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Cardinals
@ Reds
Crosley Field
September 23, 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 23, 1956 at Crosley Field.
Game Summary
| Date | September 23, 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 23, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Herm Wehmeier |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Tom Acker |
| Ballpark | Crosley Field |
| City | Cincinnati |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | 29,840 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 28 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Artie Gore 1B: Dusty Boggess 2B: Shag Crawford 3B: Lee Ballanfant |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Don Blasingame | Second Baseman |
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Stan Musial | First Baseman |
| Wally Moon | Right Fielder |
| Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Rip Repulski | Left Fielder |
| Hal Smith | Catcher |
| Bobby Del Greco | Center Fielder |
| Herm Wehmeier | Pitcher |
| Fred Hutchinson | Manager |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Temple | Second Baseman |
| Ed Bailey | Catcher |
| Gus Bell | Center Fielder |
| Frank Robinson | Left Fielder |
| Wally Post | Right Fielder |
| George Crowe | First Baseman |
| Alex Grammas | Third Baseman |
| Roy McMillan | Shortstop |
| Tom Acker | Pitcher |
| Birdie Tebbetts | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Reds
Crosley Field
September 23, 1956
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Acker
Blasingame hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Acker
Dark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Acker
Musial hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Acker
Moon hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Wehmeier
Temple bunts towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bailey vs. Wehmeier
Bailey hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moon who is chasing the ball. Bailey reaches third base with a triple. Temple goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bell vs. Wehmeier
Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Robinson vs. Wehmeier
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to home to get Bailey. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Post vs. Wehmeier
Post 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, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Acker
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Acker
Repulski 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, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Acker
Smith strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crowe vs. Wehmeier
Crowe hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Wehmeier
Grammas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McMillan vs. Wehmeier
McMillan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Grammas moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Acker vs. Wehmeier
Acker hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Temple vs. Wehmeier
Temple hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Del Greco vs. Acker
Del Greco hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wehmeier vs. Acker
Wehmeier hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Acker fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Acker
Blasingame hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Acker
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Grammas fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailey vs. Wehmeier
Bailey hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Wehmeier
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops it up and throws to first, with Wehmeier covering, for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Wehmeier
Robinson is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Acker
Musial takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Acker
Moon hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Acker
Boyer hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Repulski vs. Acker
Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Grammas fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Post vs. Wehmeier
Post takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crowe vs. Wehmeier
Crowe hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grammas vs. Wehmeier
Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Post moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McMillan vs. Wehmeier
McMillan hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Acker
Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Del Greco vs. Acker
Del Greco hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wehmeier vs. Acker
Wehmeier hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Acker
Blasingame hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Acker
Dark hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Acker vs. Wehmeier
Acker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Temple vs. Wehmeier
Temple hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bailey vs. Wehmeier
Bailey takes first base on ball four. Acker moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bell vs. Wehmeier
Bell hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Wehmeier
Robinson hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Post vs. Wehmeier
Post hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crowe vs. Wehmeier
Crowe hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Acker
Musial takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Acker
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Acker
Boyer hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bell. Boyer reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Repulski vs. Acker
Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Wehmeier
Grammas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McMillan vs. Schmidt
Willard Schmidt now pitching.
McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Acker vs. Schmidt
Acker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Temple vs. Schmidt
Temple strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Acker
Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Del Greco vs. Acker
Del Greco hits a popup, foul, towards first. Crowe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Acker
Schmidt hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bailey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailey vs. Schmidt
Bailey 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, 2 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Schmidt
Bell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Schmidt
There's a wild pitch. Bell moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Robinson vs. Schmidt
Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Post vs. Schmidt
Post strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Acker
Blasingame takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Acker
Dark bunts towards third. Grammas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Blasingame moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Musial vs. Acker
Musial hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Blasingame moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Moon vs. Acker
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crowe vs. Schmidt
Crowe hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thurman vs. Schmidt
Bob Thurman pinch hits for Alex Grammas.
Thurman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMillan vs. Schmidt
McMillan hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Acker
Rocky Bridges now playing third base.
Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Repulski vs. Acker
Repulski hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schofield vs. Freeman
Hersh Freeman now pitching. Dick Schofield pinch hits for Hal Smith.
Schofield strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nelson vs. Freeman
Rocky Nelson pinch hits for Bobby Del Greco.
Nelson strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Freeman
Walker Cooper pinch hits for Willard Schmidt.
Cooper hits a fly ball into right field. Post 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 9/23/1956, game 2 -- St.Louis at Cincinnati (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI Cincinnati AB R H RBI
Blasingame D, 2b 3 0 1 0 Temple J, 2b 4 1 1 0
Dark A, ss 4 0 2 0 Bailey E, c 3 1 1 1
Musial S, 1b 2 0 0 0 Bell G, cf 4 1 2 3
Moon W, rf 4 0 0 0 Robinson F, lf 4 0 0 0
Boyer K, 3b 4 1 2 0 Post W, rf 3 1 1 1
Repulski R, lf 4 1 1 2 Crowe G, 1b 4 0 0 0
Smith H, c 3 0 0 0 Grammas A, 3b 1 0 0 0
Schofield D, ph 1 0 0 0 Thurman B, ph 1 0 0 0
Del Greco B, cf 3 1 1 0 Bridges R, 3b 0 0 0 0
Nelson R, ph 1 0 0 0 McMillan R, ss 4 0 1 0
Wehmeier H, p 2 1 1 2 Acker T, p 1 1 0 0
Schmidt W, p 1 0 0 0 Freeman H, p 0 0 0 0
Cooper W, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 4 8 4 29 5 6 5
St.Louis 000 020 002 -- 4
Cincinnati 100 040 00x -- 5
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Wehmeier H (L)* 5.0 5 5 5 5 1
Schmidt W 3.0 1 0 0 1 2
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Acker T (W)+ 8.0 8 4 4 3 1
Freeman H (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
* Pitched to 1 batter in 6th
+ Pitched to 2 batters in 9th
DP -- St.Louis 1, Cincinnati 2
LOB -- St.Louis 5, Cincinnati 6
2B -- Boyer K
3B -- Bailey E
HR -- Wehmeier H, Bell G, Post W, Repulski R
WP -- Schmidt W
T -- 2:28
A -- 29840
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