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Cardinals 6 @ Reds 7
Crosley Field
August 6, 1956

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on August 6, 1956 at Crosley Field. The home team Reds beat the visiting Cardinals with a score of 7 to 6.

Game Summary

DateAugust 6, 1956 
Visiting Team
St. Louis Cardinals
R: 6 H: 14 E: 0 LOB: 11
Runs: 6
Hits: 14
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 11
Home Team
Cincinnati Reds
R: 7 H: 13 E: 2 LOB: 7
Runs: 7
Hits: 13
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherHersh Freeman  
Losing PitcherLarry Jackson  
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Game Winning RBIAlex Grammas 

Game Info

DateAugust 6, 1956 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamSt. Louis Cardinals 
Home TeamCincinnati Reds 
Visiting Starting PitcherJackie Collum  
Home Starting PitcherJoe Nuxhall  
BallparkCrosley Field 
CityCincinnati 
StateOH 
Attendance20,187 
Time of Game3 hours 11 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Stan Landes
1B: Dusty Boggess
2B: Shag Crawford
3B: Lee Ballanfant

St. Louis Cardinals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Don Blasingame  Second Baseman 
Al Dark  Shortstop 
Stan Musial  First Baseman 
Ken Boyer  Third Baseman 
Rip Repulski  Left Fielder 
Wally Moon  Right Fielder 
Bobby Del Greco  Center Fielder 
Hal Smith  Catcher 
Jackie Collum  Pitcher 
Fred Hutchinson  Manager 

Cincinnati Reds Lineup 

Name  Position 
Johnny Temple  Second Baseman 
Frank Robinson  Left Fielder 
Gus Bell  Center Fielder 
Ted Kluszewski  First Baseman 
Wally Post  Right Fielder 
Smoky Burgess  Catcher 
Ray Jablonski  Third Baseman 
Roy McMillan  Shortstop 
Joe Nuxhall  Pitcher 
Birdie Tebbetts  Manager 

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Cardinals 6 @ Reds 7
Crosley Field
August 6, 1956

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/6/1956 -- St.Louis at Cincinnati (N)

  St.Louis           AB  R  H RBI    Cincinnati         AB  R  H RBI
Blasingame D, 2b      5  0  2  2   Temple J, 2b          5  0  1  0   
Dark A, ss            6  0  3  1   Robinson F, lf        5  1  1  0   
Musial S, 1b          2  0  1  0   Bell G, cf            5  3  4  1   
Nelson R, 1b          2  0  0  0   Kluszewski T, 1b      4  1  2  1   
Boyer K, 3b           5  1  2  0   Post W, rf            5  1  2  1   
Repulski R, lf        4  1  1  0   Burgess S, c          3  1  1  0   
Moon W, rf            4  1  2  0   Jablonski R, 3b       3  0  0  0   
Del Greco B, cf       0  1  0  1   Bridges R, 3b         0  0  0  0   
Peete C, ph-cf        4  0  0  0   Thurman B, ph         1  0  0  0   
Smith H, c            5  1  2  1   Grammas A, 3b         1  0  1  1   
Collum J, p           0  0  0  0   McMillan R, ss        4  0  1  0   
McDaniel L, p         2  0  1  0   Nuxhall J, p          0  0  0  0   
Lockman W, ph         1  1  0  0   Palys S, ph           0  0  0  1   
Liddle D, p           0  0  0  0   Jeffcoat H, p         2  0  0  0   
Jackson L, p          1  0  0  0   Crowe G, ph           0  0  0  0   
                                   Black J, pr           0  0  0  0   
                                   Freeman H, p          0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     41  6 14  5                        38  7 13  5

St.Louis         040 000 020 0 --  6
Cincinnati       114 000 000 1 --  7
  2 outs when winning run was scored.

  St.Louis             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Collum J*             2.0  7  5  5  0  1
McDaniel L            5.0  3  1  1  1  0
Liddle D              0.1  1  0  0  1  0
Jackson L (L)         2.1  2  1  1  2  2

  Cincinnati           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Nuxhall J             2.0  4  4  3  3  0
Jeffcoat H            7.0  9  2  0  3  1
Freeman H (W)         1.0  1  0  0  0  1
  * Pitched to 3 batters in 3rd

E -- Robinson F, Post W
DP -- St.Louis 3, Cincinnati 3
LOB -- St.Louis 11, Cincinnati 7
2B -- Post W, Bell G
HR -- Bell G
SF -- Palys S
WP -- Jeffcoat H, McDaniel L 2
T -- 3:11
A -- 20187

    

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