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Pittsburgh Pirates @ St. Louis Cardinals

1956-08-24 · Night game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 9317 · 2:06

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 6–2. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 1st. Murry Dickson earned the win. Hank Foiles went 1-for-2 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Murry Dickson L: Fred Waters SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Artie Gore · 1B: Dusty Boggess · 2B: Shag Crawford · 3B: Lee Ballanfant · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bob Skinner	4	0	2	1	0	0
Dale Long	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bill Virdon	4	0	0	0	0	1
Roberto Clemente	4	0	1	0	0	0
Frank Thomas	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Groat	4	0	1	0	0	1
Fred Waters	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Mazeroski	3	1	1	0	0	0
Hank Foiles	2	1	1	1	1	0
Lee Walls	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Blasingame	4	1	1	0	1	0
Al Dark	2	2	1	1	1	0
Stan Musial	3	0	1	0	0	0
Hank Sauer	3	0	2	1	1	0
Ken Boyer	3	0	0	1	0	0
Wally Moon	4	1	1	0	0	1
Ray Katt	4	1	2	0	0	0
Bobby Del Greco	2	1	0	1	1	0
Murry Dickson	4	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Fred Waters	8.0	8	4	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Murry Dickson	9.0	6	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bob Skinner: 43
Dale Long: 8
Bill Virdon: K

Bot 1

Don Blasingame: W
Al Dark: HP.1-2
Stan Musial: 53/SH.2-3;1-2
Hank Sauer: WP.3-H;2-3
Hank Sauer: W
Ken Boyer: 8/SF.3-H
Wally Moon: K

Top 2

Roberto Clemente: 13
Frank Thomas: 8/8D
Dick Groat: 9

Bot 2

Ray Katt: 9
Bobby Del Greco: E6.B-1
Murry Dickson: 6/P
Don Blasingame: D9.1-3
Al Dark: 8

Top 3

Fred Waters: 3/G
Bill Mazeroski: S7
Hank Foiles: W.1-2
Bob Skinner: S9.2-H;1-3(E9);B-2
Dale Long: 5/FL
Bill Virdon: 7

Bot 3

Stan Musial: 7
Hank Sauer: S7
Ken Boyer: 7
Wally Moon: 3/G

Top 4

Roberto Clemente: 7
Frank Thomas: 7
Dick Groat: 6/P

Bot 4

Ray Katt: S7
Bobby Del Greco: W.1-2
Murry Dickson: 7
Don Blasingame: 9
Al Dark: S9.2-H;1-H(E9)(NR)(UR);B-2
Stan Musial: 43

Top 5

Fred Waters: 43
Bill Mazeroski: 53
Hank Foiles: HR/7
Bob Skinner: S6
Dale Long: 5/P

Bot 5

Hank Sauer: 6/P
Ken Boyer: 2/FL
Wally Moon: 6/P

Top 6

Bill Virdon: 43
Roberto Clemente: D/89
Frank Thomas: 53
Dick Groat: K23

Bot 6

Ray Katt: 63
Bobby Del Greco: 9
Murry Dickson: 63

Top 7

Fred Waters: 63
Bill Mazeroski: 53
Hank Foiles: 5/FL

Bot 7

Don Blasingame: 7
Al Dark: W
Stan Musial: S8.1-3;B-2(TH)
Hank Sauer: S7.3-H;2XH(752)
Ken Boyer: 8

Top 8

Bob Skinner: 7
Dale Long: W
Bill Virdon: WP.1-2
Bill Virdon: 41.2-3
Roberto Clemente: 1/L

Bot 8

Wally Moon: S3
Ray Katt: S9.1-3
Bobby Del Greco: 8/SF.3-H
Murry Dickson: 2/FL
Don Blasingame: 9

Top 9

Frank Thomas: 7
Dick Groat: S9
Lee Walls: 64(1)3/GDP