dick Bartell: 6

Top 9

Whitey Kurowski: 53
Ray Sanders: 43
Marty Marion: 43

Bot 9

Billy Jurges: 163
Mel Ott: K/C
Babe Young: 8