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Cardinals
@ Reds
Crosley Field
September 21, 1956
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on September 21, 1956 at Crosley Field.
Game Summary
| Date | September 21, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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| Home Team |
Cincinnati Reds
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 21, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Vinegar Bend Mizell |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Joe Nuxhall |
| Ballpark | Crosley Field |
| City | Cincinnati |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | 18,517 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 22 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Dusty Boggess 1B: Shag Crawford 2B: Lee Ballanfant 3B: Artie Gore |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Don Blasingame | Second Baseman |
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Stan Musial | First Baseman |
| Rip Repulski | Left Fielder |
| Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Wally Moon | Right Fielder |
| Ray Katt | Catcher |
| Bobby Del Greco | Center Fielder |
| Vinegar Bend Mizell | Pitcher |
| Fred Hutchinson | Manager |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Temple | Second Baseman |
| Smoky Burgess | Catcher |
| Gus Bell | Center Fielder |
| Frank Robinson | Left Fielder |
| Wally Post | Right Fielder |
| George Crowe | First Baseman |
| Alex Grammas | Third Baseman |
| Roy McMillan | Shortstop |
| Joe Nuxhall | Pitcher |
| Birdie Tebbetts | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Reds
Crosley Field
September 21, 1956
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Nuxhall
Blasingame takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Nuxhall
Dark is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Nuxhall
Musial hits a popup, foul, towards first. Crowe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Repulski vs. Nuxhall
Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Mizell
Temple bunts towards first. Musial fields the ball and throws to Mizell covering. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burgess vs. Mizell
Mizell fires to first and picks off Temple. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burgess vs. Mizell
Burgess is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Mizell
Bell hits a popup towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Nuxhall
Boyer hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Nuxhall
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. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Katt vs. Nuxhall
Katt strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Mizell
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Post vs. Mizell
Post hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crowe vs. Mizell
Crowe is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grammas vs. Mizell
Grammas takes first base on ball four. Crowe moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McMillan vs. Mizell
McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McMillan for the out. Crowe moves to third. Grammas moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Nuxhall vs. Mizell
Nuxhall hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moon who is chasing the ball. Nuxhall reaches third base with a triple. Crowe scores. Grammas scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Temple vs. Mizell
Temple hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Katt settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Del Greco vs. Nuxhall
Del Greco hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Burgess settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mizell vs. Nuxhall
Mizell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blasingame vs. Nuxhall
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards second. Temple scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burgess vs. Mizell
Burgess 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 -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Mizell
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops it up and throws to first, with Mizell covering, for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Mizell
Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Nuxhall
Dark hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Nuxhall
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Repulski vs. Nuxhall
Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Post vs. Mizell
Post hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crowe vs. Mizell
Crowe hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Katt settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Mizell
Grammas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Nuxhall
Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Nuxhall
Moon hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Katt vs. Nuxhall
Katt hits a popup, foul, towards first. Crowe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Del Greco vs. Nuxhall
Del Greco hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Bell. Del Greco reaches second base with a double. Boyer goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mizell vs. Nuxhall
Mizell hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMillan vs. Mizell
McMillan hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Katt settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nuxhall vs. Mizell
Nuxhall takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Temple vs. Mizell
Temple hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Nuxhall moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Burgess vs. Mizell
Burgess hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bell vs. Mizell
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Nuxhall
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nuxhall fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Nuxhall
Dark takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Nuxhall
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Dark moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Repulski vs. Nuxhall
Repulski is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boyer vs. Nuxhall
Boyer hits a popup, foul, towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Mizell
Robinson strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Post vs. Mizell
Post hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Del Greco who is chasing the ball. Post reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Crowe vs. Mizell
Crowe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to home to get Post. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grammas vs. Mizell
Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Grammas for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Nuxhall
Moon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Katt vs. Nuxhall
Katt hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Moon moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Del Greco vs. Nuxhall
Del Greco hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Burgess fields it and throws to third for the out. Katt moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Morgan vs. Nuxhall
Bobby Morgan pinch hits for Vinegar Bend Mizell.
Morgan hits a popup, foul, towards first. Crowe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Blasingame vs. Nuxhall
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMillan vs. Jackson
Larry Jackson now pitching.
McMillan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nuxhall vs. Jackson
Nuxhall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. McMillan moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Temple vs. Jackson
Temple bunts towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. McMillan moves to third. Nuxhall moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Burgess vs. Jackson
Burgess hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McMillan scores. Nuxhall moves to third. Temple moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Bell vs. Collum
Jackie Collum now pitching.
Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Nuxhall tags and scores. Temple tags and moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Robinson vs. Collum
Robinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Temple scores. Burgess moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Post vs. Collum
Post hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crowe vs. Collum
Crowe is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grammas vs. Blaylock
Bob Blaylock now pitching.
Grammas is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McMillan vs. Blaylock
McMillan strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Nuxhall
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. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Nuxhall
Musial hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Robinson. Musial reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Repulski vs. Nuxhall
Repulski hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Boyer vs. Nuxhall
Boyer hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nuxhall vs. Blaylock
Rocky Nelson now playing first base.
Nuxhall hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blaylock fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Blaylock
Temple hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burgess vs. Blaylock
Burgess hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Blaylock
Bell strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Nuxhall
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Katt vs. Nuxhall
Katt hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Del Greco vs. Nuxhall
Del Greco takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sauer vs. Nuxhall
Hank Sauer pinch hits for Bob Blaylock.
Sauer hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/21/1956 -- St.Louis at Cincinnati (N)
St.Louis AB R H RBI Cincinnati AB R H RBI
Blasingame D, 2b 3 0 0 0 Temple J, 2b 5 1 3 0
Dark A, ss 3 0 0 0 Burgess S, c 5 1 2 1
Musial S, 1b 4 0 2 0 Bell G, cf 4 0 0 1
Nelson R, 1b 0 0 0 0 Robinson F, lf 4 1 1 1
Repulski R, lf 3 0 0 0 Post W, rf 4 2 3 4
Boyer K, 3b 4 1 1 0 Crowe G, 1b 2 1 0 0
Moon W, rf 3 0 0 0 Grammas A, 3b 3 1 0 0
Katt R, c 4 0 1 0 McMillan R, ss 3 1 0 0
Del Greco B, cf 3 0 1 1 Nuxhall J, p 3 1 2 2
Mizell V, p 1 0 0 0
Morgan B, ph 1 0 0 0
Jackson L, p 0 0 0 0
Collum J, p 0 0 0 0
Blaylock B, p 0 0 0 0
Sauer H, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30 1 5 1 33 9 11 9
St.Louis 000 010 000 -- 1
Cincinnati 030 000 60x -- 9
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Mizell V (L) 6.0 5 3 3 2 2
Jackson L* 0.0 3 4 4 1 0
Collum J 0.1 2 2 2 0 0
Blaylock B 1.2 1 0 0 0 3
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Nuxhall J (W) 9.0 5 1 1 5 2
* Pitched to 4 batters in 7th
DP -- Cincinnati 2
LOB -- St.Louis 8, Cincinnati 6
2B -- Del Greco B, Musial S
3B -- Nuxhall J, Post W
HR -- Post W 2
SF -- Bell G
HBP -- by Mizell V (Crowe G), by Nuxhall J (Repulski R), by Collum J (Crowe G)
T -- 2:22
A -- 18517
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