The New York Giants managed to stay ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals, 6 to 5, on July 27, 1956.

1956 New York Giants

Final

STL

Cardinals

44-47

5

NYG

Giants

33-55

6

STL

NYG

1

1

0

2

1

1

3

1

1

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

0

1

7

1

3

8

1

0

9

0

R

5

6

H

7

11

E

1

1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Don Blasingame 2B 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Alvin Dark SS 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Stan Musial 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Whitey Lockman 1B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ken Boyer 3B 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Rip Repulski LF 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wally Moon RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Walker Cooper C 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Herm Wehmeier PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hal Smith C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Del Greco CF 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
Charlie Peete PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Willard Schmidt P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hank Sauer PH 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lindy McDaniel P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jackie Collum P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Grady Hatton PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 7 5 1 2 1 0 0 12

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Willard Schmidt 6.0 8 3 3 3 0 1
Lindy McDaniel (L) 0.1 2 3 0 0 0 0
Jackie Collum 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 8.0 11 6 3 3 0 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Jackie Brandt LF 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Don Mueller RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Red Schoendienst 2B 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Willie Mays CF 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bill White 1B 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 7
Bill Sarni C 2 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 4
Daryl Spencer 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Eddie Bressoud SS 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Joe Margoneri P 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Marv Grissom P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 11 6 1 3 0 0 0 18

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Joe Margoneri (W) 7.0 5 4 3 1 1 1
Marv Grissom (S) 2.0 2 1 1 1 0 0
Totals 9.0 7 5 4 2 1 1

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