St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Giants
August 21, 1957 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 1957 at Polo Grounds V. The New York Giants defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 6, New York Giants 13

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Boyer cf,3b 4 2 2 2
Moon lf,cf 5 1 3 1
Musial 1b 2 1 2 2
  Miksis rf 2 1 2 1
Cunningham rf,1b 3 0 1 0
Dark ss 2 0 0 0
  Schofield ss 1 0 0 0
Blasingame 2b 3 0 0 0
  Ennis lf 1 0 0 0
Landrith c 2 0 0 0
  Smith H. ph,c 2 0 0 0
Kasko 3b,2b 3 1 0 0
McDaniel p 1 0 0 0
  Merritt p 0 0 0 0
  Smith B. ph 1 0 0 0
  Schmidt p 0 0 0 0
  Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0
  Cooper ph 1 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Wehmeier ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 10 6
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
O'Connell 2b 4 1 1 0
Mueller rf 5 1 1 0
Mays cf 4 2 2 1
Jablonski 3b 4 0 0 0
  Harris ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Sauer lf 4 3 3 3
  Thomson lf 1 0 0 0
Spencer ss 4 2 1 0
Lockman 1b 4 2 2 1
  Bressoud 3b 1 0 0 0
Thomas c 3 1 1 3
Miller p 0 0 0 0
  McCormick p 3 1 2 3
Totals 38 13 13 11
St. Louis 200 010 0126103
New York 106 041 10x13132
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
McDaniel  L (11-8) 2.2 7 7 7 1 3
  Merritt   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Schmidt   0.1 2 4 4 2 0
  Wilhelm   1.2 1 1 1 0 1
  Miller   2.0 2 1 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
13
13
12
3
8
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Miller   0.1 2 2 2 1 0
  McCormick  W (3-0) 8.2 8 4 2 3 5
Totals
9.0
10
6
4
4
5

  E–Boyer (14), Cunningham (3), Dark (20), Mays (5), Bressoud (10).  DP–New York 3. Spencer-Thomas-Jablonski, McCormick-Spencer-Lockman, McCormick-Spencer-Harris.  2B–New York O'Connell (21,off L. McDaniel).  3B–New York Thomas (2,off Schmidt).  HR–St. Louis Moon (18,1st inning off Miller 0 on 1 out); Musial (29,1st inning off Miller 0 on 1 out); Miksis (1,8th inning off McCormick 0 on 0 out); Boyer (15,9th inning off McCormick 1 on 2 out)., New York Mays (27,1st inning off L. McDaniel 0 on 2 out); Sauer (20,6th inning off Wilhelm 0 on 1 out)..  SF–Musial (8,off McCormick); McCormick (1,off Schmidt).  HBP–Dark (4,by Miller); Thomas (1,by Merritt).  Team LOB–7.  IBB–Mays (12,by L. McDaniel).  Team–6.  U-HP–Frank Dascoli, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Bill Baker.  T–2:37.  A–5,296.
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