St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Giants
July 12, 1957 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 12, 1957 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 1

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 3 1 1 2
Dark ss 4 1 1 1
Musial 1b 4 1 2 1
  Smith pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Cunningham rf,1b 3 0 1 0
Moon lf 4 0 0 0
Boyer cf 4 1 1 0
Landrith c 4 0 2 1
Kasko 3b 4 0 0 0
Jones p 4 1 1 0
Totals 34 5 9 5
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Lockman lf 4 0 1 0
O'Connell 3b 4 0 0 0
Mays cf 4 1 1 1
Harris 1b 3 0 0 0
Spencer 2b 2 0 1 0
Rhodes rf 3 0 0 0
Bressoud ss 3 0 0 0
Thomas c 3 0 0 0
Gomez p 2 0 0 0
  McCormick p 0 0 0 0
  Mueller ph 1 0 0 0
  Worthington p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 3 1
St. Louis 000 210 200590
New York 000 000 001131
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  W (7-3) 9.0 3 1 1 1 8
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
1
8
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Gomez  L (10-8) 7.0 8 5 5 2 2
  McCormick   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Worthington   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
2
3

  E–Bressoud (1).  DP–St. Louis 1. Blasingame-Dark-Musial, New York 1. Thomas-O'Connell.  HR–St. Louis Musial (21,4th inning off Gomez 0 on 0 out); Dark (3,5th inning off Gomez 0 on 2 out); Blasingame (3,7th inning off Gomez 1 on 2 out)., New York Mays (14,9th inning off Jones 0 on 2 out).  Team LOB–4.  HBP–Harris (5,by Jones).  Team–3.  SB–Blasingame (11,2nd base off Gomez/Thomas); Boyer (5,2nd base off Gomez/Thomas).  CS–B. Smith (1,3rd base by McCormick/Thomas); Landrith (1,2nd base by Worthington/Thomas).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Ken Burkhart, 2B–Hal Dixon, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–2:18.  A–11,617.
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