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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
June 8, 1957
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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 June 8, 1957 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | June 8, 1957 |
|---|---|
| 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 | June 8, 1957 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Willard Schmidt |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Al Worthington |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 7,646 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 25 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Tom Gorman 1B: Hal Dixon 2B: (none) 3B: Dusty Boggess |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Don Blasingame | Second Baseman |
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Stan Musial | First Baseman |
| Wally Moon | Left Fielder |
| Del Ennis | Right Fielder |
| Ken Boyer | Center Fielder |
| Hal Smith | Catcher |
| Eddie Kasko | Third Baseman |
| Willard Schmidt | Pitcher |
| Fred Hutchinson | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Whitey Lockman | First Baseman |
| Don Mueller | Right Fielder |
| Red Schoendienst | Second Baseman |
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Hank Sauer | Left Fielder |
| Daryl Spencer | Shortstop |
| Ray Katt | Catcher |
| Ozzie Virgil | Third Baseman |
| Al Worthington | Pitcher |
| Bill Rigney | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
June 8, 1957
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Worthington
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Worthington
Dark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Worthington
Musial hits a popup towards third. Virgil settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Worthington
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Schmidt
Lockman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Schmidt
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Lockman moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schoendienst vs. Schmidt
Schoendienst hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mays vs. Schmidt
Mays hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ennis vs. Worthington
Ennis 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, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Worthington
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Worthington
Smith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boyer moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kasko vs. Worthington
Kasko hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Boyer tags and scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schmidt vs. Worthington
Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Worthington fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sauer vs. Schmidt
Sauer hits a fly ball into left field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Schmidt
Spencer hits a fly ball into center field. Boyer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Katt vs. Schmidt
Katt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmidt fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Virgil vs. Schmidt
Virgil is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Worthington
Blasingame hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Worthington
Dark hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Worthington
Musial takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Worthington
Moon hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ennis vs. Worthington
Ennis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Virgil fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Worthington vs. Schmidt
Worthington hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kasko fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Schmidt
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Schmidt
Mueller strikes out. Smith drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Mueller out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Worthington
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Worthington
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kasko vs. Worthington
Kasko hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Schmidt
Schoendienst hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mays vs. Schmidt
Mays hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kasko fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sauer vs. Schmidt
Sauer hits a popup, foul, towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Worthington
Schmidt 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, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Worthington
Blasingame hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Worthington
Dark is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Worthington
Musial hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Worthington
Moon hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Schmidt
Spencer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Katt vs. Schmidt
Katt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virgil vs. Schmidt
Virgil hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kasko fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ennis vs. Worthington
Ennis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Virgil fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Worthington
Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ennis moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Smith vs. Worthington
Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ennis scores. Boyer moves to third. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Kasko vs. Ridzik
Steve Ridzik now pitching.
Kasko strikes out. The throw from Katt to pick off Boyer, and they've got Boyer picked off. The throw back to Katt and he's out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Schmidt vs. Ridzik
Schmidt is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Schmidt
Gail Harris pinch hits for Steve Ridzik.
Harris hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Schmidt
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Schmidt
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lockman moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Schoendienst vs. Schmidt
Schoendienst hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lockman scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mays vs. Schmidt
Mays hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moon. Mays reaches second base with a double. Schoendienst moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Sauer vs. Schmidt
Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kasko fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Davis
Jim Davis now pitching.
Blasingame hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Davis
Dark bunts towards the mound. Davis fields it and throws to first for the out. Blasingame moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Musial vs. Davis
Musial hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Moon vs. Davis
Moon hits a popup towards short. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Schmidt
Spencer hits a fly ball into right field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Katt vs. Schmidt
Katt hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virgil vs. Schmidt
Virgil takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rhodes vs. Schmidt
Dusty Rhodes pinch hits for Jim Davis.
Rhodes strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Schmidt
Lockman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moon. Lockman reaches second base with a double. Virgil moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Mueller vs. Merritt
Lloyd Merritt now pitching.
Mueller hits a fly ball into center field. Boyer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ennis vs. Grissom
Marv Grissom now pitching.
Ennis 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, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Grissom
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Virgil juggles the ball. That's an error on Virgil. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Grissom
Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kasko vs. Grissom
Kasko hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boyer moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Merritt vs. Grissom
Merritt 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
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Merritt
Bobby Smith now playing center field. Eddie Miksis now playing right field.
Schoendienst hits a popup towards third. Kasko settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Merritt
Mays takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sauer vs. Merritt
Sauer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Merritt
Spencer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Katt vs. Merritt
Katt strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jablonski vs. Merritt
Ray Jablonski pinch hits for Ozzie Virgil.
Jablonski takes first base on ball four. Spencer moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gomez vs. Wilhelm
Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching. Ruben Gomez pinch hits for Marv Grissom.
Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Antonelli
Ray Jablonski now playing third base. Johnny Antonelli now pitching.
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first, with Antonelli covering, for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Antonelli
Dark 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, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Antonelli
Musial hits a popup towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Wilhelm
Lockman hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Wilhelm
Mueller hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Wilhelm scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mueller for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Wilhelm
Schoendienst hits a line drive into left field. Moon 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 6/8/1957 -- St.Louis at New York (N)
St.Louis AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Blasingame D, 2b 5 0 1 0 Lockman W, 1b 5 1 3 0
Dark A, ss 3 2 2 1 Mueller D, rf 5 0 1 0
Musial S, 1b 4 1 1 2 Schoendienst R, 2b 5 0 2 1
Moon W, lf 4 0 0 0 Mays W, cf 3 1 1 0
Ennis D, rf 4 1 1 0 Sauer H, lf 4 1 1 2
Miksis E, rf 0 0 0 0 Spencer D, ss 4 0 2 0
Boyer K, cf 4 1 2 0 Katt R, c 4 1 2 1
Smith B, cf 0 0 0 0 Virgil O, 3b 2 0 0 0
Smith H, c 4 0 2 1 Jablonski R, ph-3b 0 0 0 0
Kasko E, 3b 3 0 1 1 Worthington A, p 1 0 0 0
Schmidt W, p 3 0 0 0 Ridzik S, p 0 0 0 0
Merritt L, p 1 0 0 0 Harris G, ph 1 0 0 0
Wilhelm H, p 0 0 0 0 Davis J, p 0 0 0 0
Rhodes D, ph 1 0 0 0
Grissom M, p 0 0 0 0
Gomez R, ph 1 0 0 0
Antonelli J, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 5 10 5 36 4 12 4
St.Louis 011 021 000 -- 5
New York 000 001 120 -- 4
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt W (W) 6.2 10 2 2 1 3
Merritt L 1.0 2 2 2 2 1
Wilhelm H (S) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Worthington A (L)* 5.0 8 5 5 1 0
Ridzik S 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Davis J 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Grissom M 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Antonelli J 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
* Pitched to 3 batters in 6th
E -- Virgil O
DP -- St.Louis 3, New York 1
LOB -- St.Louis 7, New York 8
2B -- Mays W, Lockman W
HR -- Dark A, Musial S, Katt R, Sauer H
CS -- Boyer K
SH -- Dark A
SF -- Kasko E
HBP -- by Worthington A (Dark A)
T -- 2:25
A -- 7646
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