Milwaukee Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 14, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 14, 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Milwaukee Braves 2, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
O'Connell 2b 4 0 1 0
Logan ss 4 0 1 0
Aaron rf 4 0 1 0
Mathews 3b 4 2 2 0
Adcock 1b 4 0 2 1
Thomson lf 4 0 1 1
Bruton cf 3 0 1 0
Rice c 3 0 0 0
  Torre ph 1 0 0 0
Buhl p 2 0 0 0
  Tanner ph 1 0 0 0
  Crone p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 9 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 3 0 1 0
Dark ss 4 0 0 0
Musial 1b 4 0 0 0
Moon rf 3 1 1 0
Lockman lf 3 2 1 0
Morgan 3b 3 2 1 1
Del Greco cf 2 0 0 0
  Nelson ph 1 1 1 2
  Peete cf 1 0 0 0
Katt c 4 0 2 1
Dickson p 4 0 1 0
Totals 32 6 8 4
Milwaukee 000 101 000291
St. Louis 010 002 03x680
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Buhl  L(14-5) 6.0 5 3 3 4 0
  Crone   2.0 3 3 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
6
4
4
1
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Dickson  W(9-9) 9.0 9 2 2 1 6
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
1
6

  E–Rice (5).  2B–Milwaukee Logan (20,off Dickson); Adcock (16,off Dickson); O'Connell (15,off Dickson); Mathews (17,off Dickson), St. Louis Katt (5,off Buhl).  3B–Milwaukee Bruton (12,off Dickson).  HR–St. Louis Nelson (7,6th inning off Buhl 1 on 2 out).  IBB–Bruton (5,by Dickson).  Team LOB–6.  Team–6.  CS–O'Connell (3,3rd base by Dickson/Katt).  U-HP–Jocko Conlan, 1B–Bill Jackowski, 2B–Vic Delmore, 3B–Artie Gore.  T–2:18.  A–20,862.
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