Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 9, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 9, 1956 at Busch Stadium I. 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 3, St. Louis Cardinals 8

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Freese 2b 2 0 0 0
  Skinner ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Groat ss 3 0 0 0
  Virdon ph 0 0 0 0
Walls rf 5 0 0 0
Long 1b 5 1 1 1
Thomas lf,3b 4 0 0 0
Clemente cf 4 2 2 0
Cole 3b,2b 4 0 2 1
Foiles c 4 0 2 1
Law p 1 0 1 0
  McMahan p 0 0 0 0
  Shepard ph 1 0 0 0
  Swanson p 0 0 0 0
  Munger p 0 0 0 0
  Hall ph,p 0 0 0 0
  Pepper p 0 0 0 0
  Kravitz ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 8 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame ss 4 1 1 1
Hatton 2b 4 0 1 0
Musial rf 5 2 4 2
Boyer 3b 5 1 1 0
Moon 1b 3 3 3 4
Sauer lf 1 0 0 0
Sarni c 4 0 2 0
Del Greco cf 4 1 1 0
  Brandt cf 0 0 0 0
Mizell p 3 0 0 0
  Konstanty p 0 0 0 1
Totals 33 8 13 8
Pittsburgh 020 001 000380
St. Louis 302 110 10x8133
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Law  L(2-6) 2.1 6 5 5 2 2
  McMahan   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Swanson   1.0 3 2 2 2 1
  Munger   1.0 0 0 0 2 1
  Hall   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Pepper   2.2 2 1 1 3 1
Totals
8.0
13
8
8
9
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Mizell  W(7-2) 5.0 8 3 2 3 5
  Konstanty  SV(1) 4.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
2
4
5

  E–Blasingame 2 (12), Hatton (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 2. Cole-Freese-Long, Groat-Cole-Long, St. Louis 1. Blasingame-Moon.  3B–Pittsburgh Clemente (2,off Mizell), St. Louis Del Greco (2,off Pepper).  HR–Pittsburgh Long (17,2nd inning off Mizell 0 on 0 out), St. Louis Moon 2 (8,1st inning off Law 2 on 2 out,3rd inning off Law 0 on 1 out); Musial (7,3rd inning off Law 0 on 0 out)..  Team LOB–10.  SH–Sarni (1,off Munger).  SF–Konstanty (1,off Pepper).  IBB–Del Greco (1,by Munger).  Team–12.  SB–Moon (9,2nd base off Pepper/Foiles); Moon (9,2nd base off Pepper/Foiles).  U-HP–Frank Dascoli, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Larry Goetz.
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