St. Louis Cardinals 5 – 1 Chicago Cubs
25 September 1956 · CHI11
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | Triple Play | Solly Drake | 1 in 497 games |
| 19 | final score 5–1 | 1 in 42 games | |
| 8 | struck out 3 times | Lindy McDaniel | 1 in 65 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| Chicago Cubs | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
Box score
St. Louis Cardinals batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Blasingame | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Schofield | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Stan Musial | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wally Moon | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| Ken Boyer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Rip Repulski | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Katt | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Del Greco | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lindy McDaniel | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2B |
| Totals | 39 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
St. Louis Cardinals pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindy McDaniel | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Chicago Cubs batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solly Drake | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Don Hoak | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dee Fondy | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3B |
| Ernie Banks | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Walt Moryn | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jim King | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gene Baker | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| Hobie Landrith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Dave Hillman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Monte Irvin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 32 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Chicago Cubs pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Hillman | 7.0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Vito Valentinetti | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |