The Brooklyn Dodgers couldn't pull it off against the St. Louis Cardinals, 6 to 5, on September 18, 1956.

1956 Brooklyn Dodgers

Final

STL

Cardinals

73-70

6

BKN

Dodgers

87-57

5

STL

BKN

1

3

0

2

0

0

3

1

2

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

0

1

7

0

2

8

0

0

9

2

0

R

6

5

H

5

7

E

0

0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Don Blasingame 2B 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Alvin Dark SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Stan Musial 1B 3 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 5
Wally Moon RF 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Rip Repulski LF 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ken Boyer 3B 4 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4
Whitey Lockman CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Del Greco CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ray Katt C 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Vinegar Bend Mizell P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Herm Wehmeier P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Dick Schofield PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Jackson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 5 6 2 2 5 0 0 14

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Vinegar Bend Mizell 2.2 2 2 2 4 1 0
Herm Wehmeier 4.1 4 3 3 2 1 1
Larry Jackson (W) 2.0 1 0 0 2 2 0
Totals 9.0 7 5 5 8 4 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Jim Gilliam LF,2B 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Pee Wee Reese SS 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Carl Furillo RF 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Jackie Robinson 3B 4 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
Gil Hodges 1B 4 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 4
Charlie Neal 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Gino Cimoli LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dale Mitchell PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Duke Snider CF 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Roy Campanella C 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Roger Craig P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Demeter PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ed Roebuck P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sandy Amoros PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Carl Erskine P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 7 5 1 8 4 0 0 11

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Roger Craig 3.0 3 4 4 2 2 1
Ed Roebuck 3.0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Carl Erskine (L) 3.0 2 2 2 0 1 1
Totals 9.0 5 6 6 2 5 2

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