St. Louis Cardinals vs Brooklyn Dodgers
August 4, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 1956 at Ebbets Field. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 4, Brooklyn Dodgers 12

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 4 0 0 0
Dark ss 3 0 0 0
  Morgan ss 1 1 1 0
Musial 1b 2 1 2 0
  Nelson 1b 1 1 1 2
Boyer 3b 4 1 2 0
Moon rf 4 0 1 1
Lockman lf 4 0 1 0
Peete cf 4 0 0 0
Smith c 3 0 1 0
Blaylock p 0 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 2 0 0 0
  Sauer ph 1 0 0 0
  Liddle p 0 0 0 0
  Repulski ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 3
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 4 2 2 0
Amoros lf 4 2 1 0
Snider cf 3 2 2 3
  Cimoli cf 1 0 0 0
Furillo rf 5 1 2 2
Robinson 3b 2 1 0 1
  Jackson 3b 3 0 1 0
Hodges 1b 4 2 2 0
Campanella c 3 1 1 0
Fernandez ss 4 1 1 4
Erskine p 4 0 0 0
Totals 37 12 12 10
St. Louis 000 200 020495
Brooklyn 510 200 40x12120
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Blaylock  L(0-2) 0.1 4 5 3 1 0
  McDaniel   5.2 5 3 3 1 0
  Liddle   2.0 3 4 4 2 0
Totals
8.0
12
12
10
4
0
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Erskine  W(10-6) 9.0 9 4 4 3 2
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
3
2

  E–Dark 2 (19), Boyer (13), Lockman 2 (8).  DP–St. Louis 2. Dark-Musial, Boyer-Blasingame-Musial, Brooklyn 2. Erskine-Fernandez-Hodges, Jackson-Hodges.  2B–Brooklyn Gilliam (7,off Blaylock); Snider (16,off McDaniel).  HR–St. Louis Nelson (5,8th inning off Erskine 1 on 1 out), Brooklyn Snider (27,4th inning off McDaniel 1 on 1 out); Fernandez (1,7th inning off Liddle 3 on 1 out).  Team LOB–6.  Team–5.  SB–Gilliam (13,2nd base off Liddle/Smith); Gilliam (13,2nd base off Liddle/Smith).  U-HP–Jocko Conlan, 1B–Artie Gore, 2B–Bill Jackowski, 3B–Vic Delmore.
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