St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Redlegs
September 23, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 1956 at Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Redlegs 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, Cincinnati Redlegs 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 3 0 1 0
Dark ss 4 0 2 0
Musial 1b 2 0 0 0
Moon rf 4 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 4 1 2 0
Repulski lf 4 1 1 2
Smith c 3 0 0 0
  Schofield ph 1 0 0 0
Del Greco cf 3 1 1 0
  Nelson ph 1 0 0 0
Wehmeier p 2 1 1 2
  Schmidt p 1 0 0 0
  Cooper ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
Cincinnati Redlegs ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 4 1 1 0
Bailey c 3 1 1 1
Bell cf 4 1 2 3
Robinson lf 4 0 0 0
Post rf 3 1 1 1
Crowe 1b 4 0 0 0
Grammas 3b 1 0 0 0
  Thurman ph 1 0 0 0
  Bridges 3b 0 0 0 0
McMillan ss 4 0 1 0
Acker p 1 1 0 0
  Freeman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 6 5
St. Louis 000 020 002480
Cincinnati 100 040 00x560
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Wehmeier  L(11-11) 5.0 5 5 5 5 1
  Schmidt   3.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
6
5
5
6
3
  Cincinnati Redlegs IP H R ER BB SO
Acker  W(4-3) 8.0 8 4 4 3 1
  Freeman  SV(16) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
3
3

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1. Boyer-Blasingame-Musial, Cincinnati 2. Temple-McMillan-Crowe, Temple-McMillan-Crowe.  2B–St. Louis Boyer (28,off Acker).  3B–Cincinnati Bailey (2,off Wehmeier).  HR–St. Louis Wehmeier (2,5th inning off Acker 1 on 1 out); Repulski (11,9th inning off Acker 1 on 0 out), Cincinnati Bell (29,5th inning off Wehmeier 2 on 1 out); Post (36,5th inning off Wehmeier 0 on 2 out).  Team LOB–5.  Team–6.  U-HP–Artie Gore, 1B–Dusty Boggess, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Lee Ballanfant.
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