Cardinals @ Pirates
June 17, 1956

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 3 10 1
Pirates 1 5 0
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Cardinals 3 10 1
Pirates 1 5 0

Dale Long Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .373
OBP .333 .429
At Bats 2 166
Hits 0 62
• Singles 0 36
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 14
Walks 1 19
RBI’s 0 34

Tom Poholsky Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 4 0
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Forbes Field - June 17, 1956
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Tom Poholsky
Hal Smith
Stan Musial
Don Blasingame
Ken Boyer
Al Dark
Whitey Lockman
Bobby Del Greco
Wally Moon
Dale Long

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 3 10 0 12
Pittsburgh Pirates 1 5 0 3
Winning Pitcher Tom Poholsky
Losing Pitcher Vern Law
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Stan Musial
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 10 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Long 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:
Bottom 9 Eddie O'Brien pinch runs for Dick Groat. Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 9 Wally Moon now playing right field. Groat hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Wally Moon pinch runs for Grady Hatton. Del Greco hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. King fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Grady Hatton pinch hits for Chuck Harmon. Hatton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. King fields it and throws to home to get Dark. Musial moves to third. Boyer moves to second.
Top 9 Frank Thomas now playing second base. Gene Freese now playing third base. Boyer is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Musial hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Walls. Musial reaches second base with a double. Dark moves to third.
Top 9 Dark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Nellie King now pitching. Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Virdon strikes out.
Bottom 8 Bob Skinner pinch hits for Roy Face. Skinner hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Freese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Whitey Lockman now playing left field. Chuck Harmon now playing right field. Foiles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Poholsky hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Freese reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Smith is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Blasingame strikes out.
Top 8 Chuck Harmon pinch runs for Hank Sauer. Del Greco bunts towards the mound. Face fields it and throws to first for the out. Harmon moves to second.
Top 8 Sauer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Long hits a fly ball into right field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Musial hits a line drive towards short. Groat reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 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.
Bottom 6 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Virdon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Lockman strikes out.
Top 6 Poholsky hits a fly ball into left field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Roy Face now pitching. Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Danny Kravitz pinch hits for Vern Law. Kravitz strikes out.
Bottom 5 Freese hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Foiles hits a line drive into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Poholsky fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Blasingame hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Foiles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Del Greco hits a popup, foul, towards first. Long settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 There's a wild pitch. Sauer moves to second.
Top 5 Sauer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Long takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Poholsky fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Freese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Blasingame tags and scores. Smith tags and moves to third.
Top 4 Lockman is walked intentionally.
Top 4 Poholsky bunts towards the mound. Law fields it and throws to first for the out. Blasingame moves to third. Smith moves to second.
Top 4 Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Blasingame moves to second.
Top 4 Gene Freese now playing second base. Blasingame takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 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.
Bottom 3 Virdon strikes out. The ball gets by Smith. He chases the ball to the backstop.
Bottom 3 Law hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Poholsky fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Gene Freese pinch hits for Johnny O'Brien. Freese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Del Greco hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. O'Brien settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Sauer takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 There's a wild pitch. Dark moves to second.
Top 3 Boyer strikes out.
Top 3 Musial hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Dark hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Foiles hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Lockman hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Foiles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Poholsky bunts towards the mound. Law fields it and throws to first for the out. Blasingame moves to third. Smith moves to second.
Top 2 Smith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Blasingame moves to second.
Top 2 Blasingame hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Del Greco hits a line drive towards short. Groat reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Long 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 1 Clemente hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Virdon tags and scores.
Bottom 1 Groat hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Virdon hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Del Greco who is chasing the ball. Virdon reaches third base with a triple.
Top 1 Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Musial hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Dark hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Walls who is chasing the ball. Dark reaches third base with a triple.
Top 1 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.