St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 16, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 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 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 4 1 1 0
Dark ss 5 0 0 0
Musial 1b 5 0 1 0
Repulski lf 5 1 3 1
Boyer 3b 5 1 2 1
Lockman rf 3 0 0 0
Smith c 4 0 0 0
Del Greco cf 2 0 1 1
Dickson p 3 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 8 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 4 1 1 0
Clemente rf 4 0 1 0
Long 1b 4 0 0 0
Walls lf 3 1 2 1
Groat ss 3 0 1 1
Thomas 3b 4 0 1 0
  O'Brien pr 0 0 0 0
Foiles c 3 0 0 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 0 0
Waters p 2 0 0 0
  Munger p 0 0 0 0
  Skinner ph 1 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
  Powers ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
St. Louis 000 000 110 1–380
Pittsburgh 200 000 000 0–260
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Dickson  W(13-9) 10.0 6 2 2 1 7
Totals
10.0
6
2
2
1
7
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Waters   7.2 5 2 2 3 0
  Munger   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Face  L(12-11) 2.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
10.0
8
3
3
3
0
  E–None.  2B–St. Louis Boyer (25,off Waters).  HR–St. Louis Repulski (10,10th inning off Face 0 on 2 out).  SH–Dickson (2,off Face); Groat (16,off Dickson); Foiles (4,off Dickson).  SF–Del Greco (3,off Waters).  Team LOB–8.  Team–4.  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Bill Engeln, 2B–Larry Goetz, 3B–Frank Dascoli.  T–2:32.
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