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New York Giants @ St. Louis Cardinals

1917-06-03 · Day game · Robison Field · Att: 10000 · sunny, dry · 2:04

St. Louis Cardinals defeated New York Giants 3–1. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 7th. Red Ames earned the win. George Burns went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Red Ames L: Slim Sallee SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Cy Rigler · 1B: Al Orth · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Burns	5	1	2	1	0	0
Buck Herzog	2	0	1	0	3	0
Dave Robertson	4	0	3	0	0	0
Heinie Zimmerman	5	0	0	0	0	0
Art Fletcher	4	0	1	0	0	0
Benny Kauff	3	0	0	0	1	0
Walter Holke	3	0	0	0	1	1
Lew McCarty	3	0	0	0	1	0
Slim Sallee	3	0	0	0	0	2
Hans Lobert	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Jack Smith	4	0	0	0	0
Mike Gonzalez	4	1	1	0	0
Dots Miller	3	1	1	1	0
Rogers Hornsby	3	1	1	0	0
Walton Cruise	3	0	2	2	0
Tom Long	3	0	0	0	1
Frank Snyder	3	0	0	0	2
Fred Smith	3	0	1	0	0
Red Ames	2	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Slim Sallee	8.0	6	0	3

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Ames	9.0	7	6	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

George Burns: 99
Buck Herzog: W
Dave Robertson: S7.1-2
Heinie Zimmerman: 13.2-3;1-2
Art Fletcher: 63

Bot 1

Jack Smith: 99
Mike Gonzalez: 99
Dots Miller: 99

Top 2

Benny Kauff: 4/L
Walter Holke: W
Lew McCarty: 99
Slim Sallee: K

Bot 2

Rogers Hornsby: 99
Walton Cruise: 99
Tom Long: K

Top 3

George Burns: 99
Buck Herzog: 99
Dave Robertson: S
Heinie Zimmerman: SB2
Heinie Zimmerman: 9/F

Bot 3

Frank Snyder: 99
Fred Smith: 99
Red Ames: 99

Top 4

Art Fletcher: 8/F8XD
Benny Kauff: W
Walter Holke: 13.1-2
Lew McCarty: IW
Slim Sallee: K

Bot 4

Jack Smith: 99
Mike Gonzalez: 43
Dots Miller: 99

Top 5

George Burns: HR7/L7L/IPHR
Buck Herzog: D/89
Dave Robertson: 13.2-3
Heinie Zimmerman: FC6.3XH(62);B-1
Art Fletcher: 99(1)/FO

Bot 5

Rogers Hornsby: S5/BG3S.B-3(E5/TH1)
Walton Cruise: S8/8S.3-H(UR)
Tom Long: 8/F8S
Frank Snyder: CS2(24)
Frank Snyder: K

Top 6

Benny Kauff: 99
Walter Holke: K
Lew McCarty: 99

Bot 6

Fred Smith: 4/P
Red Ames: 99
Jack Smith: E6
Mike Gonzalez: CS2(24)

Top 7

Slim Sallee: 99
George Burns: 99
Buck Herzog: W
Dave Robertson: S7/G6.1-3
Heinie Zimmerman: 8/F

Bot 7

Mike Gonzalez: D9/9L
Dots Miller: S9/L3D.2-H;B-2(E9/THH)
Rogers Hornsby: 5/BP
Walton Cruise: S7/7S.2-H
Tom Long: 7/F
Frank Snyder: K

Top 8

Art Fletcher: S9
Benny Kauff: 64(1)/FO
Walter Holke: 74(1)/FO/G5L
Lew McCarty: 9/F9D

Bot 8

Fred Smith: S
Red Ames: 13/SH.1-2
Jack Smith: 99
Mike Gonzalez: 99

Top 9

Hans Lobert: 63/G6M
George Burns: S8
Buck Herzog: W.1-2
Dave Robertson: 53/SH.2-3;1-2
Heinie Zimmerman: 43/G4M

Notes & reviews

Holke hit a sure double down 3B line. As Kauff neared 3B he thought he heard someone yelling flyball and tried to scramble back to 1B. By the time he realized his mistake, he was forced out at 2B.

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