The St. Louis Cardinals came up just a bit short against the New York Giants, 4 to 3, on August 26, 1956.

1956 St. Louis Cardinals

Final

NYG

Giants

50-71

4

STL

Cardinals

63-61

3

NYG

STL

1

0

0

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

0

1

5

0

0

6

2

0

7

0

2

8

2

0

9

0

0

R

4

3

H

8

8

E

0

3

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Don Mueller RF 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Red Schoendienst 2B 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Willie Mays CF 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Jackie Brandt LF 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill White 1B 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Foster Castleman 3B 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Daryl Spencer SS 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Wes Westrum C 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Bill Sarni PH,C 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dick Littlefield P 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Bobby Hofman PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ruben Gomez PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Antonelli P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 3 0 4 6 1 0 10

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dick Littlefield (W) 7.0 6 3 3 2 5 2
Johnny Antonelli (S) 2.0 2 0 0 1 1 0
Totals 9.0 8 3 3 3 6 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Don Blasingame 2B 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Alvin Dark SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Stan Musial 1B 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
Hank Sauer LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Bobby Morgan 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ken Boyer 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Whitey Lockman LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rip Repulski PH,LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wally Moon RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Ray Katt C 3 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 5
Herm Wehmeier PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Del Greco CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Walker Cooper PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vinegar Bend Mizell P 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Jackie Collum P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hal Smith PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 3 2 3 6 0 0 15

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Vinegar Bend Mizell (L) 7.2 8 4 2 4 5 0
Jackie Collum 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 8 4 2 4 6 0

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