Milwaukee Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 28, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 28, 1956 at Busch Stadium I. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Braves 10, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
O'Connell 2b 5 0 0 0
Logan ss 4 3 2 1
Mathews 3b 5 1 2 2
Aaron rf 4 1 4 2
Thomson lf 5 2 2 3
Bruton cf 5 0 1 1
Torre 1b 4 1 1 0
Crandall c 5 1 1 1
Sleater p 2 1 1 0
  Conley p 2 0 0 0
Totals 41 10 14 10
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame ss 5 1 2 0
Schoendienst 2b 4 0 1 0
Musial rf 5 0 2 0
Boyer 3b 5 1 3 2
Sauer lf 4 0 1 0
Moon 1b 3 0 0 0
Sarni c 4 0 0 0
Brandt cf 4 1 3 1
Wehmeier p 0 0 0 0
  Surkont p 1 0 0 0
  Hatton ph 1 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Morgan ph 1 0 0 0
  Schmidt p 0 0 0 0
  Del Greco ph 1 0 0 0
  Kinder p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 3 12 3
Milwaukee 331 000 12010140
St. Louis 001 100 0013121
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Sleater   3.0 4 2 2 1 3
  Conley  W(1-0) 6.0 8 1 1 2 2
Totals
9.0
12
3
3
3
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Wehmeier  L(1-4) 1.2 5 6 3 2 1
  Surkont   2.1 2 1 1 0 4
  Jackson   2.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Schmidt   2.0 5 3 3 0 0
  Kinder   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
10
7
3
5

  E–Wehmeier (1).  DP–Milwaukee 1. O'Connell-Logan-Torre.  2B–Milwaukee Logan (5,off Schmidt); Mathews (5,off Schmidt); Aaron (5,off Schmidt), St. Louis Blasingame (6,off Sleater); Brandt (1,off Conley).  3B–Milwaukee Bruton (7,off Schmidt).  HR–Milwaukee Thomson (4,1st inning off Wehmeier 2 on 2 out); Crandall (7,3rd inning off Surkont 0 on 2 out)., St. Louis Brandt (1,3rd inning off Sleater 0 on 1 out); Boyer (11,4th inning off Sleater 0 on 0 out)..  IBB–Torre (1,by Jackson).  Team LOB–7.  Team–11.  U-HP–Larry Goetz, 1B–Frank Dascoli, 2B–Frank Secory, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–2:42.  A–17,156.
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