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Cardinals 10 @ Cubs 14
Wrigley Field
May 12, 1956

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on May 12, 1956 at Wrigley Field. The home team Cubs beat the visiting Cardinals with a score of 14 to 10.

Game Summary

DateMay 12, 1956 
Visiting Team
St. Louis Cardinals
R: 10 H: 17 E: 3 LOB: 6
Runs: 10
Hits: 17
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 6
Home Team
Chicago Cubs
R: 14 H: 15 E: 0 LOB: 7
Runs: 14
Hits: 15
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherBob Rush  
Losing PitcherGordon Jones  
SaveVito Valentinetti  
Game Winning RBIWalt Moryn 

Game Info

DateMay 12, 1956 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamSt. Louis Cardinals 
Home TeamChicago Cubs 
Visiting Starting PitcherVinegar Bend Mizell  
Home Starting PitcherBob Rush  
BallparkWrigley Field 
CityChicago 
StateIL 
Attendance14,556 
Time of Game2 hours 58 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Frank Secory
1B: Stan Landes
2B: Larry Goetz
3B: Frank Dascoli

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 
Rip Repulski  Left Fielder 
Bill Virdon  Center Fielder 
Hal Smith  Catcher 
Vinegar Bend Mizell  Pitcher 
Fred Hutchinson  Manager 

Chicago Cubs Lineup 

Name  Position 
Eddie Miksis  Third Baseman 
Gene Baker  Second Baseman 
Frank Kellert  First Baseman 
Ernie Banks  Shortstop 
Monte Irvin  Left Fielder 
Walt Moryn  Right Fielder 
Pete Whisenant  Center Fielder 
Harry Chiti  Catcher 
Bob Rush  Pitcher 
Stan Hack  Manager 

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Cardinals 10 @ Cubs 14
Wrigley Field
May 12, 1956

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         Game of 5/12/1956 -- St.Louis at Chicago (D)

  St.Louis           AB  R  H RBI    Chicago            AB  R  H RBI
Blasingame D, ss      3  0  1  0   Miksis E, 3b          4  1  1  1   
Sauer H, ph           1  0  0  0   Baker G, 2b           5  0  1  0   
Grammas A, ss         1  0  0  0   Kellert F, 1b         4  2  1  2   
Schoendienst R, 2b    5  0  1  0   Banks E, ss           3  4  2  2   
Musial S, rf          5  1  1  0   Irvin M, lf           5  1  3  1   
Boyer K, 3b           4  2  2  1   Moryn W, rf           5  2  3  3   
Moon W, 1b            4  1  1  1   Whisenant P, cf       5  3  3  4   
Repulski R, lf        5  1  3  1   Chiti H, c            5  0  1  0   
Virdon B, cf          2  3  2  1   Rush B, p             3  1  0  0   
Brandt J, ph-cf       1  0  1  0   Davis J, p            1  0  0  0   
Hatton G, ph          1  0  0  0   Valentinetti V, p     0  0  0  0   
Smith H, c            4  1  3  3                                      
Mizell V, p           0  0  0  1                                      
McDaniel L, p         0  0  0  0                                      
Frazier J, ph         1  0  0  0                                      
Jones G, p            0  0  0  0                                      
Hemus S, ph           1  0  1  1                                      
Wehmeier H, pr        0  0  0  0                                      
Surkont M, p          0  0  0  0                                      
Jackson L, p          0  0  0  0                                      
Cooper W, ph          1  1  1  1                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     39 10 17 10                        40 14 15 13

St.Louis         031 102 003 -- 10
Chicago          023 044 10x -- 14

  St.Louis             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Mizell V              2.1  4  5  5  2  2
McDaniel L            0.2  2  0  0  0  1
Jones G (L)           2.0  5  4  2  0  2
Surkont M             0.1  3  4  4  1  0
Jackson L             2.2  1  1  1  1  2

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Rush B (W)            5.1 11  7  7  2  1
Davis J               3.1  6  3  3  1  1
Valentinetti V (S)    0.1  0  0  0  0  0

E -- Boyer K, Blasingame D, Moon W
DP -- Chicago 2
LOB -- St.Louis 6, Chicago 7
2B -- Repulski R, Banks E, Smith H 2, Irvin M 2, Whisenant P, Miksis E, Moryn W
HR -- Whisenant P 2, Boyer K, Kellert F, Moryn W, Virdon B, Banks E, Cooper W
SB -- Baker G
SH -- Mizell V, Davis J
T -- 2:58
A -- 14556

    

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