A Travis Jackson error led to 4 unearned runs in the 2nd inning, which put the New York Giants in a hole they couldn’t dig out of, as the 1931 St. Louis Cardinals swept them with an 8-5 win to eliminate them from the Tournament. The Cardinals had runners on 2nd and 3rd with 2 outs against Freddie Fitzsimmons when Jimmie Wilson hit a sharp grounder to Jackson at short. Jackson misplayed the hop, extending the inning. Sparky Adams followed with a bases-clearning double, and scored on George Watkins’ single to give St. Louis the 4-0 lead. The inning seemed to shake Fitzsimmons, as he allowed 3 straight singles to lead off both the 3rd and 4th innings. He allowed 9 hits and 7 runs over 3 innings. Roy Parmalee came in in relief and held the Cardinals to just 2 hits in 6 innings the rest of the way. One of those hits was an inside the park home run for Charlie Gelbert on an odd bounce off the wall in centerfield in the 5th. Parmalee retired the last 13 St. Louis batters of the game. But the damage was too much. Bill Hallahan himself had a stretch where he retired 12 straight Giants. In the 8th, New York finally put something together, scoring 3 on a Bill Terry triple and Mel Ott single. Hallahan left after 7 2/3 innings, allowing 4 runs on 8 hits. Jim Lindsey allowed another run in the 9th, but that wasn’t enough for New York. As the Giants head home, the Cardinals face a rematch with the 1935 Chicago Cubs for the National League Championship.