Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 25, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 25, 1956 at Busch Stadium I. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Pittsburgh Pirates 5, St. Louis Cardinals 8

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Skinner lf 2 1 1 0
  Walls lf 3 0 0 0
Long 1b 3 1 2 1
Virdon cf 4 1 2 2
Clemente rf 4 1 2 1
Thomas 3b 4 0 2 0
Groat ss 3 0 1 1
Law p 3 0 0 0
  Hall p 1 0 0 0
Mazeroski 2b 3 0 0 0
Foiles c 3 1 0 0
Totals 33 5 10 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 5 1 1 1
Dark ss 4 1 1 1
Musial 1b 3 1 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Moon rf 4 2 2 2
Nelson lf,1b 3 1 2 1
Boyer 3b 4 0 2 2
Katt c 3 2 1 1
Del Greco cf 4 0 2 0
Wehmeier p 0 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 1 0 1 0
  Lockman ph 1 0 1 0
  Blaylock p 0 0 0 0
  Morgan ph 1 0 0 0
  Sauer lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 13 8
Pittsburgh 320 000 0005101
St. Louis 001 012 40x8130
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Law  L(6-14) 6.2 12 8 4 2 2
  Hall   1.1 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
13
8
4
3
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Wehmeier   1.1 5 5 5 2 0
  McDaniel   3.2 2 0 0 0 4
  Blaylock  W(1-4) 2.0 2 0 0 2 1
  Jackson  SV(8) 2.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
4
8

  E–Mazeroski (6).  DP–Pittsburgh 2. Thomas-Mazeroski-Long, Mazeroski-Groat-Long, St. Louis 2. Boyer-Blasingame-Musial, Boyer-Blasingame-Musial.  2B–St. Louis Nelson (6,off Law); Boyer (21,off Law); Dark (22,off Law); Moon (19,off Law).  3B–Pittsburgh Virdon (9,off Wehmeier).  HR–St. Louis Katt (10,5th inning off Law 0 on 0 out).  SF–Groat (2,off Wehmeier); Virdon (3,off McDaniel).  Team LOB–7.  IBB–Musial (14,by Law); Nelson (2,by D. Hall).  Team–5.  U-HP–Dusty Boggess, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–Lee Ballanfant, 3B–Artie Gore.  T–2:33.  A–8,976.
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