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Giants
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
May 7, 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 7, 1956 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
| Date | May 7, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Giants
|
| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 7, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | New York Giants |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Windy McCall |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Ben Flowers |
| Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 7,229 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 47 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Lee Ballanfant 1B: Artie Gore 2B: Bill Jackowski 3B: Shag Crawford |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Whitey Lockman | Left Fielder |
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Don Mueller | Right Fielder |
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Daryl Spencer | Second Baseman |
| Bill White | First Baseman |
| Foster Castleman | Third Baseman |
| Wes Westrum | Catcher |
| Windy McCall | 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 |
| Ben Flowers | Pitcher |
| Fred Hutchinson | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
May 7, 1956
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Flowers
Lockman hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Musial. Lockman reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dark vs. Flowers
Dark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lockman moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mueller vs. Flowers
Mueller hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Lockman tags and scores. Dark tags and moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mays vs. Flowers
Mays hits a popup towards first. Moon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Spencer vs. Flowers
Spencer hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. McCall
Blasingame hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. McCall
Schoendienst hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. McCall
Musial hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Schoendienst moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boyer vs. McCall
Boyer hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mueller. Boyer reaches second base with a double. Schoendienst scores. Musial moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Repulski vs. McCall
Repulski is walked intentionally. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Moon vs. McCall
Moon hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Sarni vs. McCall
Sarni hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Flowers
White hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castleman vs. Flowers
Castleman strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Flowers
Westrum hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sarni settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCall vs. Flowers
McCall hits a ball on the ground towards first. Moon scoops it up and throws to first, with Flowers covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. McCall
Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McCall fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flowers vs. McCall
Flowers hits a popup, foul, towards first. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. McCall
Blasingame hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Flowers
Lockman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Flowers
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: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Flowers
Mueller hits a line drive to left field. Repulski throws towards third. Boyer fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Boyer. Dark goes all the way around to score. Mueller moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mays vs. Flowers
Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Spencer vs. Flowers
Spencer 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, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. McCall
Schoendienst hits a line drive into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. McCall
Musial takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. McCall
Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Repulski vs. McCall
Repulski hits a line drive into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Flowers
White hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Musial. White reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Castleman vs. Flowers
There goes White. The throw from Sarni and he is out, Boyer applying the tag. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castleman vs. Flowers
Castleman hits a line drive towards first. Moon reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Flowers
Westrum is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. McCall
Moon is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sarni vs. McCall
Sarni hits a popup towards first. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. McCall
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
Top 5
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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCall vs. Flowers
McCall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Flowers
Lockman bunts towards the mound. Flowers fields it and throws to first for the out. McCall moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dark vs. Flowers
Dark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McCall moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mueller vs. Flowers
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Moon fields it, tags Mueller out, and throws to home to double up McCall, who tagged and tried to score. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. McCall
Hal Smith pinch hits for Ben Flowers.
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. McCall
Blasingame hits a fly ball towards left. Lockman settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Lockman. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schoendienst vs. McCall
Schoendienst hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Blasingame moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Musial vs. McCall
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Musial for the out. Blasingame moves to third. Schoendienst moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Boyer vs. McCall
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. McDaniel
Lindy McDaniel now pitching.
Mays hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McDaniel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. McDaniel
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. McDaniel
White is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. McCall
Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castleman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. McCall
Moon takes first base on ball four. Repulski moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sarni vs. McCall
Sarni hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castleman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Repulski moves to third. Moon moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Frazier vs. Wilhelm
Walker Cooper pinch hits for Bill Virdon. Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching. Joe Frazier pinch hits for Walker Cooper.
Frazier takes first base on ball four. Repulski scores. Moon moves to third. Sarni moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hemus vs. Wilhelm
Jackie Brandt pinch runs for Joe Frazier. Solly Hemus pinch hits for Lindy McDaniel.
Hemus is hit by the pitch. Moon scores. Sarni moves to third. Brandt moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Blasingame vs. Grissom
Marv Grissom now pitching.
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards first. White fields it and throws to home to get Sarni. Brandt moves to third. Hemus moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Schoendienst vs. Grissom
Schoendienst hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brandt scores. Hemus moves to third. Blasingame moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Musial vs. Grissom
There's a wild pitch. Hemus scores. Blasingame moves to third. Schoendienst moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Musial vs. Grissom
Musial is walked intentionally. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Boyer vs. Grissom
Boyer hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Blasingame tags and scores. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Repulski vs. Grissom
Repulski hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castleman vs. Jones
Jackie Brandt now playing center field. Gordon Jones now pitching.
Castleman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Jones
Westrum strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Jones
Hank Thompson pinch hits for Marv Grissom.
Thompson is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Worthington
Al Worthington now pitching.
Moon 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, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sarni vs. Worthington
Sarni 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, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brandt vs. Worthington
Brandt takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Worthington
Jones is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Jones
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Jones
Dark hits a fly ball into center field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Jones
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Worthington
Blasingame takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schoendienst vs. Worthington
There goes Blasingame. The throw from Westrum and he is out, Dark applying the tag. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Worthington
Schoendienst hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Worthington
Musial takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Worthington
Boyer 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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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Jones
Mays takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spencer vs. Jones
Spencer is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Jones
White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mays moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hofman vs. Collum
Dusty Rhodes pinch hits for Foster Castleman. Jackie Collum now pitching. Bobby Hofman pinch hits for Dusty Rhodes.
Hofman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/7/1956 -- New York at St.Louis (N)
New York AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Lockman W, lf 2 1 1 0 Blasingame D, ss 4 1 0 0
Dark A, ss 4 1 2 0 Schoendienst R, 2b 5 1 3 1
Mueller D, rf 3 0 1 1 Musial S, rf 2 0 1 0
Mays W, cf 3 0 0 0 Boyer K, 3b 4 0 1 2
Spencer D, 2b 4 0 0 0 Repulski R, lf 3 1 1 0
White B, 1b 4 1 3 1 Moon W, 1b 3 1 0 0
Castleman F, 3b 3 0 0 0 Sarni B, c 4 0 1 0
Rhodes D, ph 0 0 0 0 Virdon B, cf 2 0 0 0
Hofman B, ph 1 0 0 0 Cooper W, ph 0 0 0 0
Westrum W, c 3 0 0 0 Frazier J, ph 0 0 0 1
McCall W, p 2 0 1 0 Brandt J, pr-cf 0 1 0 0
Wilhelm H, p 0 0 0 0 Flowers B, p 1 0 0 0
Grissom M, p 0 0 0 0 Smith H, ph 1 0 0 0
Thompson H, ph 1 0 0 0 McDaniel L, p 0 0 0 0
Worthington A, p 0 0 0 0 Hemus S, ph 0 1 0 1
Jones G, p 1 0 0 0
Collum J, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30 3 8 2 30 6 7 5
New York 111 000 000 -- 3
St.Louis 100 005 00x -- 6
New York IP H R ER BB SO
McCall W (L)* 5.0 6 4 4 3 1
Wilhelm H+ 0.0 0 2 2 1 0
Grissom M 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Worthington A 2.0 0 0 0 3 1
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Flowers B 5.0 7 3 3 1 2
McDaniel L (W) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Jones G 2.1 1 0 0 1 3
Collum J (S) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
* Pitched to 3 batters in 6th
+ Pitched to 2 batters in 6th
E -- Boyer K, Lockman W
DP -- St.Louis 2
LOB -- New York 4, St.Louis 10
2B -- Lockman W, Boyer K, White B
HR -- White B
CS -- White B, Blasingame D
SH -- Lockman W
SF -- Mueller D, Boyer K
HBP -- by Wilhelm H (Hemus S)
WP -- Grissom M
T -- 2:47
A -- 7229
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