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Giants
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
May 6, 1956
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Giants, played on May 6, 1956 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
| Date | May 6, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Giants
|
| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 6, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Giants |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Joe Margoneri |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Vinegar Bend Mizell |
| Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 25,466 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 37 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Shag Crawford 1B: Lee Ballanfant 2B: Artie Gore 3B: Bill Jackowski |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Whitey Lockman | First Baseman |
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Don Mueller | Right Fielder |
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Daryl Spencer | Second Baseman |
| Foster Castleman | Third Baseman |
| Dusty Rhodes | Left Fielder |
| Ray Katt | Catcher |
| Joe Margoneri | Pitcher |
| Bill Rigney | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Don Blasingame | Shortstop |
| Red Schoendienst | Second Baseman |
| Stan Musial | Right Fielder |
| Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Rip Repulski | Left Fielder |
| Wally Moon | First Baseman |
| Bill Sarni | Catcher |
| Bill Virdon | Center Fielder |
| Vinegar Bend Mizell | Pitcher |
| Fred Hutchinson | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
May 6, 1956
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Mizell
Lockman is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Mizell
Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Mizell
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Margoneri
Blasingame strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Margoneri
Schoendienst hits a line drive into center field. That will be extra bases. Mays fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Mays. Schoendienst moves all the way to home. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Margoneri
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Margoneri
Boyer hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Mizell
Mays hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spencer vs. Mizell
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castleman vs. Mizell
Castleman is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Margoneri
Repulski takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Margoneri
Moon hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sarni vs. Margoneri
Sarni hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Virdon vs. Margoneri
There goes Repulski. The throw from Katt and he is out, Dark applying the tag. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rhodes vs. Mizell
Rhodes hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Katt vs. Mizell
Katt hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Margoneri vs. Mizell
Margoneri is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Mizell
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Mizell
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blasingame fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Mizell
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Margoneri
Virdon is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mizell vs. Margoneri
Mizell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Margoneri
Blasingame hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Mizell
Mays takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spencer vs. Mizell
There goes Mays. The throw from Sarni and he is safe. Mays steals second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Spencer vs. Mizell
Spencer hits a popup, foul, towards first. Moon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Castleman vs. Mizell
There goes Mays. The throw from Sarni and he is safe. Mays steals third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Castleman vs. Mizell
Castleman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rhodes vs. Mizell
Rhodes is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Margoneri
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castleman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Margoneri
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Margoneri
Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Repulski vs. Margoneri
Repulski hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mueller. Repulski reaches second base with a double. Boyer goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Moon vs. Margoneri
Moon hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Repulski scores. Moon moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sarni vs. Margoneri
Sarni hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castleman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Katt vs. Mizell
Katt hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Virdon. Katt reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Margoneri vs. Mizell
Margoneri bunts towards first. Moon scoops it up and throws to first, with Schoendienst covering, for the out. Katt moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Lockman vs. Mizell
Lockman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Katt scores. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Mizell
Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Mizell
Mizell fires to first and has Lockman trapped. There's the throw to Blasingame who tags Lockman for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Margoneri
Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mizell vs. Margoneri
Mizell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castleman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Margoneri
Blasingame hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Mizell
Mueller hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Mizell
Mays takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spencer vs. Mizell
Spencer hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Castleman vs. Mizell
There goes Mays. The throw from Sarni and he is safe. Mays steals second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Castleman vs. Mizell
Castleman 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 6
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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Margoneri
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Margoneri, and towards Spencer, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Margoneri
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Musial for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Margoneri
Boyer hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Margoneri
Repulski hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Margoneri
Moon strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rhodes vs. Mizell
Rhodes strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Katt vs. Mizell
Katt hits a popup, foul, towards first. Moon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mangan vs. Mizell
Jim Mangan pinch hits for Joe Margoneri.
Mangan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Moon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mangan for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sarni vs. Ridzik
Steve Ridzik now pitching.
Sarni hits a popup towards third. Castleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Ridzik
Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mizell vs. Ridzik
Mizell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Mizell
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Mizell
Dark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Mizell
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Ridzik
Blasingame hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Ridzik
Schoendienst takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Ridzik
There goes Schoendienst. The throw from Katt and he is out, Dark applying the tag. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Ridzik
Musial takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Ridzik
Boyer strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Mizell
Mays hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spencer vs. Mizell
There goes Mays. The throw from Sarni and he is safe. Mays steals second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Spencer vs. Mizell
Spencer hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Virdon. Spencer reaches second base with a double. Mays scores. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Castleman vs. Kinder
Ellis Kinder now pitching.
Castleman bunts towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. Spencer moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rhodes vs. Kinder
Rhodes hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Spencer scores. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Katt vs. Kinder
Katt hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ridzik vs. Kinder
Ridzik hits a popup, foul, towards first. Moon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemus vs. Ridzik
Wes Westrum now catching. Solly Hemus pinch hits for Rip Repulski.
Hemus hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Ridzik
Moon hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Frazier vs. Ridzik
Joe Frazier pinch hits for Bill Sarni.
Frazier takes first base on ball four. Moon moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Virdon vs. Wilhelm
Dick Schofield pinch runs for Joe Frazier. Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching.
Virdon hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cooper vs. Wilhelm
Walker Cooper pinch hits for Ellis Kinder.
Cooper hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/6/1956, game 2 -- New York at St.Louis (D)
New York AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Lockman W, 1b 4 0 2 1 Blasingame D, ss 4 0 0 0
Dark A, ss 4 0 1 0 Schoendienst R, 2b 3 1 1 0
Mueller D, rf 4 0 0 0 Musial S, rf 3 0 0 0
Mays W, cf 2 1 2 0 Boyer K, 3b 4 2 2 1
Spencer D, 2b 4 1 1 1 Repulski R, lf 2 1 2 1
Castleman F, 3b 3 0 0 0 Hemus S, ph 1 0 0 0
Rhodes D, lf 4 1 2 1 Moon W, 1b 4 0 2 1
Katt R, c 4 2 2 2 Sarni B, c 3 0 0 0
Westrum W, c 0 0 0 0 Frazier J, ph 0 0 0 0
Margoneri J, p 1 0 0 0 Schofield D, pr 0 0 0 0
Mangan J, ph 1 0 0 0 Virdon B, cf 4 0 0 0
Ridzik S, p 1 0 0 0 Mizell V, p 3 0 0 0
Wilhelm H, p 0 0 0 0 Kinder E, p 0 0 0 0
Cooper W, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 5 10 5 32 4 7 3
New York 002 010 002 -- 5
St.Louis 100 201 000 -- 4
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Margoneri J 6.0 6 4 3 1 3
Ridzik S (W) 2.1 1 0 0 3 1
Wilhelm H (S) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Mizell V (L)* 8.0 9 5 5 2 5
Kinder E 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
* Pitched to 2 batters in 9th
E -- Mays W
DP -- St.Louis 2
LOB -- New York 4, St.Louis 5
2B -- Schoendienst R, Repulski R, Katt R, Spencer D
HR -- Katt R, Boyer K
SB -- Mays W 4
CS -- Repulski R, Schoendienst R
SH -- Margoneri J, Castleman F
T -- 2:37
A -- 25466
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