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Pirates
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
July 17, 1956
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on July 17, 1956 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
| Date | July 17, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 17, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bob Friend |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Herm Wehmeier |
| Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 12,182 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 33 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Larry Goetz 1B: Frank Dascoli 2B: Frank Secory 3B: Stan Landes |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bill Virdon | Center Fielder |
| Dick Groat | Shortstop |
| Dale Long | First Baseman |
| Lee Walls | Left Fielder |
| Frank Thomas | Third Baseman |
| Roberto Clemente | Right Fielder |
| Hank Foiles | Catcher |
| Bill Mazeroski | Second Baseman |
| Bob Friend | Pitcher |
| Bobby Bragan | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Don Blasingame | Second Baseman |
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Stan Musial | First Baseman |
| Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Wally Moon | Right Fielder |
| Whitey Lockman | Center Fielder |
| Hank Sauer | Left Fielder |
| Ray Katt | Catcher |
| Herm Wehmeier | Pitcher |
| Fred Hutchinson | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Pirates
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
July 17, 1956
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Wehmeier
Virdon hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Wehmeier
Groat hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Long vs. Wehmeier
Long hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walls vs. Wehmeier
Walls hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Groat moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Thomas vs. Wehmeier
Thomas hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Friend
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Friend
Dark hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Friend
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Friend
Boyer is hit by the pitch. Musial moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Moon vs. Friend
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clemente vs. Wehmeier
Clemente hits a fly ball into center field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foiles vs. Wehmeier
Foiles hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazeroski vs. Wehmeier
Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Friend
Lockman hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sauer vs. Friend
Sauer strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Katt vs. Friend
Katt hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Friend vs. Wehmeier
Friend hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Virdon vs. Wehmeier
Virdon hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moon. Virdon reaches second base with a double. Friend moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Groat vs. Wehmeier
Groat hits a fly ball towards left. Sauer catches it and throws to home to double up Friend. Virdon moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Long vs. Wehmeier
Long hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sauer throws the ball in to Blasingame who tags Long, trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Virdon scores. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wehmeier vs. Friend
Wehmeier strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Friend
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Friend
Dark takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Friend
Musial hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Walls. Musial reaches second base with a double. Dark goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Boyer vs. Friend
Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Musial scores. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Friend
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walls vs. Wehmeier
Walls hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Wehmeier
Thomas hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Lockman. Thomas reaches second base with a double. Walls moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Clemente vs. Wehmeier
Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to third for the out. Walls scores. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foiles vs. Wehmeier
Foiles hits a ball on the ground towards second. Blasingame scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Friend
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sauer vs. Friend
Sauer hits a popup towards third. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Katt vs. Friend
Katt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazeroski vs. Wehmeier
Mazeroski hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Friend vs. Wehmeier
Friend hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Wehmeier
Virdon strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wehmeier vs. Friend
Wehmeier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Friend
Blasingame takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Friend
There goes Blasingame. The throw from Foiles and he is out, Mazeroski applying the tag. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Friend
Dark is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Wehmeier
Groat hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Long vs. Wehmeier
Long hits a line drive towards short. Dark reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walls vs. Wehmeier
Walls hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Friend
Musial takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Friend
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Boyer for the out. Musial moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Moon vs. Friend
Moon hits a fly ball into left field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lockman vs. Friend
Lockman hits a fly ball into left field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Wehmeier
Thomas hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clemente vs. Wehmeier
Clemente strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foiles vs. Wehmeier
Foiles hits a popup, foul, towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peete vs. Friend
Charlie Peete pinch hits for Hank Sauer.
Peete takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Katt vs. Friend
Katt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Peete moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wehmeier vs. Friend
Wehmeier strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Blasingame vs. Friend
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lynch vs. Wehmeier
Charlie Peete now playing center field. Whitey Lockman now playing left field. Jerry Lynch pinch hits for Bill Mazeroski.
Lynch hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Friend vs. Wehmeier
Friend is called out on strikes. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Wehmeier
Virdon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Groat vs. Wehmeier
Groat hits a fly ball into center field. Peete settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Friend
Johnny O'Brien now playing second base.
Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Friend
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Friend
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Long vs. Wehmeier
Long hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walls vs. Wehmeier
Walls hits a fly ball into center field. Peete settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Wehmeier
Thomas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clemente vs. Wehmeier
Clemente is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 9
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Friend
Moon hits a line drive towards short. Groat reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Friend
Lockman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Peete vs. Friend
Peete hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 10
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foiles vs. Wehmeier
Foiles hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Brien vs. Wehmeier
O'Brien bunts towards first. Musial scoops it up and throws to first, with Blasingame covering, for the out. Foiles moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Skinner vs. Wehmeier
Bob Skinner pinch hits for Bob Friend.
Skinner hits a fly ball into center field. Peete settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Virdon vs. Wehmeier
Virdon is walked intentionally. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Groat vs. Wehmeier
Groat hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moon. Groat reaches second base with a double. Foiles scores. Virdon goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Long vs. Wehmeier
Long is walked intentionally. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Walls vs. Wehmeier
Walls hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 10
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Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hatton vs. Face
Roy Face now pitching. Grady Hatton pinch hits for Ray Katt.
Hatton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Repulski vs. Face
Rip Repulski pinch hits for Herm Wehmeier.
Repulski hits a fly ball into left field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blasingame vs. Face
Blasingame hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Face
Dark strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/17/1956 -- Pittsburgh at St.Louis (N)
Pittsburgh AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Virdon B, cf 4 2 2 0 Blasingame D, 2b 4 0 0 0
Groat D, ss 5 0 2 2 Dark A, ss 4 1 1 0
Long D, 1b 4 0 1 1 Musial S, 1b 3 1 1 1
Walls L, lf 5 1 2 0 Boyer K, 3b 3 0 1 1
Thomas F, 3b 4 0 2 0 Moon W, rf 4 0 0 0
Clemente R, rf 4 0 0 1 Lockman W, cf-lf 4 0 1 0
Foiles H, c 4 1 1 0 Sauer H, lf 2 0 0 0
Mazeroski B, 2b 2 0 0 0 Peete C, ph-cf 1 0 0 0
Lynch J, ph 1 0 0 0 Katt R, c 3 0 0 0
O'Brien J, 2b 0 0 0 0 Hatton G, ph 0 0 0 0
Friend B, p 3 0 1 0 Wehmeier H, p 3 0 0 0
Skinner B, ph 1 0 0 0 Repulski R, ph 1 0 0 0
Face R, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
37 4 11 4 32 2 4 2
Pittsburgh 001 100 000 2 -- 4
St.Louis 002 000 000 0 -- 2
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Friend B (W) 9.0 4 2 2 4 4
Face R (S) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Wehmeier H (L) 10.0 11 4 4 2 4
DP -- Pittsburgh 1, St.Louis 2
LOB -- Pittsburgh 6, St.Louis 6
2B -- Virdon B, Musial S, Thomas F, Groat D
CS -- Blasingame D
SH -- O'Brien J
HBP -- by Friend B (Boyer K)
T -- 2:33
A -- 12182
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