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Phillies 2 @ Giants 6
Polo Grounds
April 18, 1957

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Phillies, played on April 18, 1957 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants beat the visiting Phillies with a score of 6 to 2.

Game Summary

DateApril 18, 1957 
Visiting Team
Philadelphia Phillies
R: 2 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 9
Runs: 2
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 6 H: 7 E: 1 LOB: 2
Runs: 6
Hits: 7
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 2
Winning PitcherRuben Gomez  
Losing PitcherCurt Simmons  
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Game Winning RBIGail Harris 

Game Info

DateApril 18, 1957 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamPhiladelphia Phillies 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherCurt Simmons  
Home Starting PitcherRuben Gomez  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance8,585 
Time of Game2 hours 8 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill Jackowski
1B: Shag Crawford
2B: Tony Venzon
3B: Lee Ballanfant

Philadelphia Phillies Lineup 

Name  Position 
Richie Ashburn  Center Fielder 
Chico Fernandez  Shortstop 
Ed Bouchee  First Baseman 
Rip Repulski  Left Fielder 
Willie Jones  Third Baseman 
Stan Lopata  Catcher 
Bob Bowman  Right Fielder 
Ted Kazanski  Second Baseman 
Curt Simmons  Pitcher 
Mayo Smith  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Red Schoendienst  Second Baseman 
Don Mueller  Right Fielder 
Willie Mays  Center Fielder 
Hank Sauer  Left Fielder 
Gail Harris  First Baseman 
Andre Rodgers  Shortstop 
Daryl Spencer  Third Baseman 
Wes Westrum  Catcher 
Ruben Gomez  Pitcher 
Bill Rigney  Manager 

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Phillies 2 @ Giants 6
Polo Grounds
April 18, 1957

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 4/18/1957 -- Philadelphia at New York (D)

  Philadelphia       AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Ashburn R, cf         4  0  2  1   Schoendienst R, 2b    4  0  0  0   
Fernandez C, ss       5  0  1  0   Mueller D, rf         4  1  1  0   
Bouchee E, 1b         4  0  1  0   Mays W, cf            3  2  1  0   
Repulski R, lf        4  0  0  0   Sauer H, lf           3  2  2  3   
Jones W, 3b           4  1  1  0   Lockman W, lf         1  0  0  0   
Lopata S, c           3  1  0  0   Harris G, 1b          3  1  1  3   
Bowman B, rf          4  0  3  0   Rodgers A, ss         2  0  0  0   
Kazanski T, 2b        3  0  0  0   Spencer D, 3b         3  0  1  0   
Simmons C, p          2  0  0  1   Westrum W, c          3  0  0  0   
Farrell T, p          0  0  0  0   Gomez R, p            3  0  1  0   
Anderson H, ph        1  0  0  0                                      
Miller B, p           0  0  0  0                                      
Blaylock M, ph        1  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     35  2  8  2                        29  6  7  6

Philadelphia     010 000 001 --  2
New York         000 402 00x --  6

  Philadelphia         IP  H  R ER BB SO
Simmons C (L)*        5.0  6  6  6  3  1
Farrell T             1.0  1  0  0  0  0
Miller B              2.0  0  0  0  0  0

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Gomez R (W)           9.0  8  2  1  3  1
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 6th

E -- Rodgers A
DP -- Philadelphia 2, New York 1
LOB -- Philadelphia 9, New York 2
2B -- Bouchee E, Bowman B, Mueller D
HR -- Harris G, Sauer H
T -- 2:08
A -- 8585

    

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