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 4, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Neal 2b 4 1 2 0
Reese 3b 4 1 1 1
Snider cf 3 1 2 0
Furillo rf 4 0 1 0
Hodges 1b 5 0 1 1
Amoros lf 2 1 0 0
  Robinson ph 1 0 0 0
  Cimoli lf 0 0 0 0
Walker c 4 0 1 0
Fernandez ss 3 0 1 1
Koufax p 4 0 1 0
  Bessent p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 10 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 4 0 1 1
Dark ss 4 0 0 0
Musial 1b 3 1 2 0
Boyer 3b 2 0 0 0
  Morgan 3b 1 0 0 0
Repulski lf 3 1 1 0
Moon rf 4 0 0 0
Del Greco cf 2 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 1 0
  Peete cf 0 0 0 0
  Cooper ph 1 0 1 2
  Wehmeier pr 0 0 0 0
Katt c 3 0 0 0
  Hatton ph 1 0 0 0
Schmidt p 2 1 2 0
  Sauer ph 1 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Collum p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 3
Brooklyn 000 020 0114100
St. Louis 000 010 002381
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Koufax  W(2-2) 8.2 8 3 3 3 5
  Bessent  SV(2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
3
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt  L(4-6) 8.0 6 3 2 7 4
  Jackson   0.2 4 1 1 0 0
  Collum   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
7
4

  E–Morgan (4).  DP–Brooklyn 2. Fernandez-Neal-Hodges, Neal-Fernandez-Hodges, St. Louis 2. Boyer-Blasingame-Musial, Peete-Musial.  2B–Brooklyn Reese (13,off Schmidt), St. Louis Schmidt (1,off Koufax); Blasingame (12,off Koufax); Cooper (3,off Koufax).  SH–Fernandez (1,off Schmidt).  IBB–Snider (18,by Schmidt).  Team LOB–11.  Team–5.  U-HP–Frank Dascoli, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Larry Goetz.  T–2:47.  A–32,750.
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