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Giants
@ Reds
Crosley Field
May 17, 1957
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the New York Giants, played on May 17, 1957 at Crosley Field.
Game Summary
| Date | May 17, 1957 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Giants
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| Home Team |
Cincinnati Reds
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 17, 1957 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | New York Giants |
| Home Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Curt Barclay |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Don Gross |
| Ballpark | Crosley Field |
| City | Cincinnati |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | 19,192 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 30 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Jackowski 1B: Shag Crawford 2B: Tony Venzon 3B: Lee Ballanfant |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Red Schoendienst | Second Baseman |
| Whitey Lockman | First Baseman |
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Hank Sauer | Left Fielder |
| Ray Katt | Catcher |
| Daryl Spencer | Shortstop |
| Ozzie Virgil | Third Baseman |
| Dusty Rhodes | Right Fielder |
| Curt Barclay | Pitcher |
| Bill Rigney | Manager |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Temple | Second Baseman |
| Wally Post | Right Fielder |
| Gus Bell | Center Fielder |
| Frank Robinson | Left Fielder |
| George Crowe | First Baseman |
| Ed Bailey | Catcher |
| Don Hoak | Third Baseman |
| Roy McMillan | Shortstop |
| Don Gross | Pitcher |
| Birdie Tebbetts | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Reds
Crosley Field
May 17, 1957
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Gross
Schoendienst hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Gross
Lockman hits a popup towards first. Crowe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Gross
Mays hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hoak settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Hoak. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Gross
Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Barclay
Temple hits a ball on the ground towards third. Virgil fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Post vs. Barclay
Post hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer misplays the ball. That's an error on Spencer. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Barclay
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Barclay fields it and throws to first for the out. Post moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Robinson vs. Barclay
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sauer vs. Gross
Sauer is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Katt vs. Gross
Katt hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Gross
Spencer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crowe vs. Barclay
Crowe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Crowe for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailey vs. Barclay
Bailey hits a popup towards short. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoak vs. Barclay
Hoak is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virgil vs. Gross
Virgil hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rhodes vs. Gross
Rhodes hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gross fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Barclay vs. Gross
Barclay is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schoendienst vs. Gross
Schoendienst hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rhodes moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lockman vs. Gross
Lockman hits a line drive into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMillan vs. Barclay
Foster Castleman now playing third base.
McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Barclay
Gross hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Barclay
Temple hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castleman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Gross
Mays hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bell. Mays reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sauer vs. Gross
Sauer hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Katt vs. Gross
Katt takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Spencer vs. Gross
There goes Mays. The throw from Bailey and he is out, Hoak applying the tag. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spencer vs. Gross
Spencer hits a popup towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Post vs. Barclay
Post hits a popup, foul, towards third. Castleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Barclay
Bell hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Barclay
Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crowe vs. Barclay
Crowe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Robinson moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bailey vs. Barclay
Bailey 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 5
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castleman vs. Gross
Castleman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rhodes vs. Gross
Rhodes strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barclay vs. Gross
Barclay hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoak vs. Barclay
Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Barclay fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMillan vs. Barclay
McMillan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gross vs. Barclay
Gross bunts towards first. Lockman scoops it up and throws to first, with Schoendienst covering, for the out. McMillan moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Temple vs. Barclay
Temple hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes McMillan trying to get to home. Mays throws the ball in to Katt who tags McMillan who's trying to score from second, for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Gross
Schoendienst hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Gross
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first, with Gross covering, for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Gross
Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Post vs. Barclay
Post 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, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Barclay
Bell hits a popup towards short. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Barclay
Robinson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crowe vs. Barclay
Crowe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bailey vs. Barclay
Bailey hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sauer vs. Gross
Sauer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Katt vs. Gross
Katt hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Gross
Spencer hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoak vs. Barclay
Hoak bunts towards third. Castleman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McMillan vs. Barclay
Barclay fires over to first and Lockman drops the ball. That's an error on Lockman. Hoak moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McMillan vs. Barclay
McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castleman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gross vs. Barclay
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hoak moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Temple vs. Barclay
Temple hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Gross moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Post vs. Barclay
Post hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Mays. Post reaches second base with a double. Hoak scores. Gross scores. Temple moves to third. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bell vs. Margoneri
Joe Margoneri now pitching.
Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Temple scores. Post scores. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Margoneri
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crowe vs. Margoneri
Crowe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Robinson moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bailey vs. Margoneri
Bailey strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castleman vs. Gross
Alex Grammas now playing shortstop.
Castleman hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rhodes vs. Gross
Rhodes hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jablonski vs. Gross
Ray Jablonski pinch hits for Joe Margoneri.
Jablonski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Gross
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gross fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Gross
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 1 - Reds, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoak vs. McCormick
Mike McCormick now pitching.
Hoak takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grammas vs. McCormick
Grammas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hoak moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Gross vs. McCormick
Kattdrops the ball. It gets behind him. There goes Hoak. The throw to McCormick covering the plate. The slide. Hoak is out. Grammas moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gross vs. McCormick
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Temple vs. McCormick
Temple takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Post vs. McCormick
Post hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Grammas scores. Temple moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bell vs. McCormick
Bell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Temple scores. Post moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Robinson vs. McCormick
Bobby Henrich pinch runs for Gus Bell.
Robinson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crowe vs. McCormick
Crowe hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 1 - Reds, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Gross
Bobby Henrich now playing center field.
Mays hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sauer vs. Gross
Sauer hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Katt vs. Gross
Katt hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/17/1957 -- New York at Cincinnati (N)
New York AB R H RBI Cincinnati AB R H RBI
Schoendienst R, 2b 4 0 2 0 Temple J, 2b 4 2 1 0
Lockman W, 1b 4 0 0 0 Post W, rf 5 2 2 3
Mays W, cf 4 0 1 0 Bell G, cf 5 1 3 4
Sauer H, lf 3 0 0 0 Henrich B, pr-cf 0 1 0 0
Katt R, c 3 0 0 0 Robinson F, lf 5 2 3 4
Spencer D, ss 3 0 0 0 Crowe G, 1b 5 0 3 0
Virgil O, 3b 1 0 1 0 Bailey E, c 4 0 0 0
Castleman F, 3b 2 0 0 0 Hoak D, 3b 3 1 1 0
Rhodes D, rf 3 1 1 1 McMillan R, ss 3 0 1 0
Barclay C, p 2 0 0 0 Grammas A, ss 1 1 1 0
Margoneri J, p 0 0 0 0 Gross D, p 3 1 1 0
Jablonski R, ph 1 0 0 0
McCormick M, p 0 0 0 0
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30 1 5 1 38 11 16 11
New York 000 000 010 -- 1
Cincinnati 000 101 45x -- 11
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Barclay C (L) 6.1 10 6 2 0 1
Margoneri J 0.2 2 0 0 0 1
McCormick M 1.0 4 5 5 2 0
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Gross D (W) 9.0 5 1 1 2 3
E -- Hoak D, Spencer D, Lockman W
DP -- New York 1, Cincinnati 1
LOB -- New York 4, Cincinnati 6
2B -- Mays W, Post W
HR -- Bell G, Robinson F 2, Rhodes D
CS -- Mays W
SH -- Gross D
T -- 2:30
A -- 19192
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