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St. Louis Cardinals @ New York Giants

1949-08-26 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 10785 · 2:12

New York Giants defeated St. Louis Cardinals 4–2. New York Giants put up 3 in the 7th. Larry Jansen earned the win. Marty Marion went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5
NY1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0		4	10

W: Larry Jansen L: Gerry Staley SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Red Schoendienst	4	0	0	0	0	0
Marty Marion	4	1	1	2	0	1
Stan Musial	4	0	1	0	0	1
Enos Slaughter	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ron Northey	4	0	1	0	0	0
Rocky Nelson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Garagiola	3	0	1	0	1	2
Solly Hemus	3	0	1	0	0	0
Gerry Staley	1	1	0	0	1	1
Nippy Jones	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Hank Thompson	4	0	1	1	0	0
Whitey Lockman	3	0	1	0	1	0
Sid Gordon	1	0	1	0	0	0
Willard Marshall	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bobby Thomson	4	1	1	1	0	0
Joe Lafata	4	1	2	0	0	0
Bill Rigney	3	1	2	1	0	0
Wes Westrum	1	0	0	0	0	1
Larry Jansen	2	0	1	0	0	0
Buddy Kerr	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Mueller	2	1	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gerry Staley	6.0	10	1	1
Al Brazle	1.0	0	0	0
Ted Wilks	1.0	0	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Larry Jansen	9.0	5	2	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Red Schoendienst: 43
Marty Marion: 7
Stan Musial: 43

Bot 1

Hank Thompson: 7
Whitey Lockman: W
Sid Gordon: S9.1-2
Willard Marshall: 4(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Enos Slaughter: 8
Ron Northey: S9
Rocky Nelson: K
Joe Garagiola: W.1-2
Solly Hemus: 8

Bot 2

Bobby Thomson: HR/7
Joe Lafata: S9
Bill Rigney: CS2(26)
Bill Rigney: 8
Wes Westrum: K

Top 3

Gerry Staley: W
Red Schoendienst: 7
Marty Marion: HR/7.1-H
Stan Musial: K/C
Enos Slaughter: 13

Bot 3

Larry Jansen: 8/L
Hank Thompson: S8
Whitey Lockman: SB2
Whitey Lockman: 63.2-3
Buddy Kerr: CSH(2)

Top 4

Ron Northey: 43
Rocky Nelson: 53
Joe Garagiola: S3
Solly Hemus: 13

Bot 4

Buddy Kerr: 8
Willard Marshall: S9
Bobby Thomson: 64(1)/FO
Joe Lafata: 5

Top 5

Gerry Staley: K/C
Red Schoendienst: 13
Marty Marion: K/C

Bot 5

Bill Rigney: S5
Ray Mueller: 64(1)3/GDP
Larry Jansen: T9
Hank Thompson: 31

Top 6

Stan Musial: 8/L
Enos Slaughter: 43
Ron Northey: 9

Bot 6

Whitey Lockman: S9
Buddy Kerr: 13/SH.1-2
Willard Marshall: 3/G
Bobby Thomson: 7/L

Top 7

Rocky Nelson: 43
Joe Garagiola: K/C
Solly Hemus: S7.BX2(76)

Bot 7

Joe Lafata: S9
Bill Rigney: T9/F9DW.1-H
Ray Mueller: E6.3-H(NR);B-2(E7)
Larry Jansen: FC5/SH.2-3;B-1
Hank Thompson: 46(1)/FO.3-H(UR)
Whitey Lockman: 63.1-2
Buddy Kerr: 43

Top 8

Nippy Jones: 8
Red Schoendienst: 43
Marty Marion: E5
Stan Musial: S9.1-2
Enos Slaughter: K

Bot 8

Willard Marshall: 43
Bobby Thomson: 8
Joe Lafata: 63

Top 9

Ron Northey: 9
Rocky Nelson: 9
Joe Garagiola: K

Notes & reviews

Sid Gordon left with a pulled muscle
Lafata ruled safe then out as he overslid the base; Giants coach Fitzsimmons ejected by 3B umpire Lou Jorda; Giants manager Durocher ejected by HP umpire Larry Goetz after bumping Goetz
Catcher Westrum and Behrman ejected by HP umpire Goetz arguing a ball call on Staley

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