The St. Louis Cardinals handily defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates, 8 to 5, on August 25, 1956.

1956 St. Louis Cardinals

Final

PIT

Pirates

51-72

5

STL

Cardinals

62-60

8

PIT

STL

1

3

0

2

2

0

3

0

1

4

0

0

5

0

1

6

0

2

7

0

4

8

0

0

9

0

R

5

8

H

10

13

E

1

0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Bob Skinner LF 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Lee Walls LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Dale Long 1B 3 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 2
Bill Virdon CF 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
Roberto Clemente RF 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2
Frank Thomas 3B 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Dick Groat SS 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Vern Law P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Hall P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Bill Mazeroski 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Hank Foiles C 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 10 5 0 4 8 0 0 12

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Vern Law (L) 6.2 12 8 4 2 2 1
Dick Hall 1.1 1 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 8.0 13 8 4 3 2 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Don Blasingame 2B 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Alvin Dark SS 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Stan Musial 1B 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Larry Jackson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wally Moon RF 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Rocky Nelson LF,1B 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
Ken Boyer 3B 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Ray Katt C 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
Bobby Del Greco CF 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Herm Wehmeier P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lindy McDaniel P 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Whitey Lockman PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bob Blaylock P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Morgan PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hank Sauer LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 13 8 1 3 2 0 0 20

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Herm Wehmeier 1.1 5 5 5 2 0 0
Lindy McDaniel 3.2 2 0 0 0 4 0
Bob Blaylock (W) 2.0 2 0 0 2 1 0
Larry Jackson (S) 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0
Totals 9.0 10 5 5 4 8 0

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