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Retrosheet Boxscore: Pittsburgh Pirates 4, St. Louis Cardinals 2

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Pittsburgh Pirates 4, St. Louis Cardinals 2

Day

Game Played on Tuesday, July 17, 1956 (N) at Busch Stadium I

PIT N    0  0  1    1  0  0    0  0  0    2  -   4 11  0
STL N    0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  -   2  4  0
BATTING
Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Virdon cf                     4   2   2   0       1   1       2   0
Groat ss                      5   0   2   2       0   0       3   3
Long 1b                       4   0   1   1       1   0      13   0
Walls lf                      5   1   2   0       0   0       3   0
Thomas 3b                     4   0   2   0       0   0       1   5
Clemente rf                   4   0   0   1       0   2       2   0
Foiles c                      4   1   1   0       0   0       5   1
Mazeroski 2b                  2   0   0   0       0   0       1   4
  Lynch ph                    1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  J. O'Brien 2b               0   0   0   0       0   0       0   1
Friend p                      3   0   1   0       0   1       0   0
  Skinner ph                  1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Face p                      0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       37   4  11   4       2   4      30  14
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Groat-Long.
BATTING - 
2B: Virdon (11,off Wehmeier); Thomas (14,off Wehmeier); Groat (11,off Wehmeier).
SH: J. O'Brien (3,off Wehmeier).
GDP: Foiles (4,off Wehmeier).
IBB: Virdon (6,by Wehmeier); Long (10,by Wehmeier).
Team LOB: 6.
St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Blasingame 2b                 4   0   0   0       1   0       4   1
Dark ss                       4   1   1   0       1   2       3   4
Musial 1b                     3   1   1   1       1   0       5   1
Boyer 3b                      3   0   1   1       0   0       1   1
Moon rf                       4   0   0   0       0   0       2   0
Lockman cf,lf                 4   0   1   0       0   0       3   0
Sauer lf                      2   0   0   0       0   1       4   2
  Peete ph,cf                 1   0   0   0       1   0       3   0
Katt c                        3   0   0   0       0   0       5   0
  Hatton ph                   0   0   0   0       1   0       0   0
Wehmeier p                    3   0   0   0       0   2       0   0
  Repulski ph                 1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       32   2   4   2       5   5      30   9
FIELDING - 
DP: 2. Sauer-Katt, Blasingame-Musial.
BATTING - 
2B: Musial (19,off Friend).
HBP: Boyer (1,by Friend).
GDP: Peete (1,off Friend).
Team LOB: 6.
BASERUNNING - 
CS: Blasingame (4,2nd base by Friend/Foiles).
PITCHING
Pittsburgh Pirates           IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Friend W(12-8)                9     4   2   2   4   4   0  34
Face SV(4)                    1     0   0   0   1   1   0   4
Totals                       10     4   2   2   5   5   0  38
HBP: Friend (1,Boyer).
St. Louis Cardinals          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Wehmeier L(3-8)              10    11   4   4   2   4   0  40
IBB: Wehmeier 2 (3,Virdon,Long).
Umpires: HP - Larry Goetz, 1B - Frank Dascoli, 2B - Frank Secory, 3B - Stan Landes
Time of Game: 2:33   Attendance: 12182
Starting Lineups:

   Pittsburgh Pirates            St. Louis Cardinals      
1. Virdon              cf        Blasingame          2b
2. Groat               ss        Dark                ss
3. Long                1b        Musial              1b
4. Walls               lf        Boyer               3b
5. Thomas              3b        Moon                rf
6. Clemente            rf        Lockman             cf
7. Foiles              c         Sauer               lf
8. Mazeroski           2b        Katt                c
9. Friend              p         Wehmeier            p

PIRATES 1ST: Virdon flied out to left; Groat singled to center;
Long popped to shortstop; Walls singled to center [Groat to
third]; Thomas flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Pirates 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Blasingame grounded out (shortstop to first);
Dark singled to right; Musial forced Dark (second to shortstop);
Boyer was hit by a pitch [Musial to second]; Moon grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Clemente flied out to center; Foiles flied out to
left; Mazeroski grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Lockman flied out to center; Sauer struck out;
Katt flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0,
Cardinals 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Friend singled to right; Virdon doubled to right
[Friend to third]; Groat flied into a double play (left to
catcher) [Virdon to third, Friend out at third]; Long singled to
left [Virdon scored, Long out at second (left to second)]; 1 R,
3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Wehmeier struck out; Blasingame grounded out
(third to first); Dark walked; Musial doubled to left [Dark
scored]; Boyer singled to center [Musial scored]; Moon grounded
out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1,
Cardinals 2.

PIRATES 4TH: Walls singled to center; Thomas doubled [Walls to
third]; Clemente reached on a fielder's choice [Thomas out at
third (shortstop to third), Walls scored]; Foiles grounded into
a double play (second to first) [Clemente out at second]; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 2, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 4TH: Lockman grounded out (third to first); Sauer
popped to third; Katt grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 2, Cardinals 2.

PIRATES 5TH: Mazeroski flied out to left; Friend grounded out
(third to first); Virdon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Pirates 2, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 5TH: Wehmeier grounded out (third to first);
Blasingame walked; Blasingame was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Dark was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 2, Cardinals 2.

PIRATES 6TH: Groat flied to right in foul territory; Long lined
to shortstop; Walls grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 2, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 6TH: Musial walked; Boyer grounded out (first
unassisted) [Musial to second]; Moon flied out to left; Lockman
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 2, Cardinals 2.

PIRATES 7TH: Thomas popped to shortstop; Clemente struck out;
Foiles popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Pirates 2, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 7TH: PEETE BATTED FOR SAUER; Peete walked; Katt
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Peete to second]; Wehmeier
struck out; Blasingame grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 2, Cardinals 2.

PIRATES 8TH: PEETE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); LOCKMAN CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); LYNCH BATTED FOR MAZEROSKI; Lynch flied
out to left; Friend was called out on strikes; Virdon singled to
right; Groat flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates
2, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 8TH: J. O'BRIEN REPLACED LYNCH (PLAYING 2B); Dark
flied out to right; Musial grounded out (second to first); Boyer
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 2,
Cardinals 2.

PIRATES 9TH: Long flied out to left; Walls flied out to center;
Thomas singled to left; Clemente was called out on strikes; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 2, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 9TH: Moon lined to shortstop; Lockman singled to
center; Peete grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Lockman out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 2,
Cardinals 2.

PIRATES 10TH: Foiles singled to left; J. O'Brien out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Foiles to second]; SKINNER
BATTED FOR FRIEND; Skinner flied out to center; Virdon was
walked intentionally; Groat doubled to right [Foiles scored,
Virdon scored]; Long was walked intentionally; Walls forced Long
(shortstop to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 4,
Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 10TH: FACE REPLACED SKINNER (PITCHING); HATTON BATTED
FOR KATT; Hatton walked; REPULSKI BATTED FOR WEHMEIER; Repulski
flied out to left; Blasingame flied out to center; Dark struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 4, Cardinals 2.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Pirates          4  11   0    6
 Cardinals        2   4   0    6
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