Cardinals @ Braves
August 9, 1956

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 5 10 0
Braves 1 8 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 5 10 0
Braves 1 8 1

Bill Bruton Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .296
OBP .333 .322
At Bats 3 304
Hits 1 90
• Singles 1 59
• Doubles 0 15
• Triples 0 11
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 12
RBI’s 0 33

Tom Poholsky Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 8 0
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County Stadium - August 9, 1956
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Strikeout
Tom Poholsky
Walker Cooper
Stan Musial
Don Blasingame
Bobby Morgan
Al Dark
Rip Repulski
Bobby Del Greco
Wally Moon
Bill Bruton
Joe Adcock

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 5 10 0 7
Milwaukee Braves 1 8 1 6
Winning Pitcher Tom Poholsky
Losing Pitcher Gene Conley
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Stan Musial
Attendance 34,190
Time of Game 2 hours 29 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Bruton strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Thomson strikes out.
Bottom 9 Adcock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Mathews hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 9 Dark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Blasingame hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Poholsky fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Logan hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 O'Connell hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Cooper settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Poholsky hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Cooper hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Moon scores. Del Greco moves to second.
Top 8 Del Greco is hit by the pitch.
Top 8 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Moon moves to third.
Top 8 Repulski hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Atwell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Moon moves to second.
Top 8 Ernie Johnson now pitching. Moon takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Frank Torre pinch hits for Bob Buhl. Torre hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Poholsky fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Atwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Musial 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.
Top 7 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Blasingame hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Thomson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Adcock hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Mathews hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Aaron hits a popup towards third. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Poholsky 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.
Top 6 Cooper hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Del Greco hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Bob Buhl now pitching. Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Logan hits a line drive towards first. Musial reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 O'Connell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bruton scores. Tanner moves to second.
Bottom 5 Chuck Tanner pinch hits for Lou Sleater. Tanner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bruton moves to second.
Bottom 5 Atwell hits a popup, foul, towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Rip Repulski now playing left field. Thomson hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Rip Repulski pinch hits for Whitey Lockman. Repulski hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Lou Sleater now pitching. Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell misplays the ball. That's an error on O'Connell. Musial moves to third.
Top 5 Musial hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cooper scores. Blasingame scores.
Top 5 Dark strikes out.
Top 5 Blasingame hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cooper moves to third. Blasingame moves to second.
Top 5 Poholsky hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cooper moves to second.
Top 5 Cooper hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morgan fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 4 Mathews hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Aaron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Logan moves to second.
Bottom 4 Logan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Del Greco strikes out. There goes Morgan. The throw from Atwell to Logan, and Morgan is out.
Top 4 Morgan takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Lockman 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.
Bottom 3 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Conley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Atwell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops it up and throws to first, with Poholsky covering, for the out.
Top 3 Conley fires to first and has Moon trapped. There's the throw to Logan who tags Moon for the out.
Top 3 Moon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dark scores.
Top 3 There's a wild pitch. Dark moves to third.
Top 3 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Musial for the out. Dark moves to second.
Top 3 Dark takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Blasingame hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Thomson hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops it up and throws to first, with Poholsky covering, for the out.
Top 2 Poholsky hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Atwell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Cooper strikes out.
Top 2 Del Greco hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mathews for the out.
Bottom 1 Aaron hits a popup, foul, towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Logan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morgan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Morgan hits a popup, foul, towards first. Adcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lockman hits a line drive into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Moon takes first base on ball four. Musial moves to second.
Top 1 Musial hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Blasingame scores.
Top 1 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Dark for the out. Blasingame moves to second.
Top 1 Blasingame hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.