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Cardinals 2 @ Giants 1
Polo Grounds
August 23, 1955

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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 August 23, 1955 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants were bested by the visiting Cardinals with a score of 2 to 1.

Game Summary

DateAugust 23, 1955 
Visiting Team
St. Louis Cardinals
R: 2 H: 13 E: 1 LOB: 8
Runs: 2
Hits: 13
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 1 H: 6 E: 0 LOB: 4
Runs: 1
Hits: 6
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 4
Winning PitcherPaul LaPalme  
Losing PitcherJohnny Antonelli  
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Game Winning RBIBill Sarni 

Game Info

DateAugust 23, 1955 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamSt. Louis Cardinals 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherWillard Schmidt  
Home Starting PitcherJohnny Antonelli  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance9,657 
Time of Game2 hours 24 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Lon Warneke
1B: Frank Secory
2B: Larry Goetz
3B: Frank Dascoli

St. Louis Cardinals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Wally Moon  First Baseman 
Red Schoendienst  Second Baseman 
Stan Musial  Right Fielder 
Harry Elliott  Left Fielder 
Bill Virdon  Center Fielder 
Bill Sarni  Catcher 
Ken Boyer  Third Baseman 
Alex Grammas  Shortstop 
Willard Schmidt  Pitcher 
Harry Walker  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Billy Gardner  Shortstop 
Whitey Lockman  First Baseman 
Willie Mays  Center Fielder 
Dusty Rhodes  Left Fielder 
Don Mueller  Right Fielder 
Hank Thompson  Third Baseman 
Wayne Terwilliger  Second Baseman 
Ray Katt  Catcher 
Johnny Antonelli  Pitcher 
Leo Durocher  Manager 

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Cardinals 2 @ Giants 1
Polo Grounds
August 23, 1955

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/23/1955 -- St.Louis at New York (N)

  St.Louis           AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Moon W, 1b            5  0  0  0   Gardner B, ss         4  0  1  0   
Schoendienst R, 2b    4  0  3  0   Lockman W, 1b         4  0  1  0   
Musial S, rf          4  1  3  0   Mays W, cf            3  0  1  0   
Elliott H, lf         3  0  0  0   Rhodes D, lf          3  1  1  0   
Virdon B, cf          3  0  1  0   Gordon S, ph          1  0  0  0   
Sarni B, c            4  0  1  1   Mueller D, rf         4  0  1  0   
Boyer K, 3b           4  1  3  0   Thompson H, 3b        1  0  0  1   
Grammas A, ss         4  0  1  0   Terwilliger W, 2b     3  0  1  0   
Schmidt W, p          2  0  0  0   Katt R, c             3  0  0  0   
Repulski R, ph        1  0  1  1   Antonelli J, p        2  0  0  0   
LaPalme P, p          1  0  0  0   Hofman B, ph          1  0  0  0   
                                   Grissom M, p          0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     35  2 13  2                        29  1  6  1

St.Louis         000 000 110 --  2
New York         010 000 000 --  1

  St.Louis             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Schmidt W             6.0  5  1  1  2  2
LaPalme P (W)         3.0  1  0  0  0  1

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Antonelli J (L)       8.0 13  2  2  2  4
Grissom M             1.0  0  0  0  0  0

E -- Grammas A
DP -- St.Louis 4, New York 4
LOB -- St.Louis 8, New York 4
2B -- Boyer K
CS -- Repulski R
SF -- Thompson H
T -- 2:24
A -- 9657

    

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