Cardinals @ Giants
August 21, 1957

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Bottom 5	R	H	E
Cardinals	3	6	1
Giants	7	8	1

Bottom 5	R	H	E
Cardinals	3	6	1
Giants	7	9	1

Hank Sauer Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.500	.253
OBP	.500	.346
At Bats	2	273
Hits	1	69
• Singles	1	40
• Doubles	0	10
• Triples	0	1
• Home Runs	0	18
Walks	0	40
RBI’s	2	52

Willard Schmidt Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
10	1	0

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Polo Grounds - August 21, 1957

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Single

Willard Schmidt

Hobie Landrith

Stan Musial

Don Blasingame

Eddie Kasko

Al Dark

Wally Moon

Ken Boyer

Joe Cunningham

Hank Sauer

Count: - , 0 Outs

Willard Schmidt now pitching. Sauer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 5 Cunningham strikes out.

Top 5 Musial hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Boyer tags and scores.

Top 5 Moon hits a line drive into center field. Mays picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Mays. Boyer moves to third. Moon moves to second.

Top 5 Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 5 Bobby Smith pinch hits for Lloyd Merritt. Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Jablonski hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kasko settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Mays is called out on strikes.

Bottom 4 Mueller hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Kasko is called out on strikes.

Top 4 Landrith is called out on strikes.

Top 4 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 McCormick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Spencer scores. Lockman scores. Thomas moves to third.

Bottom 3 Lloyd Merritt now pitching. Thomas is hit by the pitch. Spencer moves to third. Lockman moves to second.

Bottom 3 Lockman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sauer scores. Spencer moves to second.

Bottom 3 Spencer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sauer moves to second.

Bottom 3 Sauer hits a line drive into center field. Boyer picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Boyer. O'Connell scores. Mueller scores. Mays goes all the way around to score.

Bottom 3 Jablonski strikes out.

Bottom 3 Mays is walked intentionally.

Bottom 3 Mueller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. O'Connell moves to third. Mueller moves to second.

Bottom 3 O'Connell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cunningham. O'Connell reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 3 McCormick strikes out.

Top 3 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards second base. O'Connell fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.

Top 3 Cunningham hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Musial moves to third.

Top 3 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McCormick fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 3 Moon hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Boyer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Boyer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Lockman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 2 Spencer hits a line drive into left field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Sauer hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 McDaniel hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McCormick fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 2 Kasko takes first base on ball four.

Top 2 Landrith strikes out.

Bottom 1 Jablonski strikes out.

Bottom 1 Mays hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 1 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer fields it and throws to home for the out.

Top 1 Mike McCormick now pitching. There's a wild pitch. Cunningham moves to third. Dark moves to second.

Top 1 Dark is hit by the pitch. Cunningham moves to second.

Top 1 Cunningham takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Musial hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Top 1 Moon hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Top 1 Boyer hits a popup, foul, towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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Cardinals @ GiantsAugust 21, 1957

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Willard Schmidt now pitching. Sauer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Cardinals @ Giants
August 21, 1957