Cincinnati Redlegs vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 9, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 1956 at Busch Stadium I. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Cincinnati Redlegs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Redlegs 5, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Cincinnati Redlegs ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 6 0 2 0
Bell cf 6 0 0 0
Robinson lf 6 0 1 0
Kluszewski 1b 6 0 0 0
Post rf 5 2 1 1
Burgess c 4 1 3 0
  Flood pr 0 0 0 0
  Bailey c 2 0 0 0
Jablonski 3b 3 0 0 0
  Grammas 3b 0 0 0 0
  Thurman ph 1 0 0 0
  Bridges 3b 1 1 0 0
McMillan ss 5 1 2 2
Jeffcoat p 4 0 2 2
  Black pr 0 0 0 0
  Freeman p 1 0 0 0
Totals 50 5 11 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 7 2 3 1
Dark ss 7 0 3 1
Musial 1b 7 1 4 1
Moon rf 5 1 1 0
Repulski lf 5 0 1 0
  Del Greco pr,cf 0 0 0 0
  Cooper ph 1 0 1 1
  Morgan pr 0 1 0 0
Boyer 3b 4 0 2 1
Lockman cf,lf 4 0 1 0
Smith c 4 0 0 0
  Nelson ph 1 0 0 0
  Katt c 2 0 1 1
Dickson p 4 1 2 0
  Sauer ph 1 0 0 0
  Wehmeier p 1 0 0 0
Totals 53 6 19 6
Cincinnati 010 300 000 000 15111
St. Louis 001 201 000 000 26192
  Cincinnati Redlegs IP H R ER BB SO
Jeffcoat   8.0 15 4 4 2 2
  Freeman  L(13-5) 4.1 4 2 2 5 1
Totals
12.1
19
6
6
7
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Dickson   9.0 8 4 3 2 3
  Wehmeier  W(10-9) 4.0 3 1 1 1 3
Totals
13.0
11
5
4
3
6

  E–Jeffcoat (2), Dark (27), Lockman (10).  DP–Cincinnati 1. Jeffcoat-McMillan-Kluszewski.  2B–Cincinnati Burgess (8,off Dickson); Robinson (23,off Wehmeier), St. Louis Musial (29,off Jeffcoat); Blasingame (21,off Jeffcoat); Boyer (24,off Jeffcoat).  3B–Cincinnati McMillan (6,off Wehmeier), St. Louis Dickson (2,off Jeffcoat); Cooper (1,off Freeman).  HR–Cincinnati Post (29,2nd inning off Dickson 0 on 1 out).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Boyer (2,off Freeman); Del Greco (4,off Freeman).  IBB–Lockman 2 (6,by Freeman 2); Boyer 2 (6,by Freeman 2).  Team–19.  SB–Temple (11,2nd base off Dickson/Smith).  U-HP–Artie Gore, 1B–Dusty Boggess, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Lee Ballanfant.  T–4:00.  A–15,709.
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