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New York Giants @ St. Louis Cardinals

1953-05-18 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 5098 · 3:08

New York Giants defeated St. Louis Cardinals 8–6. New York Giants put up 4 in the 7th. Al Corwin earned the win and Hoyt Wilhelm picked up the save. Monte Irvin went 1-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Al Corwin L: Al Brazle SV: Hoyt Wilhelm

Umpires — HP: Frank Dascoli · 1B: Frank Secory · 2B: Hal Dixon · 3B: Larry Goetz · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Davey Williams	4	2	1	0	1	0
Al Dark	5	3	3	0	0	0
Hank Thompson	3	1	2	2	0	1
Monte Irvin	5	1	1	3	0	1
Whitey Lockman	4	0	3	2	0	0
Tookie Gilbert	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Thomson	4	0	1	0	0	1
Wes Westrum	4	0	0	0	0	2
Dave Koslo	1	0	0	0	0	0
Al Corwin	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Rigney	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Hofman	2	1	1	1	0	0
Hoyt Wilhelm	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Solly Hemus	4	1	1	0	2	0
Red Schoendienst	6	2	2	2	0	2
Stan Musial	5	2	3	0	0	0
Steve Bilko	4	0	2	1	1	1
Enos Slaughter	4	0	1	1	1	0
Ray Jablonski	5	0	1	1	0	0
Rip Repulski	5	0	1	0	0	1
Del Rice	3	1	0	0	1	0
Jack Faszholz	2	0	0	0	0	1
Harvey Haddix	1	0	1	0	0	0
Peanuts Lowrey	1	0	0	0	0	1
Eddie Stanky	0	0	0	0	1	0
Dick Sisler	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Koslo	2.0	6	2	2
Frank Hiller	1.1	2	1	0
Al Corwin	2.2	3	1	1
Hoyt Wilhelm	3.0	1	2	3

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jack Faszholz	5.0	6	1	4
Al Brazle	2.0	5	0	1
Mike Clark	2.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Davey Williams: W
Al Dark: S9.1-3;B-2(TH3)
Hank Thompson: K
Monte Irvin: K
Whitey Lockman: S8.3-H;2-H
Tookie Gilbert: 3/G

Bot 1

Solly Hemus: 9
Red Schoendienst: K
Stan Musial: S8
Steve Bilko: W.1-2
Enos Slaughter: S9.2-H;1-3
Ray Jablonski: 2/FL

Top 2

Bobby Thomson: K
Wes Westrum: 7
Dave Koslo: 43

Bot 2

Rip Repulski: S7
Del Rice: 8
Jack Faszholz: K
Solly Hemus: 5/P

Top 3

Davey Williams: 8
Al Dark: 3/FL
Hank Thompson: S8
Monte Irvin: 43

Bot 3

Red Schoendienst: S7
Stan Musial: S9.1-2
Steve Bilko: S7/L.2-H;1-2
Enos Slaughter: W.2-3;1-2
Ray Jablonski: 7.3-H
Rip Repulski: 16(1)/FO.2-3
Del Rice: 8/F8D

Top 4

Whitey Lockman: S8
Tookie Gilbert: 9
Bobby Thomson: 9
Wes Westrum: 2/FL

Bot 4

Jack Faszholz: 3/L
Solly Hemus: W
Red Schoendienst: HR/9.1-H
Stan Musial: E3
Steve Bilko: S7/L.1-2
Enos Slaughter: 8
Ray Jablonski: 9

Top 5

Al Corwin: K
Davey Williams: 8
Al Dark: S6
Hank Thompson: HR/9.1-H
Monte Irvin: 63

Bot 5

Rip Repulski: 43
Del Rice: 3/FL
Harvey Haddix: S8
Solly Hemus: W.1-2
Red Schoendienst: 8

Top 6

Whitey Lockman: 31
Tookie Gilbert: 3/L
Bobby Thomson: 2/FL

Bot 6

Stan Musial: S8
Steve Bilko: 9
Enos Slaughter: 46(1)/FO
Ray Jablonski: S8/L.1-2
Rip Repulski: K

Top 7

Wes Westrum: K
Bill Rigney: 63
Davey Williams: D9
Al Dark: S5.2-3
Bobby Hofman: S6/P.3-H;1-3
Monte Irvin: HR/9.3-H;1-H
Whitey Lockman: S9
Tookie Gilbert: 6/P

Bot 7

Del Rice: W
Peanuts Lowrey: K
Solly Hemus: 4
Red Schoendienst: E4.1-2
Stan Musial: E4/TH.2-H(UR);1-3;B-2
Steve Bilko: K

Top 8

Bobby Thomson: S4
Wes Westrum: WP.1-2
Wes Westrum: K
Hoyt Wilhelm: 3/G.2-3
Davey Williams: 3/FL

Bot 8

Enos Slaughter: 43
Ray Jablonski: 7/L
Rip Repulski: 4/P

Top 9

Al Dark: 7
Bobby Hofman: 8
Monte Irvin: 8

Bot 9

Eddie Stanky: W
Dick Sisler: 5/P/DP.1X2(54)
Solly Hemus: S9/L
Red Schoendienst: K

Notes & reviews

the throw hit Davey Williams
onto pavillion roof
Bobby Hofman intentionally dropped the popup but Dick Sisler declared out; Vern Benson thought he had to run; Cardinals Manager Eddie Stanky ejected by HP umpire Frank Dascoli

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