The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 8 to 3, on June 9, 1956.

1956 St. Louis Cardinals

Final

PIT

Pirates

26-20

3

STL

Cardinals

28-20

8

PIT

STL

1

0

3

2

2

0

3

0

2

4

0

1

5

0

1

6

1

0

7

0

1

8

0

0

9

0

R

3

8

H

8

13

E

0

3

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Gene Freese 2B 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bob Skinner PH,LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Groat SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Bill Virdon PH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Lee Walls RF 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Dale Long 1B 5 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
Frank Thomas LF,3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Roberto Clemente CF 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Dick Cole 3B,2B 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Hank Foiles C 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Vern Law P 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jack McMahan P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Shepard PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Red Swanson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Red Munger P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Hall PH,P 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Laurin Pepper P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danny Kravitz PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 8 3 1 4 5 0 0 13

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Vern Law (L) 2.1 6 5 5 2 2 3
Jack McMahan 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Red Swanson 1.0 3 2 2 2 1 0
Red Munger 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 0
Dick Hall 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Laurin Pepper 2.2 2 1 1 3 1 0
Totals 8.0 13 8 8 9 5 3

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Don Blasingame SS 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Grady Hatton 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Stan Musial RF 5 2 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 7
Ken Boyer 3B 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Wally Moon 1B 3 3 3 4 2 2 0 1 0 9
Hank Sauer LF 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Bill Sarni C 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bobby Del Greco CF 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 3
Jackie Brandt CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vinegar Bend Mizell P 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jim Konstanty P 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 8 13 8 3 9 5 1 0 24

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Vinegar Bend Mizell (W) 5.0 8 3 2 3 5 1
Jim Konstanty (S) 4.0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 9.0 8 3 2 4 5 1

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