St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Giants
July 28, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 28, 1956 at Polo Grounds V. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 3, New York Giants 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 5 0 2 1
Dark ss 5 0 0 0
Musial 1b 4 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 4 0 0 0
Moon rf 4 1 1 0
Repulski lf 4 1 1 1
Peete cf 1 1 0 0
Smith c 3 0 2 0
Mizell p 4 0 1 1
  Konstanty p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Brandt lf 4 0 2 1
Mueller rf 4 0 0 0
Schoendienst 2b 4 0 1 0
Mays cf 4 1 2 0
White 1b 2 0 0 0
Sarni c 4 0 0 0
Spencer 3b,ss 3 0 0 0
Bressoud ss 2 0 0 0
  Hofman ph 0 0 0 0
  Ridzik pr 0 1 0 0
  Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0
Gomez p 2 0 0 0
  McCall p 0 0 0 0
  Castleman ph 0 0 0 0
  Thompson ph,3b 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 5 1
St. Louis 020 000 010370
New York 010 000 010252
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Mizell  W(10-8) 7.1 3 2 2 4 4
  Konstanty  SV(5) 1.2 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
4
4
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Gomez  L(5-11) 7.2 6 3 3 7 0
  McCall   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Wilhelm   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
7
1

  E–Schoendienst (3), Thompson (15).  DP–St. Louis 3. Dark-Blasingame-Musial, Blasingame-Dark-Musial, Konstanty-Dark-Musial, New York 1. White-Spencer-Schoendienst-Spencer.  2B–St. Louis Repulski (12,off Gomez); Smith (12,off Gomez), New York Mays (13,off Konstanty).  3B–St. Louis Moon (7,off Gomez).  IBB–Musial (11,by Gomez).  Team LOB–11.  Team–4.  CS–Boyer (2,2nd base by Wilhelm/Sarni).  SB–White (10,2nd base off Mizell/Smith).  U–Frank Secory, Bill Engeln, Frank Dascoli.  T–2:25.  A–4,864.
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