BOXSCORE: 1907 St. Louis Cardinals At 1907 New York Giants 8/27/1907 Cardinals AB R H RBI AVG Giants AB R H RBI AVG B.Byrne 3B 4 2 1 0 .246 S.Shannon LF 4 1 2 1 .306 S.Barry RF 4 0 1 0 .285 G.Browne RF 5 1 2 0 .238 E.Konetchy 1B 4 2 1 0 .291 A.Devlin 3B,SS 3 0 1 3 .299 H.Wolter CF 4 0 3 3 .224 C.Seymour CF 3 0 1 1 .331 E.Holly SS 5 0 1 1 .214 R.Bresnahan C 4 0 1 0 .220 R.Murray LF 4 0 0 0 .221 D.McGann 1B 3 1 1 0 .294 A.Hoelskoetter 2B 3 0 1 0 .251 B.Dahlen SS 3 1 1 0 .201 P.Noonan C 4 0 0 0 .229 A-S.Strang PH,2B 1 0 0 0 .214 E.Karger P 3 1 1 0 .229 L.Doyle 2B 2 0 0 1 .286 J.Lush P 0 0 0 0 .262 B-J.Hannifin PH,3B 1 0 0 0 .238 C.Mathewson P 2 1 1 0 .176 C-F.Merkle PH 1 0 1 0 .667 D-D.Shay PR 0 1 0 0 .254 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 35 5 9 4 Totals 32 6 11 6 A-Pinch Hit For Dahlen In 8th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Doyle In 8th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Mathewson In 9th Inning D-Pinch Ran For Merkle In 9th Inning Cardinals....... 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 - 5 9 1 Giants.......... 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 - 6 11 4 Cardinals (37-82) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET E.Karger LOSS(12-12) 8 1/3 11 6 5 1 3 0 2.73 A1 E3 J.Lush 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.22 E4 Totals 8 2/3 11 6 5 1 3 0 Giants (61-52) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET C.Mathewson WIN(14-10) 9 9 5 3 2 4 0 2.13 A1 Totals 9 9 5 3 2 4 0 ATTENDANCE- 5,486 DATE- Tuesday, August 27th 1907 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad UMPIRES- Bob Emslie, , , T- 1:53 LEFT ON BASE- Cardinals: 9 Giants: 8 DOUBLE PLAYS- Cardinals: 0 Giants: 0 ERRORS- E.Konetchy, C.Seymour, R.Bresnahan, D.McGann, L.Doyle DOUBLES- S.Shannon(11th), C.Mathewson RBIs- H.Wolter-3(6th), E.Holly(34th), S.Shannon(40th), A.Devlin-3(60th), C.Seymour(71st), L.Doyle(14th) CAUGHT STEALING- A.Hoelskoetter SACRIFICE HITS- S.Barry, E.Karger, C.Mathewson SACRIFICE FLIES- H.Wolter, A.Devlin-2, C.Seymour, L.Doyle WALKS- B.Byrne, E.Konetchy, D.McGann HIT BY PITCH- A.Hoelskoetter, S.Shannon, C.Seymour STRIKE OUTS- S.Barry, R.Murray-2, A.Hoelskoetter, R.Bresnahan, B.Dahlen-2 PASSED BALLS- R.Bresnahan 2-out RBI- S.Shannon, H.Wolter, E.Holly RLISP 2-out- R.Murray-2, B.Byrne-2, E.Holly-2, G.Browne, B.Dahlen, C.Seymour, J.Hannifin TEAM RISP- Cardinals: 3 for 13 Giants: 3 for 9 Christy Mathewson went the distance and left fielder Spike Shannon had 2 base hits as the New York Giants won in dramatic fashion over the hapless St. Louis Cardinals by a score of 6 to 5 at Polo Grounds. New York came up with the deciding runs in the bottom of the 9th inning scoring 2 runs using 3 hits. Fred Merkle started the inning off right when he laced a single. After an out was recorded, George Browne stepped up to the plate and he lashed a single. Art Devlin then delivered a one-base hit scoring a single run. Devlin took second on the throw. Cy Seymour followed next and he hit a sacrifice fly making New York victorious to the delight of the the home town crowd. New York totaled 11 hits on the afternoon. The winning pitcher was Mathewson(14-10) who allowed 5 runs for the game. Ed Karger(12-12) was charged with the loss. 'Wow, that was fun!', Mathewson said following the game. 'Once in a while you play a game that reminds you just why you got into this business to begin with!' SCORESHEET: 1907 St. Louis Cardinals at 1907 New York Giants B.Byrne-A1 A1:Si B1:P/6 *5*:W>b1 D1:F/7 E1:P/6 S.Barry-A1 A2:P/1 *3*:K C2:E/34>1 D2:F/9 *9*:Si 2 E.Konetc-A1 A3:Si>12 B3:P/3 C3:F/9>23 D3:W>12 b E3:G/63>1 1 2 H.Wolter-A1 A4:Si>2# B4:Si+E/4 C4:SF/7>3 D4:Si>2# E4:F/8 13 # 13 E.Holly-A1 A5:PB>3# B5:L/5 C5:L/5 D5:Si>3# E5:P/3 23 L/6 13 R.Murray-A1 A6:K *4*:G/63 *6*:L/3 D6:K A.Hoelsk-A1 *2*:HBP B7:F/9 C7:Si *8*:K P.Noonan-A1 A8:G/43>1 B8:E/2 C8:CS/24> D8:E/8 2 1o G/53 E.Karger-A1 A9:G/23 B9:F/9 *7*:Si D9:Sac/14 J.Lush-E6 >12 S.Shanno-A1 A1:Si+E/3 B1:G/43 C1:Do>2# D1:HBP E1:F/8 G.Browne-A1 A2:G/43>2 *4*:G/63 C2:G/63 D2:Si>23 E2:Si>13 3 12 A.Devlin-A1 A3:SF/8>3 B3:F/8 *6*:G/53 D3:SF/9>3 E3:Si>3# # # 23 13 C.Seymou-A1 A4:G/43 B4:HBP C4:Si D4:F/8 E4:SF/8>3 # 23 R.Bresna-A1 *2*:G/3 B5:K C5:F/7 *8*:Si D.McGann-A1 A6:F/9 *5*:Si C6:W>12 b D6:G/43>1 1 2 B.Dahlen-A1 A7:K B7:Si>13 C7:K D7:P/5 S.Strang-D7 L.Doyle-A1 *3*:F/9 B8:SF/8>3 *7*:G/53 D8:G/53 J.Hannif-D8 # C.Mathew-A1 A9:G/53 B9:Sac/34 C9:Do *9*:Si F.Merkle-D9 >12 D.Shay-E2