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St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
May 12, 1956 Box Score
The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1956 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981) |
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| Game played on Saturday, May 12, 1956 at Wrigley Field |
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| St. Louis |
0 | 3 | 1 | | 1 | 0 | 2 | | 0 | 0 | 3 | – | 10 | 17 | 3 |
| Chicago |
0 | 2 | 3 | | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 1 | 0 | x | – | 14 | 15 | 0 |
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| St. Louis Cardinals |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Mizell |
2.1 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
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McDaniel |
0.2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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Jones L(0-2) |
2.0 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
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Surkont |
0.1 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
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Jackson |
2.2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| Totals |
8.0 |
15 |
14 |
12 |
4 |
7 |
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| Chicago Cubs |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Rush W(2-1) |
5.1 |
11 |
7 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
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Davis |
3.1 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
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Valentinetti SV(1) |
0.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
17 |
10 |
10 |
3 |
2 |
E–Blasingame (4), Boyer (2), Moon (4). DP–Chicago 2. Davis-Baker-Kellert, Banks-Baker-Kellert. 2B–St. Louis Repulski (4,off Rush); Smith 2 (3,off Rush 2), Chicago Banks (3,off Mizell); Irvin 2 (4,off Jones,off Jackson); Whisenant (1,off Jones); Miksis (1,off Jones); Moryn (2,off Surkont).. HR–St. Louis Boyer (6,3rd inning off Rush 0 on 2 out); Virdon (1,6th inning off Rush 0 on 1 out); Cooper (1,9th inning off Davis 0 on 0 out)., Chicago Whisenant 2 (2,2nd inning off Mizell 1 on 2 out,6th inning off Surkont 1 on 1 out); Kellert (1,3rd inning off Mizell 1 on 1 out); Moryn (3,5th inning off Jones 1 on 1 out); Banks (7,6th inning off Surkont 1 on 0 out).. SH–Mizell (1,off Rush); Davis (1,off Jackson). IBB–Virdon (2,by Rush). Team LOB–6. Team–7. SB–Baker (2,2nd base off Jones/Smith); Baker (2,2nd base off Jones/Smith). U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Larry Goetz, 3B–Frank Dascoli. T–2:58. A–14,556. |
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| Game played on Saturday, May 12, 1956 at Wrigley Field |
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Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."
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