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Cardinals 8 @ Dodgers 9
Ebbets Field
June 21, 1956

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on June 21, 1956 at Ebbets Field. The home team Dodgers beat the visiting Cardinals with a score of 9 to 8.

Game Summary

DateJune 21, 1956 
Visiting Team
St. Louis Cardinals
R: 8 H: 14 E: 0 LOB: 6
Runs: 8
Hits: 14
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 6
Home Team
Brooklyn Dodgers
R: 9 H: 15 E: 0 LOB: 12
Runs: 9
Hits: 15
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 12
Winning PitcherKen Lehman  
Losing PitcherMurry Dickson  
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Game Winning RBIDon Zimmer 

Game Info

DateJune 21, 1956 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamSt. Louis Cardinals 
Home TeamBrooklyn Dodgers 
Visiting Starting PitcherHerm Wehmeier  
Home Starting PitcherDon Newcombe  
BallparkEbbets Field 
CityBrooklyn 
StateNY 
Attendance11,730 
Time of Game3 hours 15 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Hal Dixon
1B: Tom Gorman
2B: Babe Pinelli
3B: Dusty Boggess

St. Louis Cardinals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Whitey Lockman  Left Fielder 
Al Dark  Shortstop 
Stan Musial  First Baseman 
Ken Boyer  Third Baseman 
Wally Moon  Right Fielder 
Bobby Morgan  Second Baseman 
Bobby Del Greco  Center Fielder 
Hal Smith  Catcher 
Herm Wehmeier  Pitcher 
Fred Hutchinson  Manager 

Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jim Gilliam  Second Baseman 
Pee Wee Reese  Shortstop 
Duke Snider  Center Fielder 
Rocky Nelson  First Baseman 
Gil Hodges  Left Fielder 
Carl Furillo  Right Fielder 
Jackie Robinson  Third Baseman 
Roy Campanella  Catcher 
Don Newcombe  Pitcher 
Walter Alston  Manager 

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Cardinals 8 @ Dodgers 9
Ebbets Field
June 21, 1956

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 6/21/1956 -- St.Louis at Brooklyn (N)

  St.Louis           AB  R  H RBI    Brooklyn           AB  R  H RBI
Lockman W, lf         5  1  1  0   Gilliam J, 2b         5  0  2  0   
Dark A, ss            5  3  4  0   Reese P, ss           1  0  1  0   
Musial S, 1b          5  2  4  4   Zimmer D, ss          5  1  3  2   
Boyer K, 3b           5  0  1  1   Snider D, cf          5  0  0  0   
Moon W, rf            3  1  1  0   Nelson R, 1b          5  0  1  1   
Morgan B, 2b          4  1  1  2   Hodges G, lf          4  0  0  0   
Del Greco B, cf       4  0  2  1   Furillo C, rf         4  2  2  0   
Smith H, c            4  0  0  0   Robinson J, 3b        4  2  3  0   
Wehmeier H, p         2  0  0  0   Campanella R, c       4  3  2  6   
Collum J, p           2  0  0  0   Newcombe D, p         2  0  1  0   
Dickson M, p          0  0  0  0   Bessent D, p          0  0  0  0   
Konstanty J, p        0  0  0  0   Labine C, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Jackson R, ph         1  0  0  0   
                                   Lehman K, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Amoros S, ph          0  1  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     39  8 14  8                        40  9 15  9

St.Louis         002 002 031 --  8
Brooklyn         030 011 004 --  9
  2 outs when winning run was scored.

  St.Louis             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Wehmeier H            5.2  9  5  5  3  2
Collum J              3.0  3  2  2  2  1
Dickson M (L)*        0.0  2  2  2  1  0
Konstanty J           0.0  1  0  0  0  0

  Brooklyn             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Newcombe D            5.1  8  4  4  1  1
Bessent D             2.1  3  3  3  1  3
Labine C              0.1  0  0  0  0  0
Lehman K (W)          1.0  3  1  1  0  0
  * Pitched to 3 batters in 9th

DP -- St.Louis 1, Brooklyn 1
LOB -- St.Louis 6, Brooklyn 12
2B -- Zimmer D, Moon W, Morgan B, Del Greco B
HR -- Campanella R 2, Musial S 2
SB -- Dark A, Boyer K, Musial S
CS -- Moon W
SH -- Bessent D
WP -- Collum J
T -- 3:15
A -- 11730

    

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