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St. Louis Cardinals @ New York Giants

1944-05-28 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · 2:08

St. Louis Cardinals defeated New York Giants 8–0. St. Louis Cardinals put up 3 in the 5th. Mort Cooper earned the win. Stan Musial went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Mort Cooper L: Ewald Pyle SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

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

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Johnny Rucker	4	0	0	0
George Hausmann	4	1	0	0
Danny Gardella	4	0	0	2
Mel Ott	3	0	1	1
Phil Weintraub	4	0	0	3
Billy Jurges	3	0	0	1
Nap Reyes	3	2	0	1
Gus Mancuso	1	0	2	1
Ewald Pyle	1	0	0	0
Charlie Mead	1	0	0	1
Joe Medwick	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mort Cooper	9.0	3	3	10

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	SO
Ewald Pyle	4.2	8	1
Frank Seward	1.1	3	1
Ken Brondell	2.0	1	0
Lou Polli	1.0	2	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pepper Martin: S8
Ray Sanders: HR/89.1-H
Stan Musial: 63
Walker Cooper: K
Danny Litwhiler: 13

Bot 1

Johnny Rucker: 4/L
George Hausmann: 43
Danny Gardella: K

Top 2

Whitey Kurowski: 63
Marty Marion: S9
Emil Verban: S9.1-2
Mort Cooper: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Mel Ott: 4/P
Phil Weintraub: K
Billy Jurges: K

Top 3

Pepper Martin: 7
Ray Sanders: 2/FL
Stan Musial: 13

Bot 3

Nap Reyes: D8
Gus Mancuso: K
Ewald Pyle: 43.2-3
Johnny Rucker: 8

Top 4

Walker Cooper: 3/FL
Danny Litwhiler: 8
Whitey Kurowski: 9/F9D

Bot 4

George Hausmann: S7
Danny Gardella: 4(B)3(1)/LDP
Mel Ott: 4/P

Top 5

Marty Marion: D7
Emil Verban: 3/P
Mort Cooper: S8.2-H;B-2(E3)
Pepper Martin: 7
Ray Sanders: D8.2-H
Stan Musial: D/78.2-H
Walker Cooper: 6/P

Bot 5

Phil Weintraub: 3/P
Billy Jurges: 3/G
Nap Reyes: K

Top 6

Danny Litwhiler: 63
Whitey Kurowski: T7
Marty Marion: S7.3-H
Emil Verban: S/89.1-2
Mort Cooper: 53/SH.2-3;1-2
Johnny Hopp: K

Bot 6

Gus Mancuso: W
Charlie Mead: K
Johnny Rucker: 64(1)/FO
George Hausmann: 13

Top 7

Ray Sanders: 4/P
Stan Musial: 53
Walker Cooper: 8

Bot 7

Danny Gardella: 3/FL
Mel Ott: K
Phil Weintraub: K

Top 8

Danny Litwhiler: S7
Whitey Kurowski: 7
Marty Marion: 43.1-2
Emil Verban: 8

Bot 8

Billy Jurges: 3/FL
Nap Reyes: T/78
Gus Mancuso: W
Joe Medwick: 5/FL
Johnny Rucker: 9/L

Top 9

Mort Cooper: K/C
Johnny Hopp: E6.B-2
Ray Sanders: 4/P
Stan Musial: HR/78.2-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Walker Cooper: D7
Danny Litwhiler: 8

Bot 9

George Hausmann: 13
Danny Gardella: K
Mel Ott: W
Phil Weintraub: K