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St. Louis Cardinals @ New York Giants

1945-08-08 · Night game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 39823 · night · 2:06

St. Louis Cardinals defeated New York Giants 3–0. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 1st. George Dockins earned the win.

Line score

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

W: George Dockins L: Van Mungo SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Tom Dunn · 1B: Ziggy Sears · 2B: (none) · 3B: George Barr · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

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

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Whitey Lockman	4	0	0	0
George Hausmann	4	0	0	0
Mel Ott	4	0	0	0
Danny Gardella	4	0	0	1
Ernie Lombardi	4	1	0	0
Mike Schemer	4	2	0	0
Buddy Kerr	4	1	0	0
Billy Jurges	3	2	0	0
Van Mungo	2	0	0	0
Jim Mallory	0	0	1	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
George Dockins	9.0	6	1	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Van Mungo	8.0	9	4	8
Ace Adams	1.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Augie Bergamo: K
Debs Garms: W
Red Schoendienst: 46(1)/FO
Buster Adams: S9.1-3
Ray Sanders: S8.3-H;1-3
Ken O'Dea: S7.3-H;1-2
Emil Verban: K

Bot 1

Whitey Lockman: 43
George Hausmann: 5/L
Mel Ott: 3/G

Top 2

Marty Marion: 13
George Dockins: K
Augie Bergamo: K

Bot 2

Danny Gardella: 43
Ernie Lombardi: 7
Mike Schemer: S7
Buddy Kerr: 6/P

Top 3

Debs Garms: S8
Red Schoendienst: 46(1)/FO
Buster Adams: 54(1)/FO
Ray Sanders: K

Bot 3

Billy Jurges: S8
Van Mungo: SB2
Van Mungo: 3/FL
Whitey Lockman: 13
George Hausmann: 8/L

Top 4

Ken O'Dea: 43
Emil Verban: 3/G
Marty Marion: K

Bot 4

Mel Ott: 53
Danny Gardella: 43
Ernie Lombardi: 3/FL

Top 5

George Dockins: W
Augie Bergamo: 34/SH.1-2
Debs Garms: S8.2-H
Red Schoendienst: S9.1-2
Buster Adams: K
Ray Sanders: 9/FL

Bot 5

Mike Schemer: 63#
Buddy Kerr: S9
Billy Jurges: S7.1-2
Van Mungo: 3/P
Whitey Lockman: 6/P

Top 6

Ken O'Dea: S9
Emil Verban: 14/SH.1-2
Marty Marion: 43.2-3
George Dockins: W
Augie Bergamo: K

Bot 6

George Hausmann: 53
Mel Ott: 9
Danny Gardella: 43

Top 7

Debs Garms: 43
Red Schoendienst: S9
Buster Adams: 64(1)/FO
Ray Sanders: S9.1-2
Ken O'Dea: 43

Bot 7

Ernie Lombardi: S8
Mike Schemer: S8.1-2
Buddy Kerr: 4(B)3(1)/LDP
Billy Jurges: 63

Top 8

Emil Verban: 7
Marty Marion: W
George Dockins: 34/SH.1-2
Johnny Hopp: 63

Bot 8

Jim Mallory: W
Whitey Lockman: 8
George Hausmann: 8
Mel Ott: 3/FL

Top 9

Debs Garms: 31
Red Schoendienst: K
Buster Adams: K/C

Bot 9

Danny Gardella: K/C
Ernie Lombardi: 3/FL
Mike Schemer: 4E3.B-1
Buddy Kerr: 64(1)/FO