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Cardinals 5 @ Braves 6
County Stadium
August 31, 1956

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Milwaukee Braves and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on August 31, 1956 at County Stadium. The home team Braves beat the visiting Cardinals with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateAugust 31, 1956 
Visiting Team
St. Louis Cardinals
R: 5 H: 12 E: 3 LOB: 13
Runs: 5
Hits: 12
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 13
Home Team
Milwaukee Braves
R: 6 H: 8 E: 3 LOB: 9
Runs: 6
Hits: 8
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 9
Winning PitcherRay Crone  
Losing PitcherJackie Collum  
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Game Winning RBIJack Dittmer 

Game Info

DateAugust 31, 1956 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamSt. Louis Cardinals 
Home TeamMilwaukee Braves 
Visiting Starting PitcherHerm Wehmeier  
Home Starting PitcherGene Conley  
BallparkCounty Stadium 
CityMilwaukee 
StateWI 
Attendance 
Time of Game3 hours 25 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Vic Delmore
1B: Jocko Conlan
2B: Stan Landes
3B: Bill Jackowski

St. Louis Cardinals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Don Blasingame  Second Baseman 
Al Dark  Shortstop 
Stan Musial  First Baseman 
Wally Moon  Right Fielder 
Rip Repulski  Left Fielder 
Ken Boyer  Third Baseman 
Whitey Lockman  Center Fielder 
Ray Katt  Catcher 
Herm Wehmeier  Pitcher 
Fred Hutchinson  Manager 

Milwaukee Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Danny O'Connell  Second Baseman 
Johnny Logan  Shortstop 
Hank Aaron  Right Fielder 
Eddie Mathews  Third Baseman 
Joe Adcock  First Baseman 
Wes Covington  Left Fielder 
Bill Bruton  Center Fielder 
Del Crandall  Catcher 
Gene Conley  Pitcher 
Fred Haney  Manager 

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Cardinals 5 @ Braves 6
County Stadium
August 31, 1956

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/31/1956, game 1 -- St.Louis at Milwaukee (N)

  St.Louis           AB  R  H RBI    Milwaukee          AB  R  H RBI
Blasingame D, 2b      4  0  1  0   O'Connell D, 2b       1  0  0  0   
Dark A, ss            5  1  1  0   Tanner C, ph          1  0  0  0   
Musial S, 1b          5  1  2  1   Crone R, p            1  0  0  0   
Moon W, rf            6  2  2  1   Logan J, ss           4  1  1  1   
Repulski R, lf        6  0  1  0   Aaron H, rf           5  0  0  0   
Boyer K, 3b           6  1  2  2   Mathews E, 3b         4  1  1  3   
Lockman W, cf         5  0  2  0   Adcock J, 1b          5  0  1  0   
Katt R, c             5  0  1  1   Covington W, lf       4  1  0  0   
Wehmeier H, p         3  0  0  0   Pafko A, lf           1  1  1  0   
Nelson R, ph          1  0  0  0   Bruton B, cf          3  0  1  0   
Collum J, p           0  0  0  0   Crandall D, c         4  1  1  0   
                                   Conley G, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Sleater L, p          2  0  0  0   
                                   Torre F, ph           1  0  1  0   
                                   Burdette L, pr        0  1  0  0   
                                   Dittmer J, 2b         2  0  1  1   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     46  5 12  5                        38  6  8  5

St.Louis         022 000 001 00 --  5
Milwaukee        010 000 400 01 --  6
  0 outs when winning run was scored.

  St.Louis             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Wehmeier H            7.0  6  5  4  4  8
Collum J (L)          3.0  2  1  1  2  1

  Milwaukee            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Conley G              1.1  5  2  2  0  0
Sleater L             5.2  5  2  0  2  6
Crone R (W)           4.0  2  1  1  3  1

E -- Dark A, Blasingame D, O'Connell D, Logan J, Covington W, Lockman W
LOB -- St.Louis 13, Milwaukee 9
2B -- Pafko A
HR -- Mathews E, Musial S
SH -- Logan J
T -- 3:25
A -- 0

    

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