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Retrosheet Boxscore: Pittsburgh Pirates 11, St. Louis Cardinals 3 (1)

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Pittsburgh Pirates 11, St. Louis Cardinals 3 (1)

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Game Played on Sunday, June 10, 1956 (D) at Busch Stadium I

PIT N    1  0  0    2  0  0    1  0  7  -  11 12  1
STL N    0  0  3    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  7  0
BATTING
Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Virdon cf                     3   2   1   1       2   0       2   0
Groat ss                      4   2   1   1       1   0       1   2
Clemente lf,rf                5   1   3   1       0   1       4   1
Long 1b                       2   2   0   1       2   0       8   0
Thomas 3b,lf                  5   1   1   3       0   0       2   1
Walls rf                      4   1   1   2       0   1       3   1
  Freese 3b                   1   1   1   2       0   0       0   1
Foiles c                      4   0   1   0       1   0       5   0
J. O'Brien 2b                 5   1   2   0       0   0       2   2
Arroyo p                      2   0   1   0       0   0       0   1
Totals                       35  11  12  11       6   2      27   9
FIELDING - 
DP: 2. Walls-Long, Clemente-J. O'Brien.
E: Virdon (3).
BATTING - 
2B: Clemente (9,off Jackson); Thomas (7,off Jackson).
HR: Walls (5,4th inning off Schmidt 1 on 1 out); Virdon (3,7th inning off Schmidt
0 on 0 out); Freese (3,9th inning off Kinder 1 on 1 out).
SH: Arroyo 2 (2,off Schmidt,off Jackson).
SF: Long (4,off Schmidt).
IBB: Virdon 2 (5,by Schmidt,by Jackson); Long (6,by Jackson).
Team LOB: 6.
BASERUNNING - 
CS: Clemente (3,2nd base by Schmidt/Smith).
St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Blasingame ss                 4   0   0   0       0   1       1   3
Morgan 2b                     3   1   1   0       1   0       2   3
Musial rf                     4   1   2   3       0   0       2   0
  Brandt pr,rf                0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Boyer 3b                      4   0   0   0       0   0       0   5
Sauer lf                      4   0   1   0       0   1       1   0
  Harmon pr,lf                0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Moon 1b                       3   0   1   0       1   1      12   0
Smith c                       3   0   0   0       1   0       4   2
Del Greco cf                  4   0   0   0       0   2       5   0
Schmidt p                     2   1   2   0       0   0       0   3
  McDaniel p                  0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Sarni ph                    1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Jackson p                   0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Kinder p                    0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Cooper ph                   1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       33   3   7   3       3   5      27  16
BATTING - 
HR: Musial (8,3rd inning off Arroyo 2 on 2 out).
Team LOB: 6.
PITCHING
Pittsburgh Pirates           IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Arroyo W(2-0)                 9     7   3   3   3   5   1  36

St. Louis Cardinals          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Schmidt L(3-3)                6.1   7   4   4   4   0   2  29
McDaniel                      0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2
Jackson                       1.1   4   6   6   2   1   0  10
Kinder                        0.2   1   1   1   0   0   1   3
Totals                        9    12  11  11   6   2   3  44
IBB: Schmidt (2,Virdon); Jackson 2 (4,Virdon,Long).
Inherited Runners - Scored: Kinder 1-1.
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Umpires: HP - Frank Secory, 1B - Stan Landes, 2B - Larry Goetz, 3B - Frank Dascoli
Time of Game: 2:41   
Starting Lineups:

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

PIRATES 1ST: Virdon grounded out (second to first); Groat
walked; Clemente singled to center [Groat to third]; Long hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Groat scored, Clemente to second];
Thomas flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Blasingame flied out to left; Morgan grounded out
(shortstop to first); Musial singled to center; Boyer grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1,
Cardinals 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Walls grounded out (shortstop to first); Foiles
grounded out (third to first); J. O'Brien grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Sauer was called out on strikes; Moon walked;
Smith lined into a double play (right to first) [Moon out at
first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Cardinals 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Arroyo singled; Virdon flied out to center; Groat
forced Arroyo (pitcher to shortstop); Clemente flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Del Greco struck out; Schmidt singled to left;
Blasingame struck out; Morgan singled to center [Schmidt to
second]; Musial homered to right [Schmidt scored, Morgan
scored]; Boyer flied out to right; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Pirates 1, Cardinals 3.

PIRATES 4TH: Long walked; Thomas flied out to center; Walls
homered to right [Long scored]; Foiles singled to center; J.
O'Brien singled to left [Foiles to second]; Arroyo out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Foiles to third, J. O'Brien
to second]; Virdon was walked intentionally; Groat grounded out
(pitcher to shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Pirates
3, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 4TH: Sauer flied out to left; Moon singled to right;
Smith walked [Moon to second]; Del Greco flied into a double
play to left [Moon out at second (left to second)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 3, Cardinals 3.

PIRATES 5TH: Clemente singled to left; Clemente was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); Long popped to catcher in
foul territory; Thomas flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Pirates 3, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 5TH: Schmidt singled to center; Blasingame flied out
to right; Morgan walked [Schmidt to second]; Musial flied out to
center; Boyer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Pirates 3, Cardinals 3.

PIRATES 6TH: Walls popped to catcher in foul territory; Foiles
walked; J. O'Brien grounded out (shortstop to first) [Foiles to
second]; Arroyo grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Pirates 3, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 6TH: Sauer flied out to center; Moon was called out on
strikes; Smith lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 3,
Cardinals 3.

PIRATES 7TH: Virdon homered to right; Groat flied out to left;
MCDANIEL REPLACED SCHMIDT (PITCHING); Clemente struck out; Long
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates
4, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 7TH: Del Greco grounded out (shortstop to first);
SARNI BATTED FOR MCDANIEL; Sarni grounded out (third to first);
Blasingame popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 4,
Cardinals 3.

PIRATES 8TH: JACKSON REPLACED SARNI (PITCHING); Thomas grounded
out (third to first); Walls struck out; Foiles flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 4, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 8TH: FREESE REPLACED WALLS (PLAYING 3B); THOMAS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); CLEMENTE CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING RF); Morgan reached on an error by Virdon [Morgan to
first]; Musial forced Morgan (second to shortstop); BRANDT RAN
FOR MUSIAL; Boyer flied out to right; Sauer singled to third
[Brandt to second]; HARMON RAN FOR SAUER; Moon popped to first
in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 4, Cardinals 3.

PIRATES 9TH: HARMON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); BRANDT STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING RF); J. O'Brien singled to shortstop; Arroyo
out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [J. O'Brien to
second]; Virdon was walked intentionally; Groat singled to left
[J. O'Brien scored, Virdon to third]; Clemente doubled to right
[Virdon scored, Groat to third]; Long was walked intentionally;
Thomas doubled to left [Groat scored, Clemente scored, Long
scored]; KINDER REPLACED JACKSON (PITCHING); Freese homered to
left-center [Thomas scored]; Foiles grounded out (third to
first); J. O'Brien grounded out (third to first); 7 R, 5 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Pirates 11, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 9TH: Smith grounded out (third to first); Del Greco
was called out on strikes; COOPER BATTED FOR KINDER; Cooper
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 11, Cardinals
3.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Pirates         11  12   1    6
 Cardinals        3   7   0    6
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