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St. Louis Cardinals @ New York Giants

1945-07-05 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 5941 · 2:06

St. Louis Cardinals defeated New York Giants 7–5. St. Louis Cardinals put up 5 in the 7th. Jack Creel earned the win and Harry Brecheen picked up the save. Whitey Lockman went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	7	10
NY1	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	12

W: Jack Creel L: Ace Adams SV: Harry Brecheen

Umpires — HP: Bill Stewart · 1B: Lee Ballanfant · 2B: (none) · 3B: Butch Henline · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Augie Bergamo	3	2	1	0	2	0
Red Schoendienst	5	0	0	0	0	0
Buster Adams	5	1	2	2	0	0
Whitey Kurowski	5	0	1	0	0	0
Ray Sanders	5	1	1	1	0	1
Ken O'Dea	3	1	1	2	2	0
Emil Verban	4	0	0	0	0	0
Marty Marion	3	1	2	0	1	0
George Dockins	2	0	1	1	0	0
Debs Garms	1	1	1	0	0	0
Harry Brecheen	0	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jim Mallory	5	1	3	1	0	1
George Hausmann	5	1	1	0	0	1
Whitey Lockman	4	1	2	4	0	1
Mel Ott	4	0	2	0	0	0
Clyde Kluttz	4	0	1	0	0	0
Phil Weintraub	4	0	2	0	0	0
Nap Reyes	4	0	0	0	0	0
Buddy Kerr	3	2	1	0	1	1
Jack Brewer	2	0	0	0	0	2
Ernie Lombardi	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
George Dockins	3.2	10	1	1
Jack Creel	2.1	1	0	2
Harry Brecheen	3.0	1	0	3

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jack Brewer	6.1	8	4	1
Ace Adams	2.2	2	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Augie Bergamo: D8
Red Schoendienst: 43.2-3
Buster Adams: 63.3-H
Whitey Kurowski: S7
Ray Sanders: 8

Bot 1

Jim Mallory: S7
George Hausmann: 46(1)/FO
Whitey Lockman: HR/9.1-H
Mel Ott: S4
Clyde Kluttz: 64(1)/FO
Phil Weintraub: S8/78.1-3
Nap Reyes: 7/L

Top 2

Ken O'Dea: W
Emil Verban: 54(1)/FO
Marty Marion: S7.1-2
George Dockins: 16(1)/FO.2-3
Augie Bergamo: W.1-2
Red Schoendienst: 43

Bot 2

Buddy Kerr: W
Jack Brewer: 14/SH.1-2
Jim Mallory: SB3
Jim Mallory: 8/8D.3-H
George Hausmann: S6
Whitey Lockman: CS2(26)

Top 3

Buster Adams: S7
Whitey Kurowski: 54(1)/FO
Ray Sanders: 5/FL
Ken O'Dea: 43

Bot 3

Whitey Lockman: 3/G
Mel Ott: S8/78
Clyde Kluttz: 9
Phil Weintraub: S8/78.1-2
Nap Reyes: 64(1)/FO

Top 4

Emil Verban: 7
Marty Marion: D7
George Dockins: S9.2-H
Augie Bergamo: 8
Red Schoendienst: 43

Bot 4

Buddy Kerr: S7
Jack Brewer: K
Jim Mallory: S6.1-2
George Hausmann: 4/P
Whitey Lockman: D7.2-H;1-H
Mel Ott: 43

Top 5

Buster Adams: 3/FL
Whitey Kurowski: 63
Ray Sanders: K/C

Bot 5

Clyde Kluttz: 8
Phil Weintraub: 8
Nap Reyes: 8

Top 6

Ken O'Dea: W
Emil Verban: 64(1)/FO
Marty Marion: 8(B)63(1)/DP/8D

Bot 6

Buddy Kerr: K
Jack Brewer: K/C
Jim Mallory: S8
George Hausmann: PO1(13)

Top 7

Debs Garms: S9
Augie Bergamo: W.1-2
Red Schoendienst: 6/P
Buster Adams: S7.2-H;1-2
Whitey Kurowski: 8/8D.2-3
Ray Sanders: S9.3-H;1-3
Ken O'Dea: D9.3-H;1-H;B-H(E8)(NR)(UR)
Emil Verban: 7

Bot 7

George Hausmann: K
Whitey Lockman: K/C
Mel Ott: 3/G

Top 8

Marty Marion: W
Harry Brecheen: 53/SH.1-2
Augie Bergamo: E5/TH.2-3;B-1
Red Schoendienst: 43.3-3;1-2
Buster Adams: 7

Bot 8

Clyde Kluttz: S7
Phil Weintraub: 5/P
Nap Reyes: 9
Buddy Kerr: 5/L

Top 9

Whitey Kurowski: 13
Ray Sanders: 43
Ken O'Dea: 8

Bot 9

Ernie Lombardi: 43
Jim Mallory: K/C
George Hausmann: 9