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St. Louis Cardinals @ New York Giants

1945-05-13 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 38056 · 1:58

St. Louis Cardinals defeated New York Giants 6–5. St. Louis Cardinals put up 3 in the 5th. Bud Byerly earned the win. Mel Ott 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	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	6	5
NY1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	12

W: Bud Byerly L: Rube Fischer SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Augie Bergamo	5	0	1	2	0	0
Johnny Hopp	2	0	0	0	3	0
Buster Adams	5	0	1	1	0	0
Ray Sanders	5	1	1	1	0	1
Whitey Kurowski	3	2	0	0	1	1
Ken O'Dea	2	1	0	0	1	0
Emil Verban	4	1	1	1	0	0
George Fallon	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mort Cooper	1	0	0	0	0	0
Debs Garms	2	0	1	1	1	0
Red Schoendienst	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bud Byerly	1	1	0	0	1	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Rucker	5	1	2	0	0	0
George Hausmann	4	2	2	0	0	1
Mel Ott	3	1	2	2	1	0
Steve Filipowicz	3	0	1	1	0	0
Phil Weintraub	4	0	1	0	0	0
Buddy Kerr	4	1	1	1	0	0
Nap Reyes	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ray Berres	3	0	0	0	0	0
Harry Feldman	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ace Adams	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ernie Lombardi	2	0	1	0	0	0
Danny Gardella	1	0	1	1	0	0
Billy Jurges	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mort Cooper	4.0	6	1	2
Bud Byerly	5.0	6	0	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Harry Feldman	4.1	2	3	0
Ace Adams	2.2	1	2	1
Rube Fischer	2.0	2	2	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Augie Bergamo: 43
Johnny Hopp: W
Buster Adams: 53.1-2
Ray Sanders: 13

Bot 1

Johnny Rucker: S7
George Hausmann: SB2
George Hausmann: K
Mel Ott: HR/9.2-H
Steve Filipowicz: 8
Phil Weintraub: 43

Top 2

Whitey Kurowski: 7
Ken O'Dea: 8
Emil Verban: 8

Bot 2

Buddy Kerr: 4/P
Nap Reyes: S9
Ray Berres: 9(B)3(1)/DP

Top 3

George Fallon: 63
Mort Cooper: 7
Augie Bergamo: 8

Bot 3

Harry Feldman: K
Johnny Rucker: 4/P
George Hausmann: D9
Mel Ott: IW
Steve Filipowicz: S9.2-H;1X3(95)

Top 4

Johnny Hopp: 63
Buster Adams: 6/P
Ray Sanders: 43

Bot 4

Phil Weintraub: S7
Buddy Kerr: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Buddy Kerr: 7(B)2(3)/DP
Nap Reyes: 2/FL

Top 5

Whitey Kurowski: E5.B-1
Ken O'Dea: W.1-2
Emil Verban: S7.2-H(UR);1-2
Debs Garms: W.2-3;1-2
Red Schoendienst: 5/FL
Augie Bergamo: S8.3-H;2-H;1-3
Johnny Hopp: W.1-2
Buster Adams: 12(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Ray Sanders: K

Bot 5

Ray Berres: 53
Ace Adams: K
Johnny Rucker: S8
George Hausmann: SB2
George Hausmann: 53

Top 6

Whitey Kurowski: W
Ken O'Dea: 53/SH.1-2
Emil Verban: E5.2-3;B-1
Debs Garms: S9.3-H(UR);1-3
Bud Byerly: 1(B)5(3)/DP/BP

Bot 6

Mel Ott: 31
Steve Filipowicz: 7
Phil Weintraub: 6/P

Top 7

Augie Bergamo: 9
Johnny Hopp: 43
Buster Adams: 63

Bot 7

Buddy Kerr: HR/9
Nap Reyes: 43
Ray Berres: E6/TH.B-2
Ernie Lombardi: 9
Johnny Rucker: 8

Top 8

Ray Sanders: HR/9
Whitey Kurowski: K23
Ken O'Dea: 43
Emil Verban: 9

Bot 8

George Hausmann: S8
Mel Ott: S9.1-3
Danny Gardella: S9.3-H;1-3
Phil Weintraub: 4(1)3/GDP.3-3
Buddy Kerr: 53

Top 9

Debs Garms: 8
Bud Byerly: W
Augie Bergamo: 3/G.1-2
Johnny Hopp: IW
Buster Adams: S8.2-H;1-2
Ray Sanders: 3/G

Bot 9

Nap Reyes: 8/L
Billy Jurges: 63
Ernie Lombardi: S7
Johnny Rucker: 2/FL