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Philadelphia Phillies @ New York Giants

1956-09-22 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 2496 · 1:55

New York Giants defeated Philadelphia Phillies 2–1. Al Worthington earned the win. Willie Mays went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Al Worthington L: Robin Roberts SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Stan Landes · 1B: Bill Jackowski · 2B: Vic Delmore · 3B: Jocko Conlan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Richie Ashburn	4	0	0	0	1	0
Solly Hemus	3	1	1	1	1	1
Stan Lopata	4	0	2	0	0	0
Del Ennis	4	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Jones	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ed Bouchee	3	0	2	0	1	1
Bob Bowman	3	0	0	0	0	1
Roy Smalley	2	0	0	0	1	0
Robin Roberts	4	0	0	0	0	0
Marv Blaylock	1	0	0	0	0	1
Frank Baumholtz	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Don Mueller	4	0	0	0	0
Red Schoendienst	4	0	1	0	0
Willie Mays	4	1	2	1	1
Jackie Brandt	3	0	0	0	1
Bill White	3	0	1	0	0
Foster Castleman	3	1	2	0	0
Daryl Spencer	3	0	3	1	0
Wes Westrum	3	0	1	0	0
Al Worthington	3	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Robin Roberts	8.0	10	0	2

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Worthington	9.0	6	4	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Richie Ashburn: 43
Solly Hemus: HR/9
Stan Lopata: S7
Del Ennis: 54(1)/FO
Willie Jones: 9

Bot 1

Don Mueller: 153
Red Schoendienst: S8
Willie Mays: S/89.1-3
Jackie Brandt: SB2#
Jackie Brandt: K
Bill White: 43

Top 2

Ed Bouchee: K
Bob Bowman: 53
Roy Smalley: 8

Bot 2

Foster Castleman: D7
Daryl Spencer: S9.2-H
Wes Westrum: S8.1-2
Al Worthington: 15(2)/FO/BG.1-2
Don Mueller: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Robin Roberts: 43
Richie Ashburn: W
Solly Hemus: 8
Stan Lopata: S9.1-3
Del Ennis: 64(1)/FO

Bot 3

Red Schoendienst: 3/G
Willie Mays: 63
Jackie Brandt: 7

Top 4

Willie Jones: 13
Ed Bouchee: W
Bob Bowman: 2/FL
Roy Smalley: 2/FL

Bot 4

Bill White: S8
Foster Castleman: 8
Daryl Spencer: S8.1-2
Wes Westrum: 16(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Robin Roberts: 43
Richie Ashburn: 53
Solly Hemus: W
Stan Lopata: 6(1)/FO

Bot 5

Al Worthington: 3/P
Don Mueller: 7
Red Schoendienst: 8

Top 6

Del Ennis: 7
Willie Jones: S7
Ed Bouchee: S9.1-3
Bob Bowman: K
Roy Smalley: W.1-2
Robin Roberts: 3/G

Bot 6

Willie Mays: HR/7
Jackie Brandt: 9
Bill White: 9
Foster Castleman: S8/78.BX2(84)

Top 7

Richie Ashburn: 4/FL
Solly Hemus: K
Stan Lopata: 8/L

Bot 7

Daryl Spencer: S7
Wes Westrum: 64(1)3/GDP
Al Worthington: 13

Top 8

Del Ennis: 6/P
Willie Jones: 5/P
Ed Bouchee: S8
Marv Blaylock: K

Bot 8

Don Mueller: 13
Red Schoendienst: 8
Willie Mays: K

Top 9

Frank Baumholtz: 8/P
Robin Roberts: 9/L
Richie Ashburn: 6/P