Brooklyn Dodgers vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 22, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 22, 1956 at Busch Stadium I. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Brooklyn Dodgers 5, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 4 0 0 0
  Neal 2b 0 0 0 0
Reese 3b 5 1 3 0
Snider cf 4 1 1 2
Furillo rf 3 0 1 0
Hodges 1b 5 1 2 0
Amoros lf 4 1 1 0
Walker c 5 1 3 3
Fernandez ss 5 0 1 0
Erskine p 5 0 0 0
Totals 40 5 12 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 4 0 0 0
Dark ss 4 0 0 0
Musial 1b 4 0 1 0
Boyer 3b 4 0 0 0
Moon rf 3 2 1 1
Repulski lf 4 1 3 0
Peete cf 4 0 0 1
Smith c 4 0 2 1
Blaylock p 2 0 0 0
  Konstanty p 0 0 0 0
  Hatton ph 0 0 0 0
  Collum p 0 0 0 0
  Lockman ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
Brooklyn 000 001 2205120
St. Louis 000 000 102371
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Erskine  W(8-6) 9.0 7 3 3 2 5
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Blaylock  L(0-1) 7.2 11 5 5 5 6
  Konstanty   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Collum   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
5
6

  E–Dark (16), Dark (16).  2B–Brooklyn Reese (12,off Blaylock); Walker (5,off Blaylock), St. Louis Smith (10,off Erskine).  HR–Brooklyn Walker (3,6th inning off Blaylock 0 on 0 out); Snider (21,8th inning off Blaylock 1 on 2 out), St. Louis Moon (11,7th inning off Erskine 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–13.  Team–6.  U-HP–Larry Goetz, 1B–Frank Dascoli, 2B–Frank Secory, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–2:38.  A–32,750.
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