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Cardinals 8 @ Phillies 4
Connie Mack Stadium
June 24, 1956

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on June 24, 1956 at Connie Mack Stadium. The home team Phillies were bested by the visiting Cardinals with a score of 8 to 4.

Game Summary

DateJune 24, 1956 
Visiting Team
St. Louis Cardinals
R: 8 H: 12 E: 0 LOB: 9
Runs: 8
Hits: 12
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Philadelphia Phillies
R: 4 H: 9 E: 1 LOB: 11
Runs: 4
Hits: 9
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 11
Winning PitcherHerm Wehmeier  
Losing PitcherCurt Simmons  
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Game Winning RBIAl Dark 

Game Info

DateJune 24, 1956 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamSt. Louis Cardinals 
Home TeamPhiladelphia Phillies 
Visiting Starting PitcherMurry Dickson  
Home Starting PitcherCurt Simmons  
BallparkConnie Mack Stadium 
CityPhiladelphia 
StatePA 
Attendance 
Time of Game2 hours 50 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Artie Gore
1B: Bill Jackowski
2B: Lee Ballanfant
3B: Shag Crawford

St. Louis Cardinals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bobby Morgan  Second Baseman 
Al Dark  Shortstop 
Stan Musial  First Baseman 
Ken Boyer  Third Baseman 
Hank Sauer  Left Fielder 
Chuck Harmon  Right Fielder 
Hal Smith  Catcher 
Bobby Del Greco  Center Fielder 
Murry Dickson  Pitcher 
Fred Hutchinson  Manager 

Philadelphia Phillies Lineup 

Name  Position 
Richie Ashburn  Center Fielder 
Marv Blaylock  First Baseman 
Stan Lopata  Catcher 
Del Ennis  Left Fielder 
Willie Jones  Third Baseman 
Jim Greengrass  Right Fielder 
Ted Kazanski  Second Baseman 
Roy Smalley  Shortstop 
Curt Simmons  Pitcher 
Mayo Smith  Manager 

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Cardinals 8 @ Phillies 4
Connie Mack Stadium
June 24, 1956

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 6/24/1956, game 1 -- St.Louis at Philadelphia (D)

  St.Louis           AB  R  H RBI    Philadelphia       AB  R  H RBI
Morgan B, 2b          3  0  0  0   Ashburn R, cf         4  1  2  1   
Blasingame D, 2b      2  0  0  0   Blaylock M, 1b        4  0  0  0   
Dark A, ss            5  1  1  1   Lopata S, c           2  0  1  3   
Musial S, 1b          3  1  1  0   Ennis D, lf           4  0  2  0   
Boyer K, 3b           5  3  3  3   Jones W, 3b           4  0  1  0   
Sauer H, lf           3  0  1  0   Greengrass J, rf      5  0  0  0   
Lockman W, lf         2  1  1  0   Kazanski T, 2b        4  1  1  0   
Harmon C, rf          2  0  0  0   Smalley R, ss         1  1  0  0   
Moon W, ph-rf         2  1  2  0   Haddix H, ph          1  0  0  0   
Smith H, c            5  1  2  1   Hamner G, ss          1  0  0  0   
Del Greco B, cf       2  0  0  1   Simmons C, p          1  0  0  0   
Dickson M, p          3  0  1  1   Miller B, p           0  0  0  0   
Wehmeier H, p         1  0  0  0   Hemus S, ph           1  1  1  0   
                                   Rogovin S, p          0  0  0  0   
                                   Baumholtz F, ph       1  0  0  0   
                                   Flowers B, p          0  0  0  0   
                                   Valo E, ph            1  0  1  0   
                                   Negray R, p           0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     38  8 12  7                        34  4  9  4

St.Louis         011 040 101 --  8
Philadelphia     002 011 000 --  4

  St.Louis             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Dickson M             4.2  5  3  3  5  3
Wehmeier H (W)        4.1  4  1  1  2  0

  Philadelphia         IP  H  R ER BB SO
Simmons C (L)         4.1  7  5  5  2  0
Miller B              0.2  1  1  1  2  1
Rogovin S             1.0  0  0  0  1  0
Flowers B             2.0  2  1  1  0  1
Negray R              1.0  2  1  1  0  0

E -- Kazanski T
DP -- St.Louis 1, Philadelphia 1
LOB -- St.Louis 9, Philadelphia 11
2B -- Lopata S, Smith H, Kazanski T, Moon W
3B -- Boyer K
HR -- Boyer K 2, Dark A
SF -- Lopata S, Del Greco B
WP -- Miller B
T -- 2:50
A -- 0

    

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