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St. Louis Cardinals @ New York Giants

1949-08-25 · Night game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 27375 · 2:05

St. Louis Cardinals defeated New York Giants 5–2. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 1st. Red Munger earned the win. Stan Musial went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Red Munger L: Monty Kennedy SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Lou Jorda · 1B: Larry Goetz · 2B: (none) · 3B: Beans Reardon · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chuck Diering	3	1	0	0	1	1
Red Schoendienst	3	1	0	0	1	0
Stan Musial	4	2	2	2	0	0
Nippy Jones	4	0	0	0	0	1
Enos Slaughter	4	0	1	2	0	0
Marty Marion	4	1	1	1	0	0
Del Rice	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Glaviano	3	0	0	0	1	0
Red Munger	1	0	0	0	1	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	BB
Hank Thompson	4	0	1	0
Whitey Lockman	3	0	0	1
Sid Gordon	3	1	0	1
Willard Marshall	3	0	1	1
Bobby Thomson	4	0	1	0
Joe Lafata	4	1	0	0
Bill Rigney	4	0	1	0
Wes Westrum	3	0	0	1
Monty Kennedy	2	0	0	0
Bert Haas	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Munger	9.0	4	4	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Monty Kennedy	7.0	3	4	2
Adrian Zabala	2.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Chuck Diering: W
Red Schoendienst: 6/P
Stan Musial: D9.1-3
Nippy Jones: K
Enos Slaughter: D7.3-H;2-H
Marty Marion: 2/P

Bot 1

Hank Thompson: S
Whitey Lockman: W.1-2
Sid Gordon: 8/DP.2-3;1X2(86)
Willard Marshall: 63

Top 2

Del Rice: 8
Tommy Glaviano: 6/L
Red Munger: W
Chuck Diering: 7

Bot 2

Bobby Thomson: 63
Joe Lafata: 4/P
Bill Rigney: 3/P

Top 3

Red Schoendienst: 43#
Stan Musial: 4/P
Nippy Jones: 8

Bot 3

Wes Westrum: 53
Monty Kennedy: 9
Hank Thompson: 8

Top 4

Enos Slaughter: 7
Marty Marion: 6/P
Del Rice: 63#

Bot 4

Whitey Lockman: 5/P
Sid Gordon: 4/P
Willard Marshall: S
Bobby Thomson: S.1-2#
Joe Lafata: 43

Top 5

Tommy Glaviano: 53
Red Munger: 43#
Chuck Diering: K

Bot 5

Bill Rigney: S
Wes Westrum: W.1-2
Monty Kennedy: 15(2)/FO/BG.1-2
Hank Thompson: 8
Whitey Lockman: 9

Top 6

Red Schoendienst: W
Stan Musial: HR.1-H
Nippy Jones: 53
Enos Slaughter: E4#
Marty Marion: 36(1)3/GDP#

Bot 6

Sid Gordon: W
Willard Marshall: 8
Bobby Thomson: 7
Joe Lafata: E6/P.1-H(NR)(UR);B-2#
Bill Rigney: E5/G.2-H(NR)(UR)
Wes Westrum: 7

Top 7

Del Rice: 8
Tommy Glaviano: W
Red Munger: 13/SH.1-2
Chuck Diering: 63

Bot 7

Bert Haas: 53
Hank Thompson: 53
Whitey Lockman: 3/L

Top 8

Red Schoendienst: 53
Stan Musial: 8
Nippy Jones: 7

Bot 8

Sid Gordon: 2/FL
Willard Marshall: W
Bobby Thomson: 6(B)3(1)/LDP#

Top 9

Enos Slaughter: 8/L
Marty Marion: HR/7
Del Rice: 63#
Tommy Glaviano: 9

Bot 9

Joe Lafata: 43#
Bill Rigney: 43#
Wes Westrum: 4/P