St. Louis Cardinals 2 – 17 Brooklyn Dodgers
19 September 1956 · NYC15
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | final score 17–2 | 1 in 3,699 games | |
| 43 | Batting Around Twice · 14 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 1 in 131 games |
| 23 | 9 total bases | Don Newcombe | 1 in 419 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | 17 | 17 | 0 |
Box score
St. Louis Cardinals batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Blasingame | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Dark | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | HR |
| Dick Schofield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Stan Musial | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | HR, 2B |
| Rocky Nelson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Wally Moon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Rip Repulski | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ken Boyer | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Whitey Lockman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hal Smith | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Poholsky | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lindy McDaniel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hank Sauer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 35 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
St. Louis Cardinals pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Poholsky | 2.2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Lindy McDaniel | 2.0 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Willard Schmidt | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Konstanty | 1.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Don Liddle | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Brooklyn Dodgers batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Gilliam | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Pee Wee Reese | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Chico Fernandez | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| Duke Snider | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rube Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jackie Robinson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Randy Jackson | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 2B |
| Sandy Amoros | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | HR |
| Bob Aspromonte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Carl Furillo | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gil Hodges | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2B |
| Roy Campanella | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Don Newcombe | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 HR |
| Don Demeter | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | HR |
| Totals | 38 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 4 |
Brooklyn Dodgers pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Newcombe | 7.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Don Bessent | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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