The St. Louis Cardinals couldn't pull it off against the Brooklyn Dodgers, 2 to 1, on August 21, 1956.

1956 St. Louis Cardinals

Final

BKN

Dodgers

68-47

2

STL

Cardinals

58-59

1

BKN

STL

1

1

0

2

0

0

3

1

0

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

0

1

7

0

0

8

0

0

9

0

0

R

2

1

H

8

6

E

0

1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Jim Gilliam LF,RF 5 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 6
Pee Wee Reese SS 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 2
Duke Snider CF 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Carl Furillo RF,LF 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Jackie Robinson 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Charlie Neal PR,2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roy Campanella C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
Gil Hodges 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Randy Jackson 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Carl Erskine P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Bessent P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 8 1 0 8 1 2 0 10

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Carl Erskine (W) 7.0 6 1 1 3 5 0
Don Bessent (S) 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Totals 9.0 6 1 1 4 6 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Don Blasingame 2B 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1
Alvin Dark SS 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Stan Musial 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Wally Moon RF 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 2
Rocky Nelson LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ken Boyer 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Ray Katt C 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bobby Del Greco CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Whitey Lockman PH,CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Herm Wehmeier P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hank Sauer PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Larry Jackson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 6 1 0 4 6 0 1 6

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Herm Wehmeier (L) 7.0 7 2 2 7 0 0
Larry Jackson 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 0
Totals 9.0 8 2 2 8 1 0

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