St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 22, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 22, 1956 at Forbes Field. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame ss 4 1 1 0
Hatton 2b 3 2 1 0
Musial rf 5 0 2 1
Boyer 3b 5 0 2 2
Moon 1b 2 2 1 0
Repulski lf 3 0 0 0
  Harmon lf 1 0 0 0
Del Greco cf 4 1 2 1
Sarni c 4 0 2 1
Wehmeier p 3 0 0 0
  Collum p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 11 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
O'Brien 2b 3 0 0 0
  Walls ph,rf 1 0 1 1
Virdon cf 4 0 1 0
Clemente rf,3b 4 1 0 0
Long 1b 4 1 3 1
Thomas lf 3 0 1 1
Kravitz c 3 0 0 0
  Shepard ph,c 1 0 0 0
Freese 3b,2b 4 0 2 0
Groat ss 3 1 2 0
Law p 2 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
  Skinner ph 0 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
  Arroyo p 0 0 0 0
  Cole ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 10 3
St. Louis 020 001 2016110
Pittsburgh 000 101 1003103
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Wehmeier  W(1-3) 6.2 7 3 3 2 4
  Collum  SV(3) 2.1 3 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
2
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Law  L(1-3) 6.1 8 5 4 3 3
  Face   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
  King   1.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Arroyo   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
6
5
5
4

  E–Clemente 2 (4), Kravitz (6).  DP–St. Louis 1. Collum-Blasingame-Moon, Pittsburgh 1. J. O'Brien-Groat-Long.  2B–St. Louis Boyer (6,off King), Pittsburgh Walls (8,off Wehmeier); Long (7,off Collum)..  3B–St. Louis Sarni (2,off Law).  HR–Pittsburgh Long (10,6th inning off Wehmeier 0 on 2 out).  SH–Hatton (1,off King).  HBP–Repulski (1,by Law).  Team LOB–9.  SF–Thomas (1,off Wehmeier).  Team–6.  SB–Hatton (1,2nd base off King/Shepard).  U-HP–Vic Delmore, 1B–Jocko Conlan, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Bill Engeln.  T–2:44.  A–19,316.
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