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St. Louis Cardinals @ New York Giants

1949-06-07 · Night game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 43328 · 2:18

St. Louis Cardinals defeated New York Giants 3–0. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 1st. Harry Brecheen earned the win. Stan Musial went 2-for-3 with 2 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Harry Brecheen L: Monty Kennedy SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jocko Conlan · 1B: Lon Warneke · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Stewart · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chuck Diering	4	0	0	0	1	0
Red Schoendienst	3	1	0	0	1	0
Stan Musial	3	2	2	3	1	1
Eddie Kazak	3	0	0	0	1	0
Enos Slaughter	4	0	1	0	0	0
Marty Marion	4	0	0	0	0	0
Nippy Jones	4	0	2	0	0	0
Del Rice	2	0	0	0	1	1
Harry Brecheen	4	0	0	0	0	2

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Jack Lohrke	3	0	1	0
Whitey Lockman	4	2	0	0
Sid Gordon	3	1	1	0
Bobby Thomson	3	1	1	0
Willard Marshall	4	0	0	1
Bert Haas	4	1	0	0
Walker Cooper	4	0	0	0
Buddy Kerr	4	0	0	0
Monty Kennedy	3	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Harry Brecheen	9.0	5	3	2

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Monty Kennedy	9.0	5	5	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Chuck Diering: 53
Red Schoendienst: W
Stan Musial: HR/9.1-H
Eddie Kazak: 43
Enos Slaughter: 43

Bot 1

Jack Lohrke: W
Whitey Lockman: D9/F9D.1-3
Sid Gordon: 5/FL
Bobby Thomson: IW
Willard Marshall: 6/P
Bert Haas: 43

Top 2

Marty Marion: 7
Nippy Jones: S8
Del Rice: K/C
Harry Brecheen: K

Bot 2

Walker Cooper: 2/FL
Buddy Kerr: 8
Monty Kennedy: K

Top 3

Chuck Diering: 8
Red Schoendienst: 9
Stan Musial: K

Bot 3

Jack Lohrke: 7
Whitey Lockman: 43
Sid Gordon: S7/G
Bobby Thomson: 7/F7D

Top 4

Eddie Kazak: W
Enos Slaughter: 2/FL
Marty Marion: 9
Nippy Jones: 8

Bot 4

Willard Marshall: 63
Bert Haas: S7
Walker Cooper: 4/P
Buddy Kerr: 7

Top 5

Del Rice: 3/P
Harry Brecheen: 7
Chuck Diering: W
Red Schoendienst: 64(1)/FO

Bot 5

Monty Kennedy: 3/G
Jack Lohrke: 53
Whitey Lockman: S9/G
Sid Gordon: W.1-2
Bobby Thomson: FLE5
Bobby Thomson: 7

Top 6

Stan Musial: W
Eddie Kazak: 9
Enos Slaughter: S.1-2
Marty Marion: CS3(25).1-2
Marty Marion: 43

Bot 6

Willard Marshall: K
Bert Haas: 53
Walker Cooper: 7

Top 7

Nippy Jones: S4
Del Rice: 324/SH.1-2
Harry Brecheen: 13
Chuck Diering: 8

Bot 7

Buddy Kerr: 7/F7D
Monty Kennedy: 3/FL
Jack Lohrke: 9

Top 8

Red Schoendienst: 7
Stan Musial: HR/9
Eddie Kazak: E5.B-2
Enos Slaughter: 5/FL
Marty Marion: 9

Bot 8

Whitey Lockman: 8
Sid Gordon: 63
Bobby Thomson: D7
Willard Marshall: 3/FL

Top 9

Nippy Jones: 3/FL
Del Rice: W
Harry Brecheen: K
Chuck Diering: 8

Bot 9

Bert Haas: 43
Walker Cooper: 13
Buddy Kerr: 13