Cincinnati Redlegs vs New York Giants
May 3, 1957 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 3, 1957 at Polo Grounds V. The Cincinnati Redlegs defeated the New York Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Redlegs 11, New York Giants 10

Cincinnati Redlegs ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 4 2 1 0
Lynch rf 5 1 2 0
  Post rf 0 0 0 0
Bell cf 4 1 2 3
Robinson lf,1b 5 0 2 2
Crowe 1b 4 1 2 0
  Henrich pr 0 1 0 0
  Bridges ss 0 0 0 0
Bailey c 3 2 0 0
Hoak 3b 5 1 1 1
McMillan ss 2 0 0 0
  Burgess ph 0 0 0 0
  Grammas pr,ss 0 0 0 0
  Whisenant ph,lf 1 1 1 3
Fowler p 2 0 0 0
  Acker p 0 0 0 0
  Thurman ph 1 1 0 1
  Klippstein p 0 0 0 0
  Jeffcoat p 0 0 0 0
  Schult ph 1 0 1 0
  Sanchez p 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 11 12 10
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Schoendienst 2b 5 1 2 2
Rhodes rf 3 1 1 2
  Burnside p 1 0 0 0
Mays cf 3 1 0 0
Sauer lf 4 2 2 3
  Mueller rf 1 0 0 0
Harris 1b 3 1 1 1
Virgil 3b 5 0 0 0
Spencer ss 3 2 1 0
Westrum c 1 1 0 0
  Lockman ph,rf,lf 2 1 1 0
Worthington p 2 0 1 2
  McCall p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 0 0
  Katt c 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 10 10 10
Cincinnati 003 005 00311120
New York 001 315 00010102
  Cincinnati Redlegs IP H R ER BB SO
Fowler   3.2 5 4 4 3 1
  Acker   1.1 1 1 1 0 1
  Klippstein   0.2 2 4 4 2 0
  Jeffcoat   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Sanchez  W (1-0) 3.0 1 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
10
10
10
5
6
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Worthington   5.1 6 8 8 6 3
  McCall   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Burnside  L (1-1) 3.0 4 3 3 1 4
Totals
9.0
12
11
11
7
7

  E–Harris (3), Spencer (5).  DP–Cincinnati 1. McMillan-Crowe, New York 2. Schoendienst-Spencer-Harris, Westrum-Schoendienst.  2B–Cincinnati Hoak (5,off Worthington).  3B–New York Sauer (1,off Acker).  HR–Cincinnati Bell (1,3rd inning off Worthington 2 on 2 out); Whisenant (1,9th inning off Burnside 2 on 1 out)., New York Schoendienst (1,3rd inning off Fowler 0 on 2 out); Sauer (5,6th inning off Jeffcoat 2 on 2 out)..  HBP–Bailey (1,by Burnside); Harris (2,by Fowler).  IBB–Burgess (1,by Worthington).  Team LOB–8.  SF–Harris (1,off Acker).  Team–5.  SB–Robinson (1,2nd base off Worthington/Westrum); Mays (7,2nd base off Fowler/Bailey).  CS–Bell (1,2nd base by Worthington/Westrum); Temple (1,2nd base by Burnside/Katt).  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Vic Delmore, 2B–Vinnie Smith, 3B–Jocko Conlan.  T–3:07.  A–5,352.
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