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Cardinals
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
August 10, 1956
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on August 10, 1956 at Wrigley Field.
Game Summary
| Date | August 10, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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| Home Team |
Chicago Cubs
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 10, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Vinegar Bend Mizell |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Warren Hacker |
| Ballpark | Wrigley Field |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | 9,392 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 29 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Larry Goetz 1B: Frank Dascoli 2B: Frank Secory 3B: Bill Engeln |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Don Blasingame | Second Baseman |
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Stan Musial | First Baseman |
| Wally Moon | Right Fielder |
| Whitey Lockman | Left Fielder |
| Bobby Morgan | Third Baseman |
| Bobby Del Greco | Center Fielder |
| Ray Katt | Catcher |
| Vinegar Bend Mizell | Pitcher |
| Fred Hutchinson | Manager |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Eddie Miksis | Second Baseman |
| Don Hoak | Third Baseman |
| Dee Fondy | First Baseman |
| Ernie Banks | Shortstop |
| Monte Irvin | Left Fielder |
| Walt Moryn | Right Fielder |
| Pete Whisenant | Center Fielder |
| Harry Chiti | Catcher |
| Warren Hacker | Pitcher |
| Stan Hack | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
August 10, 1956
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Hacker
Blasingame hits a fly ball into center field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Hacker
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis misplays the ball. That's an error on Miksis. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Hacker
Musial hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Hacker
Moon hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miksis vs. Mizell
Miksis hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moon. Miksis reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hoak vs. Mizell
Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Miksis moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Fondy vs. Mizell
Fondy strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Banks vs. Mizell
Banks hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mizell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Miksis scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Irvin vs. Mizell
Irvin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Banks moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Moryn vs. Mizell
Moryn takes first base on ball four. Banks moves to third. Irvin moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Whisenant vs. Mizell
Whisenant hits a popup in front of the plate. Katt settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Hacker
Lockman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Miksis settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Hacker
Morgan hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Del Greco vs. Hacker
Del Greco hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Katt vs. Hacker
Katt hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mizell vs. Hacker
Mizell strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chiti vs. Mizell
Chiti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hacker vs. Mizell
Hacker strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miksis vs. Mizell
Miksis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hoak vs. Mizell
Hoak 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 3
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Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Hacker
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Blasingame for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Hacker
Dark takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Hacker
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Dark for the double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fondy vs. Mizell
Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mizell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Banks vs. Mizell
Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Mizell
Irvin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moryn vs. Mizell
Moryn hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Hacker
Moon hits a fly ball into center field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Hacker
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Hacker
Morgan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Del Greco vs. Hacker
Del Greco hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whisenant vs. Mizell
Whisenant strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chiti vs. Mizell
Chiti hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hacker vs. Mizell
Hacker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Miksis vs. Mizell
Miksis strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Katt vs. Hacker
Katt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hacker fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mizell vs. Hacker
Mizell hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Hacker
Blasingame hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoak vs. Mizell
Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fondy vs. Mizell
Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Banks vs. Mizell
Banks hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Fondy moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Irvin vs. Mizell
Irvin takes first base on ball four. Fondy moves to third. Banks moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Moryn vs. Mizell
Moryn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Hacker
Dark takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Hacker
Musial hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Hacker
Moon hits a fly ball into center field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Hacker
Lockman hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Hacker
Morgan hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whisenant vs. Mizell
Whisenant hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chiti vs. Mizell
Chiti hits a line drive towards short. Dark reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hacker vs. Mizell
Hacker hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Katt settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Del Greco vs. Hacker
Del Greco hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Katt vs. Hacker
Katt hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mizell vs. Hacker
Mizell bunts towards first. Fondy scoops it up and throws to first, with Miksis covering, for the out. Katt moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Blasingame vs. Hacker
Blasingame hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Miksis reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miksis vs. Mizell
Miksis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hoak vs. Mizell
Hoak hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fondy vs. Mizell
Fondy hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame catches it and throws to first to double up Miksis. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Hacker
Dark hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Hacker
Musial hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Chiti settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Hacker
Moon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Hacker
Lockman hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moryn who is chasing the ball. Lockman reaches third base with a triple. Moon goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Morgan vs. Hacker
Morgan strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Banks vs. Mizell
Banks strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Mizell
Irvin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moryn vs. Mizell
Moryn strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whisenant vs. Mizell
Whisenant hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chiti vs. Mizell
Chiti takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
King vs. Jackson
Solly Drake pinch runs for Harry Chiti. Frank Kellert pinch hits for Warren Hacker. Larry Jackson now pitching. Jim King pinch hits for Frank Kell
King 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 9
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Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Del Greco vs. Hughes
Hobie Landrith now catching. Jim Hughes now pitching.
Del Greco hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Katt vs. Hughes
Katt hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Hughes
Jackson hits a line drive into center field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miksis vs. Jackson
Ken Boyer now playing third base.
Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Miksis for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoak vs. Jackson
Hoak hits a line drive into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fondy vs. Jackson
Fondy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Banks vs. Jackson
Banks takes first base on ball four. Fondy moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Irvin vs. Jackson
Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/10/1956 -- St.Louis at Chicago (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI
Blasingame D, 2b 4 0 0 0 Miksis E, 2b 5 1 3 0
Dark A, ss 2 1 0 0 Hoak D, 3b 5 0 0 0
Musial S, 1b 4 1 1 2 Fondy D, 1b 5 0 2 0
Moon W, rf 4 1 1 0 Banks E, ss 4 0 2 1
Lockman W, lf 4 0 1 1 Irvin M, lf 4 1 3 0
Morgan B, 3b 4 1 2 1 Moryn W, rf 3 0 0 0
Boyer K, 3b 0 0 0 0 Whisenant P, cf 4 1 1 2
Del Greco B, cf 4 0 1 0 Chiti H, c 3 0 0 0
Katt R, c 4 0 1 0 Drake S, pr 0 0 0 0
Mizell V, p 2 0 0 0 Landrith H, c 0 0 0 0
Jackson L, p 1 0 0 0 Hacker W, p 3 0 1 0
Kellert F, ph 0 0 0 0
King J, ph 1 0 0 0
Hughes J, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 4 7 4 37 3 12 3
St.Louis 010 002 010 -- 4
Chicago 100 000 020 -- 3
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Mizell V (W) 7.2 11 3 3 3 6
Jackson L (S) 1.1 1 0 0 1 0
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Hacker W (L) 8.0 7 4 4 2 2
Hughes J 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
E -- Miksis E
DP -- St.Louis 2, Chicago 1
LOB -- St.Louis 5, Chicago 11
2B -- Miksis E
3B -- Lockman W
HR -- Morgan B, Musial S, Whisenant P
SH -- Mizell V
T -- 2:29
A -- 9392
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