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Cardinals
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
July 31, 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 July 31, 1956 at Forbes Field.
Game Summary
| Date | July 31, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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| Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 31, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Murry Dickson |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Red Munger |
| Ballpark | Forbes Field |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 10,965 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 19 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Tom Gorman 1B: Babe Pinelli 2B: Hal Dixon 3B: Augie Donatelli |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Murry Dickson | Pitcher |
| Fred Hutchinson | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bob Skinner | First Baseman |
| Dick Groat | Shortstop |
| Bill Virdon | Center Fielder |
| Lee Walls | Left Fielder |
| Roberto Clemente | Right Fielder |
| Frank Thomas | Third Baseman |
| Jack Shepard | Catcher |
| Bill Mazeroski | Second Baseman |
| Red Munger | Pitcher |
| Bobby Bragan | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
July 31, 1956
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Munger
Blasingame hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Virdon. Blasingame reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dark vs. Munger
Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Blasingame moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Musial vs. Munger
Musial hits a popup, foul, towards third. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Boyer vs. Munger
Boyer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Moon vs. Munger
Moon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Blasingame scores. Boyer moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Repulski vs. Munger
Repulski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boyer scores. Moon moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Peete vs. Munger
Peete hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Moon scores. Repulski moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Smith vs. Munger
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skinner vs. Dickson
Skinner strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Dickson
Groat hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Virdon vs. Dickson
Virdon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Groat trying to get to second. Peete throws the ball in to Blasingame who tags Groat for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walls vs. Dickson
Walls hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickson vs. Munger
Dickson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Munger
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Munger
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clemente vs. Dickson
Clemente hits a popup towards the mound. Dickson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Dickson
Thomas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Shepard vs. Dickson
Shepard strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mazeroski vs. Dickson
Mazeroski 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, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Munger
Musial takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Munger
Boyer strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Munger
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munger vs. Dickson
Munger hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dickson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skinner vs. Dickson
Skinner hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Dickson
Groat takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Virdon vs. Dickson
Virdon hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Munger
Repulski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Peete vs. Munger
Peete hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Munger
There goes Peete. The throw from Shepard and he is out, Groat applying the tag. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Munger
Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walls vs. Dickson
Walls hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clemente vs. Dickson
Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Clemente is thrown out after the base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Dickson
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, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickson vs. Munger
Dickson hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Munger
Blasingame takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Munger
Dark hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Blasingame moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Musial vs. Munger
Musial hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Blasingame scores. Dark moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Boyer vs. Munger
Boyer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dark scores. Musial moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Moon vs. Waters
Fred Waters now pitching.
Moon takes first base on ball four. Boyer moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Repulski vs. Waters
Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards second. Mazeroski fields the ball and throws to second. Groat drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Groat. Musial scores. Boyer scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Peete vs. Waters
Peete hits a fly ball into left field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shepard vs. Dickson
Shepard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mazeroski vs. Dickson
Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dickson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cole vs. Dickson
Dick Cole pinch hits for Fred Waters.
Cole hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops it up and throws to first, with Dickson covering, for the out. Mazeroski moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Skinner vs. Dickson
There's a wild pitch. Mazeroski moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Skinner vs. Dickson
Skinner takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Groat vs. Dickson
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
Top 6
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Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. O'Brien
Johnny O'Brien now pitching.
Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickson vs. O'Brien
Dickson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. O'Brien
Blasingame hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. O'Brien
Dark strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Dickson
Virdon strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walls vs. Dickson
Walls strikes out. The ball gets by Smith. He chases the ball to the backstop. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clemente vs. Dickson
Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Dickson
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. O'Brien
Musial takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. O'Brien
Boyer hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. O'Brien
Moon hits a line drive towards first. Skinner catches it and steps on first to double up Musial. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shepard vs. Dickson
Shepard hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazeroski vs. Dickson
Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mazeroski for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Long vs. Dickson
Dale Long pinch hits for Johnny O'Brien.
Long hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. O'Brien
Eddie O'Brien now pitching.
Repulski is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Peete vs. O'Brien
Peete hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. O'Brien
Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skinner vs. Dickson
Skinner hits a fly ball into center field. Peete settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Dickson
Groat hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Virdon vs. Dickson
Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walls vs. Dickson
Walls hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickson vs. O'Brien
Dickson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. O'Brien
Blasingame hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. O'Brien
Dark hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Walls. Dark reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Musial vs. O'Brien
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, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clemente vs. Dickson
Clemente hits a popup in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Dickson
Thomas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shepard vs. Dickson
Shepard hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dickson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/31/1956 -- St.Louis at Pittsburgh (N)
St.Louis AB R H RBI Pittsburgh AB R H RBI
Blasingame D, 2b 4 2 2 0 Skinner B, 1b 3 0 0 0
Dark A, ss 5 1 2 0 Groat D, ss 3 0 2 0
Musial S, 1b 3 1 1 1 Virdon B, cf 4 0 1 0
Boyer K, 3b 3 2 1 1 Walls L, lf 4 0 0 0
Moon W, rf 3 1 1 1 Clemente R, rf 4 0 1 0
Repulski R, lf 3 0 2 2 Thomas F, 3b 3 0 0 0
Peete C, cf 4 0 1 1 Shepard J, c 4 0 1 0
Smith H, c 4 0 0 0 Mazeroski B, 2b 3 0 0 0
Dickson M, p 4 0 0 0 Munger R, p 1 0 0 0
Waters F, p 0 0 0 0
Cole D, ph 1 0 0 0
O'Brien J, p 0 0 0 0
Long D, ph 1 0 0 0
O'Brien E, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 7 10 6 31 0 5 0
St.Louis 300 040 000 -- 7
Pittsburgh 000 000 000 -- 0
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Dickson M (W) 9.0 5 0 0 3 4
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Munger R (L) 4.1 8 7 6 3 1
Waters F 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
O'Brien J 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
O'Brien E 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
E -- Groat D, Smith H
DP -- Pittsburgh 3
LOB -- St.Louis 5, Pittsburgh 7
2B -- Blasingame D, Dark A
CS -- Peete C
HBP -- by O'Brien E (Repulski R)
WP -- Dickson M
T -- 2:19
A -- 10965
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