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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
July 21, 1955
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on July 21, 1955 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | July 21, 1955 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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| Home Team |
New York Giants
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 21, 1955 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Luis Arroyo |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Sal Maglie |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 4,017 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 54 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Frank Dascoli 1B: Lon Warneke 2B: Frank Secory 3B: Larry Goetz |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bob Stephenson | Shortstop |
| Wally Moon | Center Fielder |
| Stan Musial | First Baseman |
| Bill Virdon | Right Fielder |
| Red Schoendienst | Second Baseman |
| Rip Repulski | Left Fielder |
| Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Bill Sarni | Catcher |
| Luis Arroyo | Pitcher |
| Harry Walker | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Wayne Terwilliger | Second Baseman |
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Bobby Hofman | First Baseman |
| Don Mueller | Right Fielder |
| Sid Gordon | Third Baseman |
| Whitey Lockman | Left Fielder |
| Wes Westrum | Catcher |
| Sal Maglie | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
July 21, 1955
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stephenson vs. Maglie
Stephenson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Maglie
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Terwilliger fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Maglie
Musial hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Virdon vs. Maglie
There goes Moon. The throw from Westrum and he is safe. Moon steals second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Virdon vs. Maglie
Virdon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Moon scores. Virdon moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Schoendienst vs. Maglie
Schoendienst takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Repulski vs. Maglie
Repulski hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terwilliger vs. Arroyo
Terwilliger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Arroyo
Dark hits a line drive towards third. Boyer reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Arroyo
Mays hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hofman vs. Arroyo
Hofman strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Maglie
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark misplays the ball. That's an error on Dark. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sarni vs. Maglie
Sarni hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lockman. Sarni reaches second base with a double. Boyer moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Arroyo vs. Maglie
Arroyo hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Boyer tags and scores. Sarni tags and moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Stephenson vs. Maglie
Stephenson strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Moon vs. Maglie
Ray Katt now catching.
Moon hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lockman. Moon reaches second base with a double. Sarni scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Musial vs. Liddle
Don Liddle now pitching.
Musial is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Virdon vs. Liddle
Virdon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Moon scores. Musial moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schoendienst vs. Liddle
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Arroyo
Mueller hits a fly ball into right field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Arroyo
Gordon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Arroyo
Lockman hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Katt vs. Arroyo
Katt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephenson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Liddle
Repulski hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays who is chasing the ball. Repulski reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Boyer vs. Liddle
Boyer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Sarni vs. Liddle
Sarni takes first base on ball four. Boyer moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Arroyo vs. Liddle
Arroyo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Repulski scores. Boyer moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Stephenson vs. Liddle
Stephenson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Moon vs. Liddle
Moon bunts towards third. Gordon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Liddle vs. Arroyo
Liddle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Terwilliger vs. Arroyo
Terwilliger hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Moon. Terwilliger reaches second base with a double. Liddle moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Dark vs. Arroyo
Dark strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Mays vs. Arroyo
Mays hits a popup towards short. Stephenson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hofman vs. Arroyo
Hofman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Repulski. Hofman reaches second base with a double. Liddle scores. Terwilliger scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mueller vs. Arroyo
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Liddle
Musial takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Virdon vs. Liddle
Virdon hits a popup towards third. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schoendienst vs. Liddle
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Arroyo
Gordon hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Arroyo
Lockman hits a fly ball into right field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Katt vs. Arroyo
Katt hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Liddle vs. Arroyo
Liddle takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Terwilliger vs. Lawrence
Brooks Lawrence now pitching.
Terwilliger takes first base on ball four. Liddle moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dark vs. Lawrence
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephenson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Liddle
Repulski hits a line drive into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Liddle
Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sarni vs. Liddle
Sarni hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Lawrence
Mays hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Repulski. Mays reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hofman vs. Lawrence
Hofman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mays scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Lawrence
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. Hofman moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gordon vs. Lawrence
Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lockman vs. Lawrence
Lockman hits a fly ball into center field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lawrence vs. Liddle
Lawrence hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stephenson vs. Liddle
Stephenson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Liddle
Moon hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Katt vs. Lawrence
Katt strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Liddle vs. Lawrence
Liddle hits a line drive towards third. Boyer reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terwilliger vs. Lawrence
Terwilliger hits a line drive into center field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Liddle
Musial hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Liddle
Virdon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schoendienst vs. Liddle
Schoendienst hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Virdon moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Repulski vs. Liddle
Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Lawrence
Dark hits a popup in front of the plate. Sarni settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Lawrence
Mays hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hofman vs. Lawrence
Hofman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Liddle
Boyer hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sarni vs. Liddle
Sarni hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lawrence vs. Liddle
Lawrence hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Lawrence
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Lawrence
Gordon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Lawrence
Ruben Gomez pinch runs for Sid Gordon.
Lockman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gomez moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Thompson vs. Jackson
Hank Thompson pinch hits for Ray Katt. Larry Jackson now pitching.
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards second. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Gomez scores. Lockman moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Liddle vs. Jackson
Liddle hits a fly ball into center field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Terwilliger vs. Jackson
Terwilliger hits a fly ball into center field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Liddle
Bobby Hofman now catching. Gail Harris now playing first base. Hank Thompson now playing third base. Harry Elliott pinch hits for Bob Stephenson.
Elliott strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Liddle
Moon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Liddle
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/21/1955 -- St.Louis at New York (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Stephenson B, ss 3 0 1 0 Terwilliger W, 2b 4 1 1 0
Elliott H, ph 1 0 0 0 Dark A, ss 4 0 0 0
Moon W, cf 4 2 1 1 Mays W, cf 4 2 2 1
Musial S, 1b 3 0 0 0 Hofman B, 1b-c 4 0 2 3
Virdon B, rf 4 0 3 2 Mueller D, rf 4 0 0 0
Schoendienst R, 2b 3 0 1 0 Gordon S, 3b 3 1 2 1
Repulski R, lf 4 1 1 0 Gomez R, pr 0 1 0 0
Boyer K, 3b 3 1 0 0 Harris G, 1b 0 0 0 0
Sarni B, c 3 1 1 0 Lockman W, lf 4 0 1 0
Arroyo L, p 1 0 0 1 Westrum W, c 0 0 0 0
Lawrence B, p 2 0 0 0 Katt R, c 3 0 0 0
Jackson L, p 0 0 0 0 Thompson H, ph-3b 1 0 0 1
Maglie S, p 0 0 0 0
Liddle D, p 3 1 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
31 5 8 4 34 6 9 6
St.Louis 131 000 000 -- 5
New York 102 110 01x -- 6
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Arroyo L 3.2 5 4 4 2 2
Lawrence B (L) 3.2 4 2 2 1 1
Jackson L 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Maglie S 1.2 4 4 1 1 1
Liddle D (W) 7.1 4 1 1 6 1
E -- Dark A
DP -- New York 4
LOB -- St.Louis 7, New York 7
2B -- Sarni B, Moon W, Terwilliger W, Hofman B, Mays W
3B -- Repulski R
HR -- Mays W, Gordon S
SB -- Moon W
SF -- Arroyo L
T -- 2:54
A -- 4017
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