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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
July 27, 1956
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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 July 27, 1956 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
Date | July 27, 1956 |
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Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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Home Team |
New York Giants
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | July 27, 1956 |
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Day of Week | Fri |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
Home Team | New York Giants |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Willard Schmidt |
Home Starting Pitcher | Joe Margoneri |
Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
City | New York |
State | NY |
Attendance | 7,939 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 15 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Frank Dascoli 1B: Frank Secory 2B: (none) 3B: Bill Engeln |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Don Blasingame | Second Baseman |
Al Dark | Shortstop |
Stan Musial | First Baseman |
Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
Rip Repulski | Left Fielder |
Wally Moon | Right Fielder |
Walker Cooper | Catcher |
Bobby Del Greco | Center Fielder |
Willard Schmidt | Pitcher |
Fred Hutchinson | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jackie Brandt | Left Fielder |
Don Mueller | Right Fielder |
Red Schoendienst | Second Baseman |
Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
Bill White | First Baseman |
Bill Sarni | Catcher |
Daryl Spencer | Third Baseman |
Eddie Bressoud | Shortstop |
Joe Margoneri | Pitcher |
Bill Rigney | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
July 27, 1956
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Margoneri
Blasingame takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Margoneri
Dark hits a popup towards short. Bressoud settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Margoneri
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spencer fields it and throws to first for the out. Blasingame moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Boyer vs. Margoneri
Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Blasingame scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Repulski vs. Margoneri
Repulski hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brandt vs. Schmidt
Brandt hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Cooper settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Schmidt
Mueller hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Schmidt
Schoendienst hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Margoneri
Moon strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Margoneri
Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spencer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Del Greco vs. Margoneri
Del Greco hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Margoneri
Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Schmidt
Mays hits a line drive into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Schmidt
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. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Sarni vs. Schmidt
Sarni hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. White tags and scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Schmidt
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Margoneri
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. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Margoneri
Dark hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Margoneri
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. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Boyer vs. Margoneri
Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dark scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Repulski vs. Margoneri
Repulski hits a popup towards first. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bressoud vs. Schmidt
Bressoud takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Margoneri vs. Schmidt
Margoneri bunts towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out. Bressoud moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brandt vs. Schmidt
Brandt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bressoud scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Schmidt
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Margoneri
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 -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Margoneri
Cooper hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Del Greco vs. Margoneri
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. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Schmidt
Schoendienst takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mays vs. Schmidt
Mays hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Schoendienst moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
White vs. Schmidt
White hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out. Mays moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Sarni vs. Schmidt
Sarni is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Spencer vs. Schmidt
Spencer hits a line drive towards third. Boyer reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Bressoud vs. Schmidt
Bressoud hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Margoneri
Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spencer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Margoneri
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spencer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Margoneri
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. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Margoneri vs. Schmidt
Margoneri hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brandt vs. Schmidt
Brandt hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame catches it and throws to first to double up Margoneri. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Schmidt
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schoendienst vs. Schmidt
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Margoneri
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. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Margoneri
Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Margoneri
Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Margoneri fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Schmidt
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. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Schmidt
White hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sarni vs. Schmidt
Sarni hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spencer vs. Schmidt
Spencer hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Sarni moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bressoud vs. Schmidt
Bressoud hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Margoneri vs. Schmidt
Margoneri hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Margoneri for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Margoneri
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Margoneri
Cooper hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mueller. Cooper reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Del Greco vs. Margoneri
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. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Sauer vs. Margoneri
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. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blasingame vs. Margoneri
Blasingame hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brandt vs. McDaniel
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. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. McDaniel
Mueller bunts towards the mound. McDaniel fields it and throws to first for the out. Brandt moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Schoendienst vs. McDaniel
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Brandt scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mays vs. McDaniel
Mays hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Schoendienst moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
White vs. Collum
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. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sarni vs. Collum
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. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Spencer vs. Collum
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Grissom
Marv Grissom now pitching.
Dark takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Grissom
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spencer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Dark moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boyer vs. Grissom
Boyer hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Dark moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Repulski vs. Grissom
Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spencer fields it and throws to second for the out. Dark scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Grissom
Moon hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bressoud vs. Collum
Bressoud hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grissom vs. Collum
Grissom hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brandt vs. Collum
Brandt hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Grissom
Smith hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peete vs. Grissom
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. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hatton vs. Grissom
Grady Hatton pinch hits for Jackie Collum.
Hatton hits a popup towards short. Bressoud settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Blasingame vs. Grissom
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/27/1956 -- St.Louis at New York (N) St.Louis AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI Blasingame D, 2b 4 1 0 0 Brandt J, lf 5 1 1 1 Dark A, ss 3 2 1 0 Mueller D, rf 3 0 1 0 Musial S, 1b 3 0 0 0 Schoendienst R, 2b 3 1 1 1 Lockman W, 1b 1 0 1 0 Mays W, cf 4 1 2 0 Boyer K, 3b 4 0 2 2 White B, 1b 4 2 2 1 Repulski R, lf 4 0 0 1 Sarni B, c 2 0 2 3 Moon W, rf 4 0 0 0 Spencer D, 3b 4 0 1 0 Cooper W, c 3 0 1 0 Bressoud E, ss 3 1 0 0 Wehmeier H, pr 0 1 0 0 Margoneri J, p 2 0 1 0 Smith H, c 1 0 0 0 Grissom M, p 1 0 0 0 Del Greco B, cf 3 1 1 1 Peete C, ph 1 0 1 0 Schmidt W, p 2 0 0 0 Sauer H, ph 0 0 0 1 McDaniel L, p 0 0 0 0 Collum J, p 0 0 0 0 Hatton G, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 34 5 7 5 31 6 11 6 St.Louis 111 000 110 -- 5 New York 011 001 30x -- 6 St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO Schmidt W 6.0 8 3 3 3 0 McDaniel L (L) 0.1 2 3 0 0 0 Collum J 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 New York IP H R ER BB SO Margoneri J (W) 7.0 5 4 3 1 1 Grissom M (S) 2.0 2 1 1 1 0 E -- Bressoud E, Blasingame D DP -- St.Louis 2 LOB -- St.Louis 5, New York 7 2B -- Cooper W, Peete C 3B -- White B, Sarni B HR -- Del Greco B, White B SH -- Margoneri J, Mueller D SF -- Sarni B, Sauer H T -- 2:15 A -- 7939
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