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St. Louis Cardinals @ New York Giants

1949-07-18 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 10977 · 2:31

New York Giants defeated St. Louis Cardinals 7–4. New York Giants put up 4 in the 7th. Monty Kennedy earned the win. Bobby Thomson went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Monty Kennedy L: Al Brazle SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chuck Diering	4	2	2	0	1	0
Red Schoendienst	5	0	2	0	0	0
Stan Musial	5	0	0	1	0	1
Nippy Jones	4	0	0	1	0	1
Enos Slaughter	3	1	2	0	1	0
Eddie Kazak	4	1	2	1	0	0
Marty Marion	4	0	0	0	0	1
Del Rice	3	0	1	1	1	0
Al Brazle	3	0	0	0	0	0
Lou Klein	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Hank Thompson	3	0	0	0	2
Whitey Lockman	4	1	2	0	1
Bobby Thomson	5	2	2	2	0
Johnny Mize	5	0	0	0	0
Sid Gordon	3	2	1	1	2
Monte Irvin	4	0	2	0	1
Bill Rigney	3	1	2	0	1
Ray Mueller	3	1	1	2	1
Monty Kennedy	4	0	2	1	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB
Al Brazle	6.2	9	8
Gerry Staley	0.1	1	0
Ted Wilks	1.0	2	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Monty Kennedy	9.0	9	3	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Chuck Diering: S6/G56.B-2(E6/TH1)
Red Schoendienst: S8.2-3
Stan Musial: 13.1-2
Nippy Jones: 8/F8.3-H(UR)
Enos Slaughter: W
Eddie Kazak: 2/P

Bot 1

Hank Thompson: W
Whitey Lockman: W.1-2
Bobby Thomson: 64(1)3/GDP.2-3
Johnny Mize: 8/F

Top 2

Marty Marion: 31
Del Rice: S7
Al Brazle: 4(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Sid Gordon: 63
Monte Irvin: W
Bill Rigney: S9.1-2
Ray Mueller: 54(1)/FO.2-3
Monty Kennedy: 43

Top 3

Chuck Diering: D9/9L
Red Schoendienst: 8/L
Stan Musial: 8/F.2-3
Nippy Jones: 8/F

Bot 3

Hank Thompson: 13
Whitey Lockman: 43
Bobby Thomson: 53

Top 4

Enos Slaughter: S7
Eddie Kazak: 54(1)/FO
Marty Marion: 63.1-2
Del Rice: IW
Al Brazle: 43

Bot 4

Johnny Mize: 3/G
Sid Gordon: W
Monte Irvin: D7/7L.1-3
Bill Rigney: IW
Ray Mueller: 4(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Chuck Diering: 63
Red Schoendienst: 3/P/FL
Stan Musial: K

Bot 5

Monty Kennedy: S8
Hank Thompson: 46(1)/FO
Whitey Lockman: S/BG25.1-2
Bobby Thomson: 5/P/FL
Johnny Mize: 3/G

Top 6

Nippy Jones: 63
Enos Slaughter: S9
Eddie Kazak: S8.1-2
Marty Marion: K
Del Rice: 4/P

Bot 6

Sid Gordon: HR/F7D
Monte Irvin: S7
Bill Rigney: 43.1-2
Ray Mueller: IW
Monty Kennedy: 53.2-3;1-2
Hank Thompson: W
Whitey Lockman: 9/F

Top 7

Al Brazle: 63
Chuck Diering: W
Red Schoendienst: S9.1-3
Stan Musial: 46(1)/FO.3-H
Nippy Jones: K

Bot 7

Bobby Thomson: HR/F7D
Johnny Mize: 43
Sid Gordon: W
Monte Irvin: 53.1-2
Bill Rigney: S4/G.2-3
Ray Mueller: D7.3-H;1-H;B-3(THH)
Monty Kennedy: S6/G56.3-H
Hank Thompson: 8/F

Top 8

Enos Slaughter: E4/G
Eddie Kazak: T7.1-H(UR)
Marty Marion: 2/P/FL
Del Rice: 7/F7D.3-H(UR)
Lou Klein: 7/F

Bot 8

Whitey Lockman: DGR/9/FINT
Bobby Thomson: D.2-H
Johnny Mize: PO2(E1).2-H(UR)
Johnny Mize: 3/P
Sid Gordon: 8
Monte Irvin: 4/P

Top 9

Chuck Diering: 8
Red Schoendienst: 4/P
Stan Musial: 13#

Notes & reviews

Thompson tagged Rice
Into upper LF stands
Into upper LF stands
Close play on high topper; Cards protested to Ump Stewart
a fan reached over the fence for interference; Giants manager Leo Durocher argued the call

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