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Braves
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
April 21, 1956
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Milwaukee Braves, played on April 21, 1956 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
| Date | April 21, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Milwaukee Braves
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| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 21, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Milwaukee Braves |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Red Murff |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Willard Schmidt |
| Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 9,855 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 21 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Babe Pinelli 1B: Hal Dixon 2B: Dusty Boggess 3B: Tom Gorman |
Milwaukee Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Danny O'Connell | Second Baseman |
| Johnny Logan | Shortstop |
| Eddie Mathews | Third Baseman |
| Hank Aaron | Right Fielder |
| Bobby Thomson | Left Fielder |
| Joe Adcock | First Baseman |
| Bill Bruton | Center Fielder |
| Del Crandall | Catcher |
| Red Murff | Pitcher |
| Charlie Grimm | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Don Blasingame | Shortstop |
| Red Schoendienst | Second Baseman |
| Stan Musial | Left Fielder |
| Joe Frazier | Right Fielder |
| Wally Moon | First Baseman |
| Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Bill Virdon | Center Fielder |
| Bill Sarni | Catcher |
| Willard Schmidt | Pitcher |
| Fred Hutchinson | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Braves
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
April 21, 1956
Top 1
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Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Connell vs. Schmidt
O'Connell hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boyer settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Boyer. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Connell vs. Schmidt
O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Logan vs. Schmidt
Logan hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Schmidt
Mathews takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aaron vs. Schmidt
Aaron hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Murff
Blasingame hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schoendienst vs. Murff
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Blasingame moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Musial vs. Murff
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Blasingame moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Frazier vs. Murff
Frazier strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Schmidt
Thomson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adcock vs. Schmidt
Adcock hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Schmidt
Bruton hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crandall vs. Schmidt
Crandall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murff vs. Schmidt
Murff hits a ball on the ground towards first. Moon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Murff for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Murff
Moon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Murff
Boyer hits a line drive into right field. Aaron picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Aaron. Moon goes all the way around to score. Boyer moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Virdon vs. Murff
Virdon hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Boyer tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sarni vs. Murff
Sarni hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Murff
Schmidt is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 3
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Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Connell vs. Schmidt
O'Connell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Logan vs. Schmidt
Logan hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Schmidt
Mathews strikes out. Sarni drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Mathews out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aaron vs. Schmidt
Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Schmidt
Thomson is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 3
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Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Murff
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops it up and throws to first, with Murff covering, for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Murff
Schoendienst hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Murff
Musial takes first base on ball four. Schoendienst moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Frazier vs. Murff
Frazier hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Schoendienst moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Moon vs. Murff
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moon for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adcock vs. Schmidt
Adcock hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Schmidt
Bruton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crandall vs. Schmidt
Crandall hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murff vs. Schmidt
Murff hits a popup towards first. Moon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Connell vs. Schmidt
O'Connell hits a popup towards first. Moon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Murff
Boyer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Murff
Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sarni vs. Murff
Sarni hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Murff
Joe Cunningham pinch hits for Willard Schmidt.
Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Murff fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Logan vs. McDaniel
Lindy McDaniel now pitching.
Logan hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. McDaniel
Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aaron vs. McDaniel
Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Murff
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Murff
Schoendienst hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Murff
Musial hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Frazier vs. Murff
Frazier hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Murff
Moon hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. McDaniel
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blasingame fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adcock vs. McDaniel
Adcock bunts towards the mound. McDaniel fields it and throws to first for the out. Thomson moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bruton vs. McDaniel
Bruton hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Crandall vs. McDaniel
Crandall is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 6
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Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Nichols
Chet Nichols now pitching.
Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Virdon vs. Nichols
Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nichols fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sarni vs. Nichols
Sarni hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McDaniel vs. Nichols
McDaniel is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 7
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Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nichols vs. McDaniel
Nichols hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McDaniel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Connell vs. McDaniel
O'Connell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Logan vs. McDaniel
Logan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Nichols
Blasingame takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schoendienst vs. Nichols
Schoendienst bunts towards the mound. Nichols fields it and throws to first for the out. Blasingame moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Musial vs. Nichols
Musial hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Blasingame trying to get to home. Aaron throws the ball in to Crandall who tags Blasingame who's trying to score from second, for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sauer vs. Nichols
Hank Sauer pinch hits for Joe Frazier.
Sauer is walked intentionally. Musial moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Moon vs. Nichols
Moon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Musial scores. There goes Sauer trying to get to third. Bruton throws the ball in to Mathews, who tags Sauer for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. McDaniel
Hank Sauer now playing left field. Stan Musial now playing right field.
Mathews hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aaron vs. McDaniel
Aaron takes first base on ball four. Mathews moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thomson vs. McDaniel
Sarni fires to first and picks off Aaron. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thomson vs. McDaniel
Thomson strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Adcock vs. McDaniel
Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Jolly
Dave Jolly now pitching.
Boyer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Virdon vs. Jolly
Virdon hits a line drive into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sarni vs. Jolly
Sarni hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McDaniel vs. Jolly
McDaniel hits a ball on the ground towards second base. O'Connell fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. McDaniel
Jackie Brandt now playing left field.
Bruton hits a fly ball into left field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crandall vs. McDaniel
Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Covington vs. McDaniel
Wes Covington pinch hits for Dave Jolly.
Covington hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McDaniel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/21/1956 -- Milwaukee at St.Louis (D)
Milwaukee AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
O'Connell D, 2b 3 1 0 0 Blasingame D, ss 3 0 1 0
Logan J, ss 4 1 1 2 Schoendienst R, 2b 3 0 1 0
Mathews E, 3b 3 0 1 0 Musial S, lf-rf 3 2 2 0
Aaron H, rf 3 0 0 0 Frazier J, rf 3 1 1 2
Thomson B, lf 4 0 1 0 Sauer H, ph-lf 0 0 0 0
Adcock J, 1b 3 0 0 0 Brandt J, lf 0 0 0 0
Bruton B, cf 4 2 2 1 Moon W, 1b 4 1 2 1
Crandall D, c 4 1 2 2 Boyer K, 3b 3 2 3 1
Murff R, p 2 0 0 0 Virdon B, cf 3 0 0 1
Nichols C, p 1 0 0 0 Sarni B, c 4 0 0 0
Jolly D, p 0 0 0 0 Schmidt W, p 1 0 0 0
Covington W, ph 1 0 0 0 Cunningham J, ph 1 0 0 0
McDaniel L, p 2 0 0 0
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32 5 7 5 30 6 10 5
Milwaukee 012 200 000 -- 5
St.Louis 020 120 10x -- 6
Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO
Murff R 5.0 7 5 4 1 2
Nichols C (L) 2.0 3 1 1 2 1
Jolly D 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt W 4.0 5 5 5 2 2
McDaniel L (W) 5.0 2 0 0 1 2
E -- Boyer K, Aaron H
LOB -- Milwaukee 4, St.Louis 6
HR -- Bruton B, Logan J, Crandall D, Boyer K, Frazier J
CS -- Aaron H
SH -- Adcock J, Schoendienst R
SF -- Virdon B
T -- 2:21
A -- 9855
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