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Retrosheet Boxscore: Pittsburgh Pirates 6, St. Louis Cardinals 0

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Pittsburgh Pirates 6, St. Louis Cardinals 0

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Game Played on Wednesday, May 23, 1956 (N) at Forbes Field

STL N    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  0
PIT N    0  0  0    0  3  2    1  0  x  -   6  9  0
BATTING
St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Blasingame ss                 4   0   1   0       0   1       1   2
Hatton 2b                     3   0   0   0       1   0       1   2
Musial rf                     3   0   0   0       1   1       3   0
Boyer 3b                      4   0   0   0       0   0       1   1
Moon 1b                       4   0   1   0       0   0      12   1
Sauer lf                      4   0   1   0       0   1       1   0
Del Greco cf                  3   0   0   0       0   0       1   0
  Brandt cf                   1   0   1   0       0   0       0   0
Sarni c                       4   0   2   0       0   1       3   1
Schmidt p                     1   0   0   0       0   0       1   3
  McDaniel p                  1   0   0   0       0   1       0   1
Totals                       32   0   6   0       2   5      24  11
BATTING - 
SH: Schmidt (1,off Friend).
IBB: Musial (4,by Friend).
Team LOB: 8.
Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
J. O'Brien 2b                 4   0   0   0       0   0       3   3
Virdon cf                     3   1   1   0       1   0       2   0
Walls rf                      4   1   2   2       0   2       1   0
Long 1b                       3   1   1   2       0   0      14   1
Thomas lf                     3   0   1   0       1   0       1   0
Freese 3b                     3   0   0   0       0   0       0   4
Groat ss                      3   1   2   0       1   0       1   4
Foiles c                      4   1   1   2       0   1       4   2
Friend p                      3   1   1   0       1   0       1   1
Totals                       30   6   9   6       4   3      27  15
BATTING - 
3B: Walls (4,off Schmidt).
HR: Foiles (1,6th inning off Schmidt 1 on 0 out); Long (11,7th inning off McDaniel
0 on 1 out).
SH: Freese (3,off Schmidt); J. O'Brien (1,off Schmidt).
SF: Long (3,off Schmidt).
Team LOB: 7.
PITCHING
St. Louis Cardinals          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Schmidt L(2-2)                5     7   5   5   4   2   1  26
McDaniel                      3     2   1   1   0   1   1  11
Totals                        8     9   6   6   4   3   2  37
Schmidt faced 2 batters in the 6th inning
Pittsburgh Pirates           IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Friend W(7-2)                 9     6   0   0   2   5   0  35
IBB: Friend (3,Musial).
Umpires: HP - Jocko Conlan, 1B - Augie Donatelli, 2B - Bill Engeln, 3B - Vic Delmore
Time of Game: 2:07   Attendance: 19917
Starting Lineups:

   St. Louis Cardinals           Pittsburgh Pirates       
1. Blasingame          ss        J. O'Brien          2b
2. Hatton              2b        Virdon              cf
3. Musial              rf        Walls               rf
4. Boyer               3b        Long                1b
5. Moon                1b        Thomas              lf
6. Sauer               lf        Freese              3b
7. Del Greco           cf        Groat               ss
8. Sarni               c         Foiles              c
9. Schmidt             p         Friend              p

CARDINALS 1ST: Blasingame grounded out (first unassisted);
Hatton flied out to center; Musial struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: J. O'Brien grounded out (shortstop to first);
Virdon walked; Walls struck out; Long flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Pirates 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Boyer grounded out (second to first); Moon
grounded out (second to first); Sauer singled to left; Del Greco
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals
0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Thomas walked; Freese out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to first) [Thomas to second]; Groat walked; Foiles
flied out to center; Friend grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Pirates 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Sarni singled to right; Schmidt forced Sarni
(pitcher to shortstop); Blasingame singled to right [Schmidt to
second]; Hatton grounded out (first unassisted) [Schmidt to
third, Blasingame to second]; Musial was walked intentionally;
Boyer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. 
Cardinals 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 3RD: J. O'Brien flied out to left; Virdon grounded out
(first to pitcher); Walls singled to right; Long grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Pirates
0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Moon flied out to center; Sauer was called out on
strikes (catcher to first); Del Greco grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 4TH: Thomas popped to third in foul territory; Freese
popped to shortstop; Groat singled to right; Foiles struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Pirates 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Sarni singled; Schmidt out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to second) [Sarni to second]; Blasingame was called out
on strikes; Hatton grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 5TH: Friend walked; J. O'Brien out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Friend to second]; Virdon singled to first
[Friend to third]; Walls tripled [Friend scored, Virdon scored];
Long hit a sacrifice fly to right [Walls scored]; Thomas singled
to left; Freese grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Pirates 3.

CARDINALS 6TH: Musial grounded out (shortstop to first); Boyer
grounded out (third to first); Moon singled to right; Sauer
forced Moon (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Cardinals 0, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 6TH: Groat singled to right; Foiles homered to left
[Groat scored]; MCDANIEL REPLACED SCHMIDT (PITCHING); Friend
grounded out (third to first); J. O'Brien popped to first;
Virdon lined to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0,
Pirates 5.

CARDINALS 7TH: Del Greco popped to second; Sarni struck out;
McDaniel struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Pirates
5.

PIRATES 7TH: BRANDT REPLACED DEL GRECO (PLAYING CF); Walls
struck out; Long homered to center; Thomas lined to first;
Freese grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Cardinals 0, Pirates 6.

CARDINALS 8TH: Blasingame grounded out (shortstop to first);
Hatton walked; Musial flied out to left; Boyer grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Pirates 6.

PIRATES 8TH: Groat grounded out (shortstop to first); Foiles
grounded out (pitcher to first); Friend singled to center; J.
O'Brien popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0,
Pirates 6.

CARDINALS 9TH: Moon grounded out (first to pitcher); Sauer
grounded out (third to first); Brandt singled to center; Sarni
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Pirates
6.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Cardinals        0   6   0    8
 Pirates          6   9   0    7
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