Milwaukee Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 21, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1956 at Busch Stadium I. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Milwaukee Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Braves 5, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
O'Connell 2b 3 1 0 0
Logan ss 4 1 1 2
Mathews 3b 3 0 1 0
Aaron rf 3 0 0 0
Thomson lf 4 0 1 0
Adcock 1b 3 0 0 0
Bruton cf 4 2 2 1
Crandall c 4 1 2 2
Murff p 2 0 0 0
  Nichols p 1 0 0 0
  Jolly p 0 0 0 0
  Covington ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 7 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame ss 3 0 1 0
Schoendienst 2b 3 0 1 0
Musial lf,rf 3 2 2 0
Frazier rf 3 1 1 2
  Sauer ph,lf 0 0 0 0
  Brandt lf 0 0 0 0
Moon 1b 4 1 2 1
Boyer 3b 3 2 3 1
Virdon cf 3 0 0 1
Sarni c 4 0 0 0
Schmidt p 1 0 0 0
  Cunningham ph 1 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 10 5
Milwaukee 012 200 000571
St. Louis 020 120 10x6100
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Murff   5.0 7 5 4 1 2
  Nichols  L(0-1) 2.0 3 1 1 2 1
  Jolly   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
6
5
4
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt   4.0 5 5 5 2 2
  McDaniel  W(1-0) 5.0 2 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
3
4

  E–Aaron (2).  HR–Milwaukee Bruton (1,2nd inning off Schmidt 0 on 2 out); Logan (1,3rd inning off Schmidt 1 on 0 out); Crandall (1,4th inning off Schmidt 1 on 1 out), St. Louis Boyer (2,4th inning off Murff 0 on 0 out); Frazier (1,5th inning off Murff 1 on 2 out)..  SH–Adcock (1,off McDaniel); Schoendienst (1,off Nichols).  Team LOB–4.  SF–Virdon (1,off Murff).  IBB–Sauer (1,by Nichols).  Team–6.  CS–Aaron (1,2nd base by McDaniel/Sarni).  U-HP–Babe Pinelli, 1B–Hal Dixon, 2B–Dusty Boggess, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–2:21.  A–9,855.
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