New York Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 4, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 4, 1956 at Busch Stadium I. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the New York Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Giants 5, St. Louis Cardinals 11

New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Lockman lf 5 0 1 0
Dark ss 5 0 1 0
Mays cf 4 0 1 0
Thompson 3b 3 1 1 0
White 1b 4 1 1 2
Mueller rf 4 1 1 0
Mangan c 2 1 0 0
Terwilliger 2b 4 0 1 0
Liddle p 0 0 0 0
  Castleman ph 1 1 1 3
  Margoneri p 0 0 0 0
  Ridzik p 0 0 0 0
  Spencer ph 1 0 0 0
  McCall p 0 0 0 0
  Hofman ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame ss 4 2 2 0
Schoendienst 2b 5 2 3 2
Musial rf 5 1 2 1
Boyer 3b 5 3 4 5
Repulski lf 5 0 2 1
Moon 1b 5 2 2 1
Sarni c 3 0 0 0
Del Greco cf 3 1 0 0
Mizell p 4 0 0 0
Totals 39 11 15 10
New York 000 320 000581
St. Louis 221 210 03x11150
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Liddle  L(1-2) 3.0 5 5 4 2 2
  Margoneri   0.1 4 2 2 0 0
  Ridzik   1.2 1 1 1 0 1
  McCall   3.0 5 3 3 1 1
Totals
8.0
15
11
10
3
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Mizell  W(6-2) 9.0 8 5 5 3 8
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
3
8

  E–Terwilliger (1).  DP–New York 1. Thompson-White.  2B–St. Louis Blasingame (8,off Liddle); Boyer 2 (10,off Liddle,off McCall)..  3B–St. Louis Repulski (2,off McCall).  HR–New York Castleman (3,4th inning off Mizell 2 on 1 out); White (5,5th inning off Mizell 1 on 0 out)., St. Louis Boyer (13,1st inning off Liddle 1 on 2 out); Moon (6,5th inning off Ridzik 0 on 0 out)..  SH–Liddle (3,off Mizell).  Team LOB–6.  IBB–Sarni (2,by McCall).  Team–7.  SB–Moon (8,2nd base off Liddle/Mangan).  U-HP–Hal Dixon, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Babe Pinelli, 3B–Dusty Boggess.  T–2:36.  A–10,566.
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