St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Giants
September 13, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 13, 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 5, New York Giants 0

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 4 0 1 0
Dark ss 4 0 1 0
Musial 1b 4 0 1 0
Moon rf 3 0 1 0
  Del Greco ph,cf 0 0 0 0
Repulski lf,rf 4 2 2 1
Boyer 3b 4 3 2 1
Lockman cf,lf 4 0 2 2
Katt c 4 0 2 1
Mizell p 4 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 12 5
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Mueller rf 4 0 1 0
Schoendienst 2b 4 0 1 0
Mays cf 4 0 1 0
Brandt lf 3 0 1 0
Sarni c 3 0 0 0
Castleman 3b 3 0 0 0
White 1b 3 0 0 0
Spencer ss 2 0 0 0
Worthington p 1 0 0 0
  Rhodes ph 1 0 0 0
  Grissom p 0 0 0 0
  Hofman ph 1 0 0 0
  Littlefield p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 4 0
St. Louis 020 100 1015120
New York 000 000 000041
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Mizell  W(14-12) 9.0 4 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
1
4
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Worthington  L(5-13) 6.0 8 3 3 0 1
  Grissom   2.0 3 1 0 1 1
  Littlefield   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
5
4
1
2

  E–Castleman (15).  DP–St. Louis 2. Musial, Dark-Musial, New York 2. Spencer-White, White-Spencer-Worthington.  3B–St. Louis Lockman (3,off Worthington).  HR–St. Louis Repulski (9,4th inning off Worthington 0 on 1 out); Boyer (24,9th inning off Littlefield 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–4.  Team–3.  CS–Dark (3,2nd base by Worthington/Sarni).  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Babe Pinelli, 3B–Hal Dixon.  T–1:51.  A–4,958.
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