St. Louis Cardinals vs Brooklyn Dodgers
June 19, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 19, 1956 at Ebbets Field. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 6, Brooklyn Dodgers 0

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Lockman rf,lf 5 0 0 0
Dark ss 5 2 3 0
Musial 1b 4 1 3 3
Boyer 3b 3 0 1 0
Sauer lf 3 1 0 0
  Harmon rf 0 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 2 1 1 2
Del Greco cf 4 0 0 0
Smith c 4 1 1 0
Dickson p 4 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 9 5
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 4 0 0 0
Reese ss 4 0 3 0
Snider cf 4 0 0 0
Jackson 3b 3 0 0 0
Nelson 1b 4 0 0 0
Hodges lf 1 0 0 0
Campanella c 3 0 0 0
Furillo rf 3 0 0 0
Koufax p 0 0 0 0
  Bessent p 2 0 0 0
  Roebuck p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson ph 1 0 0 0
  Drysdale p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 3 0
St. Louis 400 000 200690
Brooklyn 000 000 000032
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Dickson  W(4-6) 9.0 3 0 0 3 7
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
3
7
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Koufax  L(1-1) 2.2 5 4 4 2 1
  Bessent   4.0 4 2 2 1 4
  Roebuck   1.1 0 0 0 1 2
  Drysdale   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
4
7

  E–Reese (8), Campanella (5).  DP–St. Louis 1. Dark-Morgan-Musial, Brooklyn 3. Nelson-Reese, Reese-Gilliam-Nelson, Reese-Gilliam-Nelson.  HR–St. Louis Musial (10,1st inning off Koufax 1 on 1 out); Morgan (2,1st inning off Koufax 1 on 2 out).  Team LOB–5.  Team–5.  U-HP–Babe Pinelli, 1B–Dusty Boggess, 2B–Hal Dixon, 3B–Tom Gorman.
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