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St. Louis Cardinals @ New York Giants

1956-06-27 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 4852 · 2:28

St. Louis Cardinals defeated New York Giants 6–0. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 2nd. Tom Poholsky earned the win. Ken Boyer went 3-for-5 with 2 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	10
NY1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5

W: Tom Poholsky L: Johnny Antonelli SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Blasingame	5	0	1	0	0	0
Al Dark	4	1	0	0	1	0
Stan Musial	4	0	0	0	1	1
Ken Boyer	5	2	3	3	0	1
Rip Repulski	5	0	3	0	0	0
Wally Moon	5	0	1	0	0	1
Hal Smith	3	2	1	1	1	0
Bobby Del Greco	2	1	0	0	2	0
Tom Poholsky	4	0	1	2	0	1

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Eddie Bressoud	3	0	1	1
Bill White	4	1	0	0
Willie Mays	4	0	0	0
Dusty Rhodes	4	0	0	0
Daryl Spencer	4	1	0	1
Bill Sarni	3	1	0	1
Bob Lennon	3	0	0	1
Bobby Hofman	3	1	0	0
George Wilson	1	0	0	0
Jim Mangan	1	1	0	0
Don Mueller	1	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Poholsky	9.0	5	1	5

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Antonelli	3.0	5	2	3
Windy McCall	2.0	0	1	0
Steve Ridzik	0.2	1	2	0
Dick Littlefield	2.1	2	0	1
Jim Constable	1.0	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Don Blasingame: S2
Al Dark: 9(B)3(1)/FDP
Stan Musial: 7

Bot 1

Eddie Bressoud: W
Bill White: 7
Willie Mays: 4/P
Dusty Rhodes: 9

Top 2

Ken Boyer: HR/7
Rip Repulski: 63
Wally Moon: 8
Hal Smith: HR/78
Bobby Del Greco: W
Tom Poholsky: K

Bot 2

Daryl Spencer: K/C
Bill Sarni: S9
Bob Lennon: 7
Bobby Hofman: 64(1)/FO

Top 3

Don Blasingame: 43
Al Dark: W
Stan Musial: K/C
Ken Boyer: HR/7.1-H
Rip Repulski: S1
Wally Moon: K

Bot 3

George Wilson: 5/FL
Eddie Bressoud: K/C
Bill White: T/89
Willie Mays: 53

Top 4

Hal Smith: 3/P
Bobby Del Greco: 7
Tom Poholsky: 8

Bot 4

Dusty Rhodes: 43
Daryl Spencer: 7
Bill Sarni: K

Top 5

Don Blasingame: 2/FL
Al Dark: 6/FL
Stan Musial: W
Ken Boyer: 64(1)/FO

Bot 5

Bob Lennon: 4/P
Bobby Hofman: 63
Jim Mangan: S8
Eddie Bressoud: 54(1)/FO

Top 6

Rip Repulski: 2/FL
Wally Moon: 3/G
Hal Smith: W
Bobby Del Greco: W.1-2
Tom Poholsky: D7.1-H;2-H
Don Blasingame: E3.2-3#
Al Dark: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Bill White: 43
Willie Mays: 8
Dusty Rhodes: 53

Top 7

Stan Musial: 63
Ken Boyer: K
Rip Repulski: S8
Wally Moon: S7.1-2
Hal Smith: 6/P

Bot 7

Daryl Spencer: S7
Bill Sarni: 4(1)3/GDP
Bob Lennon: K23

Top 8

Bobby Del Greco: 53
Tom Poholsky: 43
Don Blasingame: 8/L

Bot 8

Bobby Hofman: S7
Don Mueller: K/C
Eddie Bressoud: 8
Bill White: 9

Top 9

Al Dark: 41
Stan Musial: 3/G
Ken Boyer: S6
Rip Repulski: S8.1-3
Wally Moon: 7/FL

Bot 9

Willie Mays: 9
Dusty Rhodes: 31
Daryl Spencer: 53

Notes & reviews

65 minute rain delay
40 minute rain delay
Play seems to read E3 by Bill White, but Spencer is the only Giant shown to have committed an error in this game.

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