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St. Louis Cardinals @ New York Giants

1956-05-21 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 3938 · 2:20

St. Louis Cardinals defeated New York Giants 4–1. St. Louis Cardinals put up 3 in the 5th. Vinegar Bend Mizell earned the win. Don Mueller went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Vinegar Bend Mizell L: Don Liddle SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Stan Landes · 1B: Tom Gorman · 2B: Babe Pinelli · 3B: Dusty Boggess · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Blasingame	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Morgan	4	0	2	0	0	0
Stan Musial	3	0	0	0	1	0
Ken Boyer	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rip Repulski	4	1	1	1	0	0
Wally Moon	4	1	1	0	0	1
Bobby Del Greco	4	1	2	1	0	1
Bill Sarni	4	1	2	1	0	0
Vinegar Bend Mizell	4	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whitey Lockman	4	0	2	0	0	0
Al Dark	4	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Mays	2	0	0	0	2	1
Daryl Spencer	4	0	0	0	0	1
Don Mueller	4	1	2	1	0	0
Bill White	3	0	0	0	1	0
Foster Castleman	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Katt	2	0	0	0	1	1
Don Liddle	1	0	0	0	0	0
George Wilson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Hofman	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vinegar Bend Mizell	9.0	4	4	3

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Don Liddle	4.2	6	0	2
Joe Margoneri	1.1	1	1	0
Marv Grissom	2.0	1	0	0
Hoyt Wilhelm	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Don Blasingame: 43
Bobby Morgan: 9/L
Stan Musial: 3/G

Bot 1

Whitey Lockman: S7
Al Dark: 16(1)3/GDP
Willie Mays: K/C

Top 2

Ken Boyer: 6/P
Rip Repulski: HR/7
Wally Moon: K/C
Bobby Del Greco: 13

Bot 2

Daryl Spencer: 8
Don Mueller: 13
Bill White: W
Foster Castleman: CS2(24)

Top 3

Bill Sarni: S8
Vinegar Bend Mizell: 46(1)/FO
Don Blasingame: 16(1)/FO
Bobby Morgan: 9

Bot 3

Foster Castleman: 5/FL
Ray Katt: 5/P
Don Liddle: 6/P

Top 4

Stan Musial: 43
Ken Boyer: 8
Rip Repulski: 63

Bot 4

Whitey Lockman: 8
Al Dark: 7
Willie Mays: W
Daryl Spencer: 23

Top 5

Wally Moon: S1
Bobby Del Greco: T9.1-H;B-H(E5)
Bill Sarni: HR/8
Vinegar Bend Mizell: 63
Don Blasingame: K
Bobby Morgan: S7
Stan Musial: W.1-2
Ken Boyer: 3/G

Bot 5

Don Mueller: S8
Bill White: 2/FL
Foster Castleman: 7/L
Ray Katt: K23

Top 6

Rip Repulski: 53
Wally Moon: 43
Bobby Del Greco: S5
Bill Sarni: 6/P

Bot 6

George Wilson: 31
Whitey Lockman: 43
Al Dark: 53

Top 7

Vinegar Bend Mizell: 3/G
Don Blasingame: 9/L
Bobby Morgan: S9
Stan Musial: 8

Bot 7

Willie Mays: 2/FL
Daryl Spencer: 53
Don Mueller: HR/9
Bill White: 43

Top 8

Ken Boyer: 53
Rip Repulski: 53
Wally Moon: 43

Bot 8

Foster Castleman: 53
Ray Katt: W
Bobby Hofman: 3/FL
Whitey Lockman: D7.1-3
Al Dark: 2/FL

Top 9

Bobby Del Greco: K/C
Bill Sarni: 8
Vinegar Bend Mizell: 5/P

Bot 9

Willie Mays: W
Daryl Spencer: K/C
Don Mueller: 9
Bill White: 9/L

Notes & reviews

Cardinals Manager Fred Hutchinson ejected by HP umpire Stan Landes who cleared the banch of all players after continuous bench jockeying concerning ball four to Bill White

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