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St. Louis Cardinals @ New York Giants

1944-05-29 · Night game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 21303 · 2:20

New York Giants defeated St. Louis Cardinals 6–4. New York Giants put up 4 in the 2nd. Ace Adams earned the win. Danny Gardella went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Ace Adams L: Al Jurisich SV: (none)

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
Johnny Hopp	4	2	1	0	1	0
Ray Sanders	5	0	3	1	0	0
Stan Musial	2	0	1	0	3	0
Walker Cooper	2	0	0	0	0	0
Whitey Kurowski	4	1	2	0	1	0
Danny Litwhiler	1	0	0	0	0	1
Marty Marion	4	0	0	0	0	1
Emil Verban	1	0	0	0	1	0
Al Jurisich	1	0	0	0	0	1
Augie Bergamo	2	1	0	0	1	0
Freddy Schmidt	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ken O'Dea	3	0	0	0	0	0
Debs Garms	2	0	1	2	0	0
Pepper Martin	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Rucker	3	1	0	0	1	0
George Hausmann	2	1	0	0	2	0
Danny Gardella	3	1	2	2	0	0
Mel Ott	3	1	1	1	1	0
Phil Weintraub	3	0	0	1	1	0
Nap Reyes	4	0	0	0	0	0
Gus Mancuso	3	1	1	0	1	0
Buddy Kerr	3	1	2	1	0	1
Rube Fischer	2	0	0	1	0	0
Ace Adams	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Jurisich	1.0	1	5	0
Freddy Schmidt	3.0	2	1	0
Blix Donnelly	3.0	3	0	0
Red Munger	1.0	0	0	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rube Fischer	4.1	7	6	4
Ace Adams	4.2	1	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Hopp: D/78
Ray Sanders: S/89.2-H
Stan Musial: S/89.1-2
Walker Cooper: 63.2-3;1-2
Whitey Kurowski: IW
Danny Litwhiler: K/C
Marty Marion: K

Bot 1

Johnny Rucker: W
George Hausmann: W.1-2
Danny Gardella: 34/SH.2-3;1-2
Mel Ott: IW
Phil Weintraub: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Nap Reyes: 12(3)3/GDP

Top 2

Emil Verban: 53
Al Jurisich: K/C
Johnny Hopp: W
Ray Sanders: S8.1-3
Stan Musial: WP.3-H;1-2
Stan Musial: IW
Walker Cooper: 63

Bot 2

Gus Mancuso: W
Buddy Kerr: T/89.1-H
Rube Fischer: 8/F8D.3-H
Johnny Rucker: 8/L
George Hausmann: W
Danny Gardella: SB2
Danny Gardella: HR/89.2-H
Mel Ott: 9

Top 3

Whitey Kurowski: S/8
Augie Bergamo: 7
Marty Marion: 2/FL
Emil Verban: HP.1-2
Freddy Schmidt: K

Bot 3

Phil Weintraub: 43
Nap Reyes: 3/FL
Gus Mancuso: 63

Top 4

Johnny Hopp: 3/G
Ray Sanders: 43
Stan Musial: W
Ken O'Dea: 6(1)/FO

Bot 4

Buddy Kerr: S8
Rube Fischer: 9
Johnny Rucker: 6/P
George Hausmann: 5/L

Top 5

Whitey Kurowski: S8
Augie Bergamo: W.1-2
Marty Marion: 6/P
Emil Verban: W.2-3;1-2
Debs Garms: S8.3-H;2-H;1-2
Johnny Hopp: 16(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Danny Gardella: 5/FL
Mel Ott: HR/89
Phil Weintraub: 8/L
Nap Reyes: 53

Top 6

Ray Sanders: 43
Stan Musial: W
Ken O'Dea: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Gus Mancuso: S8
Buddy Kerr: 13/SH.1-2
Ace Adams: 6/L
Johnny Rucker: 163

Top 7

Whitey Kurowski: 7
Augie Bergamo: 6/P
Marty Marion: 43

Bot 7

George Hausmann: 53
Danny Gardella: S3
Mel Ott: 64(1)/FO
Phil Weintraub: 43

Top 8

Pepper Martin: 43
Debs Garms: 6/P
Johnny Hopp: 7

Bot 8

Nap Reyes: 43
Gus Mancuso: 43
Buddy Kerr: K/C

Top 9

Ray Sanders: S7
Stan Musial: 6/P
Ken O'Dea: 3/FL
Whitey Kurowski: 7