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St. Louis Cardinals @ New York Giants

1943-08-12 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 6192 · 1:56

St. Louis Cardinals defeated New York Giants 4–1. Mort Cooper earned the win. Mel Ott went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Mort Cooper L: Ken Chase SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Klein	5	1	2	0	0	0
Harry Walker	4	1	2	0	0	0
Stan Musial	4	1	3	1	0	0
Walker Cooper	4	0	1	2	0	1
Whitey Kurowski	4	0	0	0	0	3
Danny Litwhiler	3	0	0	0	1	2
Ray Sanders	4	0	1	0	0	2
Marty Marion	3	0	0	0	1	1
Mort Cooper	4	1	0	0	0	1

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Bartell	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mickey Witek	4	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Rucker	4	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Medwick	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mel Ott	3	1	1	1	0	0
Ernie Lombardi	3	0	0	0	0	0
Sid Gordon	3	0	1	0	0	0
Billy Jurges	2	0	0	0	1	0
Ken Chase	2	0	0	0	0	0
Buster Maynard	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mort Cooper	9.0	3	1	2

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Chase	8.0	8	2	10
Ace Adams	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Klein: S
Harry Walker: 53/SH.1-2
Stan Musial: 13.2-3
Walker Cooper: PB.3-H
Walker Cooper: S9
Whitey Kurowski: K

Bot 1

Dick Bartell: 6/L
Mickey Witek: 7
Johnny Rucker: 63

Top 2

Danny Litwhiler: K/C
Ray Sanders: S8
Marty Marion: W.1-2
Mort Cooper: K
Lou Klein: 8

Bot 2

Joe Medwick: K/C
Mel Ott: 3/G
Ernie Lombardi: 6/P

Top 3

Harry Walker: 9
Stan Musial: T9
Walker Cooper: 8.3-H
Whitey Kurowski: K

Bot 3

Sid Gordon: 63
Billy Jurges: W
Ken Chase: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Danny Litwhiler: K
Ray Sanders: K
Marty Marion: K

Bot 4

Dick Bartell: 63
Mickey Witek: S8/G
Johnny Rucker: 5/FL
Joe Medwick: 3/P

Top 5

Mort Cooper: E4/TH.B-2
Lou Klein: 8
Harry Walker: S6.2-3
Stan Musial: PO1(13)
Stan Musial: D7.3-H(UR)
Walker Cooper: K

Bot 5

Mel Ott: HR/7
Ernie Lombardi: 8
Sid Gordon: S
Billy Jurges: 9
Ken Chase: 64(1)/FO

Top 6

Whitey Kurowski: K
Danny Litwhiler: 63
Ray Sanders: 63

Bot 6

Dick Bartell: HP
Mickey Witek: 9
Johnny Rucker: 9
Joe Medwick: 2/FL

Top 7

Marty Marion: 8
Mort Cooper: 53
Lou Klein: 13

Bot 7

Mel Ott: 63
Ernie Lombardi: 7
Sid Gordon: 7

Top 8

Harry Walker: S/BG
Stan Musial: S7.1-3(E7)
Walker Cooper: 7.3-H(UR)
Whitey Kurowski: 9
Danny Litwhiler: W.1-2
Ray Sanders: K

Bot 8

Billy Jurges: 9
Buster Maynard: 3/FL
Dick Bartell: 7

Top 9

Marty Marion: 4/L
Mort Cooper: 63
Lou Klein: S8
Harry Walker: 3/G

Bot 9

Mickey Witek: 8/L
Johnny Rucker: K
Joe Medwick: 6/P