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Phillies
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
August 28, 1956
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Philadelphia Phillies, played on August 28, 1956 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 28, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Philadelphia Phillies
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| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 28, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Philadelphia Phillies |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Curt Simmons |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Willard Schmidt |
| Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 11,987 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 27 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Tom Gorman 1B: Babe Pinelli 2B: Hal Dixon 3B: Augie Donatelli |
Philadelphia Phillies Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Richie Ashburn | Center Fielder |
| Solly Hemus | Second Baseman |
| Marv Blaylock | First Baseman |
| Stan Lopata | Catcher |
| Del Ennis | Left Fielder |
| Willie Jones | Third Baseman |
| Frank Baumholtz | Right Fielder |
| Roy Smalley | Shortstop |
| Curt Simmons | Pitcher |
| Mayo Smith | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Don Blasingame | Second Baseman |
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Stan Musial | First Baseman |
| Hank Sauer | Left Fielder |
| Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Wally Moon | Right Fielder |
| Ray Katt | Catcher |
| Bobby Del Greco | Center Fielder |
| Willard Schmidt | Pitcher |
| Fred Hutchinson | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Phillies
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
August 28, 1956
Top 1
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Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ashburn vs. Schmidt
Ashburn is called out on strikes. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemus vs. Schmidt
Hemus hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blaylock vs. Schmidt
Blaylock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Simmons
Blasingame hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Simmons
Dark hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Simmons
Musial hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Blasingame moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sauer vs. Simmons
Sauer hits a line drive to center field. Ashburn throws towards the plate. Lopata fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Lopata. Blasingame scores. Musial goes all the way around to score. Sauer moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Boyer vs. Simmons
Boyer hits a popup towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Moon vs. Simmons
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopata vs. Schmidt
Lopata hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ennis vs. Schmidt
Ennis hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Schmidt
Jones hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Katt vs. Simmons
Katt hits a popup towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Del Greco vs. Simmons
Del Greco hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hemus settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Simmons
Schmidt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blasingame vs. Simmons
Blasingame strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baumholtz vs. Schmidt
Baumholtz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smalley vs. Schmidt
Smalley hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sauer. Smalley reaches second base with a double. Baumholtz moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Simmons vs. Schmidt
Simmons hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Baumholtz tags and scores. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ashburn vs. Schmidt
Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hemus vs. Schmidt
Hemus hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Schmidt, and towards Dark, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Phillies, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Simmons
Dark hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Baumholtz. Dark reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Musial vs. Simmons
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Dark moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Sauer vs. Simmons
Sauer hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Dark tags and scores. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Simmons
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Phillies, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blaylock vs. Schmidt
Blaylock hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopata vs. Schmidt
Lopata hits a line drive into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ennis vs. Schmidt
Ennis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Schmidt
Jones takes first base on ball four. Ennis moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Baumholtz vs. Schmidt
Baumholtz hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smalley vs. Schmidt
Smalley takes first base on ball four. Ennis moves to third. Jones moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Simmons vs. Schmidt
Simmons hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Katt settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Simmons
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Simmons fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Katt vs. Simmons
Katt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Del Greco vs. Simmons
Del Greco hits a fly ball into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schmidt vs. Simmons
Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ashburn vs. Schmidt
Ashburn hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemus vs. Schmidt
Hemus hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blaylock vs. Schmidt
Blaylock takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lopata vs. McDaniel
Lindy McDaniel now pitching.
Lopata hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ennis vs. McDaniel
Ennis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Phillies, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Simmons
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Simmons
Dark hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Simmons
Musial hits a fly ball into right field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sauer vs. Simmons
Sauer hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Phillies, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. McDaniel
Jones hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baumholtz vs. McDaniel
Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Jones moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smalley vs. McDaniel
Smalley bunts in front of the plate. Katt fields it and throws to first for the out. Jones moves to third. Baumholtz moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Simmons vs. McDaniel
Simmons hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Jones scores. Baumholtz moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 4 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Ashburn vs. McDaniel
Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Baumholtz scores. Simmons moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hemus vs. McDaniel
Hemus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Phillies, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Simmons
Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Simmons
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blaylock fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Katt vs. Simmons
Katt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Simmons fields it and throws to first for the out. Moon moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cooper vs. Simmons
Walker Cooper pinch hits for Bobby Del Greco.
Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Phillies, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blaylock vs. McDaniel
Whitey Lockman now playing center field.
Blaylock hits a line drive into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopata vs. McDaniel
Lopata is called out on strikes. View Play -
Phillies, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ennis vs. McDaniel
Ennis hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Phillies, 6 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. McDaniel
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Phillies, 6 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Simmons
Rip Repulski pinch hits for Lindy McDaniel.
Repulski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 6 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blasingame vs. Simmons
Blasingame hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lopata settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 6 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Simmons
Dark hits a popup, foul, towards first. Blaylock settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 6 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Simmons
Musial hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Phillies, 6 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baumholtz vs. Jackson
Larry Jackson now pitching.
Baumholtz hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 6 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smalley vs. Jackson
Smalley strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 6 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. Jackson
Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Phillies, 6 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sauer vs. Simmons
Sauer hits a popup, foul, towards first. Blaylock settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 6 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Simmons
Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 6 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Simmons
Moon strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Phillies, 6 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ashburn vs. Jackson
Ashburn strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 6 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemus vs. Jackson
Hemus takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 6 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blaylock vs. Jackson
Blaylock takes first base on ball four. Hemus moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 6 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lopata vs. Jackson
Lopata hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 9
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Phillies, 6 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Katt vs. Simmons
Katt hits a fly ball into right field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 6 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Simmons
Hal Smith pinch hits for Whitey Lockman.
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 6 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Simmons
Bobby Morgan pinch hits for Larry Jackson.
Morgan hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lopata settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/28/1956 -- Philadelphia at St.Louis (N)
Philadelphia AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Ashburn R, cf 5 0 1 1 Blasingame D, 2b 4 1 1 0
Hemus S, 2b 4 1 1 1 Dark A, ss 4 2 2 1
Blaylock M, 1b 3 1 1 1 Musial S, 1b 4 1 1 0
Lopata S, c 5 0 0 0 Sauer H, lf 3 0 1 2
Ennis D, lf 4 1 2 1 Boyer K, 3b 4 0 1 0
Jones W, 3b 3 1 1 0 Moon W, rf 4 0 0 0
Baumholtz F, rf 4 2 1 0 Katt R, c 4 0 1 0
Smalley R, ss 2 0 1 0 Del Greco B, cf 2 0 0 0
Simmons C, p 3 0 1 2 Cooper W, ph 1 0 0 0
Lockman W, cf 0 0 0 0
Smith H, ph 1 0 0 0
Schmidt W, p 2 0 1 0
McDaniel L, p 0 0 0 0
Repulski R, ph 1 0 1 0
Jackson L, p 0 0 0 0
Morgan B, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 6 9 6 35 4 9 3
Philadelphia 001 112 100 -- 6
St.Louis 201 010 000 -- 4
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO
Simmons C (W) 9.0 9 4 3 0 2
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt W 4.1 5 3 3 3 1
McDaniel L (L) 2.2 4 3 3 0 1
Jackson L 2.0 0 0 0 2 2
E -- Lopata S
DP -- St.Louis 2
LOB -- Philadelphia 7, St.Louis 5
2B -- Smalley R, Dark A
HR -- Blaylock M, Hemus S, Dark A, Ennis D
SH -- Smalley R
SF -- Simmons C, Sauer H
T -- 2:27
A -- 11987
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