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Philadelphia Phillies @ New York Giants

1956-04-27 · Night game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 6465 · night · 2:40

New York Giants defeated Philadelphia Phillies 5–3. New York Giants put up 3 in the 2nd. Al Worthington earned the win. Daryl Spencer went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHI	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	6
NY1	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0		5	8

W: Al Worthington L: Herm Wehmeier SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Engeln · 1B: Vic Delmore · 2B: Jocko Conlan · 3B: Augie Donatelli · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Richie Ashburn	5	1	1	0	0	0
Marv Blaylock	4	1	0	0	0	1
Granny Hamner	4	0	1	0	0	0
Del Ennis	4	0	1	2	0	0
Willie Jones	2	0	0	0	2	1
Jim Greengrass	4	0	2	0	0	2
Andy Seminick	3	0	0	0	1	1
Ted Kazanski	3	1	1	0	0	1
Herm Wehmeier	3	0	0	0	0	2
Frank Baumholtz	1	0	0	0	0	1
Glen Gorbous	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whitey Lockman	2	0	0	0	2	0
Al Dark	4	0	1	2	0	1
Don Mueller	4	0	1	0	0	0
Willie Mays	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dusty Rhodes	4	0	0	0	0	0
Foster Castleman	4	2	2	0	0	0
Daryl Spencer	4	2	3	2	0	0
Wes Westrum	2	1	1	0	2	1
Al Worthington	0	0	0	1	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Herm Wehmeier	5.0	7	4	0
Angelo LiPetri	3.0	1	0	2

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Worthington	9.0	6	3	9

Play-by-play

Top 1

Richie Ashburn: S/1#
Marv Blaylock: K
Granny Hamner: 13.1-2
Del Ennis: T7.2-H
Willie Jones: W
Jim Greengrass: K

Bot 1

Whitey Lockman: W
Al Dark: 63.1-2
Don Mueller: 53
Willie Mays: 8

Top 2

Andy Seminick: 7
Ted Kazanski: D/78
Herm Wehmeier: PB.2-3
Herm Wehmeier: PB.3-H(UR)#
Herm Wehmeier: K
Richie Ashburn: 63

Bot 2

Dusty Rhodes: 43
Foster Castleman: S7
Daryl Spencer: S7.1-3;B-2(TH3)
Wes Westrum: W
Al Worthington: 9/SF.3-H
Whitey Lockman: W.2-3;1-2
Al Dark: D8.3-H;2-H;1-3
Don Mueller: 63

Top 3

Marv Blaylock: 7
Granny Hamner: 5/P
Del Ennis: 9

Bot 3

Willie Mays: 4/P
Dusty Rhodes: 3/FL
Foster Castleman: 53

Top 4

Willie Jones: W
Jim Greengrass: SB2#
Jim Greengrass: K
Andy Seminick: W
Ted Kazanski: K
Herm Wehmeier: K

Bot 4

Daryl Spencer: S7
Wes Westrum: CS2(24)
Wes Westrum: W
Al Worthington: 34/SH.1-2
Whitey Lockman: 63

Top 5

Richie Ashburn: E5.B-1
Marv Blaylock: 64(1)/FO
Granny Hamner: S9.1-3
Del Ennis: 64(1)/FO.3-H(UR)
Willie Jones: K

Bot 5

Al Dark: 3/G
Don Mueller: S5
Willie Mays: 7
Dusty Rhodes: 3/G

Top 6

Jim Greengrass: S5
Andy Seminick: 4/P
Ted Kazanski: 7
Herm Wehmeier: 9

Bot 6

Foster Castleman: D7/7D
Daryl Spencer: HR/7.2-H
Wes Westrum: S/78
Al Worthington: 54/SH.1-2
Whitey Lockman: 63.2-3
Al Dark: K

Top 7

Richie Ashburn: 7
Marv Blaylock: 7
Granny Hamner: 9/FL

Bot 7

Don Mueller: 3/FL
Willie Mays: 53
Dusty Rhodes: 8

Top 8

Del Ennis: 6/P
Willie Jones: 63
Jim Greengrass: S9
Andy Seminick: K

Bot 8

Foster Castleman: 43
Daryl Spencer: 13
Wes Westrum: K

Top 9

Frank Baumholtz: K
Glen Gorbous: 6/P
Richie Ashburn: 53