Braves @ Cardinals
May 28, 1956

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Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 10 14 0
Cardinals 3 12 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 10 14 0
Cardinals 3 12 1

Hank Sauer Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .294
OBP .500 .467
At Bats 3 34
Hits 1 10
• Singles 1 8
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 1 10
RBI’s 0 3

Gene Conley Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 0
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Sportsman's Park - May 28, 1956
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Out
Gene Conley
Del Crandall
Frank Torre
Danny O'Connell
Eddie Mathews
Johnny Logan
Bobby Thomson
Bill Bruton
Hank Aaron
Hank Sauer
Ken Boyer

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Milwaukee Braves 10 14 0 7
St. Louis Cardinals 3 12 1 11
Winning Pitcher Gene Conley
Losing Pitcher Herm Wehmeier
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Bobby Thomson
Attendance 17,156
Time of Game 2 hours 42 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Sauer hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields it and throws to second for the out. Blasingame scores.
Bottom 9 Musial hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Blasingame moves to third.
Bottom 9 Schoendienst hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Blasingame hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kinder fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Ellis Kinder now pitching. Bruton hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bobby Del Greco pinch hits for Willard Schmidt. Del Greco is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Brandt 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 8 Sarni hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Thomson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Moon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 There's a wild pitch. Aaron moves to third.
Top 8 Aaron hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Brandt. Aaron reaches second base with a double. Mathews scores.
Top 8 Mathews hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Brandt. Mathews reaches second base with a double. Logan scores.
Top 8 Logan hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Brandt. Logan reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Conley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Sauer strikes out.
Bottom 7 Boyer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Schoendienst moves to third. Musial moves to second.
Bottom 7 Musial hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Schoendienst moves to second.
Bottom 7 Schoendienst hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards first. Moon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Crandall for the out.
Top 7 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bruton hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Brandt who is chasing the ball. Bruton reaches third base with a triple. Thomson goes all the way around to score.
Top 7 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Willard Schmidt now pitching. Aaron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torre scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Blasingame for the out.
Bottom 6 Bobby Morgan pinch hits for Larry Jackson. Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Brandt hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Aaron. Brandt reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Sarni hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 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.
Top 6 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 O'Connell hits a fly ball into center field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torre scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moon for the out.
Bottom 5 Sauer takes first base on ball four. Boyer moves to second.
Bottom 5 Boyer hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Musial hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Crandall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Conley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Conley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blasingame fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Crandall hits a popup towards short. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Torre is walked intentionally.
Top 5 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Moon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bruton for the out. Thomson moves to second.
Top 5 Thomson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Aaron moves to third.
Top 5 Larry Jackson now pitching. Aaron hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Blasingame hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Grady Hatton pinch hits for Max Surkont. Hatton hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Brandt hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sauer moves to third. Moon moves to second.
Bottom 4 Sarni hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Gene Conley now pitching. Moon takes first base on ball four. Sauer moves to second.
Bottom 4 Sauer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Boyer hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Mathews strikes out.
Top 4 Logan strikes out.
Top 4 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Musial hits a line drive towards short. Logan reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Schoendienst takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Blasingame hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Bruton. Blasingame reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Surkont hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Brandt hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Sarni strikes out.
Top 3 Sleater strikes out.
Top 3 Crandall hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Torre hits a fly ball into center field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bruton strikes out.
Bottom 2 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torre scoops it up and throws to first, with Sleater covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 Sauer strikes out.
Bottom 2 Boyer strikes out.
Top 2 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blasingame fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Max Surkont now pitching. Aaron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Logan scores. Mathews moves to third.
Top 2 Mathews hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sleater scores. Logan moves to third.
Top 2 Logan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Torre scores. Sleater moves to second.
Top 2 O'Connell hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Sleater hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Torre moves to second.
Top 2 Crandall hits a line drive into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Torre hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Musial hits a popup, foul, towards first. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Schoendienst hits a popup, foul, towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Blasingame hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Thomson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. Three runs are unearned.
Top 1 Aaron takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Mathews hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Wehmeier fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Wehmeier. Logan moves to second.
Top 1 Logan takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 O'Connell strikes out.