Giants @ Cardinals
August 26, 1956

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Top 9 R H E
Giants 3 8 1
Cardinals 4 6 0
Top 9 R H E
Giants 3 8 1
Cardinals 4 6 0

Hank Thompson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .243
OBP .000 .349
At Bats 0 140
Hits 0 34
• Singles 0 19
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 23
RBI’s 0 21

Jackie Collum Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 1 5
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Sportsman's Park - August 26, 1956
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Out
Jackie Collum
Walker Cooper
Stan Musial
Don Blasingame
Ken Boyer
Al Dark
Whitey Lockman
Bobby Del Greco
Wally Moon
Hank Thompson
Ruben Gomez

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Giants 3 8 1 5
St. Louis Cardinals 4 6 0 7
Winning Pitcher Tom Poholsky
Losing Pitcher Joe Margoneri
Save Jackie Collum
Game Winning RBI Hank Sauer
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 28 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Hank Thompson pinch hits for Daryl Spencer. Thompson hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Ruben Gomez pinch runs for Bill Sarni. Castleman hits a popup, foul, towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Sarni hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Brandt hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Del Greco hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castleman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Cooper hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Moon strikes out.
Top 8 White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Jackie Collum now pitching. Whitey Lockman now playing left field. Schoendienst hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Boyer strikes out.
Bottom 7 Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wilhelm fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching. Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Musial for the out.
Top 7 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Dusty Rhodes pinch hits for Windy McCall. Rhodes hits a line drive towards first. Musial reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Spencer strikes out.
Bottom 6 Dark hits a popup, foul, towards third. Castleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Poholsky hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Castleman hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Sarni hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brandt moves to third.
Top 6 Brandt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Mays scores.
Top 6 White hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Poholsky fields it and throws to first for the out. Mays moves to third.
Top 6 Mays hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sauer. Mays reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Schoendienst hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Cooper settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Del Greco hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Del Greco for the out.
Bottom 5 Cooper hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Moon hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sarni settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Boyer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 McCall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Sauer hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. White juggles the ball. That's an error on White.
Bottom 4 Dark is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Windy McCall now pitching. Blasingame hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Castleman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Sarni hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Brandt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Poholsky fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 White hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Del Greco, who is chasing the ball. White reaches third base with a triple. Mays scores.
Top 4 There goes Mays. The throw from Cooper and he is safe. Mays steals second.
Top 4 Mays hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Schoendienst scores.
Top 4 Schoendienst hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moon who is chasing the ball. Schoendienst reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 3 Poholsky hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castleman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Del Greco hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops it up and throws to first, with Hearn covering, for the out. Moon moves to third. Cooper moves to second.
Bottom 3 Jim Hearn now pitching. Cooper hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boyer scores. Moon moves to second.
Bottom 3 Moon takes first base on ball four. Boyer moves to second.
Bottom 3 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Sauer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 3 Musial hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dark moves to second.
Bottom 3 Dark takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 There goes Blasingame. The throw from Sarni and he is out, Spencer applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Blasingame takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Mueller hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Margoneri is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Spencer hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Poholsky hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Del Greco takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Cooper hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Castleman hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Sarni hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Brandt hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Boyer strikes out.
Bottom 1 Sauer strikes out.
Bottom 1 Musial takes first base on ball four. Dark moves to second.
Bottom 1 Dark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Blasingame is called out on strikes.
Top 1 White hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Schoendienst hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Mueller hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sauer. Mueller reaches second base with a double.