Pirates @ Cardinals
August 23, 1956

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Top 9 R H E
Pirates 0 4 1
Cardinals 3 11 0
Top 9 R H E
Pirates 0 4 1
Cardinals 3 11 0

Frank Thomas Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .279
OBP .000 .316
At Bats 0 348
Hits 0 97
• Singles 0 67
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 14
Walks 0 20
RBI’s 0 48

Vinegar Bend Mizell Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
11 10 0
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Sportsman's Park - August 23, 1956
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Out
Vinegar Bend Mizell
Ray Katt
Stan Musial
Don Blasingame
Ken Boyer
Al Dark
Rip Repulski
Bobby Del Greco
Wally Moon
Frank Thomas

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 0 4 1 8
St. Louis Cardinals 3 11 0 5
Winning Pitcher Vinegar Bend Mizell
Losing Pitcher Ron Kline
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Ray Katt
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 28 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Frank Thomas pinch hits for Eddie O'Brien. Thomas hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Jack Shepard pinch hits for Howie Pollet. Shepard strikes out.
Top 9 Rip Repulski now playing left field. Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Rip Repulski pinch hits for Rocky Nelson. Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Groat fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Moon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Musial moves to third.
Bottom 8 Musial hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Howie Pollet now pitching. Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Skinner strikes out.
Top 8 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Groat moves to second.
Top 8 Groat takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Clemente 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 8 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skinner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Blasingame for the out.
Bottom 7 Mizell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Del Greco strikes out.
Bottom 7 Dick Hall now pitching. Katt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Foiles hits a popup towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 O'Brien takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Dick Cole pinch hits for Ron Kline. Cole hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. O'Brien fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Nelson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Moon hits a popup, foul, towards third. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kline fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Skinner hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Virdon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Groat moves to third.
Top 6 Groat takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Clemente hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards second. Mazeroski picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Mazeroski. Katt scores. Blasingame moves to second.
Bottom 5 Mizell 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. Katt moves to third.
Bottom 5 Del Greco hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Katt moves to second.
Bottom 5 Katt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Foiles hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 O'Brien hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Kline bunts towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. Mazeroski moves to second.
Top 5 Mazeroski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skinner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Boyer for the out.
Bottom 4 Nelson strikes out. There goes Moon. The throw from Foiles to O'Brien, and Moon is out.
Bottom 4 Moon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Skinner is called out on strikes.
Top 4 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. Clemente moves to third.
Top 4 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. Clemente moves to second.
Top 4 Clemente hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Musial hits a fly ball into left field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kline fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Mizell strikes out.
Top 3 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Foiles strikes out.
Top 3 O'Brien strikes out.
Bottom 2 Del Greco hits a ball on the ground towards third. Groat fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Katt hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 2 Boyer is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Nelson strikes out.
Bottom 2 Moon hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Virdon. Moon reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Kline is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Skinner hits a line drive towards short. Dark reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Musial hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards third. Groat fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Virdon strikes out.
Top 1 Groat takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Clemente strikes out.
Top 1 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.