Pirates @ Cardinals
May 1, 1956

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Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 4 12 0
Cardinals 2 7 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 4 12 0
Cardinals 2 7 0

Joe Cunningham Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .000
OBP .000 .333
At Bats 0 2
Hits 0 0
• Singles 0 0
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 1
RBI’s 0 0

Vern Law Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 1 0
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Sportsman's Park - May 1, 1956
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Vern Law
Toby Atwell
Dale Long
Curt Roberts
Gene Freese
Dick Groat
Roberto Clemente
Bobby Del Greco
Lee Walls
Joe Cunningham
Dick Schofield
Wally Moon

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 4 12 0 7
St. Louis Cardinals 2 7 0 6
Winning Pitcher Roy Face
Losing Pitcher Vinegar Bend Mizell
Save Vern Law
Game Winning RBI Curt Roberts
Attendance 6,331
Time of Game 2 hours 54 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Dick Schofield pinch runs for Hank Sauer. Walker Cooper pinch hits for Bill Virdon. Vern Law now pitching. Joe Cunningham pinch hits for Walker CoCunningham hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Law fields it and throws to first for the out.

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Bottom 9 Joe Frazier pinch hits for Bill Sarni. Lino Donoso now pitching. Hank Sauer pinch hits for Joe Frazier. Sauer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Moon hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Walls. Moon reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 9 Solly Hemus pinch hits for Rip Repulski. Hemus is called out on strikes.
Bottom 9 Bobby Del Greco now playing center field. Toby Atwell now catching. Red Munger now pitching. Roberto Clemente now playing left field. Boyer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Roberts settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Larry Jackson now pitching. Groat hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Roberts hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Musial. Roberts reaches second base with a double. O'Brien scores. Del Greco goes all the way around to score.
Top 9 Eddie O'Brien pinch runs for Jack Shepard. Bobby Del Greco pinch hits for Roy Face. Del Greco takes first base on ball four. O'Brien moves to second.
Top 9 Shepard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Freese is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Musial strikes out.
Bottom 8 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Blasingame hits a line drive into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Walls hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Virdon. Walls reaches second base with a double. Virdon throws the ball in to Boyer who tags Walls trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Thomas goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Thomas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Long hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Mizell is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Virdon strikes out.
Bottom 7 Roy Face now pitching. Sarni hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Roberts hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Preston Ward pinch hits for Dick Littlefield. Ward is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Shepard hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Moon hits a fly ball into center field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Repulski strikes out.
Bottom 6 There goes Boyer. The throw from Shepard and he is safe. Boyer steals second.
Bottom 6 Boyer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Musial trying to get to home. Walls throws the ball in to Shepard who tags Musial who's trying to score from second, for the out.
Bottom 6 Musial hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Walls. Musial reaches second base with a double. Schoendienst scores.
Bottom 6 Schoendienst hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Clemente. Schoendienst reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Freese hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Clemente strikes out.
Top 6 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops it up and throws to first, with Littlefield covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Mizell hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Virdon hits a fly ball into center field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Thomas hits a popup, foul, towards first. Moon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Long hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Groat moves to third.
Top 5 Groat hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Roberts strikes out.
Top 5 Littlefield strikes out.
Bottom 4 Sarni hits a popup towards third. Freese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Moon hits a fly ball into center field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Repulski takes first base on ball four. Boyer moves to second.
Bottom 4 Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Musial hits a popup, foul, towards first. Long settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Shepard hits a popup, foul, towards first. Moon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Freese hits a line drive towards the mound. Mizell catches it and throws to second to double up Walls.
Top 4 Clemente hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Walls moves to second.
Top 4 Walls hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Blasingame. The throw from Shepard and he is out, Roberts applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Blasingame takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Mizell strikes out.
Top 3 Thomas hits a line drive towards third. Boyer reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Long strikes out.
Top 3 Groat hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Roberts scores.
Top 3 Roberts hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Musial who is chasing the ball. Roberts reaches third base with a triple.
Top 3 Littlefield strikes out.
Bottom 2 Virdon strikes out.
Bottom 2 Sarni hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Roberts fields it and throws to second for the out. Boyer scores.
Bottom 2 Moon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boyer moves to third.
Bottom 2 Repulski hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Shepard is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Freese hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Repulski. Freese reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Clemente strikes out.
Top 2 Walls hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Littlefield fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Schoendienst hits a fly ball into center field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Blasingame is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Long hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Roberts hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.