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Cardinals
@ Reds
Crosley Field
July 8, 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 July 8, 1956 at Crosley Field.
Game Summary
| Date | July 8, 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 | July 8, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Willard Schmidt |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Joe Nuxhall |
| Ballpark | Crosley Field |
| City | Cincinnati |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | 19,041 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 22 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Shag Crawford 1B: Artie Gore 2B: Bill Jackowski 3B: Lee Ballanfant |
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 |
| Wally Moon | Right Fielder |
| Hal Smith | Catcher |
| Bobby Del Greco | Center Fielder |
| Willard Schmidt | Pitcher |
| Fred Hutchinson | Manager |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Temple | Second Baseman |
| Wally Post | Right Fielder |
| Gus Bell | Center Fielder |
| Ted Kluszewski | First Baseman |
| Frank Robinson | Left Fielder |
| Smoky Burgess | Catcher |
| Ray Jablonski | Third Baseman |
| Roy McMillan | Shortstop |
| Joe Nuxhall | Pitcher |
| Birdie Tebbetts | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Reds
Crosley Field
July 8, 1956
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Nuxhall
Blasingame bunts towards first. Kluszewski fields the ball and throws to Nuxhall covering. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Nuxhall
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields it and throws to first for the out. Blasingame moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Musial vs. Nuxhall
There goes Blasingame. The throw from Burgess and he is safe. Blasingame steals third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Musial vs. Nuxhall
Musial takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Boyer vs. Nuxhall
Boyer 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 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Schmidt
Temple takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Post vs. Schmidt
Post 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, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Schmidt
Bell takes first base on ball four. Temple moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kluszewski vs. Schmidt
Kluszewski hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Robinson vs. Schmidt
Robinson hits a line drive into left field. Repulski settles under the ball 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: ---
Repulski vs. Nuxhall
Repulski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Nuxhall
Moon strikes out. There goes Repulski. The throw from Burgess to McMillan, and back to Kluszewski, who tags Repulski out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Nuxhall
Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burgess vs. Schmidt
Burgess hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jablonski vs. Schmidt
Jablonski hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Del Greco. Jablonski reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McMillan vs. Schmidt
McMillan hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Nuxhall vs. Schmidt
Nuxhall hits a line drive towards first. Musial reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Del Greco vs. Nuxhall
Del Greco hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Post. Del Greco reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Schmidt vs. Nuxhall
Schmidt bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Blasingame vs. Nuxhall
Blasingame hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Del Greco scores. Blasingame moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dark vs. Nuxhall
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nuxhall fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Musial vs. Nuxhall
Musial is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Schmidt
Temple hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Temple for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Post vs. Schmidt
Post takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Schmidt
Bell bunts towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kluszewski vs. Schmidt
Kluszewski takes first base on ball four. Bell moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Robinson vs. Schmidt
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, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Nuxhall
Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Repulski vs. Nuxhall
Repulski hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Burgess settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Nuxhall
Moon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boyer moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Smith vs. Nuxhall
Smith hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kluszewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Del Greco vs. Nuxhall
Del Greco hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burgess vs. Schmidt
Burgess hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jablonski vs. Schmidt
Jablonski hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMillan vs. Schmidt
McMillan bunts towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nuxhall vs. Schmidt
Nuxhall hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Nuxhall
Schmidt strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Nuxhall
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Nuxhall
Dark 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, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Schmidt
Temple hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Post vs. Schmidt
Post strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Schmidt
Bell hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Nuxhall
Musial hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kluszewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Nuxhall
Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Repulski vs. Nuxhall
Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Nuxhall
Moon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Repulski moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Smith vs. Nuxhall
Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Repulski scores. Moon moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Del Greco vs. Nuxhall
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
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluszewski vs. Schmidt
Kluszewski hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Schmidt
Robinson hits a line drive towards third. Boyer reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burgess vs. Schmidt
Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Burgess for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Nuxhall
Schmidt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blasingame vs. Nuxhall
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, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Nuxhall
Dark hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Schmidt moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Musial vs. Nuxhall
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, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boyer vs. Nuxhall
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jablonski vs. Schmidt
Jablonski takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McMillan vs. Schmidt
McMillan takes first base on ball four. Jablonski moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dyck vs. Wehmeier
Jim Dyck pinch hits for Joe Nuxhall. Herm Wehmeier now pitching.
Dyck bunts towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. Jablonski moves to third. McMillan moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Temple vs. Wehmeier
Temple takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Post vs. Wehmeier
Post hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jablonski scores. McMillan scores. Temple moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bell vs. Liddle
Don Liddle now pitching.
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bell for the out. Temple scores. Post moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kluszewski vs. Liddle
Kluszewski hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Freeman
Hersh Freeman now pitching.
Repulski hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Freeman
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, 2 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Freeman
Smith 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, 2 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Liddle
Robinson hits a line drive into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burgess vs. Liddle
Burgess hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jablonski vs. Liddle
Jablonski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McMillan vs. Liddle
Rocky Bridges pinch runs for Ray Jablonski.
There goes Bridges. The throw from Smith and he is out, Blasingame applying the tag. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Freeman
Rocky Bridges now playing third base. Whitey Lockman pinch hits for Bobby Del Greco.
Lockman hits a line drive towards short. McMillan reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hatton vs. Freeman
Grady Hatton pinch hits for Don Liddle.
Hatton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blasingame vs. Freeman
Chuck Harmon pinch runs for Grady Hatton.
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Harmon moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dark vs. Freeman
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Dark for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/8/1956 -- St.Louis at Cincinnati (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI Cincinnati AB R H RBI
Blasingame D, 2b 5 0 2 1 Temple J, 2b 2 1 0 0
Dark A, ss 5 0 1 0 Post W, rf 3 0 1 2
Musial S, 1b 3 0 0 0 Bell G, cf 3 0 0 1
Boyer K, 3b 4 0 2 0 Kluszewski T, 1b 3 0 0 0
Repulski R, lf 4 1 1 0 Robinson F, lf 4 0 0 0
Moon W, rf 4 0 2 0 Burgess S, c 4 0 0 0
Smith H, c 4 0 1 1 Jablonski R, 3b 3 1 2 0
Del Greco B, cf 3 1 1 0 Bridges R, pr-3b 0 0 0 0
Lockman W, ph 1 0 0 0 McMillan R, ss 2 1 1 0
Schmidt W, p 3 0 1 0 Nuxhall J, p 2 0 0 0
Wehmeier H, p 0 0 0 0 Dyck J, ph 0 0 0 0
Liddle D, p 0 0 0 0 Freeman H, p 0 0 0 0
Hatton G, ph 1 0 1 0
Harmon C, pr 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
37 2 12 2 26 3 4 3
St.Louis 001 001 000 -- 2
Cincinnati 000 000 30x -- 3
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt W* 6.0 2 2 2 6 1
Wehmeier H (L) 0.1 1 1 1 1 0
Liddle D 1.2 1 0 0 0 0
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Nuxhall J (W) 7.0 11 2 2 1 4
Freeman H (S) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
* Pitched to 2 batters in 7th
DP -- Cincinnati 2
LOB -- St.Louis 9, Cincinnati 7
2B -- Jablonski R, Del Greco B
SB -- Blasingame D
CS -- Repulski R, Bridges R
SH -- Dyck J
T -- 2:22
A -- 19041
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