Cardinals @ Pirates
August 1, 1956

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 4 10 0
Pirates 1 6 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 4 10 0
Pirates 1 6 1

Frank Thomas Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .279
OBP .000 .324
At Bats 2 290
Hits 0 81
• Singles 0 55
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 12
Walks 0 18
RBI’s 1 39

Willard Schmidt Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 6 1
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Forbes Field - August 1, 1956
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Willard Schmidt
Hal Smith
Stan Musial
Don Blasingame
Ken Boyer
Al Dark
Rip Repulski
Charlie Peete
Wally Moon
Frank Thomas
Roberto Clemente
Lee Walls

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 4 10 0 8
Pittsburgh Pirates 1 6 1 5
Winning Pitcher Willard Schmidt
Losing Pitcher Ron Kline
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Charlie Peete
Attendance 8,592
Time of Game 2 hours 14 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Clemente hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Walls moves to second.
Bottom 9 Walls takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 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.
Bottom 9 Groat hits a line drive towards third. Boyer reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Musial hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Dark hits a popup, foul, towards first. Skinner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Blasingame takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Roy Face now pitching. Schmidt hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Skinner hits a line drive towards the mound. Schmidt reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Dale Long pinch hits for Ron Kline. Long strikes out.
Bottom 8 Shepard strikes out.
Top 8 Smith hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Peete hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Repulski hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cole settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skinner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moon for the out.
Bottom 7 Cole hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Clemente hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 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.
Top 7 Dark hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Blasingame takes first base on ball four. Schmidt moves to second.
Top 7 Schmidt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Jack Shepard now catching. Smith hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Walls strikes out.
Bottom 6 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Virdon for the out.
Bottom 6 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.
Top 6 Peete hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kline fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 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.
Bottom 5 Kline hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Foiles hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Cole hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Musial hits a fly ball into left field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Dark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Blasingame moves to third.
Top 5 Blasingame hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. Virdon moves to third.
Bottom 4 Walls bunts towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out. Virdon moves to second.
Bottom 4 Virdon takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Schmidt hits a fly ball into left field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 There goes Peete. The throw from Foiles and he is out, Groat applying the tag.
Top 4 Peete hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 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.
Bottom 3 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.
Top 3 Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kline fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Moon takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 There's a wild pitch. Musial moves to third.
Top 3 Boyer strikes out.
Top 3 Musial hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clemente. Musial reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Foiles hits a fly ball into center field. Peete settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 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.
Bottom 2 Thomas hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Walls tags and scores.
Bottom 2 Clemente hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Walls moves to third.
Bottom 2 Walls hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 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.
Top 2 Schmidt hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Smith moves to second.
Top 2 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.
Top 2 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.
Top 2 Repulski is called out on strikes.
Top 2 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.
Top 2 Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Virdon hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Groat hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 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.
Top 1 Musial hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Blasingame hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Foiles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.