St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Giants
June 26, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 26, 1956 at Polo Grounds V. The New York Giants defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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St. Louis Cardinals 0, New York Giants 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 3 0 0 0
  Repulski ph 1 0 0 0
Dark ss 4 0 1 0
Musial 1b 4 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 3 0 0 0
Moon rf 3 0 0 0
Lockman lf 3 0 1 0
Smith c 3 0 0 0
Del Greco cf 2 0 1 0
Mizell p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 1 0 0 0
  Morgan ph 1 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
  Sauer ph 1 0 0 0
  Kinder p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 3 0
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Brandt lf 3 1 0 0
White 1b 3 1 0 0
Mays cf 3 1 1 0
Hofman 3b 2 0 0 0
  Mueller ph 1 0 1 1
  Castleman pr,3b 1 0 0 0
Sarni c 3 0 1 1
Spencer 2b 3 0 1 0
Lennon rf 3 0 0 0
Bressoud ss 3 0 2 0
Gomez p 3 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 6 2
St. Louis 000 000 000032
New York 200 001 00x361
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Mizell  L(7-5) 0.0 0 2 2 3 0
  Jackson   4.0 3 0 0 0 4
  McDaniel   3.0 3 1 1 0 3
  Kinder   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
3
3
3
7
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Gomez  W(3-7) 9.0 3 0 0 1 5
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
1
5

  E–Blasingame (15), Del Greco (1), Hofman (2).  DP–St. Louis 2. Dark-Blasingame-Musial, Boyer-Blasingame-Musial, New York 2. Spencer-Bressoud-White, Bressoud-Spencer-White.  2B–New York Mays (7,off McDaniel).  Team LOB–3.  Team–4.  U-HP–Jocko Conlan, 1B–Vic Delmore, 2B–Bill Engeln, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–1:54.  A–11,823.
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