Giants @ Cardinals
August 26, 1956

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Bottom 9	R	H	E
Giants	4	8	0
Cardinals	3	8	3

Bottom 9	R	H	E
Giants	4	8	0
Cardinals	3	8	3

Hal Smith Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.306
OBP	.000	.359
At Bats	0	183
Hits	0	56
• Singles	0	39
• Doubles	0	12
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	5
Walks	0	15
RBI’s	0	21

Johnny Antonelli Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
9	12	0

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Sportsman's Park - August 26, 1956

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Out

Johnny Antonelli

Bill Sarni

Bill White

Red Schoendienst

Foster Castleman

Daryl Spencer

Jackie Brandt

Willie Mays

Don Mueller

Hal Smith

Herm Wehmeier

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
New York Giants	4	8	0	9
St. Louis Cardinals	3	8	3	6
Winning Pitcher	Dick Littlefield
Losing Pitcher	Vinegar Bend Mizell
Save	Johnny Antonelli
Game Winning RBI	(none)
Attendance	21,267
Time of Game	2 hours 33 minutes

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Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

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.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 9 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.

Bottom 9 Katt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 9 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops it up and throws to first, with Antonelli covering, for the out.

Top 9 Brandt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 9 Mays is called out on strikes.

Top 9 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.

Bottom 8 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.

Bottom 8 Morgan strikes out.

Bottom 8 Musial hits a fly ball into left field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Dark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Blasingame moves to second.

Bottom 8 Bill Sarni now catching. Johnny Antonelli now pitching. Blasingame takes first base on ball four.

Top 8 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.

Top 8 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.

Top 8 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.

Top 8 Spencer hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 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.

Top 8 White is hit by the pitch.

Top 8 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.

Bottom 7 Mizell hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Del Greco hits a popup towards short. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Katt hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

Bottom 7 Moon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 7 Boyer hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 7 Schoendienst hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Mueller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Westrum moves to second.

Top 7 Littlefield bunts, foul, towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Westrum hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 6 Sauer hits a fly ball into left field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Musial takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 6 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.

Bottom 6 That's a pickoff.

Bottom 6 Blasingame bunts towards short. Spencer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 6 Spencer hits a ball on the ground for an out. Mays scores. Score that a fielder's choice.

Top 6 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.

Top 6 White takes first base on ball four. Mays moves to second.

Top 6 Brandt hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Mays bunts towards short. Dark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Schoendienst moves to third.

Top 6 Schoendienst hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sauer. Schoendienst reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 5 Mizell strikes out.

Bottom 5 Del Greco is called out on strikes.

Bottom 5 Katt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castleman fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Mueller strikes out.

Top 5 Littlefield strikes out.

Top 5 Westrum is walked intentionally.

Top 5 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.

Top 5 Castleman takes first base on ball four.

Top 5 White hits a line drive towards short. Dark reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Moon is called out on strikes.

Bottom 4 Boyer hits a fly ball into left field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Sauer strikes out.

Bottom 4 Musial hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Top 4 Brandt hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Mays strikes out.

Top 4 There goes Schoendienst. The throw from Katt and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.

Top 4 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 4 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.

Bottom 3 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castleman fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Blasingame hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Mizell strikes out.

Top 3 Littlefield strikes out.

Top 3 Westrum hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 3 Spencer takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 2 Del Greco hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Katt takes first base on ball four. Moon moves to second.

Bottom 2 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards first. White fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 2 Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 2 Sauer hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Castleman hits a popup towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 White strikes out.

Top 2 Brandt hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Katt settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Musial hits a fly ball towards right. Mueller catches it and throws to home to double up Blasingame.

Bottom 1 Dark hits a line drive into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Blasingame moves to third.

Bottom 1 Blasingame hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Mays. Blasingame reaches second base with a double.

Top 1 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops it up and throws to first, with Mizell covering, for the out.

Top 1 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.

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