St. Louis Cardinals vs Milwaukee Braves
August 8, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1956 at County Stadium. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 3, Milwaukee Braves 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 5 0 0 0
Dark ss 4 0 1 0
Musial 1b 4 1 1 0
  Cooper c 0 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 4 1 1 0
Moon rf 4 0 2 2
Repulski lf 4 0 0 0
Del Greco cf 4 1 1 0
Katt c 3 0 0 0
  Nelson ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Wehmeier p 4 0 2 1
Totals 37 3 8 3
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
O'Connell 2b 3 0 1 0
  Atwell ph 0 0 0 0
  Mantilla pr 0 0 0 0
Logan ss 4 0 0 0
Aaron rf 4 0 0 0
Mathews 3b 3 1 0 0
Adcock 1b 4 1 2 1
Covington lf 4 0 0 0
Bruton cf 3 0 1 1
Rice c 2 0 0 0
  Tanner ph 0 0 0 0
  Crandall c 1 0 0 0
Burdette p 3 0 0 0
  Thomson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 4 2
St. Louis 200 000 000 1380
Milwaukee 010 000 100 0240
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Wehmeier  W(7-8) 10.0 4 2 2 4 3
Totals
10.0
4
2
2
4
3
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Burdette  L(13-7) 10.0 8 3 3 0 0
Totals
10.0
8
3
3
0
0

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1. Adcock, Milwaukee 1. Adcock.  2B–St. Louis Wehmeier (2,off Burdette); Del Greco (13,off Burdette).  3B–St. Louis Moon (9,off Burdette).  HR–Milwaukee Adcock (27,2nd inning off Wehmeier 0 on 1 out).  Team LOB–4.  SH–Bruton (12,off Wehmeier); Logan (19,off Wehmeier).  IBB–Tanner (2,by Wehmeier).  Team–6.  SB–Bruton (6,2nd base off Wehmeier/Katt); Bruton (6,2nd base off Wehmeier/Katt).  U-HP–Frank Dascoli, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Bill Engeln, 3B–Larry Goetz.
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