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Giants
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
June 4, 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 June 4, 1956 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
| Date | June 4, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Giants
|
| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 4, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | New York Giants |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Don Liddle |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Vinegar Bend Mizell |
| Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 10,566 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 36 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Hal Dixon 1B: Tom Gorman 2B: Babe Pinelli 3B: Dusty Boggess |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Whitey Lockman | Left Fielder |
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Hank Thompson | Third Baseman |
| Bill White | First Baseman |
| Don Mueller | Right Fielder |
| Jim Mangan | Catcher |
| Wayne Terwilliger | Second Baseman |
| Don Liddle | 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 |
| Bobby Del Greco | Center Fielder |
| Vinegar Bend Mizell | Pitcher |
| Fred Hutchinson | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
June 4, 1956
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Mizell
Lockman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Mizell
Dark is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mays vs. Mizell
Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lockman moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thompson vs. Mizell
Thompson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
White vs. Mizell
White strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Liddle
Blasingame hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Mays. Blasingame reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Schoendienst vs. Liddle
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Blasingame moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Musial vs. Liddle
Musial hits a popup towards third. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Boyer vs. Liddle
Boyer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, 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
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Mizell
Mueller hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sarni settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mangan vs. Mizell
Mangan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Terwilliger vs. Mizell
Terwilliger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Moon fields the ball and throws to Mizell covering. Safe. Mangan moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Liddle vs. Mizell
Liddle bunts towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. Mangan moves to third. Terwilliger moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Lockman vs. Mizell
Lockman hits a line drive into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Liddle
Moon bunts towards the mound. Liddle fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sarni vs. Liddle
Sarni hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Del Greco vs. Liddle
There goes Moon. The throw from Mangan and he is safe. Moon steals second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Del Greco vs. Liddle
Del Greco takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mizell vs. Liddle
Mizell bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Blasingame vs. Liddle
There's a wild pitch. Moon moves to third. Del Greco moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Blasingame vs. Liddle
Blasingame takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Schoendienst vs. Liddle
Schoendienst hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Moon scores. Del Greco scores. Blasingame moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Musial vs. Liddle
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops it up and throws to first, with Liddle covering, for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Mizell
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mizell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Mizell
Mays hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Mizell
Thompson strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Mizell
White hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Liddle
Boyer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lockman. Boyer reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Repulski vs. Liddle
Repulski is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Moon vs. Liddle
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moon for the out. Boyer moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Sarni vs. Liddle
Sarni hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger misplays the ball. That's an error on Terwilliger. Boyer scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Del Greco vs. Liddle
Del Greco hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Mizell
Mueller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mangan vs. Mizell
Mangan takes first base on ball four. Mueller moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Terwilliger vs. Mizell
Terwilliger is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Castleman vs. Mizell
Foster Castleman pinch hits for Don Liddle.
Castleman hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Mizell
Lockman hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Mizell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lockman for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Mizell
Dark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mays vs. Mizell
Mays strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mizell vs. Margoneri
Joe Margoneri now pitching.
Mizell hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Margoneri
Blasingame hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schoendienst vs. Margoneri
Schoendienst hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Blasingame moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Musial vs. Margoneri
Musial hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Blasingame scores. Schoendienst moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Boyer vs. Margoneri
Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Schoendienst scores. Musial moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Repulski vs. Ridzik
Steve Ridzik now pitching.
Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Mizell
Thompson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Mizell
White hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Mizell
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mizell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mangan vs. Mizell
Mangan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terwilliger vs. Mizell
Terwilliger 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 5
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Ridzik
Moon hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sarni vs. Ridzik
Sarni hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Del Greco vs. Ridzik
Del Greco hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mizell vs. Ridzik
Mizell is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Mizell
Daryl Spencer pinch hits for Steve Ridzik.
Spencer strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Mizell
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Mizell
Dark 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, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. McCall
Windy McCall now pitching.
Blasingame strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. McCall
Schoendienst hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. McCall
Musial 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
Top 7
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Mizell
Mays hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Mizell
Thompson strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Mizell
White 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 7
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. McCall
Boyer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. McCall
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 -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Moon vs. McCall
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops it up and throws to first, with Terwilliger covering, for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Sarni vs. McCall
Sarni is walked intentionally. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Del Greco vs. McCall
Del Greco hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Mizell
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Moon scoops it up and throws to first, with Mizell covering, for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mangan vs. Mizell
Mangan hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terwilliger vs. Mizell
Terwilliger hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mizell vs. McCall
Mizell hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. McCall
Blasingame hits a popup, foul, towards third. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. McCall
Schoendienst hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. McCall
Musial hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Schoendienst moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boyer vs. McCall
Boyer hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays. Boyer reaches second base with a double. Schoendienst scores. Musial goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Repulski vs. McCall
Repulski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Boyer scores. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. McCall
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moon for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hofman vs. Mizell
Bobby Hofman pinch hits for Windy McCall.
Hofman strikes out. Sarni drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Hofman out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Mizell
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Moon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lockman for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Mizell
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/4/1956 -- New York at St.Louis (N)
New York AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Lockman W, lf 5 0 1 0 Blasingame D, ss 4 2 2 0
Dark A, ss 5 0 1 0 Schoendienst R, 2b 5 2 3 2
Mays W, cf 4 0 1 0 Musial S, rf 5 1 2 1
Thompson H, 3b 3 1 1 0 Boyer K, 3b 5 3 4 5
White B, 1b 4 1 1 2 Repulski R, lf 5 0 2 1
Mueller D, rf 4 1 1 0 Moon W, 1b 5 2 2 1
Mangan J, c 2 1 0 0 Sarni B, c 3 0 0 0
Terwilliger W, 2b 4 0 1 0 Del Greco B, cf 3 1 0 0
Liddle D, p 0 0 0 0 Mizell V, p 4 0 0 0
Castleman F, ph 1 1 1 3
Margoneri J, p 0 0 0 0
Ridzik S, p 0 0 0 0
Spencer D, ph 1 0 0 0
McCall W, p 0 0 0 0
Hofman B, ph 1 0 0 0
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34 5 8 5 39 11 15 10
New York 000 320 000 -- 5
St.Louis 221 210 03x -- 11
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Liddle D (L) 3.0 5 5 4 2 2
Margoneri J 0.1 4 2 2 0 0
Ridzik S 1.2 1 1 1 0 1
McCall W 3.0 5 3 3 1 1
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Mizell V (W) 9.0 8 5 5 3 8
E -- Terwilliger W
DP -- New York 1
LOB -- New York 6, St.Louis 7
2B -- Blasingame D, Boyer K 2
3B -- Repulski R
HR -- Boyer K, Castleman F, White B, Moon W
SB -- Moon W
SH -- Liddle D
WP -- Liddle D
T -- 2:36
A -- 10566
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