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New York Giants @ St. Louis Cardinals

1917-08-10 · Day game · Robison Field · Att: 400 · 2:08

New York Giants defeated St. Louis Cardinals 7–4. New York Giants put up 3 in the 7th. Rube Benton earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Rube Benton L: Gene Packard SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Hank O'Day · 1B: Pete Harrison · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Burns	5	1	1	0	0	0
Buck Herzog	5	1	3	1	0	0
Benny Kauff	5	0	0	0	0	1
Heinie Zimmerman	5	1	1	0	0	0
Art Fletcher	4	2	1	0	0	0
Dave Robertson	5	1	1	1	0	0
Walter Holke	4	1	2	0	1	2
Bill Rariden	3	0	1	0	0	0
Rube Benton	4	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Wilhoit	1	0	1	2	0	0
George Gibson	0	0	0	0	1	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tom Long	4	1	2	0	1	0
Bruno Betzel	5	1	1	1	0	0
Dots Miller	4	0	1	0	0	0
Rogers Hornsby	4	1	1	0	0	0
Walton Cruise	4	1	3	1	0	0
Gene Paulette	3	0	1	1	0	0
Doug Baird	3	0	1	1	0	0
Mike Gonzalez	4	0	1	0	0	0
Gene Packard	1	0	0	0	0	0
Oscar Horstmann	1	0	0	0	0	1
Frank Snyder	1	0	0	0	0	0
John Brock	1	0	1	0	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rube Benton	9.0	12	1	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gene Packard	2.1	7	0	1
Oscar Horstmann	4.2	5	1	0
Jakie May	2.0	0	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

George Burns: 99
Buck Herzog: S9
Benny Kauff: FC5.1-2(E5/TH2);B-1
Heinie Zimmerman: E4/G.2-3;1-2
Art Fletcher: 5/FL
Dave Robertson: S9/G.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Walter Holke: K

Bot 1

Tom Long: T7/F7D
Bruno Betzel: S1/G.3-H
Dots Miller: S7.1-3
Rogers Hornsby: 53.3-3;1-2
Walton Cruise: S3/G3S.3-H;2-3
Gene Paulette: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Bill Rariden: 99
Rube Benton: 99
George Burns: S
Buck Herzog: T8.1-H
Benny Kauff: 99

Bot 2

Doug Baird: S
Mike Gonzalez: S.1-2
Gene Packard: 64(1)3/GDP.2-3
Tom Long: 99

Top 3

Heinie Zimmerman: S
Art Fletcher: S9/L.1-H(E9)(NR);B-H(E4)(UR)
Dave Robertson: 3/P
Walter Holke: S7
Bill Rariden: 8/F
Rube Benton: S.1-2
George Burns: 99(1)/FO

Bot 3

Bruno Betzel: 99
Dots Miller: 99
Rogers Hornsby: 99

Top 4

Buck Herzog: E6#
Benny Kauff: 99
Heinie Zimmerman: E7.1-2#
Art Fletcher: 99
Dave Robertson: 99

Bot 4

Walton Cruise: S9
Gene Paulette: D8.1-3
Doug Baird: 8/8D/SF.3-H;2-3
Mike Gonzalez: FC5.3-3;B-2
Oscar Horstmann: K
Tom Long: W
Bruno Betzel: 13

Top 5

Walter Holke: W
Bill Rariden: CS2(99)#
Bill Rariden: S
Rube Benton: 99
George Burns: 99

Bot 5

Dots Miller: 99
Rogers Hornsby: 99
Walton Cruise: 99

Top 6

Buck Herzog: S
Benny Kauff: 4(B)3(1)/LDP#
Heinie Zimmerman: 99

Bot 6

Gene Paulette: 99
Doug Baird: 99
Mike Gonzalez: 99

Top 7

Art Fletcher: HP
Dave Robertson: FC4.1X2(4E6);B-1
Walter Holke: S1/BG.2-3;1-2
Joe Wilhoit: S7/G.3-H(UR);2-H;1-3;B-2(THH)
Rube Benton: 9/SF.3-H;2-3
George Burns: FC6.3XH(62);B-1
Buck Herzog: SB2
Buck Herzog: 13

Bot 7

Frank Snyder: 99
Tom Long: 9/F89D
Bruno Betzel: 99

Top 8

Benny Kauff: K
Heinie Zimmerman: 99
Art Fletcher: 99

Bot 8

Dots Miller: 99
Rogers Hornsby: S
Walton Cruise: S.1-3
Gene Paulette: 8/SF.3-H
Doug Baird: 99

Top 9

Dave Robertson: 99
Walter Holke: K
George Gibson: W
Rube Benton: 99

Bot 9

Mike Gonzalez: 99
John Brock: S
Tom Long: S.1-2
Bruno Betzel: SB3
Bruno Betzel: 54(1)3/GDP

Notes & reviews

RF Long let the ball go through him allowing Zimmerman to score from 1st base; 2bman Miller fumbled Long's return and Fletcher scored.
Paulette was caught off third base, but in a run down recovered base; Gonzalez took second on the play.
Major league debut of John Brock

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