The New York Giants lost to the St. Louis Cardinals, 3 to 2, on July 28, 1956.

1956 New York Giants

Final

STL

Cardinals

45-47

3

NYG

Giants

33-56

2

STL

NYG

1

0

0

2

2

1

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

0

0

7

0

0

8

1

1

9

0

0

R

3

2

H

7

5

E

0

2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Don Blasingame 2B 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Alvin Dark SS 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stan Musial 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Ken Boyer 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
Wally Moon RF 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3
Rip Repulski LF 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Charlie Peete CF 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
Hal Smith C 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Vinegar Bend Mizell P 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jim Konstanty P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3 0 7 1 0 1 11

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Vinegar Bend Mizell (W) 7.1 3 2 2 4 4 0
Jim Konstanty (S) 1.2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 5 2 2 4 4 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Jackie Brandt LF 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Don Mueller RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Red Schoendienst 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Willie Mays CF 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Bill White 1B 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
Bill Sarni C 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Daryl Spencer 3B,SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Eddie Bressoud SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Bobby Hofman PH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Steve Ridzik PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hoyt Wilhelm P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ruben Gomez P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Windy McCall P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Foster Castleman PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hank Thompson PH,3B 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 5 1 0 4 4 1 0 6

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ruben Gomez (L) 7.2 6 3 3 7 0 0
Windy McCall 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Hoyt Wilhelm 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 7 3 3 7 1 0

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