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Giants
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
August 26, 1956
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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 26, 1956 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 26, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Giants
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| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 26, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Giants |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dick Littlefield |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Vinegar Bend Mizell |
| Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 21,267 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 33 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Jackowski 1B: Vic Delmore 2B: Jocko Conlan 3B: Stan Landes |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Don Mueller | Right Fielder |
| Red Schoendienst | Second Baseman |
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Jackie Brandt | Left Fielder |
| Bill White | First Baseman |
| Foster Castleman | Third Baseman |
| Daryl Spencer | Shortstop |
| Wes Westrum | Catcher |
| Dick Littlefield | Pitcher |
| Bill Rigney | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Don Blasingame | Second Baseman |
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Stan Musial | First Baseman |
| Hank Sauer | Left Fielder |
| Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Wally Moon | Right Fielder |
| Ray Katt | Catcher |
| Bobby Del Greco | Center Fielder |
| Vinegar Bend Mizell | Pitcher |
| Fred Hutchinson | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
August 26, 1956
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Mizell
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Mizell
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops it up and throws to first, with Mizell covering, for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Mizell
Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Littlefield
Blasingame hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Mays. Blasingame reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dark vs. Littlefield
Dark hits a line drive into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Blasingame moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Musial vs. Littlefield
Musial hits a fly ball towards right. Mueller catches it and throws to home to double up Blasingame. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brandt vs. Mizell
Brandt hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Katt settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Mizell
White strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castleman vs. Mizell
Castleman hits a popup towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sauer vs. Littlefield
Sauer hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Littlefield
Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Littlefield
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards first. White fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Katt vs. Littlefield
Katt takes first base on ball four. Moon moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Del Greco vs. Littlefield
Del Greco hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst 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: ---
Spencer vs. Mizell
Spencer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Westrum vs. Mizell
Westrum hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Littlefield vs. Mizell
Littlefield strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mizell vs. Littlefield
Mizell strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Littlefield
Blasingame hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Littlefield
Dark 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 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Mizell
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Mizell
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mays vs. Mizell
There goes Schoendienst. The throw from Katt and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Mays vs. Mizell
Mays strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Brandt vs. Mizell
Brandt hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Littlefield
Musial hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sauer vs. Littlefield
Sauer strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Littlefield
Boyer hits a fly ball into left field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Littlefield
Moon is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Mizell
White hits a line drive towards short. Dark reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castleman vs. Mizell
Castleman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spencer vs. Mizell
Spencer hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Del Greco. Spencer reaches second base with a double. Castleman moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Westrum vs. Mizell
Westrum is walked intentionally. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Littlefield vs. Mizell
Littlefield strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Mueller vs. Mizell
Mueller strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Katt vs. Littlefield
Katt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castleman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Del Greco vs. Littlefield
Del Greco is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mizell vs. Littlefield
Mizell strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Mizell
Schoendienst hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sauer. Schoendienst reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mays vs. Mizell
Mays bunts towards short. Dark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Schoendienst moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Brandt vs. Mizell
Brandt hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
White vs. Mizell
White takes first base on ball four. Mays moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Castleman vs. Mizell
Castleman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. Schoendienst scores. Mays moves to third. White moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Spencer vs. Mizell
Spencer hits a ball on the ground for an out. Mays scores. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Littlefield
Blasingame bunts towards short. Spencer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Littlefield
That's a pickoff. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Littlefield
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 -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Littlefield
Musial takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sauer vs. Littlefield
Sauer hits a fly ball into left field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Mizell
Westrum hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Littlefield vs. Mizell
Littlefield bunts, foul, towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Mizell
Mueller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Westrum moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schoendienst vs. Mizell
Schoendienst hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mays vs. Mizell
Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Littlefield
Boyer hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Littlefield
Moon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Katt vs. Littlefield
Katt hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Del Greco vs. Littlefield
Del Greco hits a popup towards short. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mizell vs. Littlefield
Mizell hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brandt vs. Mizell
Whitey Lockman now playing left field. Bobby Morgan now playing third base.
Brandt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mizell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Mizell
White is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Castleman vs. Mizell
Castleman hits a fly ball towards center. Del Greco settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Del Greco. White moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Spencer vs. Mizell
Spencer hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sarni vs. Mizell
Bill Sarni pinch hits for Wes Westrum.
Sarni hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. White scores. Castleman moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hofman vs. Mizell
Bobby Hofman pinch hits for Dick Littlefield.
Hofman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Dark. Castleman scores. Sarni moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mueller vs. Collum
Ruben Gomez pinch runs for Bobby Hofman. Jackie Collum now pitching.
Mueller hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Katt settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Antonelli
Bill Sarni now catching. Johnny Antonelli now pitching.
Blasingame takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Antonelli
Dark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Blasingame moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Musial vs. Antonelli
Musial hits a fly ball into left field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Morgan vs. Antonelli
Morgan strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Repulski vs. Antonelli
Rip Repulski pinch hits for Whitey Lockman.
Repulski 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, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Collum
Rip Repulski now playing left field.
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Collum fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Collum
Mays is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brandt vs. Collum
Brandt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Antonelli
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops it up and throws to first, with Antonelli covering, for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Katt vs. Antonelli
Katt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cooper vs. Antonelli
Herm Wehmeier pinch runs for Ray Katt. Walker Cooper pinch hits for Bobby Del Greco.
Cooper hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Antonelli
Hal Smith pinch hits for Jackie Collum.
Smith hits a popup in front of the plate. Sarni settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/26/1956, game 2 -- New York at St.Louis (D)
New York AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Mueller D, rf 5 0 1 0 Blasingame D, 2b 3 0 2 0
Schoendienst R, 2b 5 1 2 0 Dark A, ss 4 0 1 0
Mays W, cf 5 1 1 0 Musial S, 1b 3 1 1 1
Brandt J, lf 5 0 0 0 Sauer H, lf 3 0 0 0
White B, 1b 2 1 0 0 Morgan B, 3b 1 0 0 0
Castleman F, 3b 3 1 0 1 Boyer K, 3b 3 0 1 0
Spencer D, ss 3 0 1 1 Lockman W, lf 0 0 0 0
Westrum W, c 2 0 1 0 Repulski R, ph-lf 1 0 0 0
Sarni B, ph-c 1 0 1 1 Moon W, rf 4 1 1 0
Littlefield D, p 3 0 0 0 Katt R, c 3 1 2 2
Hofman B, ph 1 0 1 0 Wehmeier H, pr 0 0 0 0
Gomez R, pr 0 0 0 0 Del Greco B, cf 3 0 0 0
Antonelli J, p 0 0 0 0 Cooper W, ph 1 0 0 0
Mizell V, p 3 0 0 0
Collum J, p 0 0 0 0
Smith H, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 4 8 3 33 3 8 3
New York 000 002 020 -- 4
St.Louis 000 100 200 -- 3
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Littlefield D (W) 7.0 6 3 3 2 5
Antonelli J (S) 2.0 2 0 0 1 1
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Mizell V (L) 7.2 8 4 2 4 5
Collum J 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
E -- Katt R, Del Greco B, Dark A
DP -- New York 1, St.Louis 1
LOB -- New York 9, St.Louis 6
2B -- Blasingame D, Spencer D, Schoendienst R
HR -- Musial S, Katt R
SB -- Schoendienst R
HBP -- by Mizell V (White B)
T -- 2:33
A -- 21267
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