St. Louis Cardinals vs Milwaukee Braves
August 31, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1956 at County Stadium. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 5, Milwaukee Braves 6

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 4 0 1 0
Dark ss 5 1 1 0
Musial 1b 5 1 2 1
Moon rf 6 2 2 1
Repulski lf 6 0 1 0
Boyer 3b 6 1 2 2
Lockman cf 5 0 2 0
Katt c 5 0 1 1
Wehmeier p 3 0 0 0
  Nelson ph 1 0 0 0
  Collum p 0 0 0 0
Totals 46 5 12 5
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
O'Connell 2b 1 0 0 0
  Tanner ph 1 0 0 0
  Crone p 1 0 0 0
Logan ss 4 1 1 1
Aaron rf 5 0 0 0
Mathews 3b 4 1 1 3
Adcock 1b 5 0 1 0
Covington lf 4 1 0 0
  Pafko lf 1 1 1 0
Bruton cf 3 0 1 0
Crandall c 4 1 1 0
Conley p 0 0 0 0
  Sleater p 2 0 0 0
  Torre ph 1 0 1 0
  Burdette pr 0 1 0 0
  Dittmer 2b 2 0 1 1
Totals 38 6 8 5
St. Louis 022 000 001 005123
Milwaukee 010 000 400 01683
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Wehmeier   7.0 6 5 4 4 8
  Collum  L(6-2) 3.0 2 1 1 2 1
Totals
10.0
8
6
5
6
9
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Conley   1.1 5 2 2 0 0
  Sleater   5.2 5 2 0 2 6
  Crone  W(11-8) 4.0 2 1 1 3 1
Totals
11.0
12
5
3
5
7

  E–Blasingame (21), Dark (24), Lockman (9), O'Connell (8), Logan (18), Covington (1).  2B–Milwaukee Pafko (1,off Collum).  HR–St. Louis Musial (23,9th inning off Crone 0 on 0 out), Milwaukee Mathews (34,7th inning off Wehmeier 2 on 2 out).  Team LOB–13.  SH–Logan (28,off Wehmeier).  IBB–Bruton (8,by Collum); Crandall (15,by Collum).  Team–9.  U-HP–Vic Delmore, 1B–Jocko Conlan, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Bill Jackowski.
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