New York Giants 8 – 5 Chicago Cubs
23 August 1956 · CHI11
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Batting Around Twice · 14 | New York Giants | 1 in 131 games |
| 25 | final score 8–5 | 1 in 94 games | |
| 12 | 4 RBI | Gene Baker | 1 in 128 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 13 | 0 |
| Chicago Cubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – | – | 5 | 7 | 1 |
Box score
New York Giants batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foster Castleman | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Red Schoendienst | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Mays | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Dusty Rhodes | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| Don Mueller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bill White | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | HR |
| Jackie Brandt | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3B |
| Daryl Spencer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wes Westrum | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Max Surkont | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 34 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
New York Giants pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Surkont | 6.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| Windy McCall | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hoyt Wilhelm | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Chicago Cubs batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solly Drake | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Don Hoak | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dee Fondy | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim King | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walt Moryn | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Gene Baker | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | HR |
| Hobie Landrith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Eddie Miksis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jerry Kindall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Whisenant | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Brosnan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Monte Irvin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Frank Kellert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 28 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
Chicago Cubs pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Hacker | 2.1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Jim Hughes | 0.1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Brosnan | 3.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Russ Meyer | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |