The St. Louis Cardinals lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 2 to 0, on June 8, 1956.

1956 St. Louis Cardinals

Final

PIT

Pirates

26-19

2

STL

Cardinals

27-20

0

PIT

STL

1

0

0

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

0

0

7

0

0

8

0

0

9

0

0

10

0

0

11

2

0

R

2

0

H

11

6

E

1

0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Johnny O'Brien 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Skinner PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Curt Roberts 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Cole 2B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Gene Freese PR,2B 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Virdon CF 5 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 3
Lee Walls RF 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Dale Long 1B 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Frank Thomas 3B 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
Eddie O'Brien 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roberto Clemente LF 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Dick Groat SS 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Hank Foiles C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Friend P 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 2 11 2 0 1 8 0 0 11

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bob Friend (W) 11.0 6 0 0 4 9 0
Totals 11.0 6 0 0 4 9 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Don Blasingame SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Grady Hatton 2B 3 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 2
Stan Musial RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ken Boyer 3B 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Wally Moon 1B 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hank Sauer LF 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Bill Sarni C 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Bobby Del Greco CF 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Murry Dickson P 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 0 6 0 0 4 9 0 0 6

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Murry Dickson (L) 11.0 11 2 2 1 8 0
Totals 11.0 11 2 2 1 8 0

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