Cardinals @ Phillies
July 25, 1956

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Bottom 10	R	H	E
Cardinals	8	13	0
Phillies	7	12	3

Bottom 10	R	H	E
Cardinals	8	13	0
Phillies	7	12	3

Willie Jones Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.250	.273
OBP	.250	.380
At Bats	4	297
Hits	1	81
• Singles	1	57
• Doubles	0	14
• Triples	0	1
• Home Runs	0	9
Walks	0	51
RBI’s	0	41

Larry Jackson Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
0	0	3

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Connie Mack Stadium - July 25, 1956

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Out

Larry Jackson

Hal Smith

Stan Musial

Grady Hatton

Ken Boyer

Al Dark

Whitey Lockman

Charlie Peete

Wally Moon

Willie Jones

Del Ennis

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
St. Louis Cardinals	8	13	0	8
Philadelphia Phillies	7	12	3	5
Winning Pitcher	Larry Jackson
Losing Pitcher	Ron Negray
Save	(none)
Game Winning RBI	(none)
Attendance	17,024
Time of Game	2 hours 58 minutes

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Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 10 Larry Jackson now pitching. Greengrass hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out. Ennis moves to third.

Bottom 10 Ennis hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Peete. Ennis reaches second base with a double. Lopata goes all the way around to score.

Bottom 10 Lopata hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 10 Grady Hatton now playing second base. Blaylock hits a fly ball into center field. Peete settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 10 Grady Hatton pinch hits for Bobby Morgan. Ben Flowers now pitching. Hatton hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 10 Poholsky hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Smith moves to second.

Top 10 Peete hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 10 Smith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Moon scores.

Top 10 Moon hits a line drive into center field. Ashburn picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Ashburn. Lockman goes all the way around to score. Moon moves to third.

Top 10 Lockman takes first base on ball four.

Top 10 Ron Negray now pitching. Solly Hemus now playing second base. Jim Greengrass now playing right field. Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 9 Ashburn hits a fly ball into center field. Peete settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 9 Frank Baumholtz pinch hits for Bob Miller. Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Baumholtz for the out.

Bottom 9 Solly Hemus pinch hits for Ted Kazanski. Hemus hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 9 Hamner hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

Bottom 9 Curt Simmons pinch runs for Elmer Valo. Jones hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Simmons moves to second.

Bottom 9 Charlie Peete now playing center field. Valo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 9 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kazanski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 9 Bob Miller now pitching. Dark strikes out.

Top 9 Morgan takes first base on ball four. Poholsky moves to second.

Top 9 Poholsky hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to second for the out. Smith moves to third.

Top 9 Charlie Peete pinch hits for Bobby Del Greco. Peete is hit by the pitch.

Top 9 Smith hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Ashburn. Smith reaches second base with a double. Moon scores.

Top 9 Moon hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Valo. Moon reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 8 Ennis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Poholsky fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 8 Lopata hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Poholsky fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 8 Bobby Morgan now playing second base. Whitey Lockman now playing left field. Tom Poholsky now pitching. Blaylock hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Jack Meyer now pitching. Whitey Lockman pinch hits for Rip Repulski. Lockman hits a fly ball into right field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Musial moves to third.

Top 8 Musial hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Del Greco scores. Morgan scores. Two runs are unearned.

Top 8 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Haddix fields it and throws to first for the out. Del Greco moves to third. Morgan moves to second.

Top 8 Bobby Morgan pinch hits for Don Blasingame. Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner misplays the ball. That's an error on Hamner. Smith scores. Del Greco moves to second.

Top 8 Hank Sauer pinch hits for Murry Dickson. Sauer hits a popup towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Del Greco hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Moon scores. Smith moves to third.

Top 8 Smith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Moon moves to third.

Top 8 Moon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 7 Ashburn hits a line drive towards first. Musial reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Haddix hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Kazanski hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 7 Musial hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Dark hits a popup towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Hamner hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Jones hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Valo hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Ennis hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Top 6 Blasingame hits a popup towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Dickson hits a fly ball into right field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Del Greco hits a fly ball into right field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Lopata hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Blaylock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hamner scores. Haddix moves to second.

Bottom 5 Ashburn hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hamner moves to third.

Bottom 5 Haddix hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hamner moves to second.

Bottom 5 Kazanski bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.

Bottom 5 Hamner takes first base on ball four.

Top 5 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Haddix fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Valo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Ennis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Lopata hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Top 4 Boyer hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Musial is called out on strikes.

Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Dark scores. That run is unearned.

Top 4 Dark hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Ashburn, who is chasing the ball. Dark reaches third base with a triple.

Top 4 Dark hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Lopata settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Lopata.

Top 4 Blasingame hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Blaylock hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops it up and throws to first, with Dickson covering, for the out.

Bottom 3 Ashburn hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Haddix hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 3 Kazanski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Dickson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 3 Del Greco hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 3 Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Hamner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Jones strikes out. Smith drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Jones out.

Bottom 2 Valo hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Moon is called out on strikes.

Top 2 Repulski hits a line drive into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Ennis hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Lopata hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Del Greco, who is chasing the ball. Lopata reaches third base with a triple.

Bottom 1 Blaylock hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops it up and throws to first, with Dickson covering, for the out.

Bottom 1 Ashburn strikes out.

Top 1 Musial hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lopata settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Dark strikes out.

Top 1 Blasingame hits a popup towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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