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Cubs 2 @ Giants 6
Polo Grounds
May 5, 1957

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Chicago Cubs, played on May 5, 1957 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants beat the visiting Cubs with a score of 6 to 2.

Game Summary

DateMay 5, 1957 
Visiting Team
Chicago Cubs
R: 2 H: 7 E: 3 LOB: 8
Runs: 2
Hits: 7
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 6 H: 7 E: 0 LOB: 5
Runs: 6
Hits: 7
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 5
Winning PitcherJoe Margoneri  
Losing PitcherMoe Drabowsky  
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Game Winning RBI(none) 

Game Info

DateMay 5, 1957 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamChicago Cubs 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherMoe Drabowsky  
Home Starting PitcherJoe Margoneri  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance9,765 
Time of Game2 hours 24 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Hal Dixon
1B: Ken Burkhart
2B: Dusty Boggess
3B: Tom Gorman

Chicago Cubs Lineup 

Name  Position 
Casey Wise  Second Baseman 
Bobby Del Greco  Center Fielder 
Ernie Banks  Third Baseman 
Lee Walls  Left Fielder 
Jim Bolger  Right Fielder 
Ed Winceniak  Shortstop 
Dale Long  First Baseman 
Charlie Silvera  Catcher 
Moe Drabowsky  Pitcher 
Bob Scheffing  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Red Schoendienst  Second Baseman 
Don Mueller  Right Fielder 
Willie Mays  Center Fielder 
Hank Sauer  Left Fielder 
Gail Harris  First Baseman 
Ozzie Virgil  Third Baseman 
Ray Katt  Catcher 
Daryl Spencer  Shortstop 
Joe Margoneri  Pitcher 
Bill Rigney  Manager 

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Cubs 2 @ Giants 6
Polo Grounds
May 5, 1957

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         Game of 5/5/1957, game 2 -- Chicago at New York (D)

  Chicago            AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Wise C, 2b            4  2  1  0   Schoendienst R, 2b    4  1  2  0   
Del Greco B, cf       2  0  0  0   Mueller D, rf         3  1  1  0   
Banks E, 3b           3  0  2  1   Mays W, cf            4  1  0  0   
Walls L, lf           3  0  0  1   Sauer H, lf           3  0  1  0   
Bolger J, rf          4  0  1  0   Lockman W, pr-lf      1  0  0  0   
Winceniak E, ss       4  0  2  0   Harris G, 1b          3  1  0  0   
Long D, 1b            3  0  0  0   Virgil O, 3b          3  0  1  1   
Kindall J, ph         1  0  1  0   Katt R, c             3  1  1  1   
Silvera C, c          3  0  0  0   Spencer D, ss         3  1  1  3   
Mickelson E, ph       1  0  0  0   Margoneri J, p        3  0  0  0   
Drabowsky M, p        1  0  0  0                                      
Hillman D, p          1  0  0  0                                      
Fanning J, ph         1  0  0  0                                      
Lown T, p             0  0  0  0                                      
Neeman C, ph          1  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     32  2  7  2                        30  6  7  5

Chicago          001 010 000 --  2
New York         123 000 00x --  6

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Drabowsky M (L)       2.2  4  6  5  3  3
Hillman D             3.1  3  0  0  1  1
Lown T                2.0  0  0  0  0  0

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Margoneri J (W)       9.0  7  2  2  4  5

E -- Silvera C, Wise C, Banks E
DP -- Chicago 1, New York 1
LOB -- Chicago 8, New York 5
3B -- Wise C
HR -- Spencer D
CS -- Lockman W
SF -- Walls L
HBP -- by Drabowsky M (Harris G)
WP -- Drabowsky M
T -- 2:24
A -- 9765

    

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