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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
July 12, 1957
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on July 12, 1957 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | July 12, 1957 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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| Home Team |
New York Giants
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 12, 1957 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Sam Jones |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Ruben Gomez |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 11,617 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 18 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Tom Gorman 1B: Ken Burkhart 2B: Hal Dixon 3B: Ed Sudol |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Don Blasingame | Second Baseman |
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Stan Musial | First Baseman |
| Joe Cunningham | Right Fielder |
| Wally Moon | Left Fielder |
| Ken Boyer | Center Fielder |
| Hobie Landrith | Catcher |
| Eddie Kasko | Third Baseman |
| Sam Jones | Pitcher |
| Fred Hutchinson | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Whitey Lockman | Left Fielder |
| Danny O'Connell | Third Baseman |
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Gail Harris | First Baseman |
| Daryl Spencer | Second Baseman |
| Dusty Rhodes | Right Fielder |
| Eddie Bressoud | Shortstop |
| Valmy Thomas | Catcher |
| Ruben Gomez | Pitcher |
| Bill Rigney | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
July 12, 1957
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Gomez
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Gomez
Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Rhodes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Gomez
Musial hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Spencer reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Jones
Lockman strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Connell vs. Jones
O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Jones
Mays is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Gomez
Cunningham hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Gomez
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards second. Spencer fields the ball and throws to second. Bressoud drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Bressoud. Moon moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Boyer vs. Gomez
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. O'Connell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Landrith vs. Gomez
Landrith hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Jones
Harris hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Landrith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Jones
Spencer hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rhodes vs. Jones
Rhodes hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Landrith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kasko vs. Gomez
Kasko hits a fly ball into right field. Rhodes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Gomez
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards first. Harris scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jones for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Gomez
Blasingame takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Gomez
There goes Blasingame. The throw from Thomas and he is safe. Blasingame steals second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dark vs. Gomez
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bressoud vs. Jones
Bressoud hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Jones
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kasko fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Jones
Gomez strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Gomez
Musial hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Gomez
Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Gomez
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Harris scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moon for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Gomez
Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Landrith vs. Gomez
There goes Boyer. The throw from Thomas and he is safe. Boyer steals second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Landrith vs. Gomez
Landrith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boyer scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kasko vs. Gomez
Kasko hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Jones
Lockman hits a line drive into center field. Boyer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Connell vs. Jones
O'Connell is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Jones
Mays hits a fly ball into left field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Gomez
Jones strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Gomez
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards first. Harris scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Blasingame for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Gomez
Dark hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Gomez
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Jones
Harris hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Harris for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Jones
Spencer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rhodes vs. Jones
Rhodes strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bressoud vs. Jones
Bressoud hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Gomez
Cunningham hits a popup towards third. O'Connell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Gomez
Moon is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Gomez
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. O'Connell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Jones
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Jones
Gomez is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Jones
Lockman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Connell vs. Jones
O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Landrith vs. Gomez
Landrith hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kasko vs. Gomez
Kasko hits a ball on the ground towards third. O'Connell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Gomez
Jones hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blasingame vs. Gomez
Blasingame hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Gomez
Dark hits a popup towards short. Bressoud settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Jones
Mays is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Jones
Harris is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spencer vs. Jones
Spencer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Harris moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rhodes vs. Jones
Rhodes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Gomez
Musial hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cunningham vs. Gomez
Bobby Smith pinch runs for Stan Musial.
Cunningham takes first base on ball four. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Moon vs. McCormick
Mike McCormick now pitching.
Moon hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boyer vs. McCormick
Boyer strikes out. There goes Smith. The throw from Thomas and Smith is out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bressoud vs. Jones
Bobby Smith now playing right field. Joe Cunningham now playing first base.
Bressoud hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Jones
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Jones
Don Mueller pinch hits for Mike McCormick.
Mueller hits a fly ball into center field. Boyer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Landrith vs. Worthington
Al Worthington now pitching.
Landrith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kasko vs. Worthington
There goes Landrith. The throw from Thomas and he is out, Bressoud applying the tag. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kasko vs. Worthington
Kasko hits a ball on the ground towards third. O'Connell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Worthington
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Jones
Lockman hits a fly ball into left field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Connell vs. Jones
O'Connell strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Jones
Mays hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Jones
Harris hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/12/1957 -- St.Louis at New York (N)
St.Louis AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Blasingame D, 2b 3 1 1 2 Lockman W, lf 4 0 1 0
Dark A, ss 4 1 1 1 O'Connell D, 3b 4 0 0 0
Musial S, 1b 4 1 2 1 Mays W, cf 4 1 1 1
Smith B, pr-rf 0 0 0 0 Harris G, 1b 3 0 0 0
Cunningham J, rf-1b 3 0 1 0 Spencer D, 2b 2 0 1 0
Moon W, lf 4 0 0 0 Rhodes D, rf 3 0 0 0
Boyer K, cf 4 1 1 0 Bressoud E, ss 3 0 0 0
Landrith H, c 4 0 2 1 Thomas V, c 3 0 0 0
Kasko E, 3b 4 0 0 0 Gomez R, p 2 0 0 0
Jones S, p 4 1 1 0 McCormick M, p 0 0 0 0
Mueller D, ph 1 0 0 0
Worthington A, p 0 0 0 0
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34 5 9 5 29 1 3 1
St.Louis 000 210 200 -- 5
New York 000 000 001 -- 1
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Jones S (W) 9.0 3 1 1 1 8
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Gomez R (L)* 7.0 8 5 5 2 2
McCormick M 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Worthington A 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
* Pitched to 2 batters in 8th
E -- Bressoud E
DP -- St.Louis 1, New York 1
LOB -- St.Louis 4, New York 3
HR -- Musial S, Dark A, Blasingame D, Mays W
SB -- Blasingame D, Boyer K
CS -- Smith B, Landrith H
HBP -- by Jones S (Harris G)
T -- 2:18
A -- 11617
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