Giants @ Cardinals
May 6, 1956

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Bottom 9 R H E
Giants 5 10 1
Cardinals 4 7 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Giants 5 10 1
Cardinals 4 7 0

Walker Cooper Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .500
OBP .000 .571
At Bats 0 6
Hits 0 3
• Singles 0 1
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 1
RBI’s 0 3

Hoyt Wilhelm Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 2 0
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Sportsman's Park - May 6, 1956
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Out
Hoyt Wilhelm
Wes Westrum
Whitey Lockman
Daryl Spencer
Foster Castleman
Al Dark
Dusty Rhodes
Willie Mays
Don Mueller
Walker Cooper
Dick Schofield
Wally Moon

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Giants 5 10 1 4
St. Louis Cardinals 4 7 0 5
Winning Pitcher Steve Ridzik
Losing Pitcher Vinegar Bend Mizell
Save Hoyt Wilhelm
Game Winning RBI Dusty Rhodes
Attendance 25,466
Time of Game 2 hours 37 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Walker Cooper pinch hits for Ellis Kinder. Cooper hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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Bottom 9 Dick Schofield pinch runs for Joe Frazier. Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching. Virdon hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Joe Frazier pinch hits for Bill Sarni. Frazier takes first base on ball four. Moon moves to second.
Bottom 9 Moon hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Wes Westrum now catching. Solly Hemus pinch hits for Rip Repulski. Hemus hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Ridzik hits a popup, foul, towards first. Moon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Katt hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Rhodes hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Spencer scores.
Top 9 Ellis Kinder now pitching. Castleman bunts towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. Spencer moves to third.
Top 9 Spencer hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Virdon. Spencer reaches second base with a double. Mays scores.
Top 9 There goes Mays. The throw from Sarni and he is safe. Mays steals second.
Top 9 Mays hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Boyer strikes out.
Bottom 8 Musial takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 There goes Schoendienst. The throw from Katt and he is out, Dark applying the tag.
Bottom 8 Schoendienst takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Blasingame hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Dark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Mizell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Steve Ridzik now pitching. Sarni hits a popup towards third. Castleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jim Mangan pinch hits for Joe Margoneri. Mangan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Moon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mangan for the out.
Top 7 Katt hits a popup, foul, towards first. Moon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Rhodes strikes out.
Bottom 6 Moon strikes out.
Bottom 6 Repulski hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Boyer hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Musial for the out.
Bottom 6 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Margoneri, and towards Spencer, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Castleman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 There goes Mays. The throw from Sarni and he is safe. Mays steals second.
Top 6 Spencer hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Mays takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Mueller hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Blasingame hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mizell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castleman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Mizell fires to first and has Lockman trapped. There's the throw to Blasingame who tags Lockman for the out.
Top 5 Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Lockman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Katt scores.
Top 5 Margoneri bunts towards first. Moon scoops it up and throws to first, with Schoendienst covering, for the out. Katt moves to third.
Top 5 Katt hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Virdon. Katt reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Sarni hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castleman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Moon hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Repulski scores. Moon moves to second.
Bottom 4 Repulski hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mueller. Repulski reaches second base with a double. Boyer goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castleman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Rhodes is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Castleman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 There goes Mays. The throw from Sarni and he is safe. Mays steals third.
Top 4 Spencer hits a popup, foul, towards first. Moon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 There goes Mays. The throw from Sarni and he is safe. Mays steals second.
Top 4 Mays takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Blasingame hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mizell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Virdon is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blasingame fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Margoneri is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Katt hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 Rhodes hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 There goes Repulski. The throw from Katt and he is out, Dark applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Sarni hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Moon hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Repulski takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Castleman is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Mays hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Boyer hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Schoendienst hits a line drive into center field. That will be extra bases. Mays fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Mays. Schoendienst moves all the way to home. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Blasingame strikes out.
Top 1 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lockman is called out on strikes.