Cardinals @ Phillies
September 11, 1956

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 5 12 2
Phillies 3 8 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 5 12 2
Phillies 3 8 0

Richie Ashburn Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .299
OBP .500 .377
At Bats 4 555
Hits 2 166
• Singles 2 132
• Doubles 0 24
• Triples 0 7
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 66
RBI’s 0 47

Larry Jackson Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 2 8
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Connie Mack Stadium - September 11, 1956
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Larry Jackson
Ray Katt
Stan Musial
Don Blasingame
Bobby Morgan
Al Dark
Rip Repulski
Bobby Del Greco
Wally Moon
Richie Ashburn
Elmer Valo

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 5 12 2 8
Philadelphia Phillies 3 8 0 7
Winning Pitcher Herm Wehmeier
Losing Pitcher Curt Simmons
Save Larry Jackson
Game Winning RBI Ken Boyer
Attendance 7,609
Time of Game 2 hours 46 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Frank Baumholtz pinch hits for Harvey Haddix. Baumholtz hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Smalley hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Valo takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Repulski is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Musial hits a line drive towards short. Smalley reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Haddix fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Blaylock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Ennis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Lopata hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morgan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Jones strikes out.
Top 8 Blasingame is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Jackson strikes out.
Top 8 Del Greco hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Harvey Haddix now pitching. Katt strikes out.
Bottom 7 Hemus hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Ashburn is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Larry Jackson now pitching. Harvey Haddix pinch hits for Bob Miller. Haddix hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Smalley hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moon. Smalley reaches second base with a double. Valo scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Valo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial juggles the ball. That's an error on Musial. Valo moves to second.
Top 7 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blaylock scoops it up and throws to first, with Miller covering, for the out.
Top 7 Morgan hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Musial moves to third.
Top 7 Repulski takes first base on ball four. Musial moves to second.
Top 7 Musial takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Dark hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Blaylock strikes out.
Bottom 6 Ennis hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lopata hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morgan juggles the ball. That's an error on Morgan.
Bottom 6 Jones hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 Hemus hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Ashburn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Blasingame hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hemus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Wehmeier hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ennis. Wehmeier reaches second base with a double. Del Greco moves to third.
Top 6 Del Greco hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Katt hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lopata settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bob Miller now pitching. Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Jim Greengrass pinch hits for Ben Flowers. Greengrass hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Smalley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Blaylock moves to second.
Bottom 5 Valo hits a line drive into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Blaylock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Bobby Morgan now playing third base. Ennis hits a popup towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bobby Morgan pinch hits for Ken Boyer. Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Flowers fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Repulski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Flowers fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Lopata hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Jones hits a line drive into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hemus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Ashburn hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hemus fields it and throws to second for the out. Del Greco moves to third.
Top 4 Wehmeier hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Del Greco moves to second.
Top 4 Del Greco hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Katt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Flowers hits a popup towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops it up and throws to first, with Wehmeier covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Valo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wehmeier fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Flowers fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Ben Flowers now pitching. Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Repulski moves to third.
Top 3 Repulski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Musial scores. Repulski moves to second.
Top 3 Musial hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Valo. Musial reaches second base with a double. Wehmeier scores. Blasingame scores.
Top 3 Dark bunts towards first. Blaylock scoops it up and throws to first, with Hemus covering, for the out. Wehmeier moves to third. Blasingame moves to second.
Top 3 Blasingame hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wehmeier moves to second.
Top 3 Wehmeier hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Blaylock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Ennis hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Lopata is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Del Greco hits a fly ball into right field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Katt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Moon is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Boyer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Jones strikes out.
Bottom 1 Hemus bunts towards third. Boyer fields it, throws to first for one, and over to second, with Dark covering. It's a double play.
Bottom 1 Ashburn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Musial hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Simmons fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Simmons fields it and throws to first for the out.