St. Louis Cardinals vs Brooklyn Dodgers
September 18, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 1956 at Ebbets Field. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 6, Brooklyn Dodgers 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 3 1 0 0
Dark ss 4 0 0 0
Musial 1b 3 3 2 1
Moon rf 4 1 1 2
Repulski lf 3 0 0 1
Boyer 3b 4 1 1 2
Lockman cf 3 0 0 0
  Del Greco cf 1 0 0 0
Katt c 3 0 1 0
Mizell p 1 0 0 0
  Wehmeier p 1 0 0 0
  Schofield ph 1 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 5 6
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam lf,2b 5 0 2 0
Reese ss 4 1 0 0
Furillo rf 3 0 0 0
Robinson 3b 4 1 1 2
Hodges 1b 4 1 1 2
Neal 2b 4 1 1 0
  Cimoli lf 0 0 0 0
  Mitchell ph 1 0 0 0
Snider cf 3 0 1 0
Campanella c 2 1 0 0
Craig p 0 0 0 0
  Demeter ph 1 0 0 0
  Roebuck p 1 0 0 0
  Amoros ph 1 0 1 1
  Erskine p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 7 5
St. Louis 301 000 002650
Brooklyn 002 001 200570
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Mizell   2.2 2 2 2 4 1
  Wehmeier   4.1 4 3 3 2 1
  Jackson  W(2-2) 2.0 1 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
8
4
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Craig   3.0 3 4 4 2 2
  Roebuck   3.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Erskine  L(13-10) 3.0 2 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
6
6
2
5

  E–None.  2B–St. Louis Katt (8,off Craig), Brooklyn Snider (29,off Wehmeier).  3B–St. Louis Moon (11,off Craig).  HR–St. Louis Musial (25,3rd inning off Craig 0 on 1 out); Boyer (26,9th inning off Erskine 1 on 2 out), Brooklyn Hodges (28,7th inning off Wehmeier 1 on 2 out).  SF–Repulski (2,off Craig).  Team LOB–1.  Team–10.  U-HP–Larry Goetz, 1B–Frank Dascoli, 2B–Frank Secory, 3B–Bill Engeln.
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