St. Louis Cardinals vs Philadelphia Phillies
June 24, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 24, 1956 at Connie Mack Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 8, Philadelphia Phillies 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 3 0 0 0
  Blasingame 2b 2 0 0 0
Dark ss 5 1 1 1
Musial 1b 3 1 1 0
Boyer 3b 5 3 3 3
Sauer lf 3 0 1 0
  Lockman lf 2 1 1 0
Harmon rf 2 0 0 0
  Moon ph,rf 2 1 2 0
Smith c 5 1 2 1
Del Greco cf 2 0 0 1
Dickson p 3 0 1 1
  Wehmeier p 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 12 7
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn cf 4 1 2 1
Blaylock 1b 4 0 0 0
Lopata c 2 0 1 3
Ennis lf 4 0 2 0
Jones 3b 4 0 1 0
Greengrass rf 5 0 0 0
Kazanski 2b 4 1 1 0
Smalley ss 1 1 0 0
  Haddix ph 1 0 0 0
  Hamner ss 1 0 0 0
Simmons p 1 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Hemus ph 1 1 1 0
  Rogovin p 0 0 0 0
  Baumholtz ph 1 0 0 0
  Flowers p 0 0 0 0
  Valo ph 1 0 1 0
  Negray p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
St. Louis 011 040 1018120
Philadelphia 002 011 000491
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Dickson   4.2 5 3 3 5 3
  Wehmeier  W(3-6) 4.1 4 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
7
3
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Simmons  L(3-6) 4.1 7 5 5 2 0
  Miller   0.2 1 1 1 2 1
  Rogovin   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Flowers   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Negray   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
8
8
5
2

  E–Kazanski (5).  DP–St. Louis 1. Dark-Morgan-Musial, Philadelphia 1. Greengrass-Lopata.  2B–St. Louis Smith (6,off B. Miller); Moon (12,off Negray)., Philadelphia Lopata (17,off Dickson); Kazanski (5,off Wehmeier).  3B–St. Louis Boyer (1,off Simmons).  HR–St. Louis Boyer 2 (17,3rd inning off Simmons 0 on 2 out,9th inning off Negray 0 on 0 out); Dark (3,5th inning off Simmons 0 on 1 out)..  SF–Del Greco (1,off Flowers); Lopata (4,off Dickson).  IBB–Del Greco (3,by B. Miller); Ennis (2,by Dickson).  Team LOB–9.  Team–11.  U-HP–Artie Gore, 1B–Bill Jackowski, 2B–Lee Ballanfant, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–2:50.
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