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Reds
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
July 31, 1956
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Cincinnati Reds, played on July 31, 1956 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | July 31, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cincinnati Reds
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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 31, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Hal Jeffcoat |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Dick Littlefield |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 10,564 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 29 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Dusty Boggess 1B: Shag Crawford 2B: Lee Ballanfant 3B: Stan Landes |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Temple | Second Baseman |
| Roy McMillan | Shortstop |
| Frank Robinson | Left Fielder |
| George Crowe | First Baseman |
| Gus Bell | Center Fielder |
| Smoky Burgess | Catcher |
| Ray Jablonski | Third Baseman |
| Wally Post | Right Fielder |
| Hal Jeffcoat | Pitcher |
| Birdie Tebbetts | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jackie Brandt | Left Fielder |
| Don Mueller | Right Fielder |
| Red Schoendienst | Second Baseman |
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Bill White | First Baseman |
| Foster Castleman | Third Baseman |
| Daryl Spencer | Shortstop |
| Wes Westrum | Catcher |
| Dick Littlefield | Pitcher |
| Bill Rigney | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Reds
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
July 31, 1956
Top 1
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Littlefield
Temple hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McMillan vs. Littlefield
McMillan hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Littlefield
Robinson hits a popup towards first. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crowe vs. Littlefield
Crowe is called out on strikes. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Littlefield
Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brandt vs. Jeffcoat
Brandt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jeffcoat fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Jeffcoat
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Crowe scoops it up and throws to first, with Jeffcoat covering, for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Jeffcoat
Schoendienst takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mays vs. Jeffcoat
Mays hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burgess vs. Littlefield
Burgess strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jablonski vs. Littlefield
Jablonski hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Post vs. Littlefield
Post hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jeffcoat vs. Littlefield
Jeffcoat strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Jeffcoat
White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castleman vs. Jeffcoat
Castleman hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Jeffcoat
Spencer hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Littlefield
Temple hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays. Temple reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McMillan vs. Littlefield
McMillan bunts towards the mound. Littlefield fields it and throws to first for the out. Temple moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Robinson vs. Littlefield
Robinson is walked intentionally. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Crowe vs. Littlefield
There goes Robinson. The throw from Westrum and he is safe. Robinson steals second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Crowe vs. Littlefield
Crowe is called out on strikes. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bell vs. Littlefield
Bell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Burgess vs. Littlefield
Burgess strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Jeffcoat
Westrum hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Littlefield vs. Jeffcoat
Littlefield hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brandt vs. Jeffcoat
Brandt hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jablonski vs. Littlefield
Jablonski hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Post vs. Littlefield
Post hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jeffcoat vs. Littlefield
Jeffcoat strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Jeffcoat
Mueller hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schoendienst vs. Jeffcoat
Schoendienst hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mays vs. Jeffcoat
Mays hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Mueller moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
White vs. Jeffcoat
White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Mueller scores. Mays moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Castleman vs. Jeffcoat
Castleman hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Littlefield
Temple hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McMillan vs. Littlefield
McMillan hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Littlefield
There's a wild pitch. Temple moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Robinson vs. Littlefield
Robinson is walked intentionally. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Crowe vs. Littlefield
Crowe hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Temple scores. Robinson moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bell vs. McCall
Windy McCall now pitching.
Bell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Robinson scores. Crowe moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Burgess vs. McCall
Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Burgess for the out. Crowe moves to third. Bell moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Jablonski vs. McCall
Jablonski hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Post vs. McCall
Post hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Reds, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Jeffcoat
Spencer hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Jeffcoat
Westrum hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Jeffcoat
Hank Thompson pinch hits for Windy McCall.
Thompson hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brandt vs. Jeffcoat
Brandt hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Reds, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jeffcoat vs. Hearn
Jim Hearn now pitching.
Jeffcoat strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Hearn
Temple hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMillan vs. Hearn
McMillan hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Reds, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Jeffcoat
Mueller hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Jeffcoat
Schoendienst hits a line drive towards first. Crowe reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Jeffcoat
Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Reds, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Hearn
Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crowe vs. Hearn
Crowe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Hearn
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bell for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Reds, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Jeffcoat
White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Crowe scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats White for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castleman vs. Jeffcoat
Castleman hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Jeffcoat
Spencer hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Reds, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burgess vs. Hearn
Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jablonski vs. Hearn
Jablonski takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Post vs. Hearn
Post strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jeffcoat vs. Hearn
Jeffcoat hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hearn fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Reds, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Jeffcoat
Westrum takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rhodes vs. Jeffcoat
Dusty Rhodes pinch hits for Jim Hearn.
Rhodes is called out on strikes. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brandt vs. Jeffcoat
Brandt hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bell. Brandt reaches second base with a double. Westrum goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mueller vs. Jeffcoat
Mueller hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Brandt scores. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schoendienst vs. Freeman
Hersh Freeman now pitching.
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mays vs. Freeman
Mays strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Reds, 7 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Wilhelm
Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching.
Temple hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMillan vs. Wilhelm
McMillan hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Wilhelm
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wilhelm fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Reds, 7 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Freeman
White hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castleman vs. Freeman
Castleman hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Freeman
Spencer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Westrum vs. Freeman
Westrum strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/31/1956, game 2 -- Cincinnati at New York (N)
Cincinnati AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Temple J, 2b 5 2 3 0 Brandt J, lf 4 1 1 1
McMillan R, ss 4 1 1 2 Mueller D, rf 4 1 2 1
Robinson F, lf 3 1 0 0 Schoendienst R, 2b 3 0 0 0
Crowe G, 1b 4 1 1 1 Mays W, cf 4 0 1 0
Bell G, cf 3 1 1 1 White B, 1b 4 0 0 1
Burgess S, c 4 0 0 0 Castleman F, 3b 4 0 0 0
Jablonski R, 3b 3 1 2 3 Spencer D, ss 4 0 1 0
Post W, rf 4 0 0 0 Westrum W, c 3 1 1 0
Jeffcoat H, p 4 0 0 0 Littlefield D, p 1 0 0 0
Freeman H, p 0 0 0 0 McCall W, p 0 0 0 0
Thompson H, ph 1 0 0 0
Hearn J, p 0 0 0 0
Rhodes D, ph 1 0 0 0
Wilhelm H, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 7 8 7 33 3 6 3
Cincinnati 200 050 000 -- 7
New York 000 100 020 -- 3
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Jeffcoat H (W) 7.1 5 3 3 2 1
Freeman H (S) 1.2 1 0 0 0 2
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Littlefield D (L) 4.1 6 5 5 3 6
McCall W 0.2 2 2 2 0 0
Hearn J 3.0 0 0 0 1 2
Wilhelm H 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
LOB -- Cincinnati 5, New York 5
2B -- Temple J, Brandt J
HR -- McMillan R, Jablonski R
SB -- Robinson F
SH -- McMillan R
WP -- Littlefield D
T -- 2:29
A -- 10564
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