Cardinals @ Reds
July 6, 1956

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Top 9 R H E
Cardinals 4 9 0
Reds 6 10 0
Top 9 R H E
Cardinals 4 9 0
Reds 6 10 0

Al Dark Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .265
OBP .250 .292
At Bats 4 294
Hits 1 78
• Singles 1 61
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 11
RBI’s 2 24

Hersh Freeman Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 2 6
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Crosley Field - July 6, 1956
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Strikeout
Hersh Freeman
Ed Bailey
Ted Kluszewski
Johnny Temple
Alex Grammas
Roy McMillan
Frank Robinson
Gus Bell
Wally Post
Al Dark
Whitey Lockman

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 4 9 0 7
Cincinnati Reds 6 10 0 8
Winning Pitcher Don Gross
Losing Pitcher Tom Poholsky
Save Hersh Freeman
Game Winning RBI Ted Kluszewski
Attendance 24,322
Time of Game 2 hours 35 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Dark strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Blasingame hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Grady Hatton pinch hits for Willard Schmidt. Hatton hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Alex Grammas now playing third base. Whitey Lockman pinch hits for Bobby Del Greco. Lockman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Post hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Willard Schmidt now pitching. Temple hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Freeman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Bob Thurman pinch hits for Rocky Bridges. Thurman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Repulski. Thurman reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Smith strikes out.
Top 8 Moon takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bridges fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Bailey hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Liddle scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bailey for the out.
Bottom 7 Robinson is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Kluszewski hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Temple tags and scores. Post tags and moves to second.
Bottom 7 Bell hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Post hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Temple moves to third.
Bottom 7 Don Liddle now pitching. Temple takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Musial hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hersh Freeman now pitching. Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Blasingame moves to second.
Top 7 Blasingame hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Del Greco scores.
Top 7 Hank Sauer pinch hits for Larry Jackson. Sauer hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Rocky Bridges now playing third base. Del Greco hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Bell. Del Greco reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Gross strikes out.
Bottom 6 Larry Jackson now pitching. McMillan 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. Bailey moves to third.
Bottom 6 Jablonski is hit by the pitch. Bailey moves to second.
Bottom 6 Bailey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Moon strikes out.
Top 6 Repulski hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Post. Repulski reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Boyer strikes out.
Bottom 5 Robinson strikes out.
Bottom 5 Kluszewski hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 5 Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Post hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Temple moves to second.
Bottom 5 Temple hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Gross 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 5 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops it up and throws to first, with Gross covering, for the out.
Top 5 Dark hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Poholsky scores. Blasingame scores. Dark moves to second.
Top 5 Blasingame hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Smith scores. Poholsky moves to third. Blasingame moves to second.
Top 5 Poholsky hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Smith moves to second.
Top 5 Del Greco hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Smith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 McMillan hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Jablonski takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Bailey hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kluszewski hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Repulski hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kluszewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Boyer strikes out.
Top 4 Musial hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Dark hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Post hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Temple hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Poholsky strikes out.
Top 3 There goes Del Greco. The throw from Bailey and he is safe. Del Greco steals second.
Top 3 Del Greco takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Gross 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 2 McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Jablonski hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Del Greco who is chasing the ball. Jablonski reaches third base with a triple. Robinson goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Bailey strikes out.
Bottom 2 Robinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Moon hits a popup towards third. Jablonski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Repulski strikes out.
Top 2 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Kluszewski hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Post hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Temple hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.