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Cardinals 6 @ Giants 5
Polo Grounds
June 12, 1955

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on June 12, 1955 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants were bested by the visiting Cardinals with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateJune 12, 1955 
Visiting Team
St. Louis Cardinals
R: 6 H: 10 E: 2 LOB: 10
Runs: 6
Hits: 10
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 5 H: 11 E: 1 LOB: 9
Runs: 5
Hits: 11
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 9
Winning PitcherPaul LaPalme  
Losing PitcherMarv Grissom  
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Game Winning RBIPaul LaPalme 

Game Info

DateJune 12, 1955 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamSt. Louis Cardinals 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherHarvey Haddix  
Home Starting PitcherSal Maglie  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance15,231 
Time of Game3 hours 38 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Stan Landes
1B: Lee Ballanfant
2B: Al Barlick
3B: Bill Jackowski

St. Louis Cardinals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Solly Hemus  Third Baseman 
Wally Moon  Right Fielder 
Stan Musial  First Baseman 
Bill Virdon  Center Fielder 
Red Schoendienst  Second Baseman 
Rip Repulski  Left Fielder 
Bill Sarni  Catcher 
Ken Boyer  Shortstop 
Harvey Haddix  Pitcher 
Harry Walker  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Davey Williams  Second Baseman 
Whitey Lockman  Left Fielder 
Willie Mays  Center Fielder 
Hank Thompson  Third Baseman 
Al Dark  Shortstop 
Gail Harris  First Baseman 
Don Mueller  Right Fielder 
Wes Westrum  Catcher 
Sal Maglie  Pitcher 
Leo Durocher  Manager 

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Cardinals 6 @ Giants 5
Polo Grounds
June 12, 1955

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 6/12/1955, game 2 -- St.Louis at New York (D)

  St.Louis           AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Hemus S, 3b           7  2  2  0   Williams D, 2b        6  2  1  1   
Grammas A, ss         0  0  0  0   Lockman W, lf         6  1  4  0   
Moon W, rf            5  0  0  0   Mays W, cf            5  1  1  0   
Musial S, 1b          5  2  3  2   Thompson H, 3b        4  1  1  1   
Virdon B, cf          5  1  2  1   Dark A, ss            6  0  2  2   
Schoendienst R, 2b    5  0  1  1   Harris G, 1b          5  0  0  1   
Repulski R, lf        4  0  0  1   Mueller D, rf         5  0  1  0   
Sarni B, c            6  1  1  0   Westrum W, c          3  0  1  0   
Boyer K, ss-3b        6  0  0  0   Amalfitano J, pr      0  0  0  0   
Haddix H, p           1  0  0  0   Katt R, c             1  0  0  0   
Lawrence B, p         1  0  0  0   Maglie S, p           3  0  0  0   
Elliott H, ph         1  0  0  0   McCall W, p           0  0  0  0   
LaPalme P, p          2  0  1  1   Hofman B, ph          1  0  0  0   
                                   Grissom M, p          1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     48  6 10  6                        46  5 11  5

St.Louis         102 000 200 000 1 --  6
New York         410 000 000 000 0 --  5

  St.Louis             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Haddix H*             1.0  6  5  4  1  0
Lawrence B            5.0  3  0  0  0  2
LaPalme P (W)         7.0  2  0  0  4  2

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Maglie S              6.2  8  5  5  2  5
McCall W              2.1  0  0  0  2  0
Grissom M (L)         4.0  2  1  0  0  2
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 2nd

E -- Hemus S, Moon W, Dark A
DP -- St.Louis 4
LOB -- St.Louis 10, New York 9
2B -- Lockman W, LaPalme P
HR -- Williams D, Musial S
SF -- Virdon B, Harris G, Thompson H, Repulski R
HBP -- by Grissom M (Musial S)
T -- 3:38
A -- 15231

    

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