The St. Louis Cardinals pulled it off against the Pittsburgh Pirates, 10 to 9, on May 2, 1956.

1956 St. Louis Cardinals

Final

PIT

Pirates

6-7

9

STL

Cardinals

7-4

10

PIT

STL

1

0

1

2

1

1

3

0

0

4

2

1

5

3

5

6

0

0

7

2

0

8

0

0

9

0

0

10

1

2

R

9

10

H

14

15

E

0

1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Curt Roberts 2B 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Dick Groat SS 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dale Long 1B 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Frank Thomas LF 4 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 4
Lee Walls RF 5 3 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 8
Roberto Clemente CF 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 3
Gene Freese 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jack Shepard C 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Bob Skinner PH 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Toby Atwell C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danny Kravitz PH,C 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Ron Kline P 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jack McMahan P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Roy Face P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Cole PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Littlefield P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Preston Ward PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Red Munger P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nellie King P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lino Donoso P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 9 14 9 1 6 6 1 0 23

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ron Kline 3.2 6 3 2 5 0 0
Jack McMahan 1.2 5 5 5 2 1 1
Roy Face 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Littlefield 2.0 1 0 0 1 2 0
Red Munger (L) 1.1 1 2 2 3 1 0
Nellie King 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Lino Donoso 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.1 15 10 9 11 4 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Don Blasingame SS,3B 5 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
Red Schoendienst 2B 5 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Stan Musial RF 2 1 1 5 1 3 0 0 0 4
Ken Boyer 3B 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dick Schofield SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Wally Moon 1B 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1
Bill Virdon CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jackie Brandt PH,CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Rip Repulski LF 4 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 2
Bill Sarni C 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Stu Miller PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Walker Cooper C 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Harvey Haddix P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Lindy McDaniel P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hal Smith PH 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Larry Jackson P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ellis Kinder P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Solly Hemus PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jackie Collum P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Frazier PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alex Grammas PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 40 10 15 10 1 11 4 1 1 21

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Harvey Haddix 4.0 7 5 5 2 4 0
Lindy McDaniel 1.0 1 1 1 2 2 0
Larry Jackson 1.0 2 2 2 0 0 1
Ellis Kinder 3.0 2 0 0 1 0 0
Jackie Collum (W) 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 0
Totals 10.0 14 9 9 6 6 1

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