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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 | Sandy Koufax |
Home Starting Pitcher | Willard Schmidt |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
City | St. Louis |
State | MO |
Attendance | 32,750 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 47 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Frank Dascoli 1B: Frank Secory 2B: Stan Landes 3B: Larry Goetz |
Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Charlie Neal | 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 |
Sandy Koufax | 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 |
Rip Repulski | Left Fielder |
Wally Moon | Right Fielder |
Bobby Del Greco | Center Fielder |
Ray Katt | Catcher |
Willard Schmidt | 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: ---
Neal vs. Schmidt
Neal strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Schmidt
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Schmidt
Snider hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Furillo vs. Schmidt
Furillo takes first base on ball four. Snider moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Hodges vs. Schmidt
Hodges hits a line drive towards short. Dark reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Koufax
Blasingame strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Koufax
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: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Koufax
Musial hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Snider throws the ball in to Fernandez who tags Musial trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Amoros vs. Schmidt
Amoros takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Schmidt
Walker hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Fernandez vs. Schmidt
Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Koufax vs. Schmidt
Koufax strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Koufax
Boyer hits a fly ball into left field. Amoros settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Koufax
Repulski hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Koufax
Moon hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Del Greco vs. Koufax
Del Greco strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Neal vs. Schmidt
Neal hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Schmidt
Reese hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Snider vs. Schmidt
Snider takes first base on ball four. Neal moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Furillo vs. Schmidt
Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmidt fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Katt vs. Koufax
Katt hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Koufax
Schmidt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Blasingame vs. Koufax
Blasingame hits a popup towards short. Fernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Koufax
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Dark for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Schmidt
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: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Amoros vs. Schmidt
Amoros hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Schmidt
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
Bottom 4
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Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Koufax
Musial hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Koufax
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reese fields it and throws to first for the out. Musial moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Repulski vs. Koufax
Repulski hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Moon vs. Koufax
Moon 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
Top 5
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Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Fernandez vs. Schmidt
Bobby Morgan now playing third base.
Fernandez hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Koufax vs. Schmidt
Koufax strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Neal vs. Schmidt
Neal takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Schmidt
Reese hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Moon. Reese reaches second base with a double. Neal goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Snider vs. Schmidt
Snider is walked intentionally. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Furillo vs. Schmidt
Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morgan juggles the ball. That's an error on Morgan. Reese scores. Snider moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Hodges vs. Schmidt
Hodges hits a line drive into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Dodgers, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Del Greco vs. Koufax
Del Greco strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Katt vs. Koufax
Katt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Koufax
Schmidt hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Furillo. Schmidt reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Blasingame vs. Koufax
Blasingame hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Snider. Blasingame reaches second base with a double. Schmidt scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Dark vs. Koufax
Dark hits a line drive towards third. Reese reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Dodgers, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Amoros vs. Schmidt
Amoros strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Schmidt
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, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Fernandez vs. Schmidt
Fernandez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Koufax vs. Schmidt
Koufax 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
Bottom 6
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Dodgers, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Koufax
Musial 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 -
Dodgers, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Koufax
Morgan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Repulski vs. Koufax
Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 7
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Dodgers, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Neal vs. Schmidt
Neal hits a popup towards third. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Schmidt
Reese takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Snider vs. Schmidt
Snider hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Furillo vs. Schmidt
Furillo 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
Bottom 7
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Dodgers, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Koufax
Moon strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Koufax
Hal Smith pinch hits for Bobby Del Greco.
Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Katt vs. Koufax
Katt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Neal fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 8
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Dodgers, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Schmidt
Charlie Peete now playing center field.
Hodges hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Amoros vs. Schmidt
Amoros takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Schmidt
Walker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Amoros moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Fernandez vs. Schmidt
Fernandez bunts towards third. Morgan fields it and throws to first for the out. Amoros scores. Walker moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Koufax vs. Schmidt
Koufax hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Walker trying to get to home. Peete throws the ball in to Katt who tags Walker who's trying to score from second, for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Sauer vs. Koufax
Hank Sauer pinch hits for Willard Schmidt.
Sauer strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Koufax
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Koufax
Dark 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
Top 9
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Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Neal vs. Jackson
Larry Jackson now pitching.
Neal hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Jackson
Reese hits a fly ball towards center. Peete catches it and throws to first to double up Neal. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Jackson
Snider hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Furillo vs. Jackson
Furillo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Snider moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hodges vs. Jackson
Hodges hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Snider scores. Furillo moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Robinson vs. Collum
Jackie Collum now pitching. Jackie Robinson pinch hits for Sandy Amoros.
Robinson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Dodgers, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Koufax
Gino Cimoli now playing left field.
Musial takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Morgan vs. Koufax
Morgan hits a fly ball into left field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Repulski vs. Koufax
Repulski takes first base on ball four. Musial moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Moon vs. Koufax
Moon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Neal settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Cooper vs. Koufax
Walker Cooper pinch hits for Charlie Peete.
Cooper hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cimoli. Cooper reaches second base with a double. Musial scores. Repulski goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Hatton vs. Bessent
Herm Wehmeier pinch runs for Walker Cooper. Grady Hatton pinch hits for Ray Katt. Don Bessent now pitching.
Hatton hits a fly ball into left field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/22/1956, game 2 -- Brooklyn at St.Louis (D) Brooklyn AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI Neal C, 2b 4 1 2 0 Blasingame D, 2b 4 0 1 1 Reese P, 3b 4 1 1 1 Dark A, ss 4 0 0 0 Snider D, cf 3 1 2 0 Musial S, 1b 3 1 2 0 Furillo C, rf 4 0 1 0 Boyer K, 3b 2 0 0 0 Hodges G, 1b 5 0 1 1 Morgan B, 3b 1 0 0 0 Amoros S, lf 2 1 0 0 Repulski R, lf 3 1 1 0 Robinson J, ph 1 0 0 0 Moon W, rf 4 0 0 0 Cimoli G, lf 0 0 0 0 Del Greco B, cf 2 0 0 0 Walker R, c 4 0 1 0 Smith H, ph 1 0 1 0 Fernandez C, ss 3 0 1 1 Peete C, cf 0 0 0 0 Koufax S, p 4 0 1 0 Cooper W, ph 1 0 1 2 Bessent D, p 0 0 0 0 Wehmeier H, pr 0 0 0 0 Katt R, c 3 0 0 0 Hatton G, ph 1 0 0 0 Schmidt W, p 2 1 2 0 Sauer H, ph 1 0 0 0 Jackson L, p 0 0 0 0 Collum J, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 34 4 10 3 32 3 8 3 Brooklyn 000 020 011 -- 4 St.Louis 000 010 002 -- 3 Brooklyn IP H R ER BB SO Koufax S (W) 8.2 8 3 3 3 5 Bessent D (S) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO Schmidt W (L) 8.0 6 3 2 7 4 Jackson L 0.2 4 1 1 0 0 Collum J 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 E -- Morgan B DP -- Brooklyn 2, St.Louis 2 LOB -- Brooklyn 11, St.Louis 5 2B -- Reese P, Schmidt W, Blasingame D, Cooper W SH -- Fernandez C T -- 2:47 A -- 32750
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