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St. Louis Cardinals @ New York Giants

1953-06-15 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 4413 · 2:11

New York Giants defeated St. Louis Cardinals 3–2. Jim Hearn earned the win. Solly Hemus went 2-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	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	6
NY1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0		3	9

W: Jim Hearn L: Joe Presko SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jocko Conlan · 1B: Lon Warneke · 2B: Tom Gorman · 3B: Augie Donatelli · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Solly Hemus	4	1	2	1	0	0
Red Schoendienst	4	0	1	0	0	0
Stan Musial	2	1	1	0	2	0
Enos Slaughter	3	0	2	0	1	0
Peanuts Lowrey	4	0	0	1	0	0
Ray Jablonski	4	0	0	0	0	1
Steve Bilko	4	0	0	0	0	0
Del Rice	3	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Presko	3	0	0	0	0	1
Dick Sisler	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whitey Lockman	3	1	1	1	1	0
Al Dark	4	0	3	1	0	0
Hank Thompson	3	0	1	1	1	0
Monte Irvin	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Thomson	4	0	1	0	0	0
Tookie Gilbert	4	0	1	0	0	0
Daryl Spencer	4	0	1	0	0	0
Wes Westrum	2	1	0	0	2	0
Jim Hearn	3	1	1	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Presko	8.0	9	4	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Hearn	9.0	6	3	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Solly Hemus: 5/P
Red Schoendienst: 8
Stan Musial: W
Enos Slaughter: W.1-2
Peanuts Lowrey: 53

Bot 1

Whitey Lockman: 63
Al Dark: S8
Hank Thompson: 3/FL
Monte Irvin: PO1(E1).1-2
Monte Irvin: 4/P

Top 2

Ray Jablonski: 53
Steve Bilko: 53
Del Rice: 7

Bot 2

Bobby Thomson: 53
Tookie Gilbert: 31
Daryl Spencer: 6/P

Top 3

Joe Presko: 13
Solly Hemus: S9
Red Schoendienst: S8.1-3
Stan Musial: FC3.3XH(32);1-2
Enos Slaughter: 43

Bot 3

Wes Westrum: 3/P
Jim Hearn: K
Whitey Lockman: W
Al Dark: S9.1-3
Hank Thompson: S8.1-3;3-H
Monte Irvin: 43

Top 4

Peanuts Lowrey: 8
Ray Jablonski: 2/FL
Steve Bilko: 9

Bot 4

Bobby Thomson: 9
Tookie Gilbert: 3/G
Daryl Spencer: S7
Wes Westrum: 5/FL

Top 5

Del Rice: 43
Joe Presko: K/C
Solly Hemus: HR/9
Red Schoendienst: 53

Bot 5

Jim Hearn: T/89
Whitey Lockman: 43
Al Dark: 9.3-H
Hank Thompson: 7/7D

Top 6

Stan Musial: S/8S
Enos Slaughter: D7.1-3
Peanuts Lowrey: FC1.3-H
Ray Jablonski: K
Steve Bilko: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Monte Irvin: 6/P
Bobby Thomson: 63
Tookie Gilbert: S9
Daryl Spencer: 6/FL

Top 7

Del Rice: 43
Joe Presko: 13
Solly Hemus: 3/G

Bot 7

Wes Westrum: W
Jim Hearn: 34/SH.1-2
Whitey Lockman: S8.2-H
Al Dark: CS2(23)
Al Dark: S4
Hank Thompson: SB2
Hank Thompson: IW
Monte Irvin: 63

Top 8

Red Schoendienst: 7/7D
Stan Musial: W
Enos Slaughter: S8.1-3
Peanuts Lowrey: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Bobby Thomson: S/78
Tookie Gilbert: 9
Daryl Spencer: 53.1-2
Wes Westrum: IW
Jim Hearn: 8

Top 9

Ray Jablonski: 63
Steve Bilko: 9
Dick Sisler: 63