The St. Louis Cardinals squeaked out a win over the New York Giants, 4 to 3, on August 26, 1956.

1956 St. Louis Cardinals

Final

NYG

Giants

49-71

3

STL

Cardinals

63-60

4

NYG

STL

1

0

0

2

0

0

3

0

4

4

2

0

5

0

0

6

1

0

7

0

0

8

0

0

9

0

R

3

4

H

8

6

E

1

0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Don Mueller RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Red Schoendienst 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Willie Mays CF 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
Bill White 1B 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Jackie Brandt LF 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bill Sarni C 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Ruben Gomez PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Foster Castleman 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Daryl Spencer SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Hank Thompson PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Margoneri P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jim Hearn P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Windy McCall P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dusty Rhodes PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hoyt Wilhelm P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 3 0 0 2 1 0 14

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Joe Margoneri (L) 2.1 4 4 4 5 3 1
Jim Hearn 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Windy McCall 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Hoyt Wilhelm 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 8.0 6 4 4 5 6 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Don Blasingame 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
Alvin Dark SS 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Stan Musial 1B 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Hank Sauer LF 4 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 4
Jackie Collum P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Boyer 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Wally Moon RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Walker Cooper C 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bobby Del Greco CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Tom Poholsky P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Whitey Lockman LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 6 4 1 5 6 0 1 9

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tom Poholsky (W) 7.0 7 3 3 0 2 0
Jackie Collum (S) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 8 3 3 0 2 0

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