Cardinals @ Giants
July 27, 1956

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Top 9 R H E
Cardinals 5 7 1
Giants 6 11 1
Top 9 R H E
Cardinals 5 7 1
Giants 6 11 1

Don Blasingame Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .274
OBP .250 .361
At Bats 3 325
Hits 0 89
• Singles 0 72
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 1 43
RBI’s 0 19

Marv Grissom Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 0 2
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Polo Grounds - July 27, 1956
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Out
Marv Grissom
Bill Sarni
Bill White
Red Schoendienst
Daryl Spencer
Eddie Bressoud
Jackie Brandt
Willie Mays
Don Mueller
Don Blasingame
Charlie Peete

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 5 7 1 5
New York Giants 6 11 1 7
Winning Pitcher Joe Margoneri
Losing Pitcher Lindy McDaniel
Save Marv Grissom
Game Winning RBI Bill Sarni
Attendance 7,939
Time of Game 2 hours 15 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Grady Hatton pinch hits for Jackie Collum. Hatton hits a popup towards short. Bressoud settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Charlie Peete pinch hits for Bobby Del Greco. Peete hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mueller. Peete reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Smith hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Brandt hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Grissom hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Bressoud hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Moon hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spencer fields it and throws to second for the out. Dark scores.
Top 8 Boyer hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Dark moves to third.
Top 8 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spencer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Dark moves to second.
Top 8 Marv Grissom now pitching. Dark takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Sarni hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Del Greco, who is chasing the ball. Sarni reaches third base with a triple. Schoendienst scores. Mays goes all the way around to score. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 7 Jackie Collum now pitching. White hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mays hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Schoendienst moves to second.
Bottom 7 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Brandt scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Mueller bunts towards the mound. McDaniel fields it and throws to first for the out. Brandt moves to second.
Bottom 7 Hal Smith now catching. Lindy McDaniel now pitching. Brandt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame misplays the ball. That's an error on Blasingame.
Top 7 Blasingame hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hank Sauer pinch hits for Willard Schmidt. Sauer hits a fly ball into left field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Wehmeier tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Herm Wehmeier pinch runs for Walker Cooper. Del Greco hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud misplays the ball. That's an error on Bressoud. Wehmeier moves to third.
Top 7 Cooper hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mueller. Cooper reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Margoneri hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Margoneri for the out.
Bottom 6 Bressoud hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Spencer hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Sarni moves to second.
Bottom 6 Sarni hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 White hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Whitey Lockman now playing first base. Mays hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Margoneri fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Brandt hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame catches it and throws to first to double up Margoneri.
Bottom 5 Margoneri hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spencer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spencer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Bressoud hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Spencer hits a line drive towards third. Boyer reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Sarni is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 White hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out. Mays moves to second.
Bottom 4 Mays hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Schoendienst moves to third.
Bottom 4 Schoendienst takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Del Greco hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Cooper hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 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.
Bottom 3 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Brandt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bressoud scores.
Bottom 3 Margoneri bunts towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out. Bressoud moves to second.
Bottom 3 Bressoud takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Repulski hits a popup towards first. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dark scores.
Top 3 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Dark moves to second.
Top 3 Dark hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Sarni hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. White tags and scores.
Bottom 2 White hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Del Greco who is chasing the ball. White reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 2 Mays hits a line drive into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Del Greco hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spencer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Moon strikes out.
Bottom 1 Schoendienst hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Mueller hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Brandt hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Cooper settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Repulski hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Blasingame scores.
Top 1 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spencer fields it and throws to first for the out. Blasingame moves to second.
Top 1 Dark hits a popup towards short. Bressoud settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Blasingame takes first base on ball four.