1949 NL Game/Player of Note

May 5, 1949

 New York Giant 1st Baseman Johnny Mize had a big day at the plate today as his team beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3. Mize hit 3 homeruns and drove in all 5 Giant runs in the victory. Monte Kennedy went the distance, allowing only 1 earned run for the Win.

BOXSCORE: 1949 St. Louis Cardinals At 1949 New York Giants           5/5/1949
 
  Cardinals          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Giants             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  E.Sauer RF          4  2  1  0 .321     J.Lohrke 2B         3  0  1  0 .244  
  M.Marion SS         4  0  1  0 .333     W.Lockman LF        3  1  0  0 .232  
  S.Musial CF         4  1  0  0 .143     S.Gordon 3B         3  1  1  0 .328  
  W.Kurowski 3B       4  0  1  1 .250   A-B.Rigney 3B         1  0  0  0 .438  
  E.Slaughter LF      4  0  1  0 .345     J.Mize 1B           3  3  3  5 .242  
  E.Kazak 2B          4  0  3  2 .341     B.Thomson CF        4  0  1  0 .344  
  N.Jones 1B          4  0  0  0 .378     W.Marshall RF       4  0  1  0 .289  
  D.Rice C            4  0  1  0 .344     W.Cooper C          3  0  1  0 .161  
  J.Hearn P           3  0  0  0 .333     B.Kerr SS           3  0  1  0 .140  
B-S.Hemus PH          1  0  0  0 .333     M.Kennedy P         1  0  0  0 .000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36  3  8  3                 Totals      28  5  9  5
 
A-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Gordon In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Hearn In 9th Inning
 
Cardinals....... 1 0 2  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  3  8  0
Giants.......... 3 0 1  0 0 1  0 0    -  5  9  2
 
Cardinals (9-6)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
J.Hearn LOSS(1-1)         8       9   5   5   2   2   3   6.14
Totals                    8       9   5   5   2   2   3
 
Giants (5-12)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
M.Kennedy WIN(1-2)        9       8   3   1   2   3   0   1.86
Totals                    9       8   3   1   2   3   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 9,813 DATE- Friday, May 6th 1949 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Babe Pinelli, Artie Gore, Scotty Robb, Frank Dascoli
T- 2:10
LEFT ON BASE- Cardinals: 9  Giants: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cardinals: 2  Giants: 0
ERRORS- J.Lohrke-2
DOUBLES- M.Marion(5th), E.Kazak(1st)
HOME RUNS- J.Mize-3(7th)
RBIs- W.Kurowski(1st), E.Kazak-2(6th), J.Mize-5(16th)
CAUGHT STEALING- W.Lockman
SACRIFICE HITS- M.Marion, M.Kennedy-2
WALKS- E.Sauer, S.Musial, J.Lohrke, W.Lockman
HIT BY PITCH- J.Mize
STRIKE OUTS- M.Marion, S.Musial, J.Hearn, B.Rigney, W.Marshall
GIDP- W.Marshall, W.Cooper
2-out RBI- W.Kurowski, E.Kazak-2, J.Mize
RLISP 2-out- J.Hearn-2, J.Lohrke, N.Jones-2, E.Slaughter, W.Lockman, S.Musial
TEAM RISP- Cardinals: 2 for 18  Giants: 1 for 4
 
Johnny Mize cracked 3 homeruns and had 5 RBI and Monte Kennedy was able to
finish what he started and was credited with a complete game as the New York
Giants defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 5 to 3 at Polo Grounds.
 
Mize enjoyed a great day at the plate.  Every time he came up in the latter
innings, the crowd was on their feet cheering.  He lofted a three-run
'big-fly' in the 1st inning, hit a bases-empty home run in the 3rd inning and
smashed a solo-shot out of the park in the 6th inning.  New York had a total
of 9 hits for the game.  
 
The winning pitcher was Kennedy(1-2) who allowed 3 runs for the game. Jim
Hearn(1-1) ended up with the loss.  He served up 3 homeruns in his 8 innings.
 
'Everything seemed to click today,' Mize said 'if it could only be this easy
all the time!'