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Giants
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
July 12, 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 July 12, 1956 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
| Date | July 12, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Giants
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| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 12, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | New York Giants |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ruben Gomez |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Tom Poholsky |
| Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 14,448 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 20 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Artie Gore 1B: Bill Jackowski 2B: Lee Ballanfant 3B: Shag Crawford |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Eddie Bressoud | Shortstop |
| Red Schoendienst | Second Baseman |
| Don Mueller | Right Fielder |
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Bill White | First Baseman |
| Hank Thompson | Left Fielder |
| Daryl Spencer | Third Baseman |
| Bill Sarni | Catcher |
| Ruben Gomez | Pitcher |
| Bill Rigney | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Don Blasingame | Second Baseman |
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Stan Musial | First Baseman |
| Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Wally Moon | Right Fielder |
| Rip Repulski | Left Fielder |
| Whitey Lockman | Center Fielder |
| Hal Smith | Catcher |
| Tom Poholsky | Pitcher |
| Fred Hutchinson | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
July 12, 1956
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bressoud vs. Poholsky
Bressoud hits a line drive into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Poholsky
Schoendienst hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Poholsky
Mueller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Moon throws the ball in to Dark who tags Mueller trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Gomez
Blasingame strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Gomez
Dark hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Mays. Dark reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Musial vs. Gomez
Musial hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Gomez
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spencer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Gomez
Moon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Repulski vs. Gomez
There goes Moon. The throw from Sarni and he is safe. Moon steals second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Repulski vs. Gomez
Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Poholsky
Mays hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Poholsky
White hits a line drive into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Poholsky
Thompson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Poholsky
Spencer hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sarni vs. Poholsky
Sarni hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Gomez
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Gomez
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gomez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poholsky vs. Gomez
Poholsky strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Poholsky
Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bressoud vs. Poholsky
Bressoud hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Poholsky
Schoendienst hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Poholsky
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Poholsky fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Gomez
Blasingame takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Gomez
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spencer fields it and throws to first for the out. Blasingame moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Musial vs. Gomez
Musial hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Blasingame scores. Musial moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Boyer vs. Gomez
Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Moon vs. Gomez
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Poholsky
Mays hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Poholsky
White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Poholsky
Thompson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spencer vs. Poholsky
Spencer takes first base on ball four. Thompson moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sarni vs. Liddle
Don Liddle now pitching.
There's a wild pitch. Thompson moves to third. Spencer moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Sarni vs. Liddle
Sarni is walked intentionally. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Gomez vs. Liddle
Gomez hits a line drive towards short. Dark catches it and throws to second to double up Spencer. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Gomez
Repulski hits a popup, foul, towards first. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Gomez
Lockman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Gomez
Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bressoud vs. Liddle
Bressoud hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Liddle
Schoendienst hits a fly ball into center field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Liddle
Mueller hits a line drive towards first. Musial reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Liddle vs. Gomez
Liddle hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Gomez
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Gomez
Dark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Blasingame moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Musial vs. Gomez
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Liddle
Mays strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Liddle
White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Liddle
There goes White. The throw from Smith and he is out, Dark applying the tag. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Liddle
Thompson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spencer vs. Liddle
Spencer hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Gomez
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Gomez
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moon for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Gomez
Repulski hits a popup towards first. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sarni vs. Liddle
Sarni hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Liddle
Gomez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bressoud vs. Liddle
Bressoud hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gomez moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schoendienst vs. Liddle
Schoendienst takes first base on ball four. Gomez moves to third. Bressoud moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Mueller vs. Liddle
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Gomez
Lockman hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Gomez
Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hatton vs. Gomez
Grady Hatton pinch hits for Don Liddle.
Hatton takes first base on ball four. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Blasingame vs. Gomez
Blasingame hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Smith moves to third. Hatton moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Dark vs. Grissom
Marv Grissom now pitching.
Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Smith tags and scores. Hatton tags and moves to third. Blasingame tags and moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Musial vs. Grissom
Musial is walked intentionally. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Boyer vs. Grissom
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hatton scores. Blasingame moves to third. Musial moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Moon vs. Grissom
Moon strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Jackson
Larry Jackson now pitching.
Mays hits a popup, foul, towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Jackson
White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats White for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Jackson
Thompson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spencer vs. Jackson
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Grissom
Repulski hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thompson who is chasing the ball. Repulski reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Del Greco vs. Grissom
Bobby Del Greco pinch hits for Whitey Lockman.
There goes Repulski. The slide. Sarni applies the tag. Repulski is out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Del Greco vs. Grissom
Del Greco strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Grissom
Smith strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Jackson
Bobby Del Greco now playing center field. George Wilson pinch hits for Bill Sarni.
Wilson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rhodes vs. Jackson
Dusty Rhodes pinch hits for Marv Grissom.
Rhodes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bressoud vs. Jackson
Bressoud hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/12/1956 -- New York at St.Louis (N)
New York AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Bressoud E, ss 5 0 1 0 Blasingame D, 2b 3 1 2 0
Schoendienst R, 2b 3 0 1 0 Dark A, ss 3 1 2 1
Mueller D, rf 4 0 1 0 Musial S, 1b 3 1 2 3
Mays W, cf 4 2 2 1 Boyer K, 3b 4 0 1 1
White B, 1b 4 0 1 0 Moon W, rf 3 0 0 0
Thompson H, lf 2 1 2 2 Repulski R, lf 4 0 1 0
Spencer D, 3b 3 0 0 0 Lockman W, cf 3 0 0 0
Sarni B, c 2 0 0 0 Del Greco B, ph-cf 1 0 0 0
Wilson G, ph 1 0 0 0 Smith H, c 4 1 1 0
Gomez R, p 2 0 0 0 Poholsky T, p 1 0 0 0
Grissom M, p 0 0 0 0 Liddle D, p 1 0 0 0
Rhodes D, ph 1 0 0 0 Hatton G, ph 0 1 0 0
Jackson L, p 0 0 0 0
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31 3 8 3 30 5 9 5
New York 020 100 000 -- 3
St.Louis 201 000 20x -- 5
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Gomez R (L) 6.1 7 5 5 3 2
Grissom M 1.2 2 0 0 1 3
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Poholsky T 3.1 6 3 3 1 0
Liddle D (W) 3.2 2 0 0 4 1
Jackson L (S) 2.0 0 0 0 1 0
DP -- New York 1, St.Louis 2
LOB -- New York 7, St.Louis 6
2B -- Dark A
3B -- Repulski R
HR -- Musial S, Thompson H, Mays W
SB -- Moon W
CS -- White B, Repulski R
SF -- Dark A
WP -- Liddle D
T -- 2:20
A -- 14448
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