Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 27, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 27, 1956 at Busch Stadium I. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago Cubs 9, St. Louis Cardinals 11

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Miksis 3b 5 0 0 0
Baker 2b 5 1 1 0
Fondy 1b 5 1 3 0
Banks ss 5 1 3 3
Moryn rf 3 2 0 0
Irvin lf 5 1 1 2
Whisenant cf 4 2 1 0
Landrith c 4 1 3 0
Minner p 0 0 0 0
  King ph 1 0 1 1
  Valentinetti p 0 0 0 0
  Hughes p 0 0 0 0
  Kellert ph 1 0 1 0
  Kaiser p 0 0 0 0
  Chiti ph 1 0 1 3
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Hoak ph 1 0 0 0
  Lown p 0 0 0 0
  McCullough ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 9 15 9
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame ss 4 3 2 2
Schoendienst 2b 4 1 2 0
Musial rf 2 2 2 3
Boyer 3b 4 0 1 1
Sauer lf 3 1 2 1
Moon 1b 4 1 1 1
Smith c 4 1 2 2
Brandt cf 4 1 0 0
Poholsky p 2 1 1 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 3 0 0 0
Totals 34 11 13 10
Chicago 010 250 0109151
St. Louis 413 011 10x11131
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Minner   1.0 3 4 4 2 0
  Valentinetti   1.0 4 4 4 3 0
  Hughes   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Kaiser   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Davis  L (1-1) 2.0 4 2 1 1 4
  Lown   2.0 1 1 1 2 3
Totals
8.0
13
11
10
8
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Poholsky   4.0 8 5 5 1 2
  Jackson   0.1 2 3 2 1 1
  McDaniel  W (4-0) 4.2 5 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
15
9
8
3
5

  E–Landrith (3), Jackson (2).  DP–St. Louis 2. Blasingame-Schoendienst-Moon, Blasingame-Schoendienst-Moon.  2B–St. Louis Smith (4,off Valentinetti); Sauer 2 (2,off Kaiser,off Lown); Blasingame (5,off Davis); Moon (7,off Davis)..  3B–Chicago Chiti (1,off Jackson); Banks (2,off McDaniel)..  HR–Chicago Irvin (5,4th inning off Poholsky 1 on 0 out); Banks (10,5th inning off Poholsky 1 on 0 out)..  HBP–Moryn (2,by Poholsky); Blasingame (1,by Minner); Sauer (1,by Valentinetti).  Team LOB–9.  SF–Boyer (2,off Valentinetti); Musial (4,off Hughes).  IBB–Musial (6,by Valentinetti); Schoendienst (1,by Davis).  Team–11.  SB–Moryn (2,2nd base off McDaniel/Smith); Moon (7,3rd base off Davis/Landrith).  U-HP–Bill Engeln, 1B–Vic Delmore, 2B–Jocko Conlan, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–3:07.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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