St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 1, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 1, 1956 at Forbes Field. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 1

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 3 1 1 0
Dark ss 5 0 1 0
Musial 1b 5 0 2 2
Boyer 3b 4 1 1 0
Moon rf 3 0 0 0
Repulski lf 4 0 0 0
Peete cf 4 1 3 1
Smith c 4 0 0 0
Schmidt p 4 1 2 0
Totals 36 4 10 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Skinner 1b 4 0 0 0
Groat ss 4 0 0 0
Virdon cf 3 0 0 0
Walls lf 2 1 1 0
Clemente rf 4 0 3 0
Thomas 3b 3 0 0 1
Cole 2b 3 0 1 0
Foiles c 2 0 0 0
  Shepard c 1 0 0 0
Kline p 2 0 1 0
  Long ph 1 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 6 1
St. Louis 020 000 2004100
Pittsburgh 010 000 000161
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt  W(5-6) 9.0 6 1 1 2 3
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kline  L(9-11) 8.0 10 4 3 2 2
  Face   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
3
2

  E–Thomas (5).  DP–St. Louis 1. Boyer-Blasingame-Musial, Pittsburgh 1. Groat-Cole-Skinner.  2B–St. Louis Musial (23,off Kline).  3B–St. Louis Peete (2,off Kline); Musial (6,off Kline).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Walls (7,off Schmidt).  SF–Thomas (2,off Schmidt).  Team–5.  CS–Peete (2,2nd base by Kline/Foiles).  U-HP–Babe Pinelli, 1B–Hal Dixon, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–2:14.  A–8,592.
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