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Giants
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
August 2, 1955
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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 August 2, 1955 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 2, 1955 |
|---|---|
| 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 | August 2, 1955 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | New York Giants |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Johnny Antonelli |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Willard Schmidt |
| Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 9,960 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 21 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Lee Ballanfant 1B: Al Barlick 2B: Bill Jackowski 3B: Stan Landes |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Whitey Lockman | First Baseman |
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Dusty Rhodes | Left Fielder |
| Hank Thompson | Third Baseman |
| Don Mueller | Right Fielder |
| Wayne Terwilliger | Second Baseman |
| Ray Katt | Catcher |
| Johnny Antonelli | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Red Schoendienst | Second Baseman |
| Stan Musial | Right Fielder |
| Bill Virdon | Center Fielder |
| Harry Elliott | Left Fielder |
| Wally Moon | First Baseman |
| Nelson Burbrink | Catcher |
| Alex Grammas | Shortstop |
| Willard Schmidt | Pitcher |
| Harry Walker | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
August 2, 1955
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Schmidt
Dark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Schmidt
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmidt fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Dark moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mays vs. Schmidt
Mays hits a fly ball into left field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rhodes vs. Schmidt
Rhodes hits a ball on the ground that hits Lockman. Lockman is out and Rhodes is safe at first. There goes Lockman trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thompson vs. Schmidt
Thompson takes first base on ball four. Dark moves to third. Rhodes moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Mueller vs. Schmidt
Mueller hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Antonelli
Boyer strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Antonelli
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Antonelli
Musial hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Virdon vs. Antonelli
There goes Musial. The throw from Katt and he is out, Dark applying the tag. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terwilliger vs. Schmidt
Terwilliger hits a fly ball into left field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Katt vs. Schmidt
Katt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Antonelli vs. Schmidt
Antonelli strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Antonelli
Virdon hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Antonelli
Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Antonelli
Moon hits a popup, foul, towards third. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Schmidt
Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Schmidt
Lockman hits a fly ball into left field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Schmidt
Mays strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burbrink vs. Antonelli
Burbrink strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Antonelli
Grammas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schmidt vs. Antonelli
Schmidt strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Antonelli
Boyer is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rhodes vs. Schmidt
Rhodes takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Schmidt
Thompson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rhodes moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mueller vs. Schmidt
Mueller hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rhodes tags and scores. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Terwilliger vs. Schmidt
Terwilliger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Antonelli
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Antonelli
Musial hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Antonelli
Virdon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Elliott vs. Antonelli
Antonelli fires to first and picks off Virdon. Virdon moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Elliott vs. Antonelli
Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Katt vs. Schmidt
Katt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Antonelli vs. Schmidt
Antonelli hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Schmidt
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Schmidt
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Grammas fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Antonelli
Moon hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burbrink vs. Antonelli
Burbrink hits a line drive into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Antonelli
Grammas hits a popup towards third. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Schmidt
Mays hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rhodes vs. Schmidt
Rhodes hits a fly ball into left field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Schmidt
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Schmidt
Mueller hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Antonelli
Schmidt strikes out. Katt drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Schmidt out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Antonelli
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schoendienst vs. Antonelli
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terwilliger vs. Schmidt
Terwilliger hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Katt vs. Schmidt
Katt strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Antonelli vs. Schmidt
Antonelli strikes out on a pitch way out of the strike zone. And the ball gets by Burbrink, who chases it to the backstop. Antonelli reaches first on the wild pitch. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Schmidt
Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Antonelli
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Antonelli
Virdon hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays who is chasing the ball. Virdon reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Elliott vs. Antonelli
Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Antonelli fields it and throws to home to get Virdon. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Repulski vs. Antonelli
Rip Repulski pinch hits for Wally Moon.
Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Schmidt
Stan Musial now playing first base. Rip Repulski now playing right field.
Lockman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mays vs. Schmidt
Mays hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Elliott. Mays reaches second base with a double. Lockman moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Rhodes vs. Schmidt
Rhodes is walked intentionally. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Thompson vs. LaPalme
Joey Amalfitano pinch runs for Dusty Rhodes. Paul LaPalme now pitching.
Thompson hits a fly ball into right field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Lockman tags and scores. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mueller vs. LaPalme
There goes Mays. The throw from Burbrink and he is safe. Mays steals third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mueller vs. LaPalme
Mueller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mays scores. Amalfitano moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Terwilliger vs. LaPalme
Terwilliger bunts towards first. Musial catches it and throws to third to double up Amalfitano. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burbrink vs. Antonelli
Sid Gordon now playing left field.
Burbrink hits a line drive into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Antonelli
Grammas strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whisenant vs. Antonelli
Pete Whisenant pinch hits for Paul LaPalme.
Whisenant strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Katt vs. Wright
Mel Wright now pitching.
Katt hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Antonelli vs. Wright
Antonelli bunts towards first. Musial scoops it up and throws to first, with Schoendienst covering, for the out. Katt moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dark vs. Wright
Dark is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lockman vs. Wright
Lockman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Katt moves to third. Dark moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Mays vs. Wright
Mays hits a popup, foul, towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Gordon vs. Wright
Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Antonelli
Boyer strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Antonelli
Schoendienst strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Antonelli
Musial hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Virdon vs. Antonelli
Virdon hits a popup towards third. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/2/1955 -- New York at St.Louis (N)
New York AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Dark A, ss 4 0 1 0 Boyer K, 3b 4 0 1 0
Lockman W, 1b 4 1 2 0 Schoendienst R, 2b 4 0 0 0
Mays W, cf 5 1 2 0 Musial S, rf-1b 4 0 2 0
Rhodes D, lf 2 1 1 0 Virdon B, cf 4 0 2 0
Amalfitano J, pr 0 0 0 0 Elliott H, lf 3 0 0 0
Gordon S, lf 1 0 0 0 Moon W, 1b 2 0 0 0
Thompson H, 3b 2 0 1 1 Repulski R, ph-rf 1 0 0 0
Mueller D, rf 3 0 1 2 Burbrink N, c 3 0 0 0
Terwilliger W, 2b 4 0 0 0 Grammas A, ss 2 0 0 0
Katt R, c 4 0 1 0 Schmidt W, p 2 0 0 0
Antonelli J, p 3 0 1 0 LaPalme P, p 0 0 0 0
Whisenant P, ph 1 0 0 0
Wright M, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 3 10 3 30 0 5 0
New York 000 100 020 -- 3
St.Louis 000 000 000 -- 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Antonelli J (W) 9.0 5 0 0 1 9
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt W (L)* 7.0 7 3 3 4 4
LaPalme P 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Wright M 1.0 2 0 0 0 0
* Pitched to 3 batters in 8th
E -- Terwilliger W, Schmidt W
DP -- New York 1, St.Louis 2
LOB -- New York 10, St.Louis 4
2B -- Mays W
3B -- Virdon B
SB -- Mays W
CS -- Musial S
SH -- Antonelli J
SF -- Mueller D, Thompson H
HBP -- by Wright M (Dark A)
T -- 2:21
A -- 9960
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