Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 1, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 1, 1956 at Busch Stadium I. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 4, St. Louis Cardinals 2

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Roberts 2b 5 1 2 2
Groat ss 5 0 2 1
Long 1b 4 0 2 0
Thomas lf 4 1 1 0
  Munger p 0 0 0 0
  Donoso p 0 0 0 0
  Law p 0 0 0 0
Walls rf 4 0 2 1
Clemente cf,lf 4 0 1 0
Freese 3b 4 0 1 0
Shepard c 4 0 1 0
  O'Brien pr 0 1 0 0
  Atwell c 0 0 0 0
Littlefield p 2 0 0 0
  Ward ph 1 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
  Del Greco ph,cf 0 1 0 0
Totals 37 4 12 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame ss 3 0 0 0
Schoendienst 2b 4 1 1 0
Musial rf 4 0 1 1
Boyer 3b 4 1 3 0
Repulski lf 2 0 0 0
  Hemus ph 1 0 0 0
Moon 1b 4 0 2 0
Sarni c 3 0 0 1
  Frazier ph 0 0 0 0
  Sauer ph 0 0 0 0
  Schofield pr 0 0 0 0
Virdon cf 3 0 0 0
  Cooper ph 0 0 0 0
  Cunningham ph 1 0 0 0
Mizell p 3 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
Pittsburgh 001 000 0124120
St. Louis 010 001 000270
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Littlefield   6.0 6 2 2 2 4
  Face  W(1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Munger   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Donoso   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Law  SV(1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
8
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Mizell  L(2-1) 8.2 12 4 4 1 9
  Jackson   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
1
9

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Mizell-Blasingame, St. Louis 1. Mizell-Blasingame.  2B–Pittsburgh Freese (1,off Mizell); Walls (2,off Mizell); Roberts (1,off Mizell)., St. Louis Schoendienst (2,off Littlefield); Musial (2,off Littlefield); Moon (4,off Munger)..  3B–Pittsburgh Roberts (1,off Mizell).  Team LOB–7.  Team–6.  SB–Boyer (2,2nd base off Littlefield/Shepard); Boyer (2,2nd base off Littlefield/Shepard).  CS–Blasingame (1,2nd base by Littlefield/Shepard); Blasingame (1,2nd base by Littlefield/Shepard).  U-HP–Bill Engeln, 1B–Vic Delmore, 2B–Jocko Conlan, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–2:54.
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