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Reds
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
July 1, 1956
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Cincinnati Reds, played on July 1, 1956 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
| Date | July 1, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cincinnati Reds
|
| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 1, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Don Gross |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Don Liddle |
| Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 29,815 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 38 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Babe Pinelli 1B: Dusty Boggess 2B: Hal Dixon 3B: Tom Gorman |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Temple | Second Baseman |
| Stan Palys | Right Fielder |
| Gus Bell | Center Fielder |
| George Crowe | First Baseman |
| Frank Robinson | Left Fielder |
| Smoky Burgess | Catcher |
| Alex Grammas | Third Baseman |
| Roy McMillan | Shortstop |
| Don Gross | Pitcher |
| Birdie Tebbetts | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Don Blasingame | Second Baseman |
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Stan Musial | First Baseman |
| Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Rip Repulski | Left Fielder |
| Chuck Harmon | Right Fielder |
| Ray Katt | Catcher |
| Bobby Del Greco | Center Fielder |
| Don Liddle | Pitcher |
| Fred Hutchinson | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Reds
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
July 1, 1956
Top 1
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Liddle
Temple hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Palys vs. Liddle
Palys strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Liddle
Bell strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Gross
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Gross
Dark hits a popup, foul, towards third. Grammas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Gross
Musial hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crowe vs. Liddle
Crowe hits a line drive towards short. Dark reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Liddle
Robinson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burgess vs. Liddle
Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Liddle juggles the ball. That's an error on Liddle. Robinson moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Grammas vs. Liddle
Wally Post pinch runs for Frank Robinson.
There's a wild pitch. Post moves to third. Burgess moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Grammas vs. Liddle
Grammas hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Del Greco. Grammas reaches second base with a double. Post scores. Burgess scores. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McMillan vs. Liddle
McMillan hits a fly ball into right field. Harmon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gross vs. Liddle
Gross hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Grammas scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Temple vs. Liddle
Temple hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gross moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Palys vs. McDaniel
Lindy McDaniel now pitching.
Palys is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Reds, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Gross
Wally Post now playing right field. Stan Palys now playing left field.
Boyer hits a popup, foul, towards first. Crowe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Gross
Repulski hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harmon vs. Gross
Harmon hits a fly ball into left field. Palys settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Reds, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. McDaniel
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McDaniel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crowe vs. McDaniel
Crowe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Post vs. McDaniel
Post hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Harmon. Post reaches second base with a double. Crowe moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Burgess vs. McDaniel
Burgess is walked intentionally. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Grammas vs. McDaniel
Grammas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Crowe scores. Post moves to third. Burgess moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
McMillan vs. McDaniel
McMillan hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Post tags and scores. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gross vs. McDaniel
Gross strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Katt vs. Gross
Katt hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Del Greco vs. Gross
Del Greco hits a popup, foul, towards first. Crowe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Morgan vs. Gross
Bobby Morgan pinch hits for Lindy McDaniel.
Morgan strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blasingame vs. Gross
Blasingame hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Wehmeier
Herm Wehmeier now pitching.
Temple hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Palys vs. Wehmeier
Palys hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
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
Bottom 4
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Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Gross
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Gross
Musial hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Gross
Boyer hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Gross
Repulski hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crowe vs. Wehmeier
Crowe hits a fly ball into right field. Harmon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Post vs. Wehmeier
Post strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burgess vs. Wehmeier
Burgess hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Wehmeier
Grammas is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 5
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Reds, 6 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harmon vs. Gross
Harmon hits a fly ball into left field. Palys settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Katt vs. Gross
Katt strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Del Greco vs. Gross
Del Greco hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sauer vs. Gross
Hank Sauer pinch hits for Herm Wehmeier.
Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Reds, 6 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMillan vs. Jackson
Larry Jackson now pitching.
McMillan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gross vs. Jackson
There goes McMillan. The throw from Katt and he is out, Blasingame applying the tag. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Jackson
Gross hits a popup in front of the plate. Katt settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Jackson
Temple takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Palys vs. Jackson
Palys hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Reds, 6 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Gross
Blasingame hits a fly ball into left field. Palys settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Gross
Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Gross
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Reds, 6 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Jackson
Bell hits a popup, foul, towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crowe vs. Jackson
Crowe hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Katt settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Post vs. Jackson
Post hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Reds, 6 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Gross
Boyer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Palys. Boyer reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Repulski vs. Gross
Repulski hits a line drive towards short. McMillan reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Harmon vs. Gross
Harmon hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Burgess settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Katt vs. Gross
Katt 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
Top 8
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Reds, 6 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burgess vs. Jackson
Burgess takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grammas vs. Jackson
Grammas 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 -
Reds, 6 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McMillan vs. Jackson
McMillan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Grammas moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gross vs. Jackson
Gross hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Temple vs. Jackson
Temple hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Reds, 6 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Del Greco vs. Gross
Del Greco hits a popup towards first. Crowe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Gross
Hal Smith pinch hits for Larry Jackson.
Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blasingame vs. Gross
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Gross
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Grammas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Blasingame moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Musial vs. Gross
Musial hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Reds, 6 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Palys vs. Schmidt
Willard Schmidt now pitching.
Palys is called out on strikes. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Schmidt
Bell hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crowe vs. Schmidt
Crowe hits a fly ball into right field. Harmon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Post vs. Schmidt
Post strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Reds, 7 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Gross
Boyer hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Bell. Boyer reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Repulski vs. Gross
Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Harmon vs. Gross
Harmon hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Katt vs. Gross
Katt hits a ball on the ground towards first. Crowe scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Katt for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/1/1956, game 2 -- Cincinnati at St.Louis (D)
Cincinnati AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Temple J, 2b 4 0 1 0 Blasingame D, 2b 4 0 0 0
Palys S, rf-lf 5 0 0 0 Dark A, ss 4 0 1 0
Bell G, cf 5 1 1 1 Musial S, 1b 4 1 1 1
Crowe G, 1b 5 1 1 0 Boyer K, 3b 4 0 2 0
Robinson F, lf 0 0 0 0 Repulski R, lf 4 0 0 0
Post W, pr-rf 4 2 1 0 Harmon C, rf 4 0 0 0
Burgess S, c 2 2 1 1 Katt R, c 4 0 1 0
Grammas A, 3b 4 1 2 3 Del Greco B, cf 3 0 1 0
McMillan R, ss 2 0 1 1 Liddle D, p 0 0 0 0
Gross D, p 4 0 1 1 McDaniel L, p 0 0 0 0
Morgan B, ph 1 0 0 0
Wehmeier H, p 0 0 0 0
Sauer H, ph 1 0 0 0
Jackson L, p 0 0 0 0
Smith H, ph 1 0 1 0
Schmidt W, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 7 9 7 34 1 7 1
Cincinnati 032 010 001 -- 7
St.Louis 000 100 000 -- 1
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Gross D (W) 9.0 7 1 1 0 2
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Liddle D (L) 1.2 3 3 1 1 2
McDaniel L 1.1 3 2 2 1 2
Wehmeier H 2.0 1 1 1 0 2
Jackson L 3.0 1 0 0 3 0
Schmidt W 1.0 1 1 1 0 2
E -- Liddle D
LOB -- Cincinnati 7, St.Louis 6
2B -- Grammas A, Post W, Boyer K 2
HR -- Musial S, Burgess S, Bell G
SF -- McMillan R
WP -- Liddle D
T -- 2:38
A -- 29815
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