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New York Giants @ St. Louis Cardinals

1955-08-01 · Night game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 10177 · 2:36

New York Giants defeated St. Louis Cardinals 9–1. New York Giants put up 3 in the 7th. Don Liddle earned the win. Willie Mays went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Don Liddle L: Harvey Haddix SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Stan Landes · 1B: Lee Ballanfant · 2B: Al Barlick · 3B: Bill Jackowski · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Al Dark	5	2	2	1	0	0
Whitey Lockman	3	1	1	1	1	0
Willie Mays	5	3	3	3	0	0
Bobby Hofman	3	0	0	0	2	1
Sid Gordon	2	2	1	0	3	0
Hank Thompson	3	0	1	1	2	0
Wayne Terwilliger	5	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Katt	4	1	1	0	0	0
Don Liddle	2	0	0	0	1	1

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Bob Stephenson	4	0	1	0	1
Red Schoendienst	4	1	1	0	0
Stan Musial	3	0	0	0	1
Bill Virdon	4	0	1	0	2
Pete Whisenant	4	0	1	1	0
Wally Moon	3	0	0	0	0
Ken Boyer	3	0	1	0	1
Nelson Burbrink	3	0	0	0	1
Harvey Haddix	1	0	0	0	0
Alex Grammas	1	0	0	0	1
Rip Repulski	1	0	0	0	1
Harry Elliott	1	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Don Liddle	9.0	5	0	8

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Harvey Haddix	4.1	5	3	1
Paul LaPalme	0.2	0	1	0
Brooks Lawrence	3.0	2	4	0
Floyd Wooldridge	1.0	2	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Al Dark: 53
Whitey Lockman: 9
Willie Mays: 53

Bot 1

Bob Stephenson: K/C
Red Schoendienst: 63
Stan Musial: 43

Top 2

Bobby Hofman: 2/FL
Sid Gordon: 13/BG
Hank Thompson: 3/P

Bot 2

Bill Virdon: K
Pete Whisenant: 6/P
Wally Moon: 7

Top 3

Wayne Terwilliger: 9
Ray Katt: S7
Don Liddle: 13/SH.1-2
Al Dark: D8.2-H
Whitey Lockman: S9.2-H;B-2(TH)
Willie Mays: 8

Bot 3

Ken Boyer: D7
Nelson Burbrink: K
Harvey Haddix: 43.2-3
Bob Stephenson: 4/P

Top 4

Bobby Hofman: W
Sid Gordon: W.1-2
Hank Thompson: PO2(24)
Hank Thompson: W.1-2
Wayne Terwilliger: E6/G.2-H(E6/TH)(UR);1-3;B-1
Ray Katt: FC1.3XH(125);1-3;B-1
Don Liddle: K/C

Bot 4

Red Schoendienst: S7
Stan Musial: K/C
Bill Virdon: S9.1-2
Pete Whisenant: S7.2-H;1-2
Wally Moon: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Ken Boyer: K

Top 5

Al Dark: S9
Whitey Lockman: 13/SH.1-2
Willie Mays: S8.2-H;B-3(E8/TH)
Bobby Hofman: 13
Sid Gordon: IW
Hank Thompson: BK.3-H(UR);1-2
Hank Thompson: 2/FL

Bot 5

Nelson Burbrink: 63
Alex Grammas: K
Bob Stephenson: 43

Top 6

Wayne Terwilliger: 9
Ray Katt: 13
Don Liddle: W
Al Dark: 9

Bot 6

Red Schoendienst: 43
Stan Musial: 8
Bill Virdon: K

Top 7

Whitey Lockman: W
Willie Mays: WP.1-2
Willie Mays: HR/9.2-H
Bobby Hofman: W
Sid Gordon: D8/78.1XH(862)
Hank Thompson: W
Wayne Terwilliger: E3/TH2.2-H(NR)(UR);1-3
Ray Katt: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Pete Whisenant: 5/P
Wally Moon: 8
Ken Boyer: 63

Top 8

Don Liddle: 43
Al Dark: 53
Whitey Lockman: 7

Bot 8

Nelson Burbrink: 5/L
Rip Repulski: K
Bob Stephenson: S8
Red Schoendienst: 5/P

Top 9

Willie Mays: D7
Bobby Hofman: SB3
Bobby Hofman: K/C
Sid Gordon: W
Hank Thompson: S8.3-H;1X3(85);B-2(TH)
Wayne Terwilliger: 9

Bot 9

Harry Elliott: 63
Bill Virdon: 8
Pete Whisenant: 7

Notes & reviews

Stan Musial's throw hit Hank Thompson on back

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