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August 21, 1957

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Cardinals 6 10 3
Giants 13 13 2
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Cardinals 6 10 3
Giants 13 13 2

Joe Cunningham Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .331
OBP .750 .458
At Bats 2 157
Hits 1 52
• Singles 1 37
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 2 38
RBI’s 0 39

Mike McCormick Season Stats

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2 0 0
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Polo Grounds - August 21, 1957
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Out
Mike McCormick
Valmy Thomas
Gail Harris
Danny O'Connell
Eddie Bressoud
Daryl Spencer
Bobby Thomson
Willie Mays
Don Mueller
Joe Cunningham
Eddie Miksis
Wally Moon

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 6 10 3 7
New York Giants 13 13 2 6
Winning Pitcher Mike McCormick
Losing Pitcher Lindy McDaniel
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Hank Sauer
Attendance 5,296
Time of Game 2 hours 37 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Cunningham hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Miksis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Moon moves to second.
Top 9 Moon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Boyer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned.
Top 9 Herm Wehmeier pinch hits for Bob Miller. Wehmeier hits a line drive into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Kasko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bressoud juggles the ball. That's an error on Bressoud.
Top 9 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Bressoud is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Spencer hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Thomson is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Ennis hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Schofield hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McCormick fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Cunningham takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Gail Harris now playing first base. Bobby Thomson now playing left field. Eddie Bressoud now playing third base. Miksis hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Gail Harris pinch hits for Ray Jablonski. Harris hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cunningham scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Harris for the out.
Bottom 7 Mays hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mueller moves to third.
Bottom 7 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cunningham juggles the ball. That's an error on Cunningham. McCormick scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. McCormick moves to third.
Bottom 7 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Miller fields it and throws to first for the out. McCormick moves to second.
Bottom 7 McCormick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Bob Miller now pitching. Thomas strikes out.
Top 7 Moon strikes out.
Top 7 Boyer takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Walker Cooper pinch hits for Hoyt Wilhelm. Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Kasko hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Lockman strikes out.
Bottom 6 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cunningham scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Spencer for the out.
Bottom 6 Sauer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Ken Boyer now playing third base. Wally Moon now playing center field. Eddie Miksis now playing right field. Joe Cunningham now playing first baseJablonski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Hal Smith pinch hits for Hobie Landrith. Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Blasingame hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Dark hits a line drive towards third. Jablonski reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kasko fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching. Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial fields the ball and throws to second. Dark drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Dark. Mueller moves to second.
Bottom 5 O'Connell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 McCormick hits a fly ball into left field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Thomas tags and scores.
Bottom 5 Thomas hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Boyer who is chasing the ball. Thomas reaches third base with a triple. Sauer scores. Spencer scores. Lockman goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the catcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Sauer moves to third. Spencer moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 5 Spencer takes first base on ball four. Sauer moves to second.
Bottom 5 Willard Schmidt now pitching. Sauer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
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.