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Pirates 9 @ Cardinals 10
Sportsman's Park
May 2, 1956
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on May 2, 1956 at Sportsman's Park. The home team Cardinals beat the visiting Pirates with a score of 10 to 9.

Game Summary

DateMay 2, 1956 
Visiting Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 9 H: 14 E: 0 LOB: 12
Runs: 9
Hits: 14
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 12
Home Team
St. Louis Cardinals
R: 10 H: 15 E: 1 LOB: 16
Runs: 10
Hits: 15
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 16
Winning Pitcher—Jackie Collum  
Losing Pitcher—Red Munger  
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Game Winning RBI—Alex Grammas 

Game Info

DateMay 2, 1956 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / NightN 
Visiting TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Home TeamSt. Louis Cardinals 
Visiting Starting PitcherRon Kline  
Home Starting PitcherHarvey Haddix  
BallparkSportsman's Park 
CitySt. Louis 
StateMO 
Attendance6,382 
Time of Game3 hours 46 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Vic Delmore
1B: Jocko Conlan
2B: Augie Donatelli
3B: Bill Engeln

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Curt Roberts  Second Baseman 
Dick Groat  Shortstop 
Dale Long  First Baseman 
Frank Thomas  Left Fielder 
Lee Walls  Right Fielder 
Roberto Clemente  Center Fielder 
Gene Freese  Third Baseman 
Jack Shepard  Catcher 
Ron Kline  Pitcher 
Bobby Bragan  Manager 

St. Louis Cardinals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Don Blasingame  Shortstop 
Red Schoendienst  Second Baseman 
Stan Musial  Right Fielder 
Ken Boyer  Third Baseman 
Wally Moon  First Baseman 
Bill Virdon  Center Fielder 
Rip Repulski  Left Fielder 
Bill Sarni  Catcher 
Harvey Haddix  Pitcher 
Fred Hutchinson  Manager 

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Pirates 9 @ Cardinals 10
Sportsman's Park
May 2, 1956

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         Game of 5/2/1956 -- Pittsburgh at St.Louis (N)

  Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI    St.Louis           AB  R  H RBI
Roberts C, 2b         6  1  1  0   Blasingame D, ss-3b   5  2  2  1   
Groat D, ss           6  1  1  0   Schoendienst R, 2b    5  2  3  0   
Long D, 1b            6  1  1  0   Musial S, rf          2  1  1  5   
Thomas F, lf          4  2  1  1   Boyer K, 3b           4  0  1  1   
Walls L, rf           5  3  5  3   Schofield D, ss       2  0  0  0   
Clemente R, cf        5  1  2  1   Moon W, 1b            4  1  1  0   
Freese G, 3b          4  0  0  0   Virdon B, cf          2  0  0  0   
Shepard J, c          1  0  1  1   Brandt J, ph-cf       3  0  1  0   
Skinner B, ph         1  0  0  1   Repulski R, lf        4  2  2  0   
Atwell T, c           0  0  0  0   Sarni B, c            4  1  1  0   
Kravitz D, ph-c       1  0  1  1   Miller S, pr          0  0  0  0   
Kline R, p            2  0  1  1   Cooper W, c           1  0  1  1   
McMahan J, p          1  0  0  0   Haddix H, p           1  0  0  0   
Face R, p             0  0  0  0   McDaniel L, p         0  0  0  0   
Cole D, ph            1  0  0  0   Smith H, ph           1  1  1  1   
Littlefield D, p      0  0  0  0   Jackson L, p          1  0  0  0   
Ward P, ph            1  0  0  0   Kinder E, p           0  0  0  0   
Munger R, p           0  0  0  0   Hemus S, ph           0  0  0  0   
King N, p             0  0  0  0   Collum J, p           0  0  0  0   
Donoso L, p           0  0  0  0   Frazier J, ph         0  0  0  0   
                                   Grammas A, ph         1  0  1  1   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     44  9 14  9                        40 10 15 10

Pittsburgh       010 230 200 1 --  9
St.Louis         110 150 000 2 -- 10
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Kline R               3.2  6  3  2  5  0
McMahan J             1.2  5  5  5  2  1
Face R                0.2  0  0  0  0  0
Littlefield D         2.0  1  0  0  1  2
Munger R (L)          1.1  1  2  2  3  1
King N*               0.0  1  0  0  0  0
Donoso L              0.0  1  0  0  0  0

  St.Louis             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Haddix H+             4.0  7  5  5  2  4
McDaniel L            1.0  1  1  1  2  2
Jackson L#            1.0  2  2  2  0  0
Kinder E              3.0  2  0  0  1  0
Collum J (W)          1.0  2  1  1  1  0
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 10th
  + Pitched to 2 batters in 5th
  # Pitched to 2 batters in 7th

E -- Moon W
DP -- Pittsburgh 1
LOB -- Pittsburgh 12, St.Louis 16
2B -- Sarni B, Blasingame D, Clemente R, Walls L 3, Smith H
3B -- Roberts C
HR -- Musial S, Thomas F
SB -- Clemente R, Moon W
CS -- Brandt J
SH -- Clemente R, Hemus S, Brandt J
SF -- Musial S
PB -- Shepard J
T -- 3:46
A -- 6382

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