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St. Louis Cardinals @ New York Giants

1944-07-21 · Night game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 19328 · 2:08

St. Louis Cardinals defeated New York Giants 5–0. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 4th. Harry Brecheen earned the win. Johnny Hopp went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Harry Brecheen L: Harry Feldman SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Johnny Hopp	5	1	3	2	0
Ray Sanders	5	1	1	1	0
Stan Musial	5	0	2	0	0
Ken O'Dea	5	1	2	0	0
Whitey Kurowski	4	1	2	0	0
Augie Bergamo	3	0	2	1	1
Marty Marion	3	0	0	0	1
Emil Verban	3	0	1	1	0
Harry Brecheen	4	1	1	0	0
Debs Garms	1	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Johnny Rucker	3	1	1	1
Hal Luby	3	1	1	0
Mel Ott	4	1	0	0
Joe Medwick	3	0	1	1
Phil Weintraub	4	0	0	2
Ernie Lombardi	4	1	0	0
Buddy Kerr	4	1	0	1
Nap Reyes	3	0	0	0
Harry Feldman	2	0	0	0
Billy Jurges	1	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Harry Brecheen	9.0	5	3	6

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Harry Feldman	8.0	12	2	0
Ace Adams	1.0	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Hopp: 5/P
Ray Sanders: 7
Stan Musial: S
Ken O'Dea: FLE2#
Ken O'Dea: 9

Bot 1

Johnny Rucker: W
Hal Luby: 3/G.1-2
Mel Ott: 13
Joe Medwick: IW
Phil Weintraub: K

Top 2

Whitey Kurowski: 63
Augie Bergamo: W
Marty Marion: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Ernie Lombardi: S
Buddy Kerr: 9
Nap Reyes: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Emil Verban: 9
Harry Brecheen: 6
Johnny Hopp: HR/9
Ray Sanders: 43

Bot 3

Harry Feldman: 8
Johnny Rucker: S
Hal Luby: S.1-2
Mel Ott: 16(1)/FO.2-3
Joe Medwick: 7

Top 4

Stan Musial: 63
Ken O'Dea: S
Whitey Kurowski: S.1-2
Augie Bergamo: S9.2-H;1-3
Marty Marion: 6
Emil Verban: S6.3-H;1-2
Harry Brecheen: 13

Bot 4

Phil Weintraub: K
Ernie Lombardi: 7
Buddy Kerr: S
Nap Reyes: 143

Top 5

Johnny Hopp: S
Ray Sanders: CS2(26)
Ray Sanders: 8
Stan Musial: D7
Ken O'Dea: 5/L

Bot 5

Harry Feldman: 53
Johnny Rucker: 7
Hal Luby: 2/P

Top 6

Whitey Kurowski: 6
Augie Bergamo: S
Marty Marion: 46(1)/FO
Emil Verban: 8

Bot 6

Mel Ott: 6
Joe Medwick: K
Phil Weintraub: 43

Top 7

Harry Brecheen: T9
Johnny Hopp: 7.3-H
Ray Sanders: 43
Stan Musial: 13

Bot 7

Ernie Lombardi: 63
Buddy Kerr: K
Nap Reyes: 53

Top 8

Ken O'Dea: S
Whitey Kurowski: S.1-2
Augie Bergamo: 9
Marty Marion: W.2-3;1-2
Debs Garms: 6
Harry Brecheen: 7

Bot 8

Billy Jurges: K
Johnny Rucker: K
Hal Luby: W
Mel Ott: S.1-2
Joe Medwick: 9

Top 9

Johnny Hopp: S
Ray Sanders: PO1(23)
Ray Sanders: HR/9
Stan Musial: 43
Ken O'Dea: 3/G

Bot 9

Phil Weintraub: 43
Ernie Lombardi: 63
Buddy Kerr: 3/FL