New York Giants 2 – 6 St. Louis Cardinals
9 August 1953 · STL07
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | Stan Musial | 1 in 107 games |
| 19 | final score 6–2 | 1 in 44 games | |
| 18 | 6 walks allowed | Joe Presko | 1 in 74 pitcher-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | 6 | 8 | 0 |
Box score
New York Giants batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitey Lockman | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Al Dark | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hank Thompson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Monte Irvin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Tookie Gilbert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Don Mueller | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Bobby Thomson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Davey Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Wes Westrum | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Al Worthington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bobby Hofman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Noble | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 32 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
New York Giants pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Worthington | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Dave Koslo | 1.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Hoyt Wilhelm | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
St. Louis Cardinals batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solly Hemus | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Red Schoendienst | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Stan Musial | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | HR |
| Enos Slaughter | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Ray Jablonski | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| Steve Bilko | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Del Rice | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sal Yvars | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rip Repulski | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Joe Presko | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 31 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
St. Louis Cardinals pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Presko | 9.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 |