The St. Louis Cardinals handily beat the New York Giants, 5 to 2, on July 14, 1956.

1956 St. Louis Cardinals

Final

NYG

Giants

31-44

2

STL

Cardinals

40-39

5

NYG

STL

1

0

1

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

2

1

5

0

1

6

0

2

7

0

0

8

0

0

9

0

R

2

5

H

5

11

E

2

1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Eddie Bressoud SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Red Schoendienst 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Willie Mays CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
Daryl Spencer 3B 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Bill White 1B 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Don Mueller RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Sarni C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jackie Brandt LF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Al Worthington P 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Dick Littlefield P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Hofman PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marv Grissom P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 0 0 2 5 0 1 8

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Al Worthington (L) 5.2 10 5 4 3 3 0
Dick Littlefield 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Marv Grissom 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 8.0 11 5 4 3 4 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Don Blasingame 2B 4 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Alvin Dark SS 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 3
Stan Musial 1B 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
Ken Boyer 3B 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Wally Moon RF 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
Rip Repulski LF 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Whitey Lockman CF 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Bobby Del Greco CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hal Smith C 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Vinegar Bend Mizell P 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 11 5 0 3 4 1 1 12

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Vinegar Bend Mizell (W) 9.0 5 2 0 2 5 0
Totals 9.0 5 2 0 2 5 0

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