New York Giants vs Cincinnati Redlegs
August 2, 1957 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 1957 at Crosley Field. 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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New York Giants 6, Cincinnati Redlegs 9

New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Lockman 1b 4 0 1 2
Mays cf 4 1 1 1
Jablonski 3b 5 1 2 0
Sauer lf 4 0 1 1
  Virgil lf 0 0 0 0
Spencer ss 4 1 2 0
Thomson rf 3 1 1 2
O'Connell 2b 4 1 1 0
Thomas c 3 1 1 0
  Mueller ph 1 0 1 0
  Katt c 0 0 0 0
Barclay p 3 0 0 0
  Grissom p 0 0 0 0
  Bressoud ph 0 0 0 0
  Worthington p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 11 6
Cincinnati Redlegs ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 4 3 2 0
Bell cf 4 1 1 0
Lynch rf 4 0 1 1
  Post rf 1 1 1 3
Kluszewski 1b 4 1 1 2
Robinson lf 4 1 2 0
Bailey c 4 0 0 0
Hoak 3b 4 1 3 1
McMillan ss 2 0 0 0
  Burgess ph 1 1 1 2
  Grammas ss 0 0 0 0
Jeffcoat p 1 0 0 0
  Sanchez p 1 0 0 0
  Crowe ph 1 0 0 0
  Klippstein p 1 0 0 0
  Nuxhall p 0 0 0 0
  Freeman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 12 9
New York 031 000 0116110
Cincinnati 200 001 1239120
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Barclay   6.2 8 4 4 2 4
  Grissom   1.1 2 2 2 0 1
  Worthington  L (7-8) 0.0 2 3 3 1 0
Totals
8.0
12
9
9
3
5
  Cincinnati Redlegs IP H R ER BB SO
Jeffcoat   2.0 7 4 4 0 1
  Sanchez   5.0 0 0 0 1 4
  Klippstein   1.1 4 2 2 0 2
  Nuxhall   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Freeman  W (6-2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
2
7

  E–None.  2B–New York Thomas (2,off Jeffcoat); Sauer (6,off Jeffcoat)., Cincinnati Hoak 2 (25,off Barclay 2); Robinson (17,off Barclay); Temple (21,off Barclay)..  HR–New York Thomson (12,2nd inning off Jeffcoat 1 on 0 out); Mays (20,8th inning off Klippstein 0 on 0 out), Cincinnati Kluszewski (6,1st inning off Barclay 1 on 2 out); Burgess (10,8th inning off Grissom 1 on 2 out); Post (13,9th inning off Worthington 2 on 0 out)..  SH–Bressoud (1,off Klippstein).  SF–Lockman (3,off Nuxhall).  IBB–Mays (11,by Nuxhall).  Team LOB–6.  Team–6.  U-HP–Jocko Conlan, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Vic Delmore, 3B–Vinnie Smith.  T–2:44.  A–17,896.
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