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Braves
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
April 20, 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 20, 1956 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
| Date | April 20, 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 20, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Milwaukee Braves |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Warren Spahn |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Tom Poholsky |
| Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 23,984 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 41 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Tom Gorman 1B: Hal Dixon 2B: Babe Pinelli 3B: Dusty Boggess |
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 |
| Warren Spahn | Pitcher |
| Charlie Grimm | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Wally Moon | First Baseman |
| Red Schoendienst | Second Baseman |
| Stan Musial | Right Fielder |
| Hank Sauer | Left Fielder |
| Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Bill Virdon | Center Fielder |
| Bill Sarni | Catcher |
| Alex Grammas | Shortstop |
| Tom Poholsky | Pitcher |
| Fred Hutchinson | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Braves
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
April 20, 1956
Top 1
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Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Connell vs. Poholsky
O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Logan vs. Poholsky
Logan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sauer. Logan reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mathews vs. Poholsky
Mathews takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Aaron vs. Poholsky
Aaron strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thomson vs. Poholsky
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Spahn
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews juggles the ball. That's an error on Mathews. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schoendienst vs. Spahn
Schoendienst hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Spahn
Musial takes first base on ball four. Moon moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sauer vs. Spahn
Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 2
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Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adcock vs. Poholsky
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: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Poholsky
Bruton strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crandall vs. Poholsky
Crandall strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Spahn
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Spahn
Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock fields the ball and throws to Spahn covering. Safe. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sarni vs. Spahn
Sarni hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grammas vs. Spahn
Grammas strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spahn vs. Poholsky
Spahn hits a line drive towards first. Moon reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Connell vs. Poholsky
O'Connell 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: ---
Logan vs. Poholsky
Logan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poholsky vs. Spahn
Poholsky hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Spahn
Moon takes first base on ball four. Poholsky moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schoendienst vs. Spahn
Schoendienst hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Aaron. Schoendienst reaches second base with a double. Poholsky scores. Moon goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Musial vs. Spahn
Musial hits a fly ball towards right field. Aaron makes the catch and then fumbles the ball. That's an error on Aaron. Schoendienst moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Sauer vs. Spahn
Sauer hits a fly ball towards right. Aaron catches it and throws to home to double up Schoendienst. View Play
Top 4
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Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Poholsky
Mathews hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aaron vs. Poholsky
Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Poholsky
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adcock vs. Poholsky
Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Spahn
Boyer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Spahn
Virdon hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sarni vs. Spahn
Sarni hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Spahn
Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Poholsky
Bruton hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Virdon. Bruton reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Crandall vs. Poholsky
Crandall hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Spahn vs. Poholsky
Spahn hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
O'Connell vs. Poholsky
O'Connell is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 5
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Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poholsky vs. Spahn
Poholsky hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Spahn
Moon is called out on strikes. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Spahn
Schoendienst is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 6
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Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Logan vs. Poholsky
Logan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Poholsky
Mathews hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aaron vs. Poholsky
Aaron hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Poholsky
Thomson is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 6
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Braves, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Spahn
Musial hits a popup, foul, towards first. Adcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sauer vs. Spahn
Sauer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Spahn
Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sauer moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Virdon vs. Spahn
Virdon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Sauer trying to get to home. Aaron throws the ball in to Crandall who tags Sauer who's trying to score from second, for the out. Boyer moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sarni vs. Spahn
Sarni strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Braves, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adcock vs. Poholsky
Adcock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bruton vs. Poholsky
Bruton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Adcock moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Crandall vs. Poholsky
Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play. Bruton moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Covington vs. Poholsky
Wes Covington pinch hits for Warren Spahn.
Covington hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Connell vs. Poholsky
O'Connell 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, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Johnson
Ernie Johnson now pitching. Don Blasingame pinch hits for Alex Grammas.
Blasingame hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemus vs. Johnson
Solly Hemus pinch hits for Tom Poholsky.
Hemus takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Johnson
Dick Schofield pinch runs for Solly Hemus.
Moon hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Bruton who is chasing the ball. Moon reaches third base with a triple. Schofield goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Schoendienst vs. Sleater
Lou Sleater now pitching.
Schoendienst hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Musial vs. Sleater
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sleater fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Braves, 4 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Logan vs. Miller
Dick Schofield now playing shortstop. Stu Miller now pitching.
Logan 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, 4 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Miller
Mathews hits a line drive into right field. Musial picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Musial. Mathews moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Aaron vs. Miller
Aaron hits a line drive to left field. Sauer throws towards Schofield. Schofield fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Schofield. Mathews moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Thomson vs. Miller
Thomson hits a fly ball towards center field. Virdon makes the catch and then fumbles the ball. That's an error on Virdon. Mathews tags and scores. Aaron tags and moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Adcock vs. Miller
Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sauer vs. Sleater
Frank Torre now playing first base.
Sauer hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Sleater
Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Virdon vs. Sleater
Virdon hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Crandall settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sarni vs. Sleater
Sarni hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Miller
Bruton hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crandall vs. Miller
Crandall takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sleater vs. Miller
There goes Crandall. The throw from Sarni and he is out, Schoendienst applying the tag. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sleater vs. Miller
Sleater strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Sleater
Rip Repulski pinch hits for Stu Miller.
Repulski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schofield vs. Sleater
Schofield hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sleater fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Sleater
Moon strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schoendienst vs. Sleater
Schoendienst hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/20/1956 -- Milwaukee at St.Louis (N)
Milwaukee AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
O'Connell D, 2b 4 0 0 0 Moon W, 1b 4 1 1 1
Logan J, ss 4 0 1 0 Schoendienst R, 2b 5 0 1 2
Mathews E, 3b 3 3 3 2 Musial S, rf 3 0 0 0
Aaron H, rf 4 0 1 0 Sauer H, lf 4 0 1 0
Thomson B, lf 3 0 0 1 Boyer K, 3b 4 1 3 1
Adcock J, 1b 4 0 1 0 Virdon B, cf 4 0 2 0
Torre F, 1b 0 0 0 0 Sarni B, c 4 0 0 0
Bruton B, cf 4 1 2 0 Grammas A, ss 2 0 0 0
Crandall D, c 3 0 0 0 Blasingame D, ph 1 0 0 0
Spahn W, p 2 0 0 0 Miller S, p 0 0 0 0
Covington W, ph 1 1 1 2 Repulski R, ph 1 0 1 0
Johnson E, p 0 0 0 0 Poholsky T, p 2 1 1 0
Sleater L, p 1 0 0 0 Hemus S, ph 0 0 0 0
Schofield D, pr-ss 1 1 0 0
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33 5 9 5 35 4 10 4
Milwaukee 000 101 210 -- 5
St.Louis 002 100 100 -- 4
Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO
Spahn W 6.0 7 3 3 2 4
Johnson E 0.1 1 1 1 1 0
Sleater L (W) 2.2 2 0 0 0 1
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Poholsky T 7.0 7 4 4 1 5
Miller S (L) 2.0 2 1 0 1 1
E -- Mathews E, Aaron H, Musial S, Schofield D, Virdon B
DP -- Milwaukee 2, St.Louis 1
LOB -- Milwaukee 4, St.Louis 7
2B -- Logan J, Schoendienst R, Bruton B
3B -- Moon W
HR -- Mathews E 2, Boyer K, Covington W
CS -- Crandall D
SF -- Thomson B
T -- 2:41
A -- 23984
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