The St. Louis Cardinals squeaked out a win over the Cincinnati Redlegs, 6 to 5, on September 9, 1956.

1956 St. Louis Cardinals

Final

CIN

Redlegs

80-57

5

STL

Cardinals

68-68

6

CIN

STL

1

0

0

2

1

0

3

0

1

4

3

2

5

0

0

6

0

1

7

0

0

8

0

0

9

0

0

10

0

0

11

0

0

12

0

0

13

1

2

R

5

6

H

11

19

E

1

2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Johnny Temple 2B 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Gus Bell CF 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Frank Robinson LF 6 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Ted Kluszewski 1B 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wally Post RF 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 4
Smoky Burgess C 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Curt Flood PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Bailey C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ray Jablonski 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alex Grammas 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Thurman PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rocky Bridges 3B 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Roy McMillan SS 5 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 4
Hal Jeffcoat P 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Joe Black PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hersh Freeman P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 50 5 11 5 1 3 6 1 0 18

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Hal Jeffcoat 8.0 15 4 4 2 2 0
Hersh Freeman (L) 4.1 4 2 2 5 1 0
Totals 12.1 19 6 6 7 3 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Don Blasingame 2B 7 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Alvin Dark SS 7 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Stan Musial 1B 7 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
Wally Moon RF 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
Rip Repulski LF 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bobby Del Greco PR,CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Walker Cooper PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Bobby Morgan PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Boyer 3B 4 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 3
Whitey Lockman CF,LF 4 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1
Hal Smith C 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rocky Nelson PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ray Katt C 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Murry Dickson P 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
Hank Sauer PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Herm Wehmeier P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 53 6 19 6 0 7 3 0 0 26

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Murry Dickson 9.0 8 4 3 2 3 1
Herm Wehmeier (W) 4.0 3 1 1 1 3 0
Totals 13.0 11 5 4 3 6 1

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