St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Redlegs
April 17, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1956 at Crosley Field. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 4, Cincinnati Redlegs 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Moon 1b 4 1 2 1
Schoendienst 2b 5 1 2 0
Musial rf 5 1 1 3
Sauer lf 4 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 3 0 2 0
Virdon cf 4 0 1 0
Sarni c 4 1 3 0
Grammas ss 4 0 0 0
Mizell p 4 0 1 0
  Kinder p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 12 4
Cincinnati Redlegs ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 4 0 1 0
Burgess c 5 0 1 0
  Harmon pr 0 0 0 0
Kluszewski 1b 5 0 1 0
Post rf 5 0 1 0
Bell cf 4 0 1 0
Jablonski 3b 4 2 3 1
Robinson lf 3 0 2 0
McMillan ss 4 0 2 1
Nuxhall p 3 0 0 0
  Crowe ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 2 12 2
St. Louis 100 100 0024120
Cincinnati 010 100 0002120
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Mizell  W (1-0) 8.2 12 2 2 2 5
  Kinder  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 9.0 12 2 2 2 6
  Cincinnati Redlegs IP H R ER BB SO
Nuxhall  L (0-1) 9.0 12 4 4 3 3
Totals 9.0 12 4 4 3 3

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1. Grammas-Schoendienst-Moon, Cincinnati 1. Temple-Kluszewski.  2B–St. Louis Moon (1,off Nuxhall); Sarni 2 (2,off Nuxhall 2), Cincinnati Kluszewski (1,off Mizell); Robinson (1,off Mizell); McMillan (1,off Mizell); Jablonski (1,off Mizell).  HR–St. Louis Musial (1,9th inning off Nuxhall 1 on 2 out), Cincinnati Jablonski (1,2nd inning off Mizell 0 on 1 out).  Team LOB–9.  IBB–Robinson (1,by Mizell).  Team–11.  SB–Boyer (1,2nd base off Nuxhall/Burgess).  U-HP–Babe Pinelli, 1B–Dusty Boggess, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Hal Dixon.  T–2:31.  A–32,095.

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