Brooklyn Dodgers vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 21, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 21, 1956 at Busch Stadium I. 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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Brooklyn Dodgers 6, St. Louis Cardinals 13

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 4 1 2 0
Reese 3b 5 0 2 2
Snider cf 5 1 1 0
Furillo rf,lf,rf 5 0 2 1
Hodges 1b 5 0 0 0
Amoros lf,rf,lf 4 1 2 2
Walker c 3 1 1 1
  Campanella c 0 1 0 0
Fernandez ss 4 1 1 0
Craig p 2 0 0 0
  Bessent p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson ph 1 0 0 0
  Labine p 0 0 0 0
  Lehman p 0 0 0 0
  Drysdale p 0 0 0 0
  Neal ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 11 6
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 4 1 2 1
Dark ss 5 2 1 0
Musial 1b 5 3 2 2
Boyer 3b 4 2 4 2
Moon rf 5 1 1 1
Lockman lf 3 0 0 1
  Repulski ph,lf 2 0 2 2
Peete cf 3 1 2 1
  Sauer ph 2 1 1 1
  Del Greco cf 0 0 0 0
Smith c 4 2 3 1
Dickson p 1 0 0 0
  Hatton ph 1 0 0 0
  Wehmeier p 2 0 2 0
Totals 41 13 20 12
Brooklyn 000 300 0036111
St. Louis 001 012 45x13202
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Craig  L(9-5) 5.1 8 4 3 1 1
  Bessent   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Labine   0.1 4 4 4 0 0
  Lehman   1.1 7 5 5 0 0
  Drysdale   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
20
13
12
1
1
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Dickson   5.0 6 3 3 0 2
  Wehmeier  W(4-8) 4.0 5 3 3 2 2
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
2
4

  E–Snider (4), Dark (15), Repulski (3).  DP–Brooklyn 2. Gilliam-Fernandez-Hodges, Reese-Gilliam-Hodges.  2B–Brooklyn Snider (15,off Dickson), St. Louis Smith (9,off Craig); Boyer (18,off Craig); Repulski (11,off Lehman).  HR–Brooklyn Amoros (6,4th inning off Dickson 1 on 2 out); Walker (2,4th inning off Dickson 0 on 2 out), St. Louis Sauer (4,8th inning off Lehman 0 on 0 out); Smith (5,8th inning off Lehman 0 on 0 out); Musial (18,8th inning off Lehman 1 on 2 out).  Team LOB–8.  SF–Blasingame (1,off Craig).  Team–6.  SB–Fernandez (2,2nd base off Wehmeier/Smith); Boyer (6,2nd base off Craig/Walker).  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Larry Goetz, 2B–Frank Dascoli, 3B–Frank Secory.  T–2:59.  A–21,878.
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