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St. Louis Cardinals @ New York Giants

1957-07-12 · Night game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 11617 · 2:18

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

Line score

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

W: Sam Jones L: Ruben Gomez SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Tom Gorman · 1B: Ken Burkhart · 2B: Hal Dixon · 3B: Ed Sudol · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Blasingame	3	1	1	2	1	0
Al Dark	4	1	1	1	0	0
Stan Musial	4	1	2	1	0	0
Joe Cunningham	3	0	1	0	1	0
Wally Moon	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ken Boyer	4	1	1	0	0	1
Hobie Landrith	4	0	2	1	0	0
Eddie Kasko	4	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Jones	4	1	1	0	0	1

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whitey Lockman	4	0	1	0	0	1
Danny O'Connell	4	0	0	0	0	2
Willie Mays	4	1	1	1	0	2
Gail Harris	3	0	0	0	0	0
Daryl Spencer	2	0	1	0	1	0
Dusty Rhodes	3	0	0	0	0	1
Eddie Bressoud	3	0	0	0	0	0
Valmy Thomas	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ruben Gomez	2	0	0	0	0	2
Don Mueller	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sam Jones	9.0	3	1	8

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ruben Gomez	7.0	8	2	2
Mike McCormick	1.0	0	0	1
Al Worthington	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Don Blasingame: 43
Al Dark: 9
Stan Musial: 4/L

Bot 1

Whitey Lockman: K
Danny O'Connell: 13
Willie Mays: K/C

Top 2

Joe Cunningham: S9
Wally Moon: 46(1)/FO.B-2(E6)
Ken Boyer: 53
Hobie Landrith: 8

Bot 2

Gail Harris: 2/FL
Daryl Spencer: 6/P
Dusty Rhodes: 2/FL

Top 3

Eddie Kasko: 9
Sam Jones: 3/G
Don Blasingame: W
Al Dark: SB2
Al Dark: 63

Bot 3

Eddie Bressoud: 63
Valmy Thomas: 53
Ruben Gomez: K

Top 4

Stan Musial: HR/9
Joe Cunningham: 43
Wally Moon: 3/G
Ken Boyer: S7
Hobie Landrith: SB2
Hobie Landrith: S8.2-H
Eddie Kasko: 46(1)/FO

Bot 4

Whitey Lockman: 8/L
Danny O'Connell: K/C
Willie Mays: 7

Top 5

Sam Jones: K
Don Blasingame: 3/G
Al Dark: HR/7
Stan Musial: 43

Bot 5

Gail Harris: 3/G
Daryl Spencer: W
Dusty Rhodes: K
Eddie Bressoud: 4/P

Top 6

Joe Cunningham: 5/P
Wally Moon: K/C
Ken Boyer: 53

Bot 6

Valmy Thomas: 43
Ruben Gomez: K/C
Whitey Lockman: S8
Danny O'Connell: 13

Top 7

Hobie Landrith: 7
Eddie Kasko: 53
Sam Jones: S8
Don Blasingame: HR/9.1-H
Al Dark: 6/P

Bot 7

Willie Mays: K/C
Gail Harris: HP
Daryl Spencer: S8.1-3
Dusty Rhodes: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Stan Musial: S7
Joe Cunningham: W.1-2
Wally Moon: 7
Ken Boyer: K+CS3(25)/DP

Bot 8

Eddie Bressoud: 63
Valmy Thomas: 43
Don Mueller: 8

Top 9

Hobie Landrith: S9
Eddie Kasko: CS2(26)
Eddie Kasko: 53
Sam Jones: 43

Bot 9

Whitey Lockman: 7
Danny O'Connell: K
Willie Mays: HR/9
Gail Harris: 4/P

Notes & reviews

Giants manager Rigney ejected by 2B umpire Dixon when he came out to change pitcher for arguing that Cardinal shortstop Dark had missed 2nd base on DP that ended 7th inning, claiming 'phantom double play'

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