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St. Louis Cardinals @ New York Giants

1957-05-07 · Night game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 4934 · 2:47

New York Giants defeated St. Louis Cardinals 8–5. New York Giants put up 3 in the 5th. Al Worthington earned the win. Red Schoendienst went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	5	9
NY1	2	0	0	1	3	0	2	0		8	15

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

Umpires — HP: Bill Jackowski · 1B: Shag Crawford · 2B: Tony Venzon · 3B: Lee Ballanfant · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Don Blasingame	4	0	0	0	1
Al Dark	3	0	2	1	0
Stan Musial	3	0	0	0	2
Del Ennis	4	0	2	0	1
Ken Boyer	4	1	1	1	0
Wally Moon	4	1	1	1	1
Hal Smith	4	1	1	0	0
Bobby Smith	3	1	1	1	0
Herm Wehmeier	2	1	1	1	0
Bob Smith	1	0	0	0	0
Jim King	1	0	0	0	0
Joe Cunningham	1	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Red Schoendienst	4	1	2	2	1	1
Whitey Lockman	4	0	1	1	1	0
Dusty Rhodes	5	1	2	1	0	1
Hank Sauer	2	0	1	0	1	0
Gail Harris	5	1	2	0	0	1
Foster Castleman	5	2	2	0	0	1
Daryl Spencer	3	1	1	1	1	0
Ray Katt	4	1	3	3	0	0
Pete Burnside	1	0	0	0	0	1
Al Worthington	2	0	0	0	0	1
Ozzie Virgil	2	1	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Herm Wehmeier	5.0	10	3	3
Bob Smith	3.0	5	1	3

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Pete Burnside	4.0	7	0	3
Al Worthington	5.0	2	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Don Blasingame: K
Al Dark: 13
Stan Musial: K

Bot 1

Red Schoendienst: HR/9D
Whitey Lockman: 3/P
Dusty Rhodes: HR/9D
Hank Sauer: W
Gail Harris: 46(1)/FO
Foster Castleman: S9.1-3;B-2(TH)
Daryl Spencer: 7/7D

Top 2

Del Ennis: S7
Ken Boyer: 8
Wally Moon: 64(1)/FO
Hal Smith: 7

Bot 2

Ray Katt: S8
Pete Burnside: 14/SH.1-2
Red Schoendienst: 3/G.2-3
Whitey Lockman: 9

Top 3

Bobby Smith: 5/FL
Herm Wehmeier: 9
Don Blasingame: 23

Bot 3

Dusty Rhodes: 9
Hank Sauer: 9
Gail Harris: S9
Foster Castleman: K

Top 4

Al Dark: S8
Stan Musial: K+CS2(26)/DP
Del Ennis: 9

Bot 4

Daryl Spencer: D7
Ray Katt: 8
Pete Burnside: K/C
Red Schoendienst: W
Whitey Lockman: S8.2-H;1-2
Dusty Rhodes: 7

Top 5

Ken Boyer: HR/7D
Wally Moon: HR/9D
Hal Smith: D7
Bobby Smith: S9.2-H
Herm Wehmeier: SB2
Herm Wehmeier: T7.2-H
Don Blasingame: 7
Al Dark: 9/SF.3-H
Stan Musial: HP
Del Ennis: S7.1-3
Ken Boyer: 64(1)/FO

Bot 5

Hank Sauer: S7
Gail Harris: S9.1-2
Foster Castleman: E5.2-3;1-2
Daryl Spencer: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Ray Katt: S8/DP.3-H;2-H(UR);BX2(824);1X3(456)
Al Worthington: K

Top 6

Wally Moon: 8
Hal Smith: 7
Bobby Smith: 63

Bot 6

Red Schoendienst: K
Whitey Lockman: 8/L
Dusty Rhodes: D7
Ozzie Virgil: S6.2-3
Gail Harris: 3/G

Top 7

Bob Smith: 53
Don Blasingame: 6/L
Al Dark: S8
Stan Musial: 43

Bot 7

Foster Castleman: D9
Daryl Spencer: 63.2-3
Ray Katt: D7.3-H
Al Worthington: PB.2-3#
Al Worthington: 163
Red Schoendienst: S6.3-H
Whitey Lockman: W.1-2
Dusty Rhodes: K/C

Top 8

Del Ennis: K23
Ken Boyer: 6/P
Wally Moon: K

Bot 8

Ozzie Virgil: 63
Gail Harris: K
Foster Castleman: 7

Top 9

Hal Smith: 63
Jim King: 2/FL
Joe Cunningham: 6/P