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Reds
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
May 12, 1957
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the Cincinnati Reds, played on May 12, 1957 at Wrigley Field.
Game Summary
| Date | May 12, 1957 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cincinnati Reds
|
| Home Team |
Chicago Cubs
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 12, 1957 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Home Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Hal Jeffcoat |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Don Kaiser |
| Ballpark | Wrigley Field |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 44 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Lee Ballanfant 1B: Bill Jackowski 2B: Shag Crawford 3B: Tony Venzon |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Temple | Second Baseman |
| Wally Post | Right Fielder |
| Gus Bell | Center Fielder |
| Frank Robinson | Left Fielder |
| George Crowe | First Baseman |
| Ed Bailey | Catcher |
| Don Hoak | Third Baseman |
| Roy McMillan | Shortstop |
| Hal Jeffcoat | Pitcher |
| Birdie Tebbetts | Manager |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Casey Wise | Second Baseman |
| Ernie Banks | Shortstop |
| Lee Walls | Center Fielder |
| Walt Moryn | Right Fielder |
| Bob Speake | First Baseman |
| Jim Bolger | Left Fielder |
| Ed Winceniak | Third Baseman |
| Cal Neeman | Catcher |
| Don Kaiser | Pitcher |
| Bob Scheffing | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Reds
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
May 12, 1957
Top 1
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Reds, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Kaiser
Temple hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Post vs. Kaiser
Post hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Temple moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bell vs. Kaiser
Bell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Temple scores. Post moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Robinson vs. Kaiser
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Winceniak fields the ball and throws to second. Wise drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Wise. Post scores. Robinson moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Crowe vs. Kaiser
Crowe hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Robinson scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bailey vs. Littlefield
Dick Littlefield now pitching.
Bailey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wise fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hoak vs. Littlefield
Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wise vs. Jeffcoat
Wise hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Banks vs. Jeffcoat
Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walls vs. Jeffcoat
Walls strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMillan vs. Littlefield
McMillan strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jeffcoat vs. Littlefield
Jeffcoat hits a fly ball into center field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Littlefield
Temple hits a line drive into center field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moryn vs. Jeffcoat
Moryn hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speake vs. Jeffcoat
Speake hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bolger vs. Jeffcoat
Bolger hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Speake moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Winceniak vs. Jeffcoat
Winceniak hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jeffcoat fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Post vs. Littlefield
Post hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Neeman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Littlefield
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wise scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Littlefield
Robinson hits a ball on the groundRobinson is thrown out after the base hit. View Play
Bottom 3
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Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Neeman vs. Jeffcoat
Neeman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jeffcoat fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Littlefield vs. Jeffcoat
Littlefield hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wise vs. Jeffcoat
Wise is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 4
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Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crowe vs. Littlefield
Crowe hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailey vs. Littlefield
Bailey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Winceniak fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoak vs. Littlefield
Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Banks vs. Jeffcoat
Banks hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walls vs. Jeffcoat
Walls hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bell. Walls reaches second base with a double. Banks moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Moryn vs. Jeffcoat
Moryn hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speake vs. Jeffcoat
Speake hits a ball on the ground towards first. Crowe scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Speake for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bolger vs. Jeffcoat
Bolger hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Winceniak vs. Jeffcoat
Winceniak hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Neeman vs. Jeffcoat
Neeman hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Reds, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMillan vs. Littlefield
McMillan strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jeffcoat vs. Littlefield
Jeffcoat takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Temple vs. Littlefield
Temple bunts between the mound and first base. Littlefield scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Temple for the out. Jeffcoat moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Post vs. Littlefield
Post hits a popup in front of the plate. Neeman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Reds, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Littlefield vs. Jeffcoat
Littlefield hits a line drive into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wise vs. Jeffcoat
Wise hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Banks vs. Jeffcoat
Banks hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Wise moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Walls vs. Jeffcoat
Walls hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Wise scores. Banks moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Moryn vs. Jeffcoat
Moryn hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Temple catches it and throws to first to double up Walls. View Play
Top 6
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Reds, 3 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Littlefield
Bell is called out on strikes. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Littlefield
Robinson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crowe vs. Littlefield
Crowe hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Walls. Crowe reaches second base with a double. Robinson moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bailey vs. Littlefield
Bailey strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hoak vs. Singleton
Elmer Singleton now pitching.
Hoak hits a popup, foul, towards first. Speake settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Reds, 3 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speake vs. Jeffcoat
Speake hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bolger vs. Jeffcoat
Bolger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Winceniak vs. Jeffcoat
Winceniak hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Neeman vs. Jeffcoat
Neeman hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bell who is chasing the ball. Neeman reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Singleton vs. Fowler
Art Fowler now pitching.
Singleton strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Reds, 3 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMillan vs. Singleton
McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lynch vs. Singleton
Jerry Lynch pinch hits for Art Fowler.
Lynch hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wise scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Singleton
Temple hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Post vs. Singleton
Post hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Singleton
Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Reds, 5 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wise vs. Sanchez
Raul Sanchez now pitching.
Wise hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Banks vs. Sanchez
Banks hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walls vs. Sanchez
Walls hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Banks moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Moryn vs. Sanchez
Moryn hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 8
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Reds, 5 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Singleton
Robinson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crowe vs. Singleton
Crowe hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wise settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bailey vs. Singleton
Bailey takes first base on ball four. Robinson moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hoak vs. Singleton
Hoak hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Robinson scores. Bailey moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thurman vs. Lown
Turk Lown now pitching. Bob Thurman pinch hits for Roy McMillan.
Thurman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lown fields it and throws to first for the out. Bailey moves to third. Hoak moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Sanchez vs. Lown
Sanchez hits a fly ball into left field. Bolger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Reds, 6 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speake vs. Sanchez
Alex Grammas now playing shortstop.
Speake hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bolger vs. Sanchez
Bolger hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Sanchez, and towards Temple, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Winceniak vs. Sanchez
Winceniak takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Neeman vs. Sanchez
Neeman hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Reds, 6 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Lown
Temple takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Post vs. Lown
Post hits a ball on the ground towards third. Winceniak fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Lown
Bell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Lown
Robinson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Walls. Robinson reaches second base with a double. Bell goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Crowe vs. Lown
Crowe hits a popup towards third. Winceniak settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Reds, 7 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Del Greco vs. Sanchez
Pete Whisenant now playing left field. Bobby Del Greco pinch hits for Turk Lown.
Del Greco strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wise vs. Sanchez
Wise is called out on strikes. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Banks vs. Sanchez
Banks hits a fly ball into left field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/12/1957, game 1 -- Cincinnati at Chicago (D)
Cincinnati AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI
Temple J, 2b 3 2 2 0 Wise C, 2b 5 1 2 0
Post W, rf 5 2 2 2 Banks E, ss 5 1 3 0
Bell G, cf 5 1 2 1 Walls L, cf 4 1 3 1
Robinson F, lf 5 2 4 2 Moryn W, rf 4 1 1 3
Whisenant P, lf 0 0 0 0 Speake B, 1b 4 0 1 0
Crowe G, 1b 5 0 2 1 Bolger J, lf 4 0 1 0
Bailey E, c 3 0 0 0 Winceniak E, 3b 3 1 2 1
Hoak D, 3b 4 0 1 1 Neeman C, c 4 0 1 0
McMillan R, ss 3 0 0 0 Kaiser D, p 0 0 0 0
Thurman B, ph 1 0 0 0 Littlefield D, p 2 0 0 0
Grammas A, ss 0 0 0 0 Singleton E, p 1 0 0 0
Jeffcoat H, p 1 0 0 0 Lown T, p 0 0 0 0
Fowler A, p 0 0 0 0 Del Greco B, ph 1 0 0 0
Lynch J, ph 1 0 0 0
Sanchez R, p 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
37 7 13 7 37 5 14 5
Cincinnati 300 000 211 -- 7
Chicago 000 311 000 -- 5
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Jeffcoat H 5.2 12 5 5 0 2
Fowler A 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Sanchez R (W) 3.0 2 0 0 1 2
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Kaiser D 0.1 4 3 2 0 0
Littlefield D 5.1 3 0 0 1 4
Singleton E (L) 1.2 4 3 3 1 0
Lown T 1.2 2 1 1 1 0
E -- Wise C, Littlefield D
DP -- Cincinnati 4, Chicago 1
LOB -- Cincinnati 7, Chicago 6
2B -- Walls L, Crowe G, Robinson F
3B -- Neeman C
HR -- Moryn W, Winceniak E, Post W
SH -- Temple J
T -- 2:44
A -- 0
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