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New York Giants @ St. Louis Cardinals

1951-05-20 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 22666 · 3:22

St. Louis Cardinals defeated New York Giants 8–7. St. Louis Cardinals put up 5 in the 7th. Red Munger earned the win and Joe Presko picked up the save. Wes Westrum went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NY1	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	7	10
SLN	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	0		8	13

W: Red Munger L: Roger Bowman SV: Joe Presko

Umpires — HP: Dusty Boggess · 1B: Lon Warneke · 2B: (none) · 3B: Babe Pinelli · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Stanky	3	1	0	0	1	0
Whitey Lockman	5	0	1	0	0	1
Al Dark	5	1	1	0	0	1
Wes Westrum	3	1	2	3	1	0
Monte Irvin	5	1	1	1	0	2
Bobby Thomson	5	1	2	1	0	0
Jack Maguire	4	0	2	0	0	1
Jack Lohrke	2	0	0	0	1	0
Jim Hearn	1	0	1	0	0	0
George Spencer	3	0	0	1	0	0
Hank Thompson	2	0	0	0	0	0
Artie Wilson	0	1	0	0	1	0
Ray Noble	1	0	0	0	0	1
Don Mueller	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Peanuts Lowrey	4	2	1	1	1	0
Red Schoendienst	5	1	3	4	0	0
Stan Musial	5	0	2	2	0	0
Bill Howerton	4	0	3	0	1	1
Nippy Jones	4	0	1	0	1	0
Billy Johnson	5	1	1	0	0	1
Stan Rojek	3	1	1	1	2	0
Del Rice	2	1	0	0	2	0
Harry Brecheen	2	0	1	0	0	0
Enos Slaughter	1	1	0	0	0	0
Tommy Glaviano	0	1	0	0	1	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Hearn	2.0	3	2	0
George Spencer	4.2	7	5	1
Roger Bowman	0.0	0	1	0
Sheldon Jones	0.0	1	0	0
Dave Koslo	1.1	2	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Harry Brecheen	6.0	6	3	3
Ted Wilks	0.0	3	0	0
Red Munger	1.0	0	0	0
Al Brazle	0.0	0	1	0
Joe Presko	2.0	1	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eddie Stanky: E5
Whitey Lockman: 4/P
Al Dark: E6.1-2
Wes Westrum: HR.2-H(UR);1-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Monte Irvin: 7
Bobby Thomson: E3
Jack Maguire: K

Bot 1

Peanuts Lowrey: 2/FL
Red Schoendienst: 9
Stan Musial: 3/G

Top 2

Jack Lohrke: 7
Jim Hearn: S
Eddie Stanky: 63.1-2
Whitey Lockman: K

Bot 2

Bill Howerton: D
Nippy Jones: 63
Billy Johnson: 2/P
Stan Rojek: W
Del Rice: W.2-3;1-2
Harry Brecheen: 9

Top 3

Al Dark: 3/P
Wes Westrum: W
Monte Irvin: K
Bobby Thomson: 5/P

Bot 3

Peanuts Lowrey: D
Red Schoendienst: T.2-H
Stan Musial: S.3-H
Bill Howerton: K
Nippy Jones: W.1-2
Billy Johnson: 2(B)/DP.1X2(2434)

Top 4

Jack Maguire: S
Jack Lohrke: 53.1-2
George Spencer: 63
Eddie Stanky: 53

Bot 4

Stan Rojek: 31
Del Rice: 8
Harry Brecheen: D
Peanuts Lowrey: 63

Top 5

Whitey Lockman: 3/G
Al Dark: D
Wes Westrum: BK.2-3#
Wes Westrum: 9
Monte Irvin: 53

Bot 5

Red Schoendienst: 43
Stan Musial: 8
Bill Howerton: D
Nippy Jones: S.2-3
Billy Johnson: 8

Top 6

Bobby Thomson: S
Jack Maguire: S.1-3
Jack Lohrke: W.1-2
George Spencer: 7.3-H;2-3(E7);1-2
Eddie Stanky: W
Whitey Lockman: 32(3)/FO.1-2;2-3
Al Dark: 5/P

Bot 6

Stan Rojek: W
Del Rice: 7
Enos Slaughter: 64(1)/FO
Peanuts Lowrey: W.1-2
Red Schoendienst: S.1-2;2-H
Stan Musial: 8

Top 7

Wes Westrum: D
Monte Irvin: D.2-H
Bobby Thomson: S.2-H
Jack Maguire: 14(1)/FO
Hank Thompson: 7
George Spencer: 3/G

Bot 7

Bill Howerton: W
Nippy Jones: 64(1)3/GDP
Billy Johnson: S
Stan Rojek: D.1-H
Del Rice: W
Tommy Glaviano: BK.2-3;1-2
Tommy Glaviano: W
Peanuts Lowrey: FC6/R4.1-2;2-3;3-H
Red Schoendienst: S.2-H;3-H;1-2
Stan Musial: S9.2-H;1-3;BX2(96)

Top 8

Artie Wilson: W
Whitey Lockman: S.1-3
Al Dark: SBH;SB2
Al Dark: K
Ray Noble: K
Monte Irvin: K

Bot 8

Bill Howerton: S
Nippy Jones: 4/P
Billy Johnson: K
Stan Rojek: 4/P

Top 9

Bobby Thomson: 4/P
Don Mueller: 8
Hank Thompson: 4/P

Notes & reviews

Eddie Stanky ejected by HP umpire Dusty Boggess
Red Schoendienst argued and it appeared he was ejected by 1B umpire Lon Warneke but was not; Giants manager Leo Durocher complained that Schoendienst had been ejected

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