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Cardinals
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
August 1, 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 August 1, 1956 at Forbes Field.
Game Summary
Date | August 1, 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 | August 1, 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 | Ron Kline |
Ballpark | Forbes Field |
City | Pittsburgh |
State | PA |
Attendance | 8,592 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 14 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Babe Pinelli 1B: Hal Dixon 2B: Augie Donatelli 3B: Tom Gorman |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Don Blasingame | Second Baseman |
Al Dark | Shortstop |
Stan Musial | First Baseman |
Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
Wally Moon | Right Fielder |
Rip Repulski | Left Fielder |
Charlie Peete | Center Fielder |
Hal Smith | Catcher |
Willard Schmidt | Pitcher |
Fred Hutchinson | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
Name | Position |
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Bob Skinner | First Baseman |
Dick Groat | Shortstop |
Bill Virdon | Center Fielder |
Lee Walls | Left Fielder |
Roberto Clemente | Right Fielder |
Frank Thomas | Third Baseman |
Dick Cole | Second Baseman |
Hank Foiles | Catcher |
Ron Kline | Pitcher |
Bobby Bragan | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Cardinals
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
August 1, 1956
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Kline
Blasingame hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Foiles settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Kline
Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente 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. Kline
Musial hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skinner vs. Schmidt
Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Schmidt
Groat hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Schmidt
Virdon hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski 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. Kline
Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Kline
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cole scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Boyer moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Repulski vs. Kline
Repulski is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Peete vs. Kline
Peete hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Virdon, who is chasing the ball. Peete reaches third base with a triple. Boyer scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Smith vs. Kline
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas juggles the ball. That's an error on Thomas. Peete scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schmidt vs. Kline
Schmidt hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Blasingame vs. Kline
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cole scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walls vs. Schmidt
Walls hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clemente vs. Schmidt
Clemente hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Walls moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Thomas vs. Schmidt
Thomas hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Walls tags and scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cole vs. Schmidt
Cole hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Clemente trying to get to second. Moon throws the ball in to Dark who tags Clemente for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foiles vs. Schmidt
Foiles hits a fly ball into center field. Peete settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Kline
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Kline
Musial hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clemente. Musial reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Boyer vs. Kline
Boyer strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Moon vs. Kline
There's a wild pitch. Musial moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Moon vs. Kline
Moon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Repulski vs. Kline
Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kline fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kline vs. Schmidt
Kline hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skinner vs. Schmidt
Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
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 4
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Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peete vs. Kline
Peete hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Kline
There goes Peete. The throw from Foiles and he is out, Groat applying the tag. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Kline
Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Kline
Schmidt hits a fly ball into left field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Schmidt
Virdon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walls vs. Schmidt
Walls bunts towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out. Virdon moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Clemente vs. Schmidt
Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. Virdon moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Thomas vs. Schmidt
Thomas 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, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Kline
Blasingame hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Kline
Dark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Blasingame moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Musial vs. Kline
Musial hits a fly ball into left field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Boyer vs. Kline
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cole vs. Schmidt
Cole hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foiles vs. Schmidt
Foiles hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kline vs. Schmidt
Kline hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Skinner vs. Schmidt
Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Kline
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kline fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Kline
Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peete vs. Kline
Peete hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Schmidt
Groat hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Schmidt
Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Virdon for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walls vs. Schmidt
Walls strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Kline
Jack Shepard now catching.
Smith hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Kline
Schmidt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blasingame vs. Kline
Blasingame takes first base on ball four. Schmidt moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dark vs. Kline
Dark hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Musial vs. Kline
Musial hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clemente who is chasing the ball. Musial reaches third base with a triple. Schmidt scores. Blasingame goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Boyer vs. Kline
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clemente vs. Schmidt
Clemente hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Schmidt
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cole vs. Schmidt
Cole hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Kline
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skinner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moon for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Kline
Repulski hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cole settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peete vs. Kline
Peete hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Kline
Smith hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shepard vs. Schmidt
Shepard strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Long vs. Schmidt
Dale Long pinch hits for Ron Kline.
Long strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skinner vs. Schmidt
Skinner hits a line drive towards the mound. Schmidt reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Face
Roy Face now pitching.
Schmidt hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Face
Blasingame takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Face
Dark hits a popup, foul, towards first. Skinner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Face
Musial hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Schmidt
Groat hits a line drive towards third. Boyer reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Schmidt
Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walls vs. Schmidt
Walls takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clemente vs. Schmidt
Clemente hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Walls moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thomas vs. Schmidt
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/1/1956 -- St.Louis at Pittsburgh (N) St.Louis AB R H RBI Pittsburgh AB R H RBI Blasingame D, 2b 3 1 1 0 Skinner B, 1b 4 0 0 0 Dark A, ss 5 0 1 0 Groat D, ss 4 0 0 0 Musial S, 1b 5 0 2 2 Virdon B, cf 3 0 0 0 Boyer K, 3b 4 1 1 0 Walls L, lf 2 1 1 0 Moon W, rf 3 0 0 0 Clemente R, rf 4 0 3 0 Repulski R, lf 4 0 0 0 Thomas F, 3b 3 0 0 1 Peete C, cf 4 1 3 1 Cole D, 2b 3 0 1 0 Smith H, c 4 0 0 0 Foiles H, c 2 0 0 0 Schmidt W, p 4 1 2 0 Shepard J, c 1 0 0 0 Kline R, p 2 0 1 0 Long D, ph 1 0 0 0 Face R, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 36 4 10 3 29 1 6 1 St.Louis 020 000 200 -- 4 Pittsburgh 010 000 000 -- 1 St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO Schmidt W (W) 9.0 6 1 1 2 3 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO Kline R (L) 8.0 10 4 3 2 2 Face R 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 E -- Thomas F DP -- St.Louis 1, Pittsburgh 1 LOB -- St.Louis 8, Pittsburgh 5 2B -- Musial S 3B -- Peete C, Musial S CS -- Peete C SH -- Walls L SF -- Thomas F WP -- Kline R T -- 2:14 A -- 8592
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