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Dodgers
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
July 22, 1956
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Brooklyn Dodgers, played on July 22, 1956 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
Date | July 22, 1956 |
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Visiting Team |
Brooklyn Dodgers
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Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | July 22, 1956 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Brooklyn Dodgers |
Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Carl Erskine |
Home Starting Pitcher | Bob Blaylock |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
City | St. Louis |
State | MO |
Attendance | 32,750 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 38 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Larry Goetz 1B: Frank Dascoli 2B: Frank Secory 3B: Stan Landes |
Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jim Gilliam | Second Baseman |
Pee Wee Reese | Third Baseman |
Duke Snider | Center Fielder |
Carl Furillo | Right Fielder |
Gil Hodges | First Baseman |
Sandy Amoros | Left Fielder |
Rube Walker | Catcher |
Chico Fernandez | Shortstop |
Carl Erskine | Pitcher |
Walter Alston | Manager |
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 |
Bob Blaylock | Pitcher |
Fred Hutchinson | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Dodgers
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
July 22, 1956
Top 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Blaylock
Gilliam takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Blaylock
Reese hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gilliam moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Snider vs. Blaylock
Snider hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1-3
Furillo vs. Blaylock
Furillo takes first base on ball four. Reese moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 123
Hodges vs. Blaylock
Hodges hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Amoros vs. Blaylock
Amoros hits a popup towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Erskine
Blasingame hits a line drive towards short. Fernandez reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Erskine
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reese fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Erskine
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Blaylock
Walker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Fernandez vs. Blaylock
Fernandez bunts towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Walker moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Erskine vs. Blaylock
Erskine bunts, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Gilliam vs. Blaylock
Gilliam strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Reese vs. Blaylock
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Erskine
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reese fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Erskine
Moon hits a line drive into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Erskine
Repulski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Peete vs. Erskine
Peete hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Blaylock
Snider takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Furillo vs. Blaylock
Furillo takes first base on ball four. Snider moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Hodges vs. Blaylock
Hodges strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Amoros vs. Blaylock
Amoros takes first base on ball four. Snider moves to third. Furillo moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 123
Walker vs. Blaylock
Walker hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Fernandez vs. Blaylock
Fernandez strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Erskine
Smith hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Amoros. Smith reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Blaylock vs. Erskine
Blaylock bunts towards the mound. Erskine fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Blasingame vs. Erskine
Blasingame strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Dark vs. Erskine
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Erskine vs. Blaylock
Erskine strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Blaylock
Gilliam hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Blaylock
Reese hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Repulski. Reese reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Snider vs. Blaylock
Snider hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Erskine
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Erskine
Boyer strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Erskine
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Blaylock
Furillo hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Blaylock
Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Amoros vs. Blaylock
Amoros strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Erskine
Repulski hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Peete vs. Erskine
Peete strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Erskine
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reese fields it and throws to first for the out. Repulski moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Blaylock vs. Erskine
Blaylock strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Blaylock
Walker hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Fernandez vs. Blaylock
Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Erskine vs. Blaylock
Erskine hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark misplays the ball. That's an error on Dark. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Gilliam vs. Blaylock
Gilliam hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Blaylock
Reese strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Dodgers, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Erskine
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Erskine
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Erskine
Musial hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Erskine
Boyer hits a line drive into left field. Amoros settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Dodgers, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Blaylock
Snider 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 -
Dodgers, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Blaylock
Furillo hits a fly ball into center field. Peete settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Blaylock
Hodges hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Amoros vs. Blaylock
Amoros hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hodges moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Walker vs. Blaylock
Walker hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Peete. Walker reaches second base with a double. Hodges scores. Amoros goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Fernandez vs. Blaylock
Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Erskine
Moon hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Erskine
Repulski hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Peete vs. Erskine
Peete strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Erskine
Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Erskine vs. Blaylock
Erskine bunts towards the mound. Blaylock settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Blaylock
Gilliam hits a fly ball into center field. Peete settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Blaylock
Reese hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Snider vs. Blaylock
Snider hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Blaylock
Furillo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hodges vs. Konstanty
Jim Konstanty now pitching.
Hodges hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Furillo moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Amoros vs. Konstanty
Amoros hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Dodgers, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Hatton vs. Erskine
Charlie Neal now playing second base. Grady Hatton pinch hits for Jim Konstanty.
Hatton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Blasingame vs. Erskine
Blasingame hits a popup, foul, towards third. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Erskine
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Erskine
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Dodgers, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Collum
Jackie Collum now pitching.
Walker 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 -
Dodgers, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Fernandez vs. Collum
Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Collum fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Erskine vs. Collum
Erskine hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Dodgers, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Erskine
Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Erskine
Moon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Repulski vs. Erskine
Repulski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Moon moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Peete vs. Erskine
Peete hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Erskine fields it and throws to first for the out. Moon scores. Repulski moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Smith vs. Erskine
Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Repulski scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Erskine
Whitey Lockman pinch hits for Jackie Collum.
There's a wild pitch. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Lockman vs. Erskine
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Neal scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/22/1956, game 1 -- Brooklyn at St.Louis (D) Brooklyn AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI Gilliam J, 2b 4 0 0 0 Blasingame D, 2b 4 0 0 0 Neal C, 2b 0 0 0 0 Dark A, ss 4 0 0 0 Reese P, 3b 5 1 3 0 Musial S, 1b 4 0 1 0 Snider D, cf 4 1 1 2 Boyer K, 3b 4 0 0 0 Furillo C, rf 3 0 1 0 Moon W, rf 3 2 1 1 Hodges G, 1b 5 1 2 0 Repulski R, lf 4 1 3 0 Amoros S, lf 4 1 1 0 Peete C, cf 4 0 0 1 Walker R, c 5 1 3 3 Smith H, c 4 0 2 1 Fernandez C, ss 5 0 1 0 Blaylock B, p 2 0 0 0 Erskine C, p 5 0 0 0 Konstanty J, p 0 0 0 0 Hatton G, ph 0 0 0 0 Collum J, p 0 0 0 0 Lockman W, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 40 5 12 5 34 3 7 3 Brooklyn 000 001 220 -- 5 St.Louis 000 000 102 -- 3 Brooklyn IP H R ER BB SO Erskine C (W) 9.0 7 3 3 2 5 St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO Blaylock B (L) 7.2 11 5 5 5 6 Konstanty J 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 Collum J 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 E -- Dark A LOB -- Brooklyn 13, St.Louis 6 2B -- Smith H, Reese P, Walker R HR -- Walker R, Moon W, Snider D WP -- Erskine C T -- 2:38 A -- 32750
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