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Cubs 2 @ Giants 3
Polo Grounds
August 23, 1957

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Chicago Cubs, played on August 23, 1957 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants beat the visiting Cubs with a score of 3 to 2.

Game Summary

DateAugust 23, 1957 
Visiting Team
Chicago Cubs
R: 2 H: 11 E: 2 LOB: 8
Runs: 2
Hits: 11
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 3 H: 11 E: 0 LOB: 9
Runs: 3
Hits: 11
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 9
Winning PitcherStu Miller  
Losing PitcherBob Rush  
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Game Winning RBIRay Jablonski 

Game Info

DateAugust 23, 1957 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamChicago Cubs 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherBob Rush  
Home Starting PitcherAl Worthington  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance4,148 
Time of Game4 hours 14 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Dusty Boggess
1B: Ken Burkhart
2B: Hal Dixon
3B: Tom Gorman

Chicago Cubs Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bobby Adams  Third Baseman 
Bob Speake  Center Fielder 
Chuck Tanner  Left Fielder 
Walt Moryn  Right Fielder 
Dale Long  First Baseman 
Ernie Banks  Shortstop 
Cal Neeman  Catcher 
Bobby Morgan  Second Baseman 
Bob Rush  Pitcher 
Bob Scheffing  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Danny O'Connell  Second Baseman 
Don Mueller  Right Fielder 
Willie Mays  Center Fielder 
Ray Jablonski  Third Baseman 
Hank Sauer  Left Fielder 
Daryl Spencer  Shortstop 
Whitey Lockman  First Baseman 
Valmy Thomas  Catcher 
Al Worthington  Pitcher 
Bill Rigney  Manager 

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Cubs 2 @ Giants 3
Polo Grounds
August 23, 1957

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         Game of 8/23/1957 -- Chicago at New York (N)

  Chicago            AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Adams B, 3b           7  1  1  0   O'Connell D, 2b       7  0  0  0   
Speake B, cf          7  1  1  0   Mueller D, rf         7  1  2  0   
Tanner C, lf          4  0  1  1   Mays W, cf            5  1  2  1   
Walls L, ph-lf        3  0  1  0   Jablonski R, 3b       7  0  2  1   
Moryn W, rf           6  0  0  0   Sauer H, lf           6  0  0  0   
Long D, 1b            4  0  3  1   Spencer D, ss         6  1  2  0   
Banks E, ss           6  0  1  0   Lockman W, 1b         6  0  1  1   
Neeman C, c           5  0  1  0   Thomas V, c           5  0  2  0   
Morgan B, 2b          2  0  0  0   Worthington A, p      3  0  0  0   
Will B, ph            1  0  0  0   Rhodes D, ph          1  0  0  0   
Kindall J, 2b         1  0  0  0   Constable J, p        0  0  0  0   
Bolger J, ph          0  0  0  0   Monzant R, p          0  0  0  0   
Littrell J, 2b        1  0  0  0   Harris G, ph          1  0  0  0   
Rush B, p             6  0  2  0   Miller S, p           1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     53  2 11  2                        55  3 11  3

Chicago          000 200 000 000 000 0 --  2
New York         000 100 100 000 000 1 --  3
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Rush B (L)           15.1 11  3  3  2 10

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Worthington A        10.0  8  2  2  1  4
Constable J           0.2  1  0  0  1  1
Monzant R             2.1  1  0  0  1  1
Miller S (W)          3.0  1  0  0  0  4

E -- Moryn W, Neeman C
DP -- New York 3
LOB -- Chicago 8, New York 9
2B -- Spencer D, Jablonski R
3B -- Mueller D
CS -- Mays W
SH -- Neeman C
SF -- Long D, Mays W
WP -- Worthington A
PB -- Thomas V
T -- 4:14
A -- 4148

    

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