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St. Louis Cardinals @ New York Giants

1945-08-09 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 7721 · 2:10

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

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	11
NY1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	7

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

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Red Schoendienst	4	0	2	1	1	0
Debs Garms	3	0	0	0	2	0
Johnny Hopp	5	0	1	0	0	0
Buster Adams	5	1	2	0	0	0
Ray Sanders	5	1	2	0	0	1
Del Rice	4	1	1	1	0	1
Emil Verban	5	2	2	1	0	0
Marty Marion	2	0	0	0	0	1
Harry Brecheen	4	0	1	2	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whitey Lockman	2	1	1	1	2	0
George Hausmann	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mel Ott	4	0	1	0	0	0
Danny Gardella	4	1	1	1	0	0
Clyde Kluttz	3	1	0	0	1	0
Mike Schemer	3	0	2	0	1	0
Buddy Kerr	4	0	2	1	0	0
Billy Jurges	3	0	0	0	0	0
Harry Feldman	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Mallory	1	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Rucker	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ernie Lombardi	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Harry Brecheen	9.0	7	4	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Harry Feldman	3.1	6	1	0
Sal Maglie	0.2	0	1	0
Rube Fischer	3.0	1	1	3
Ace Adams	2.0	4	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Red Schoendienst: 7
Debs Garms: W
Johnny Hopp: 9
Buster Adams: 7

Bot 1

Whitey Lockman: W
George Hausmann: 63.1-2
Mel Ott: 9
Danny Gardella: 43

Top 2

Ray Sanders: 8
Del Rice: E6.B-1
Emil Verban: 2/FL
Marty Marion: 64(1)/FO

Bot 2

Clyde Kluttz: W
Mike Schemer: S9.1-3
Buddy Kerr: S7.3-H;1-2
Billy Jurges: 34/SH.2-3;1-2
Harry Feldman: K
Whitey Lockman: W
George Hausmann: 63

Top 3

Harry Brecheen: 31
Red Schoendienst: S7
Debs Garms: 8
Johnny Hopp: SB2
Johnny Hopp: 3/G

Bot 3

Mel Ott: 9
Danny Gardella: 9
Clyde Kluttz: 7/7D

Top 4

Buster Adams: S7
Ray Sanders: S9/89.1-3
Del Rice: S7.3-H;1-3
Emil Verban: S7.3-H;1-2
Marty Marion: 54/SH.2-3;1-2
Harry Brecheen: S8.3-H;2-H;B-2(TH)
Red Schoendienst: 9
Debs Garms: W
Johnny Hopp: 6(1)/FO

Bot 4

Mike Schemer: S7
Buddy Kerr: S3.1-2
Billy Jurges: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Jim Mallory: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Buster Adams: 63
Ray Sanders: K
Del Rice: 43

Bot 5

Whitey Lockman: HR/9
George Hausmann: 43
Mel Ott: 53
Danny Gardella: HR/9
Clyde Kluttz: 53

Top 6

Emil Verban: 43
Marty Marion: K/C
Harry Brecheen: E7/F.B-2
Red Schoendienst: W
Debs Garms: 3/G

Bot 6

Mike Schemer: W
Buddy Kerr: 16(1)/FO/BG
Billy Jurges: 4(B)3(1)/LDP

Top 7

Johnny Hopp: 3/G
Buster Adams: S7
Ray Sanders: 3/G.1-2
Del Rice: K

Bot 7

Johnny Rucker: 53
Whitey Lockman: 9
George Hausmann: 23

Top 8

Emil Verban: S7
Marty Marion: 34/SH.1-2
Harry Brecheen: 3/G.2-3
Red Schoendienst: D7/78.3-H
Debs Garms: 63

Bot 8

Mel Ott: S9
Danny Gardella: 3/FL
Clyde Kluttz: 7/L
Mike Schemer: 46(1)/FO

Top 9

Johnny Hopp: S7
Buster Adams: 36(1)4/GDP/BG
Ray Sanders: S9
Del Rice: HP.1-2
Emil Verban: 7

Bot 9

Buddy Kerr: 63
Billy Jurges: 13
Ernie Lombardi: 8