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Giants 5 @ Cardinals 11
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. The home team Cardinals beat the visiting Giants with a score of 11 to 5.

Game Summary

DateJune 4, 1956 
Visiting Team
New York Giants
R: 5 H: 8 E: 1 LOB: 6
Runs: 5
Hits: 8
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 6
Home Team
St. Louis Cardinals
R: 11 H: 15 E: 0 LOB: 7
Runs: 11
Hits: 15
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherVinegar Bend Mizell  
Losing PitcherDon Liddle  
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Game Winning RBIKen Boyer 

Game Info

DateJune 4, 1956 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Giants 
Home TeamSt. Louis Cardinals 
Visiting Starting PitcherDon Liddle  
Home Starting PitcherVinegar Bend Mizell  
BallparkSportsman's Park 
CitySt. Louis 
StateMO 
Attendance10,566 
Time of Game2 hours 36 minutes 
UmpiresHP: 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 

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Giants 5 @ Cardinals 11
Sportsman's Park
June 4, 1956

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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                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     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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