Brooklyn Dodgers vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 5, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1956 at Busch Stadium I. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Brooklyn Dodgers 1, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 3 0 1 0
Reese ss 4 0 0 0
Snider cf 4 1 1 1
Hodges 1b 3 0 0 0
Robinson 3b 3 0 0 0
Amoros lf 3 0 1 0
Furillo rf 3 0 0 0
Walker c 3 0 0 0
Craig p 1 0 0 0
  Jackson ph 1 0 0 0
  Lehman p 0 0 0 0
  Newcombe ph 1 0 0 0
  Labine p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 3 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame ss 4 1 2 0
Schoendienst 2b 3 1 1 0
Musial rf 3 1 1 0
Boyer 3b 4 1 2 4
Moon 1b 4 0 0 0
Virdon cf 3 0 1 0
Repulski lf 3 0 1 0
Sarni c 4 0 2 0
Poholsky p 4 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 10 4
Brooklyn 000 000 100130
St. Louis 400 000 00x4100
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Craig  L(2-2) 5.0 7 4 4 4 3
  Lehman   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Labine   1.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
10
4
4
4
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Poholsky  W(2-0) 9.0 3 1 1 1 5
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
1
5

  E–None.  DP–Brooklyn 1. Reese-Gilliam-Hodges.  2B–St. Louis Blasingame (3,off Craig).  3B–Brooklyn Gilliam (1,off Poholsky).  HR–Brooklyn Snider (2,7th inning off Poholsky 0 on 0 out), St. Louis Boyer (4,1st inning off Craig 3 on 0 out).  Team LOB–2.  Team–8.  CS–Reese (1,2nd base by Poholsky/Sarni).  U-HP–Bill Engeln, 1B–Vic Delmore, 2B–Jocko Conlan, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–2:09.  A–14,814.
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