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Giants 5 @ Cubs 4
Wrigley Field
August 24, 1956

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the New York Giants, played on August 24, 1956 at Wrigley Field. The home team Cubs were bested by the visiting Giants with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateAugust 24, 1956 
Visiting Team
New York Giants
R: 5 H: 9 E: 0 LOB: 3
Runs: 5
Hits: 9
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 3
Home Team
Chicago Cubs
R: 4 H: 8 E: 1 LOB: 13
Runs: 4
Hits: 8
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 13
Winning PitcherHoyt Wilhelm  
Losing PitcherRuss Meyer  
SaveDick Littlefield  
Game Winning RBIWillie Mays 

Game Info

DateAugust 24, 1956 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Giants 
Home TeamChicago Cubs 
Visiting Starting PitcherRuben Gomez  
Home Starting PitcherDon Kaiser  
BallparkWrigley Field 
CityChicago 
StateIL 
Attendance4,407 
Time of Game2 hours 46 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Larry Goetz
1B: Frank Secory
2B: Frank Dascoli
3B: Bill Engeln

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Don Mueller  Right Fielder 
Red Schoendienst  Second Baseman 
Willie Mays  Center Fielder 
Hank Thompson  Third Baseman 
Bill White  First Baseman 
Jackie Brandt  Left Fielder 
Bill Sarni  Catcher 
Daryl Spencer  Shortstop 
Ruben Gomez  Pitcher 
Bill Rigney  Manager 

Chicago Cubs Lineup 

Name  Position 
Solly Drake  Center Fielder 
Don Hoak  Third Baseman 
Dee Fondy  First Baseman 
Jim King  Left Fielder 
Walt Moryn  Right Fielder 
Gene Baker  Second Baseman 
Hobie Landrith  Catcher 
Jerry Kindall  Shortstop 
Don Kaiser  Pitcher 
Stan Hack  Manager 

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Giants 5 @ Cubs 4
Wrigley Field
August 24, 1956

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/24/1956 -- New York at Chicago (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Chicago            AB  R  H RBI
Mueller D, rf         5  1  4  3   Drake S, cf           3  1  1  0   
Schoendienst R, 2b    4  0  1  0   Hoak D, 3b            4  1  2  0   
Mays W, cf            5  0  1  1   Fondy D, 1b           4  0  1  1   
Thompson H, 3b        4  0  0  0   King J, lf            5  1  1  1   
White B, 1b           4  0  0  0   Moryn W, rf           5  0  0  0   
Brandt J, lf          4  1  1  0   Baker G, 2b           5  0  3  0   
Sarni B, c            3  2  1  0   Landrith H, c         3  0  0  1   
Spencer D, ss         4  1  1  0   Kindall J, ss         3  0  0  0   
Gomez R, p            3  0  0  0   Miksis E, ph-ss       1  0  0  0   
McCall W, p           0  0  0  0   Kaiser D, p           1  0  0  0   
Rhodes D, ph          1  0  0  0   Whisenant P, ph       1  0  0  0   
Wilhelm H, p          0  0  0  0   Valentinetti V, p     0  0  0  0   
Littlefield D, p      0  0  0  0   Kellert F, ph         1  0  0  0   
                                   Lown T, p             0  0  0  0   
                                   Irvin M, ph           0  1  0  0   
                                   Hughes J, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Chiti H, ph           1  0  0  0   
                                   Meyer R, p            0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     37  5  9  4                        37  4  8  3

New York         001 030 000 01 --  5
Chicago          100 001 101 00 --  4

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Gomez R               8.2  7  4  4  8  4
McCall W              0.1  0  0  0  0  1
Wilhelm H (W)*        1.0  1  0  0  2  0
Littlefield D (S)     1.0  0  0  0  0  1

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Kaiser D              5.0  5  4  3  1  2
Valentinetti V        2.0  0  0  0  1  0
Lown T                2.0  1  0  0  0  0
Hughes J              1.0  1  0  0  0  0
Meyer R (L)           1.0  2  1  1  0  0
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 11th

E -- Kindall J
DP -- New York 2, Chicago 4
LOB -- New York 3, Chicago 13
2B -- Sarni B, Brandt J, Baker G, Fondy D, Mays W
SH -- White B, Drake S, Landrith H, Schoendienst R
SF -- Landrith H
T -- 2:46
A -- 4407

    

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