The St. Louis Cardinals lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 4 to 2, on May 1, 1956.

1956 St. Louis Cardinals

Final

PIT

Pirates

6-6

4

STL

Cardinals

6-4

2

PIT

STL

1

0

0

2

0

1

3

1

0

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

0

1

7

0

0

8

1

0

9

2

0

R

4

2

H

12

7

E

0

0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Curt Roberts 2B 5 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 5
Dick Groat SS 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dale Long 1B 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Frank Thomas LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Red Munger P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lino Donoso P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vern Law P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lee Walls RF 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Roberto Clemente CF,LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Gene Freese 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Jack Shepard C 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Eddie O'Brien PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Toby Atwell C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Littlefield P 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Preston Ward PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Roy Face P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Del Greco PH,CF 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 12 4 0 1 9 0 0 17

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dick Littlefield 6.0 6 2 2 2 4 0
Roy Face (W) 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Red Munger 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0
Lino Donoso 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Vern Law (S) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 7 2 2 3 8 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Don Blasingame SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
Red Schoendienst 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Stan Musial RF 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Ken Boyer 3B 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Rip Repulski LF 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Solly Hemus PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Wally Moon 1B 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Bill Sarni C 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Frazier PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hank Sauer PH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Dick Schofield PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Virdon CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Walker Cooper PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Cunningham PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vinegar Bend Mizell P 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Larry Jackson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2 0 3 8 1 1 10

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Vinegar Bend Mizell (L) 8.2 12 4 4 1 9 0
Larry Jackson 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 12 4 4 1 9 0

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