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Scores
Standings
WSH
@CHW		3
4
NYY
@CLE		10
6		 
(10)
BOS
@DET		7
6
PHA
@SLB		3
9
CHC
@BRO		2
6
STL
@NYG		3
6
PIT
@PHI		6
4
Thursday, May 4, 1939,
, Polo Grounds V
Attendance: 8,932, Time of Game: 2:38
Cardinals
3
6-5
⇐ Lost 1 ⇒
 at Giants
6
6-7
⇐ Won 3 ⇒
W: Manny Salvo (1-1)
L: Lon Warneke (2-1)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Cardinals       3  0  0   0  0  0   0  0  0    3  7  2
Giants          0  0  0   1  0  2   0  3  X    6  8  0

St.Louis Cardinals

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Jimmy Brown 2B 5 1 2 0 0 0 .234 .669 3 2 3B
Don Gutteridge 3B 5 0 1 0 0 2 .255 .524 1 1
Enos Slaughter RF 4 0 1 1 0 0 .213 .487 2 0 HBP
Joe Medwick LF 4 1 0 0 1 2 .333 .880 1 0
Johnny Mize 1B 2 1 1 2 2 0 .324 1.165 8 0 HR
Terry Moore CF 2 0 1 0 2 0 .325 .850 1 0 SB
Mickey Owen C 3 0 1 0 1 0 .167 .481 7 0
Creepy Crespi SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .286 0 7
   Stu Martin 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
   Joe Orengo SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0
Lon Warneke P 3 0 0 0 1 0 .300 .764 1 1 GDP
   Bill McGee P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   Clyde Shoun P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .667 0 0
   Mort Cooper P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 32 3 7 3 7 5 .219 .750 24 11
3B: J Brown (1).
HR: J Mize (3).
HBP: E Slaughter (2).
TB: J Mize 4; J Brown 4; M Owen; T Moore; E Slaughter; D Gutteridge.
GIDP: L Warneke (1).
RBI: J Mize 2 (5); E Slaughter (1).
Team LOB: 10.
Fielding
DP: 2. C Crespi-J Brown-J Mize 2.
E: C Crespi (1); J Orengo (3).
Baserunning
SB: T Moore (2, -1st base off  POCS).

New York Giants

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Jo-Jo Moore LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .391 1 0
Billy Jurges SS 4 3 2 0 0 0 .311 .802 2 6 3B
Harry Danning C 3 2 2 1 1 0 .309 .831 6 1 3B
Mel Ott 3B 2 0 1 1 1 0 .326 1.068 0 2 SH
Zeke Bonura 1B 4 1 2 2 0 1 .311 .860 8 2 2B,GDP
Bob Seeds CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .485 1 0 GDP
Frank Demaree RF 3 0 1 1 1 1 .286 .732 2 0
Burgess Whitehead 2B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .222 .558 5 5
Manny Salvo P 3 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .333 2 0
Team Totals 31 6 8 5 3 6 .258 .743 27 16
2B: Z Bonura (3).
3B: H Danning (2); B Jurges (2).
SH: M Ott (1).
TB: B Jurges 4; H Danning 4; Z Bonura 3; F Demaree; M Ott.
GIDP: B Seeds (1); Z Bonura (3).
RBI: Z Bonura 2 (9); H Danning (4); M Ott (10); F Demaree (8).
Team LOB: 5.
Fielding
DP: 1. B Jurges-B Whitehead-Z Bonura.

St.Louis Cardinals

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Lon Warneke, L (2-1) 7.1 6 4 3 2 5 0 1.05 29 55
Bill McGee 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3.00 1
Clyde Shoun 0.1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1.64 4
Mort Cooper 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 10.80 1
Team Totals 8 8 6 4 3 6 0 4.50 35 55

New York Giants

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Manny Salvo, W (1-1) 9 7 3 3 7 5 1 3.43 40 59
Team Totals 9 7 3 3 7 5 1 3.00 40 59
Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: M Salvo (1).
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Babe Pinelli, 1B - Larry Goetz, 2B - (none), 3B - Beans Reardon.
Time of Game: 2:38.
Attendance: 8,932.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

St.Louis Cardinals         New York Giants
1 Jimmy Brown 2B 1 Jo-Jo Moore LF
2 Don Gutteridge 3B 2 Billy Jurges SS
3 Enos Slaughter RF 3 Harry Danning C
4 Joe Medwick LF 4 Mel Ott 3B
5 Johnny Mize 1B 5 Zeke Bonura 1B
6 Terry Moore CF 6 Bob Seeds CF
7 Mickey Owen C 7 Frank Demaree RF
8 Creepy Crespi SS 8 Burgess Whitehead 2B
9 Lon Warneke P 9 Manny Salvo P

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