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Cardinals
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
June 17, 1956
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on June 17, 1956 at Forbes Field.
Game Summary
| Date | June 17, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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| Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 17, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Willard Schmidt |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Luis Arroyo |
| Ballpark | Forbes Field |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 30,127 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 29 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Frank Dascoli 1B: Frank Secory 2B: Stan Landes 3B: Larry Goetz |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Whitey Lockman | Right Fielder |
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Stan Musial | First Baseman |
| Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Hank Sauer | Left Fielder |
| Bobby Morgan | Second Baseman |
| Bobby Del Greco | Center Fielder |
| Ray Katt | Catcher |
| Willard Schmidt | Pitcher |
| Fred Hutchinson | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Gene Freese | Second Baseman |
| Bill Virdon | Center Fielder |
| Frank Thomas | Third Baseman |
| Bob Skinner | First Baseman |
| Lee Walls | Right Fielder |
| Roberto Clemente | Left Fielder |
| Dick Groat | Shortstop |
| Jack Shepard | Catcher |
| Luis Arroyo | Pitcher |
| Bobby Bragan | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
June 17, 1956
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Arroyo
Lockman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Arroyo
Dark hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Arroyo
Musial hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Arroyo
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freese vs. Schmidt
Freese hits a fly ball into right field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Schmidt
Virdon hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Schmidt
Thomas hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Del Greco. Thomas reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Skinner vs. Schmidt
Skinner strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sauer vs. Arroyo
Sauer hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Shepard settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Arroyo
Morgan strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Del Greco vs. Arroyo
Del Greco hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Katt vs. Arroyo
Katt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schmidt vs. Arroyo
Schmidt strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walls vs. Schmidt
Walls hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clemente vs. Schmidt
Clemente hits a popup towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Schmidt
Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Arroyo
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skinner juggles the ball. That's an error on Skinner. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Arroyo
Dark hits a line drive into left field. Clemente picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Clemente. Lockman moves to third. Dark moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Musial vs. Arroyo
Musial hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lockman scores. Dark scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Arroyo
There goes Musial. The throw from Shepard and he is safe. Musial steals second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Boyer vs. Arroyo
There's a wild pitch. Musial moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Boyer vs. Arroyo
Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Musial scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sauer vs. Arroyo
Sauer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Boyer moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Morgan vs. Munger
Red Munger now pitching.
Morgan hits a fly ball into left field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Boyer tags and scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Del Greco vs. Munger
Del Greco hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Katt vs. Munger
Katt hits a popup, foul, towards first. Skinner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shepard vs. Schmidt
Shepard hits a line drive into right field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munger vs. Schmidt
Munger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freese vs. Schmidt
Freese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark misplays the ball. That's an error on Dark. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Virdon vs. Schmidt
Virdon hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Munger
Schmidt strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Munger
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skinner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lockman for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Munger
Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Schmidt
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skinner vs. Schmidt
Skinner strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walls vs. Schmidt
Walls hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Munger
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Munger
Boyer hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sauer vs. Munger
Sauer hits a popup towards third. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clemente vs. Schmidt
Clemente hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Schmidt
Groat hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shepard vs. Schmidt
Shepard hits a popup, foul, towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Munger
Morgan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Clemente. Morgan reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Del Greco vs. Munger
Del Greco hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Katt vs. Munger
Katt hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Schmidt vs. Munger
Schmidt hits a fly ball into left field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cole vs. Schmidt
Dick Cole pinch hits for Red Munger.
Cole hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freese vs. Schmidt
Freese hits a popup in front of the plate. Katt settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Schmidt
Virdon hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. King
Nellie King now pitching.
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. King
There goes Lockman. The throw from Shepard and he is out, Groat applying the tag. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. King
Dark strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. King
Musial hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Virdon. Musial reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Boyer vs. King
Boyer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sauer vs. King
Sauer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. King
Morgan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Del Greco vs. King
Del Greco hits a line drive towards third. Thomas reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 8 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Schmidt
Chuck Harmon now playing right field. Whitey Lockman now playing left field.
Thomas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Skinner vs. Schmidt
Skinner takes first base on ball four. Thomas moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Walls vs. Schmidt
Walls hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Thomas scores. Skinner moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Clemente vs. Schmidt
Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out. Skinner moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Groat vs. Schmidt
Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 8 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Katt vs. King
Katt hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. King
Schmidt strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. King
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 8 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shepard vs. Schmidt
Shepard hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hall vs. Schmidt
Dick Hall pinch hits for Nellie King.
Hall takes first base on ball four. Shepard moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Freese vs. Konstanty
Jim Konstanty now pitching.
Freese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out. Shepard moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Virdon vs. Konstanty
Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan fields it and throws to second for the out. Shepard scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Konstanty
Thomas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Virdon moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Skinner vs. Konstanty
Skinner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Virdon scores. Thomas moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Walls vs. Konstanty
Walls hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 8 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. McMahan
Jack McMahan now pitching.
Dark hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. McMahan
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skinner fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Dark for the double play. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. McMahan
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harmon vs. McMahan
Harmon hits a fly ball into left field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 8 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clemente vs. Konstanty
Clemente hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Konstanty
Groat hits a fly ball into right field. Harmon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shepard vs. Konstanty
Shepard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/17/1956, game 2 -- St.Louis at Pittsburgh (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI Pittsburgh AB R H RBI
Lockman W, rf-lf 5 1 2 0 Freese G, 2b 4 0 0 0
Dark A, ss 5 1 2 0 Virdon B, cf 4 1 0 1
Musial S, 1b 5 2 2 2 Thomas F, 3b 4 1 3 0
Boyer K, 3b 4 2 2 1 Skinner B, 1b 3 0 1 1
Sauer H, lf 4 1 2 3 Walls L, rf 4 0 1 1
Harmon C, rf 1 0 0 0 Clemente R, lf 4 0 0 0
Morgan B, 2b 2 0 1 1 Groat D, ss 4 0 0 0
Del Greco B, cf 4 1 1 1 Shepard J, c 4 1 1 0
Katt R, c 4 0 1 0 Arroyo L, p 0 0 0 0
Schmidt W, p 4 0 0 0 Munger R, p 1 0 0 0
Konstanty J, p 0 0 0 0 Cole D, ph 1 0 0 0
King N, p 0 0 0 0
Hall D, ph 0 0 0 0
McMahan J, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
38 8 13 8 33 3 6 3
St.Louis 014 000 300 -- 8
Pittsburgh 000 000 120 -- 3
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt W (W)* 7.0 4 3 3 2 2
Konstanty J (S) 2.0 2 0 0 0 0
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Arroyo L (L)+ 2.0 7 5 4 0 2
Munger R 4.0 1 0 0 0 1
King N 2.0 3 3 3 2 2
McMahan J 1.0 2 0 0 0 0
* Pitched to 2 batters in 8th
+ Pitched to 5 batters in 3rd
E -- Skinner B, Clemente R, Dark A
DP -- St.Louis 1, Pittsburgh 1
LOB -- St.Louis 6, Pittsburgh 5
2B -- Thomas F, Morgan B, Musial S
HR -- Del Greco B, Sauer H
SB -- Musial S
CS -- Lockman W
SF -- Morgan B
WP -- Arroyo L
T -- 2:29
A -- 30127
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