KOSLO STYMIES CARDS, GIANTS WIN 5TH STRAIGHT
N.Y. Within 6 of Lead; Mays Drive In Sole Run
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 4 (AP) - Dave Koslo fired his second shutout of the year and the
New York Giants eked past the Cardinals, 1-0, at Sportsman's Park. The
game's lone run scored on a fielder's choice off the bat of Willie Mays in the
top of the third. St. Louis wasted a fine effort by Cliff Chambers who
tossed a complete game of his own.
The win was the fifth in a row for the Giants and the 11th in their last 13
games. Coupled with Brooklyn's 5-4 loss at Cincinnati, New York is within
six games of first place Brooklyn.
In a game without a single extra base hit, run-scoring situations were few and
far between. The Giants had plenty of baserunners, but limited serious
threats.
In the third inning, Dave Williams led off with a single and advanced to third
on Alvin Dark's hit-and-run safety to center. Mays then rolled to short,
forcing Dark, but beating the relay to first. Monte Irvin walked, but
Bobby Thomson and Whitey Lockman both grounded out to end the frame.
Koslo, meanwhile, was cruising. He retired the first eight batters in
order before surrendering a harmless two-out third inning single to his
counterpart, Chambers, and then scattered singles in the fourth, fifth and sixth
innings. The Cardinals never advanced a runner past second base after the
fifth.
Chambers struggled with his control, but was aided by double play grounders in
the fifth and sixth. Despite failing to record a single 1-2-3 inning, the
St. Louis left-hander allowed only one baserunner to advance past second after
the third inning.
8/4/1951, NYN51-SLN51, Sportsman's Park (N) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1951 Giants 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1 9 0 1951 Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 6 2 Giants AB R H BI AVG Cardinals AB R H BI AVG Williams,Da 2b 4 1 2 0 .200 Glaviano cf 3 0 0 0 .141 Stanky ph 1 0 0 0 .255 Sarni ph 1 0 1 0 .200 Dark ss 3 0 1 0 .272 Hemus 2b 4 0 2 0 .371 Mays cf 4 0 1 1 .295 Musial 1b 4 0 0 0 .340 Irvin lf 2 0 0 0 .307 Westlake rf 4 0 0 0 .276 Thomson 3b 3 0 0 0 .255 Lowrey 3b 4 0 0 0 .255 Lockman 1b 4 0 1 0 .245 Rice,H lf 4 0 1 0 .343 Yvars c 2 0 1 0 .438 Schoendienst ss 2 0 0 0 .346 Rapp ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Scheffing c 2 0 0 0 .197 Westrum c 0 0 0 0 .204 Johnson,B ph 1 0 0 0 .238 Hartung rf 3 0 0 0 .275 Chambers p 3 0 1 0 .349 Mueller,D ph 1 0 1 0 .278 32 0 5 0 Koslo p 4 0 0 0 .091 32 1 7 1 Giants INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Koslo W 7-7 9.0 5 0 0 0 3 127 80 3.42 9.0 5 0 0 0 3 127 80 Cardinals INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Chambers L 5-7 9.0 7 1 1 5 1 134 76 3.33 9.0 7 1 1 5 1 134 76 NYN: Rapp batted for Yvars in the 9th Mueller,D batted for Hartung in the 9th Stanky batted for Williams,Da in the 9th Stanky moved to 2b in the 9th Westrum inserted at c in the 9th Mueller,D moved to rf in the 9th SLN: Johnson,B batted for Scheffing in the 8th Sarni batted for Glaviano in the 8th Sarni moved to c in the 9th Lowrey moved to cf in the 9th Johnson,B moved to 3b in the 9th E-Dark. RBI-Mays(53). K-Koslo, Musial, Scheffing, Chambers. BB-Dark, Irvin 2, Thomson, Yvars. SH-Schoendienst. GWRBI: Mays Temperature: 83, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 16 MPH. Attendance: 14,155 Game Time: 2:06