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St. Louis Cardinals @ New York Giants

1942-08-02 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 25841 · 2:05

St. Louis Cardinals defeated New York Giants 3–2. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 6th. Mort Cooper earned the win.

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	6
NY1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4

W: Mort Cooper L: Hal Schumacher 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	4	0	0	0	0	0
Harry Walker	4	1	2	1	0	0
Enos Slaughter	4	0	1	0	0	0
Stan Musial	4	1	1	1	0	0
Ray Sanders	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ken O'Dea	3	0	0	0	1	0
Whitey Kurowski	3	0	0	1	0	2
Marty Marion	3	1	2	0	1	0
Mort Cooper	3	0	0	0	0	1

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Bartell	3	0	0	0	1	1
Billy Werber	4	1	2	0	0	0
Mel Ott	1	1	1	0	3	0
Babe Young	4	0	1	0	0	0
Willard Marshall	3	0	0	0	1	0
Buster Maynard	4	0	0	1	0	0
Gus Mancuso	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mickey Witek	4	0	0	0	0	0
Hal Schumacher	3	0	0	0	0	1
Babe Barna	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mort Cooper	9.0	4	5	3

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hal Schumacher	9.0	6	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jimmy Brown: 99
Harry Walker: S
Enos Slaughter: 99
Stan Musial: 99

Bot 1

Dick Bartell: W
Billy Werber: S9.1X3(95)
Mel Ott: W.1-2
Babe Young: 4E1.2-H(NR)(UR);1-3;B-2
Willard Marshall: IW
Buster Maynard: 99/F.3-H(UR)
Gus Mancuso: 99

Top 2

Ray Sanders: 99
Ken O'Dea: 99
Whitey Kurowski: K

Bot 2

Mickey Witek: 99
Hal Schumacher: K
Dick Bartell: K

Top 3

Marty Marion: 99
Mort Cooper: K
Jimmy Brown: 99

Bot 3

Billy Werber: 99
Mel Ott: W
Babe Young: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Harry Walker: 99
Enos Slaughter: 99
Stan Musial: 99

Bot 4

Willard Marshall: 99
Buster Maynard: 99
Gus Mancuso: 99

Top 5

Ray Sanders: 99
Ken O'Dea: 99
Whitey Kurowski: 5/L

Bot 5

Mickey Witek: 99
Hal Schumacher: 99
Dick Bartell: 99

Top 6

Marty Marion: S
Mort Cooper: 99/SH.1-2
Jimmy Brown: 99/F
Harry Walker: S8.2-H
Enos Slaughter: S4.1-2
Stan Musial: S8.2-H;1-2
Ray Sanders: 99

Bot 6

Billy Werber: S
Mel Ott: W.1-2
Babe Young: 9.2-3
Willard Marshall: FC.3XH(99);1-2;B-1
Buster Maynard: 99/F

Top 7

Ken O'Dea: 99
Whitey Kurowski: K
Marty Marion: S
Mort Cooper: 99

Bot 7

Gus Mancuso: 99
Mickey Witek: 99
Hal Schumacher: 99

Top 8

Jimmy Brown: 99
Harry Walker: 99
Enos Slaughter: 99

Bot 8

Dick Bartell: 99
Billy Werber: 99
Mel Ott: S
Babe Young: S.1-2
Willard Marshall: 99

Top 9

Stan Musial: E6/TH.B-2
Ray Sanders: 99/G.2-3
Ken O'Dea: IW
Whitey Kurowski: 34/SH.3-H(UR);1-2
Marty Marion: W
Mort Cooper: 99

Bot 9

Buster Maynard: 99
Babe Barna: K
Mickey Witek: 99