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Reds
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
June 15, 1957
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Cincinnati Reds, played on June 15, 1957 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | June 15, 1957 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cincinnati Reds
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| Home Team |
New York Giants
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 15, 1957 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Brooks Lawrence |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Ruben Gomez |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 7,859 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 6 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jocko Conlan 1B: Augie Donatelli 2B: Vic Delmore 3B: Vinnie Smith |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Temple | Second Baseman |
| Frank Robinson | Left Fielder |
| Gus Bell | Center Fielder |
| Ted Kluszewski | First Baseman |
| Wally Post | Right Fielder |
| Ed Bailey | Catcher |
| Don Hoak | Third Baseman |
| Alex Grammas | Shortstop |
| Brooks Lawrence | Pitcher |
| Birdie Tebbetts | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Whitey Lockman | First Baseman |
| Red Schoendienst | Second Baseman |
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Dusty Rhodes | Left Fielder |
| Ozzie Virgil | Third Baseman |
| Don Mueller | Right Fielder |
| Daryl Spencer | Shortstop |
| Wes Westrum | Catcher |
| Ruben Gomez | Pitcher |
| Bill Rigney | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Reds
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
June 15, 1957
Top 1
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Gomez
Temple hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Gomez
Robinson strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Gomez
Bell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kluszewski vs. Gomez
Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops it up and throws to first, with Gomez covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Lawrence
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lawrence fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Lawrence
Schoendienst hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Lawrence
Mays hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Post vs. Gomez
Post hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailey vs. Gomez
Bailey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops it up and throws to first, with Gomez covering, for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoak vs. Gomez
Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rhodes vs. Lawrence
Rhodes hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops it up and throws to first, with Lawrence covering, for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virgil vs. Lawrence
Virgil is called out on strikes. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Lawrence
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Gomez
Grammas hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lawrence vs. Gomez
Lawrence hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Gomez
Temple hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Gomez
Robinson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Temple moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bell vs. Gomez
Bell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Lawrence
Spencer hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Lawrence
Westrum hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Lawrence
Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops it up and throws to first, with Lawrence covering, for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluszewski vs. Gomez
Kluszewski hits a popup towards short. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Post vs. Gomez
Post hits a ball on the ground towards third. Virgil juggles the ball. That's an error on Virgil. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bailey vs. Gomez
Bailey hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hoak vs. Gomez
Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards third. Virgil fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Lawrence
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Lawrence, and towards Temple, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Lawrence
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Schoendienst for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Lawrence
Mays hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Gomez
Grammas hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lawrence vs. Gomez
There goes Grammas. The throw from Westrum and he is out, Spencer applying the tag. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lawrence vs. Gomez
Lawrence strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Gomez
Temple hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Gomez
There goes Temple. The throw from Westrum and he is safe. Temple steals second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Robinson vs. Gomez
Robinson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bell vs. Gomez
Bell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Temple scores. Robinson moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kluszewski vs. Gomez
Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Robinson scores. Bell moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Post vs. Gomez
Post takes first base on ball four. Bell moves to third. Kluszewski moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Bailey vs. Gomez
Bailey hits a fly ball into left field. Rhodes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rhodes vs. Lawrence
Rhodes hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virgil vs. Lawrence
Virgil hits a popup in front of the plate. Bailey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Lawrence
Mueller hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spencer vs. Lawrence
Spencer hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoak vs. Gomez
Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Gomez
Grammas 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 -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lawrence vs. Gomez
Lawrence strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jablonski vs. Lawrence
Ray Jablonski pinch hits for Wes Westrum.
Jablonski hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Lawrence
Gomez hits a popup towards first. Kluszewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Lawrence
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Lawrence
Schoendienst hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Gomez
Valmy Thomas now catching.
Temple hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Gomez
Robinson hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Gomez
Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluszewski vs. Gomez
Kluszewski hits a popup towards short. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Reds, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Lawrence
Mays hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rhodes vs. Lawrence
Rhodes hits a popup towards short. Grammas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Virgil vs. Lawrence
Virgil hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Mays for the double play. View Play
Top 8
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Reds, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Post vs. Gomez
Post hits a line drive towards short. Spencer reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailey vs. Gomez
Bailey 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 -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoak vs. Gomez
Hoak 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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Reds, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Lawrence
Mueller hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spencer vs. Lawrence
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Lawrence
Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harris vs. Lawrence
Gail Harris pinch hits for Ruben Gomez.
Harris hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski juggles the ball. That's an error on Kluszewski. Spencer moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lockman vs. Lawrence
Lockman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Spencer scores. Harris moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schoendienst vs. Lawrence
Schoendienst hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Post. Schoendienst reaches second base with a double. Harris scores. Lockman moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Mays vs. Lawrence
Mays is walked intentionally. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Rhodes vs. Lawrence
Rhodes hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lockman scores. Schoendienst scores. Mays moves to second. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Virgil vs. Freeman
Hersh Freeman now pitching.
Virgil hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Mays scores. Rhodes moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mueller vs. Freeman
Mueller hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Rhodes scores. Virgil moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Spencer vs. Freeman
Spencer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Virgil scores. Mueller moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thomas vs. Freeman
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Freeman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Reds, 3 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lynch vs. Worthington
Al Worthington now pitching. Jerry Lynch pinch hits for Alex Grammas.
Lynch hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thurman vs. Worthington
Bob Thurman pinch hits for Hersh Freeman.
Thurman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Temple vs. Worthington
Temple takes first base on ball four. Thurman moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Robinson vs. Worthington
Robinson takes first base on ball four. Thurman moves to third. Temple moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Bell vs. Grissom
Marv Grissom now pitching.
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Thurman scores. Temple moves to third. Robinson moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Kluszewski vs. Grissom
Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kluszewski for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/15/1957 -- Cincinnati at New York (D)
Cincinnati AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Temple J, 2b 4 1 2 0 Lockman W, 1b 4 1 1 1
Robinson F, lf 3 2 2 1 Schoendienst R, 2b 4 1 1 1
Bell G, cf 5 0 2 2 Mays W, cf 3 1 1 0
Kluszewski T, 1b 5 0 1 1 Rhodes D, lf 4 1 1 2
Post W, rf 3 0 0 0 Virgil O, 3b 4 1 1 1
Bailey E, c 4 0 0 0 Mueller D, rf 4 0 3 1
Hoak D, 3b 4 0 0 0 Spencer D, ss 4 1 1 1
Grammas A, ss 3 0 1 0 Westrum W, c 1 0 0 0
Lynch J, ph 1 0 1 0 Jablonski R, ph 1 1 1 1
Lawrence B, p 3 0 0 0 Thomas V, c 2 0 0 0
Freeman H, p 0 0 0 0 Gomez R, p 2 0 0 0
Thurman B, ph 1 1 0 0 Harris G, ph 1 1 0 0
Worthington A, p 0 0 0 0
Grissom M, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 4 9 4 34 8 10 8
Cincinnati 000 020 101 -- 4
New York 000 001 07x -- 8
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Lawrence B (L) 7.2 7 7 1 1 1
Freeman H 0.1 3 1 0 0 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Gomez R (W) 8.0 8 3 3 2 3
Worthington A 0.1 1 1 1 2 0
Grissom M (S) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
E -- Virgil O, Kluszewski T
DP -- Cincinnati 1
LOB -- Cincinnati 9, New York 3
2B -- Schoendienst R
HR -- Jablonski R, Robinson F
SB -- Temple J
CS -- Grammas A
T -- 2:06
A -- 7859
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