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St. Louis Cardinals @ New York Giants

1943-08-14 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · 2:30

St. Louis Cardinals defeated New York Giants 11–1. St. Louis Cardinals put up 4 in the 9th. Red Munger earned the win. Stan Musial went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	11	14
NY1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	9

W: Red Munger L: Johnnie Wittig SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Klein	5	3	4	2	1	1
Harry Walker	5	1	1	0	0	1
Stan Musial	4	3	3	3	1	0
Ken O'Dea	5	0	2	3	0	2
Whitey Kurowski	5	2	1	2	0	1
Ray Sanders	4	1	1	1	1	1
Johnny Hopp	4	1	2	0	1	0
Marty Marion	3	0	0	0	1	0
Red Munger	5	0	0	0	0	2

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	BB	SO
Dick Bartell	5	0	1	0	2
Mickey Witek	4	1	4	0	0
Johnny Rucker	2	0	1	2	0
Joe Medwick	4	0	0	0	0
Mel Ott	3	0	0	1	0
Ernie Lombardi	4	0	1	0	0
Sid Gordon	4	0	0	0	0
Billy Jurges	3	0	1	1	0
Van Mungo	2	0	1	0	0
Buster Maynard	1	0	0	0	0
Gus Mancuso	1	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Munger	9.0	9	4	2

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnnie Wittig	1.2	5	1	1
Van Mungo	5.1	5	2	5
Hugh East	2.0	4	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Klein: D
Harry Walker: 6/P/7
Stan Musial: W
Ken O'Dea: T.2-H;1-H
Whitey Kurowski: E6
Ray Sanders: K
Johnny Hopp: 43

Bot 1

Dick Bartell: 8
Mickey Witek: S9
Johnny Rucker: W.1-2
Joe Medwick: 3/FL
Mel Ott: 43

Top 2

Marty Marion: 53
Red Munger: 4/L
Lou Klein: S
Harry Walker: S.1-3
Stan Musial: S.3-H;1-3
Ken O'Dea: S4.3-H;1-3
Whitey Kurowski: 2/FL

Bot 2

Ernie Lombardi: 3/FL
Sid Gordon: 9
Billy Jurges: 43

Top 3

Ray Sanders: 43
Johnny Hopp: W
Marty Marion: 9
Red Munger: K

Bot 3

Van Mungo: S
Dick Bartell: PO1(234)
Dick Bartell: S
Mickey Witek: S.1-2
Johnny Rucker: W.2-3;1-2
Joe Medwick: 5(2)3/GDP

Top 4

Lou Klein: K
Harry Walker: 9
Stan Musial: 43

Bot 4

Mel Ott: 3/FL
Ernie Lombardi: 3/FL
Sid Gordon: 4/P

Top 5

Ken O'Dea: K
Whitey Kurowski: K
Ray Sanders: 3/G

Bot 5

Billy Jurges: S9
Van Mungo: 6/P
Dick Bartell: K
Mickey Witek: D.1-3
Johnny Rucker: 7

Top 6

Johnny Hopp: D7
Marty Marion: 13/SH.2-3
Red Munger: 43(B)2(3)/GDP

Bot 6

Joe Medwick: 43
Mel Ott: 63
Ernie Lombardi: S
Sid Gordon: 3/G

Top 7

Lou Klein: S
Harry Walker: 13/SH.1-2
Stan Musial: S.2-H
Ken O'Dea: K
Whitey Kurowski: HR/7.1-H
Ray Sanders: W
Johnny Hopp: 46(1)/FO

Bot 7

Billy Jurges: 9
Buster Maynard: 9
Dick Bartell: K

Top 8

Marty Marion: 2/FL
Red Munger: 9
Lou Klein: W
Harry Walker: 8

Bot 8

Mickey Witek: S
Johnny Rucker: S.1-3
Joe Medwick: 64(1)3/GDP.3-H
Mel Ott: W
Ernie Lombardi: 2/FL

Top 9

Stan Musial: HR/9
Ken O'Dea: 6E3
Whitey Kurowski: 4(1)/FO.B-3(E4)
Ray Sanders: S.3-H(UR)
Johnny Hopp: S9.1-3;B-2(E9)
Marty Marion: W
Red Munger: K
Lou Klein: S.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-2
Harry Walker: K

Bot 9

Sid Gordon: 63
Billy Jurges: W
Gus Mancuso: 54(1)/FO
Dick Bartell: 64(1)/FO

Notes & reviews

RF dropped ball as he was ready to throw

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