On August 8, 1953 the St. Louis Cardinals beat the visiting New York Giants 8-3 in front of 14,636 fans at Busch Stadium. Gerry Staley was the winning pitcher, taking his record to 14-6 over Larry Jansen of the Giants.Future Hall of Famer, Monte Irvin led the Giants offensive effort with 2 hits and drove in 2 runs to take the National League batting lead from the Cardinals future HOFer, Red Schoendienst.Stan Musial went 2 for 3, bringing in 3 runs with a double and his 16thHome Run of the season for career #243 over future HOFer, Hoyt Wilhelm.Enos Slaughter and Red Schoendienst also made some nice contributions that day.
