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Chicago Cubs @ St. Louis Cardinals

1956-08-17 · Night game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 11110 · 2:10

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Chicago Cubs 2–1. Herm Wehmeier earned the win. Wally Moon went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
SLN	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5

W: Herm Wehmeier L: Bob Rush SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Artie Gore · 1B: Jocko Conlan · 2B: Bill Jackowski · 3B: Vic Delmore · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Solly Drake	4	0	1	0	0	0
Don Hoak	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dee Fondy	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jim King	4	1	1	1	0	0
Walt Moryn	4	0	0	0	0	1
Eddie Miksis	3	0	1	0	0	0
Harry Chiti	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Kindall	2	0	0	0	1	0
Bob Rush	3	0	0	0	0	3

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Blasingame	4	1	1	0	0	0
Al Dark	4	0	0	0	0	0
Stan Musial	3	0	0	0	1	0
Wally Moon	4	1	3	2	0	0
Rocky Nelson	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Boyer	3	0	1	0	0	1
Bobby Del Greco	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Katt	3	0	0	0	0	0
Herm Wehmeier	2	0	0	0	1	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Rush	8.2	5	2	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Herm Wehmeier	9.0	4	1	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Solly Drake: 8
Don Hoak: 8
Dee Fondy: 31

Bot 1

Don Blasingame: 13
Al Dark: 13
Stan Musial: 3/G

Top 2

Jim King: HR/89
Walt Moryn: K
Eddie Miksis: D9
Harry Chiti: 53
Jerry Kindall: 63

Bot 2

Wally Moon: HR/9
Rocky Nelson: 43
Ken Boyer: S6
Bobby Del Greco: CS2(26)#
Bobby Del Greco: 5/FL

Top 3

Bob Rush: K/C
Solly Drake: 13
Don Hoak: 9

Bot 3

Ray Katt: 63
Herm Wehmeier: W
Don Blasingame: 9
Al Dark: 3/FL

Top 4

Dee Fondy: S4
Jim King: 36(1)/FO
Walt Moryn: 8
Eddie Miksis: 6/P

Bot 4

Stan Musial: 4/P
Wally Moon: 43
Rocky Nelson: 8

Top 5

Harry Chiti: 43
Jerry Kindall: 4/P
Bob Rush: K

Bot 5

Ken Boyer: K/C
Bobby Del Greco: 53
Ray Katt: 63

Top 6

Solly Drake: 43
Don Hoak: 63
Dee Fondy: 31

Bot 6

Herm Wehmeier: 8
Don Blasingame: 63
Al Dark: 63

Top 7

Jim King: 8
Walt Moryn: 8/L
Eddie Miksis: 7

Bot 7

Stan Musial: 3/P
Wally Moon: S1
Rocky Nelson: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Harry Chiti: 4/P
Jerry Kindall: W
Bob Rush: K/BF
Solly Drake: S8.1-2
Don Hoak: 46(1)/FO

Bot 8

Ken Boyer: 8/8D
Bobby Del Greco: 63
Ray Katt: 63

Top 9

Dee Fondy: 8
Jim King: 8/L
Walt Moryn: 3/P

Bot 9

Herm Wehmeier: 8
Don Blasingame: D9
Al Dark: 9
Stan Musial: IW
Wally Moon: S9.2-H;1-2