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Cardinals
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
May 23, 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 May 23, 1956 at Forbes Field.
Game Summary
Date | May 23, 1956 |
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Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 23, 1956 |
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Day of Week | Wed |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Willard Schmidt |
Home Starting Pitcher | Bob Friend |
Ballpark | Forbes Field |
City | Pittsburgh |
State | PA |
Attendance | 19,917 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 7 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Jocko Conlan 1B: Augie Donatelli 2B: Bill Engeln 3B: Vic Delmore |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Don Blasingame | Shortstop |
Grady Hatton | Second Baseman |
Stan Musial | Right Fielder |
Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
Wally Moon | First Baseman |
Hank Sauer | Left Fielder |
Bobby Del Greco | Center Fielder |
Bill Sarni | Catcher |
Willard Schmidt | Pitcher |
Fred Hutchinson | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
Name | Position |
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Johnny O'Brien | Second Baseman |
Bill Virdon | Center Fielder |
Lee Walls | Right Fielder |
Dale Long | First Baseman |
Frank Thomas | Left Fielder |
Gene Freese | Third Baseman |
Dick Groat | Shortstop |
Hank Foiles | Catcher |
Bob Friend | Pitcher |
Bobby Bragan | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Cardinals
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
May 23, 1956
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Friend
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Blasingame for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hatton vs. Friend
Hatton 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: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Friend
Musial strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Brien vs. Schmidt
O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Schmidt
Virdon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walls vs. Schmidt
Walls strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Long vs. Schmidt
Long hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Friend
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Friend
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sauer vs. Friend
Sauer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Del Greco vs. Friend
Del Greco hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Schmidt
Thomas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Freese vs. Schmidt
Freese bunts in front of the plate. Sarni fields it and throws to first for the out. Thomas moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Groat vs. Schmidt
Groat takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Foiles vs. Schmidt
Foiles hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Friend vs. Schmidt
Friend hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hatton scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sarni vs. Friend
Sarni hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schmidt vs. Friend
Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Friend fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blasingame vs. Friend
Blasingame hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Schmidt moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hatton vs. Friend
Hatton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hatton for the out. Schmidt moves to third. Blasingame moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Musial vs. Friend
Musial is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Boyer vs. Friend
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Brien vs. Schmidt
O'Brien 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: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Schmidt
Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Moon scoops it up and throws to first, with Schmidt covering, for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walls vs. Schmidt
Walls hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Long vs. Schmidt
Long hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Friend
Moon 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: ---
Sauer vs. Friend
Sauer strikes out. Foiles drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Sauer out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Del Greco vs. Friend
Del Greco hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Schmidt
Thomas hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freese vs. Schmidt
Freese hits a popup towards short. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Schmidt
Groat hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foiles vs. Schmidt
Foiles strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sarni vs. Friend
Sarni hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schmidt vs. Friend
Schmidt bunts in front of the plate. Foiles fields it and throws to first for the out. Sarni moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Blasingame vs. Friend
Blasingame is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hatton vs. Friend
Hatton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hatton for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Friend vs. Schmidt
Friend takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Brien vs. Schmidt
O'Brien bunts towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out. Friend moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Virdon vs. Schmidt
Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Moon fields the ball and throws to Schmidt covering. Safe. Friend moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Walls vs. Schmidt
Walls hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Del Greco who is chasing the ball. Walls reaches third base with a triple. Friend scores. Virdon goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Long vs. Schmidt
Long hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Walls tags and scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Schmidt
Thomas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Freese vs. Schmidt
Freese hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Friend
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Friend
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Friend
Moon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sauer vs. Friend
Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Schmidt
Groat hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foiles vs. Schmidt
Foiles hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Friend vs. McDaniel
Lindy McDaniel now pitching.
Friend hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Brien vs. McDaniel
O'Brien hits a popup towards first. Moon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. McDaniel
Virdon hits a line drive into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Del Greco vs. Friend
Del Greco hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. O'Brien settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sarni vs. Friend
Sarni strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDaniel vs. Friend
McDaniel strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walls vs. McDaniel
Jackie Brandt now playing center field.
Walls strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Long vs. McDaniel
Long hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. McDaniel
Thomas hits a line drive towards first. Moon reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freese vs. McDaniel
Freese hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hatton scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Friend
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hatton vs. Friend
Hatton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Friend
Musial hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Friend
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. McDaniel
Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foiles vs. McDaniel
Foiles hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McDaniel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Friend vs. McDaniel
Friend hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Brien vs. McDaniel
O'Brien hits a popup towards first. Moon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Friend
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops it up and throws to first, with Friend covering, for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sauer vs. Friend
Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brandt vs. Friend
Brandt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sarni vs. Friend
Sarni hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/23/1956 -- St.Louis at Pittsburgh (N) St.Louis AB R H RBI Pittsburgh AB R H RBI Blasingame D, ss 4 0 1 0 O'Brien J, 2b 4 0 0 0 Hatton G, 2b 3 0 0 0 Virdon B, cf 3 1 1 0 Musial S, rf 3 0 0 0 Walls L, rf 4 1 2 2 Boyer K, 3b 4 0 0 0 Long D, 1b 3 1 1 2 Moon W, 1b 4 0 1 0 Thomas F, lf 3 0 1 0 Sauer H, lf 4 0 1 0 Freese G, 3b 3 0 0 0 Del Greco B, cf 3 0 0 0 Groat D, ss 3 1 2 0 Brandt J, cf 1 0 1 0 Foiles H, c 4 1 1 2 Sarni B, c 4 0 2 0 Friend B, p 3 1 1 0 Schmidt W, p 1 0 0 0 McDaniel L, p 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 0 6 0 30 6 9 6 St.Louis 000 000 000 -- 0 Pittsburgh 000 032 10x -- 6 St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO Schmidt W (L)* 5.0 7 5 5 4 2 McDaniel L 3.0 2 1 1 0 1 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO Friend B (W) 9.0 6 0 0 2 5 * Pitched to 2 batters in 6th LOB -- St.Louis 8, Pittsburgh 7 3B -- Walls L HR -- Foiles H, Long D SH -- Freese G, Schmidt W, O'Brien J SF -- Long D T -- 2:07 A -- 19917
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