Pirates @ Cardinals
August 23, 1956

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Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 2 8 0
Cardinals 2 8 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 2 8 0
Cardinals 3 9 0

Bobby Morgan Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .212
OBP .000 .323
At Bats 0 113
Hits 0 24
• Singles 0 15
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 19
RBI’s 0 20

Roy Face Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 4 3
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Sportsman's Park - August 23, 1956
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Single
Roy Face
Hank Foiles
Bob Skinner
Bill Mazeroski
Frank Thomas
Dick Groat
Lee Walls
Bill Virdon
Roberto Clemente
Bobby Morgan
Whitey Lockman
Walker Cooper
Ken Boyer

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 2 8 0 8
St. Louis Cardinals 3 9 0 8
Winning Pitcher Jackie Collum
Losing Pitcher Roy Face
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Bobby Morgan
Attendance 11,935
Time of Game 2 hours 28 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Bobby Morgan pinch hits for Jackie Collum. Morgan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Boyer scores. Cooper moves to third. Lockman moves to second.

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Bottom 9 Whitey Lockman pinch hits for Bobby Del Greco. Lockman is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 Cooper hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Walls. Cooper reaches second base with a double. Boyer moves to third.
Bottom 9 Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Face fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Jackie Collum now pitching. Virdon hits a fly ball into left field. Nelson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Foiles takes first base on ball four. Mazeroski moves to third. Thomas moves to second.
Top 9 Thomas is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Face bunts towards first. Musial scoops it up and throws to first, with Blasingame covering, for the out. Mazeroski moves to second.
Top 9 Mazeroski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Face fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Musial is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Dark bunts towards the mound. Face fields it and throws to first for the out. Blasingame moves to second.
Bottom 8 Hank Foiles now catching. Blasingame hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Walls hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Skinner hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moon. Skinner reaches second base with a double. Virdon scores.
Top 8 There's a wild pitch. Virdon moves to second.
Top 8 Johnny O'Brien pinch runs for Jack Shepard. Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Shepard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Schmidt strikes out.
Bottom 7 Del Greco hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Frank Thomas now playing third base. Dick Groat now playing shortstop. Roy Face now pitching. Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Face fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Frank Thomas pinch hits for Eddie O'Brien. Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Dale Long pinch hits for Dick Hall. Long hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mazeroski takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Groat hits a line drive towards short. Dark reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Groat fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Nelson hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Dick Hall now pitching. Moon hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Musial takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards second. Blasingame scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 6 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to third for the out. Shepard scores. Skinner moves to second.
Top 6 Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial fields the ball and throws to Schmidt covering. Safe. Shepard moves to third. Virdon moves to second.
Top 6 Virdon takes first base on ball four. Shepard moves to second.
Top 6 Shepard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Dark hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Blasingame hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clemente. Blasingame reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Schmidt strikes out.
Bottom 5 Del Greco hits a popup towards first. Skinner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 O'Brien hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Munger hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Mazeroski hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards short. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Boyer hits a fly ball into left field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards short. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Walls hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Del Greco. Walls reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Skinner hits a fly ball into left field. Nelson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Moon hits a popup towards short. O'Brien catches it and throws to first to double up Musial.
Bottom 3 Musial hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Dark hits a line drive towards first. Skinner reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Virdon hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Shepard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Munger hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Schmidt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Del Greco moves to third.
Bottom 2 Del Greco takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Cooper hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Groat hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Clemente is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Nelson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Moon hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Virdon, who is chasing the ball. Moon reaches third base with a triple. Blasingame scores. Musial goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Musial takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Blasingame moves to third.
Bottom 1 There goes Blasingame. The throw from Shepard and he is safe. Blasingame steals second.
Bottom 1 Blasingame hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Virdon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.