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St. Louis Cardinals @ New York Giants

1944-05-27 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 10159 · 2:34

St. Louis Cardinals defeated New York Giants 6–4. St. Louis Cardinals put up 3 in the 7th. Red Munger earned the win and Harry Gumbert picked up the save. Whitey Kurowski went 2-for-4 with 2 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	9
NY1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	4	12

W: Red Munger L: Lou Polli SV: Harry Gumbert

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Emil Verban	4	1	0	0	1	1
Pepper Martin	2	1	2	1	1	0
Stan Musial	4	1	2	0	0	0
Walker Cooper	4	0	2	1	1	0
Danny Litwhiler	5	0	0	1	0	0
Whitey Kurowski	4	2	2	3	1	1
Ray Sanders	3	0	0	0	1	1
Marty Marion	3	0	0	0	1	0
Red Munger	3	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Hopp	2	1	0	0	0	0
Harry Gumbert	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Rucker	5	0	2	0	0	1
George Hausmann	3	1	1	0	1	0
Mel Ott	4	1	2	1	1	1
Phil Weintraub	4	1	2	0	1	0
Joe Medwick	4	0	0	0	0	1
Danny Gardella	4	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Jurges	4	1	3	0	0	1
Gus Mancuso	3	0	2	2	1	0
Cliff Melton	2	0	0	0	0	1
Lou Polli	1	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Mead	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ernie Lombardi	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Munger	6.2	10	2	5
Harry Gumbert	2.1	2	2	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cliff Melton	5.0	5	4	0
Lou Polli	3.0	3	2	2
Ace Adams	1.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Emil Verban: 9
Pepper Martin: HR/9
Stan Musial: 63
Walker Cooper: S8
Danny Litwhiler: 64(1)/FO

Bot 1

Johnny Rucker: 13
George Hausmann: 9
Mel Ott: S9
Phil Weintraub: 43

Top 2

Whitey Kurowski: HR/7
Ray Sanders: 7
Marty Marion: 53
Red Munger: 63

Bot 2

Joe Medwick: K
Danny Gardella: 43
Billy Jurges: K/C

Top 3

Emil Verban: W
Pepper Martin: W.1-2
Stan Musial: 53/SH.2-3;1-2
Walker Cooper: IW
Danny Litwhiler: 46(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Whitey Kurowski: 54(1)/FO

Bot 3

Gus Mancuso: 2/FL
Cliff Melton: K
Johnny Rucker: K

Top 4

Ray Sanders: 43
Marty Marion: 13
Red Munger: 3/FL

Bot 4

George Hausmann: W
Mel Ott: K
Phil Weintraub: W.1-2
Joe Medwick: E4.2-H(UR);1-3
Danny Gardella: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Emil Verban: 6/P
Pepper Martin: S6
Stan Musial: S9.1-2
Walker Cooper: 7
Danny Litwhiler: 2/FL

Bot 5

Billy Jurges: S7
Gus Mancuso: PB.1-2
Gus Mancuso: S7.2-H(UR)
Cliff Melton: 16(1)/FO/BG
Johnny Rucker: 7
George Hausmann: S8.1-2
Mel Ott: 31

Top 6

Whitey Kurowski: W
Ray Sanders: K+CS2(26)/DP
Marty Marion: W
Red Munger: S8.1-2
Emil Verban: K

Bot 6

Phil Weintraub: S7
Joe Medwick: 9
Danny Gardella: 7
Billy Jurges: S9.1-3
Gus Mancuso: S8.3-H;1-2
Lou Polli: 63

Top 7

Johnny Hopp: E5
Stan Musial: S8.1-3
Walker Cooper: 8.3-H(UR)
Danny Litwhiler: 7
Whitey Kurowski: HR/7.1-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Ray Sanders: W
Marty Marion: 43

Bot 7

Johnny Rucker: FLE2
Johnny Rucker: S
George Hausmann: 16(1)3/GDP
Mel Ott: HR/9
Phil Weintraub: S
Joe Medwick: 53

Top 8

Harry Gumbert: 8
Emil Verban: 7
Johnny Hopp: 43

Bot 8

Danny Gardella: 4/P
Billy Jurges: T
Gus Mancuso: W
Charlie Mead: 16(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Stan Musial: 63
Walker Cooper: S
Danny Litwhiler: 9
Whitey Kurowski: K

Bot 9

Johnny Rucker: S
Ernie Lombardi: 14(1)3/GDP
Mel Ott: W
Phil Weintraub: 4/P

Notes & reviews

Melton is relieved with 2-0 count on Sanders
W. Cooper's error almost certainly in 7th, but don't exactly when. It did not affect the scoring

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