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Giants 6 @ Cubs 5
Wrigley Field
May 2, 1956
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the New York Giants, played on May 2, 1956 at Wrigley Field. The home team Cubs were bested by the visiting Giants with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateMay 2, 1956 
Visiting Team
New York Giants
R: 6 H: 16 E: 4 LOB: 21
Runs: 6
Hits: 16
Errors: 4
Left On Base: 21
Home Team
Chicago Cubs
R: 5 H: 16 E: 1 LOB: 17
Runs: 5
Hits: 16
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 17
Winning Pitcher—Joe Margoneri  
Losing Pitcher—Jim Brosnan  
Save—Ruben Gomez  
Game Winning RBI—Daryl Spencer 

Game Info

DateMay 2, 1956 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamNew York Giants 
Home TeamChicago Cubs 
Visiting Starting PitcherAl Worthington  
Home Starting PitcherRuss Meyer  
BallparkWrigley Field 
CityChicago 
StateIL 
Attendance2,389 
Time of Game5 hours 13 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Tom Gorman
1B: Hal Dixon
2B: Babe Pinelli
3B: Dusty Boggess

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Whitey Lockman  Left Fielder 
Al Dark  Shortstop 
Willie Mays  Center Fielder 
Bob Lennon  Right Fielder 
Daryl Spencer  Second Baseman 
Foster Castleman  Third Baseman 
Gail Harris  First Baseman 
Ray Katt  Catcher 
Al Worthington  Pitcher 
Bill Rigney  Manager 

Chicago Cubs Lineup 

Name  Position 
Don Hoak  Third Baseman 
Solly Drake  Center Fielder 
Dee Fondy  First Baseman 
Ernie Banks  Shortstop 
Walt Moryn  Right Fielder 
Jim King  Left Fielder 
Gene Baker  Second Baseman 
Hobie Landrith  Catcher 
Russ Meyer  Pitcher 
Stan Hack  Manager 

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Giants 6 @ Cubs 5
Wrigley Field
May 2, 1956

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         Game of 5/2/1956 -- New York at Chicago (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Chicago            AB  R  H RBI
Lockman W, lf,...     8  0  2  0   Hoak D, 3b            7  0  1  0   
Dark A, ss            8  1  3  1   Drake S, cf           8  1  2  1   
Mays W, cf            6  1  0  0   Fondy D, 1b           7  1  3  0   
Lennon B, rf-lf       5  0  0  0   Banks E, ss           5  1  2  2   
Hofman B, ph-1b       2  0  0  0   Moryn W, rf           7  0  2  0   
Rhodes D, ph-lf       1  0  0  0   King J, lf            3  0  0  0   
Spencer D, 2b         7  2  4  3   Irvin M, ph-lf        5  0  0  0   
Castleman F, 3b       8  0  4  1   Baker G, 2b           8  2  4  1   
Harris G, 1b          4  0  1  0   Landrith H, c         2  0  0  0   
Mueller D, ph-rf      2  0  0  0   Miksis E, ph          1  0  1  0   
Katt R, c             2  0  0  0   Tappe E, c            0  0  0  0   
Wilson G, ph          1  0  0  0   Wade G, ph            0  0  0  0   
Westrum W, c          1  0  0  0   Chiti H, c            2  0  0  0   
Thompson H, ph        0  0  0  0   Meyer R, p            2  0  0  0   
Mangan J, c           0  0  0  0   Kellert F, ph         1  0  0  0   
Worthington A, p      2  1  1  0   Lown T, p             0  0  0  0   
Liddle D, p           2  1  1  0   Davis J, p            1  0  0  0   
Wilhelm H, p          0  0  0  0   Whisenant P, ph       0  0  0  0   
Ridzik S, p           1  0  0  0   Valentinetti V, p     0  0  0  0   
Terwilliger W, ph     1  0  0  0   Friend O, ph          1  0  0  0   
Grissom M, p          0  0  0  0   Brosnan J, p          0  0  0  0   
McCall W, p           1  0  0  0   McCullough C, ph      1  0  1  0   
Antonelli J, ph       1  0  0  0   Myers R, pr           0  0  0  0   
Margoneri J, p        0  0  0  0                                      
Gomez R, p            0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     63  6 16  5                        61  5 16  4

New York         011 002 100 000 000 01 --  6
Chicago          100 120 010 000 000 00 --  5

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Worthington A*        4.0  9  4  4  3  1
Liddle D+             3.0  3  1  0  1  4
Wilhelm H             1.1  1  0  0  2  1
Ridzik S              2.2  0  0  0  1  4
Grissom M             1.2  0  0  0  1  1
McCall W              2.1  2  0  0  0  3
Margoneri J (W)       1.2  1  0  0  1  1
Gomez R (S)           0.1  0  0  0  0  1

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Meyer R               8.0 10  5  4  1  5
Lown T                1.1  1  0  0  1  2
Davis J               3.2  3  0  0  3  3
Valentinetti V        2.0  0  0  0  1  0
Brosnan J (L)         2.0  2  1  1  4  1
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 5th
  + Pitched to 2 batters in 8th

E -- Fondy D, Harris G, Castleman F, Westrum W, Margoneri J
DP -- New York 2
LOB -- New York 21, Chicago 17
2B -- Baker G, Dark A 2, Castleman F 2, McCullough C
3B -- Spencer D, Harris G
HR -- Drake S, Baker G, Banks E, Spencer D
SB -- Moryn W
CS -- Banks E
SH -- Lockman W, Mueller D, Hoak D, Chiti H, Fondy D
SF -- Castleman F, Spencer D
HBP -- by Meyer R (Mays W)
WP -- Wilhelm H, Davis J, Brosnan J
PB -- Chiti H
T -- 5:13
A -- 2389

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