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St. Louis Cardinals @ New York Giants

1943-08-11 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · 10 innings · Att: 5964 · 1:57

New York Giants defeated St. Louis Cardinals 3–2. Ace Adams earned the win. Mickey Witek went 4-for-5 with 2 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Ace Adams L: Howie Krist SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Barr · 1B: Ziggy Sears · 2B: (none) · 3B: Jocko Conlan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Klein	4	0	0	0	1	2
Harry Walker	5	1	2	0	0	0
Stan Musial	5	0	2	0	0	0
Walker Cooper	4	0	1	0	0	0
Whitey Kurowski	3	1	2	0	1	0
Ray Sanders	3	0	0	0	1	0
Danny Litwhiler	3	0	1	0	0	0
Marty Marion	4	0	1	0	0	1
Max Lanier	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ken O'Dea	1	0	0	0	0	0
Debs Garms	1	0	1	1	0	0
Howie Krist	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Bartell	5	0	1	0	0	0
Mickey Witek	5	2	4	2	0	0
Johnny Rucker	3	0	1	0	1	0
Joe Medwick	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mel Ott	3	1	1	0	1	0
Ernie Lombardi	3	0	0	0	1	0
Sid Gordon	2	0	0	0	1	0
Billy Jurges	3	0	0	0	1	0
Rube Fischer	3	0	0	0	0	1
Ace Adams	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Max Lanier	7.0	7	4	1
Howie Krist	2.0	1	1	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rube Fischer	8.2	9	2	2
Ace Adams	1.1	1	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Klein: 2/FL
Harry Walker: 63
Stan Musial: S
Walker Cooper: 63

Bot 1

Dick Bartell: S
Mickey Witek: S.1-2
Johnny Rucker: PO2(265)
Johnny Rucker: 6/L
Joe Medwick: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

Whitey Kurowski: W
Ray Sanders: 6(1)3/GDP
Danny Litwhiler: 9

Bot 2

Mel Ott: 2/FL
Ernie Lombardi: 43
Sid Gordon: W
Billy Jurges: 63

Top 3

Marty Marion: 63
Max Lanier: 43
Lou Klein: K

Bot 3

Rube Fischer: 63
Dick Bartell: 8
Mickey Witek: S
Johnny Rucker: S.1-2
Joe Medwick: 7

Top 4

Harry Walker: 63
Stan Musial: 43
Walker Cooper: S
Whitey Kurowski: 64(1)/FO

Bot 4

Mel Ott: S
Ernie Lombardi: W.1-2
Sid Gordon: E1/TH/SH.2-H(NR)(UR);1-3;B-2
Billy Jurges: IW
Rube Fischer: 3(B)2(3)/GDP.2-3;1-2
Dick Bartell: 8

Top 5

Ray Sanders: 43
Danny Litwhiler: S
Marty Marion: S.1-2
Max Lanier: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Mickey Witek: HR/9
Johnny Rucker: W
Joe Medwick: S1.1-2
Mel Ott: 15(2)/FO/BG.1-2
Ernie Lombardi: 6/P
Sid Gordon: 563

Top 6

Lou Klein: K
Harry Walker: S
Stan Musial: 8
Walker Cooper: BK.1-2
Walker Cooper: 4/P

Bot 6

Billy Jurges: 8
Rube Fischer: K
Dick Bartell: 53

Top 7

Whitey Kurowski: S
Ray Sanders: 46(1)/FO
Danny Litwhiler: 3(B)3(1)/LDP

Bot 7

Mickey Witek: 63
Johnny Rucker: 3/G
Joe Medwick: 7/L

Top 8

Marty Marion: 43
Ken O'Dea: 43
Lou Klein: 13

Bot 8

Mel Ott: W
Ernie Lombardi: 6(1)3/GDP
Sid Gordon: 5/L

Top 9

Harry Walker: S
Stan Musial: S.1-3
Walker Cooper: 64(1)3/GDP.3-H
Whitey Kurowski: D
Ray Sanders: W
Debs Garms: S.2-H;1-2
Marty Marion: K

Bot 9

Billy Jurges: 4/P
Ace Adams: 7/L
Dick Bartell: 7

Top 10

Howie Krist: 8
Lou Klein: W
Harry Walker: 46(1)/FO
Stan Musial: 8

Bot 10

Mickey Witek: HR/7