Milwaukee Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 29, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 29, 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 1, St. Louis Cardinals 2

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Logan ss 5 0 1 0
Bruton cf 5 1 2 1
Aaron rf 5 0 3 0
Mathews 3b 4 0 0 0
Adcock 1b 5 0 1 0
Thomson lf 5 0 2 0
Dittmer 2b 4 0 0 0
  Mantilla pr 0 0 0 0
  O'Connell 2b 0 0 0 0
Crandall c 4 0 0 0
Spahn p 5 0 0 0
Totals 42 1 9 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 5 1 1 0
Dark ss 5 0 1 1
Musial 1b 5 1 1 0
Boyer 3b 4 0 1 0
Repulski lf 5 0 1 1
Moon rf 4 0 0 0
Katt c 4 0 0 0
Del Greco cf 3 0 0 0
Wehmeier p 4 0 0 0
Totals 39 2 5 2
Milwaukee 100 000 000 000190
St. Louis 000 001 000 001250
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Spahn  L(20-11) 11.1 5 2 2 2 3
Totals
11.1
5
2
2
2
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Wehmeier  W(12-11) 12.0 9 1 1 3 3
Totals
12.0
9
1
1
3
3

  E–None.  DP–Milwaukee 1. Blasingame-Dark-Musial, St. Louis 1. Blasingame-Dark-Musial.  2B–St. Louis Blasingame (22,off Spahn); Dark (26,off Spahn); Musial (33,off Spahn); Repulski (18,off Spahn).  HR–Milwaukee Bruton (8,1st inning off Wehmeier 0 on 1 out).  SH–Crandall (6,off Wehmeier).  Team LOB–9.  IBB–Boyer (7,by Spahn).  Team–5.  U-HP–Frank Dascoli, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Bill Engeln, 3B–Larry Goetz.  T–2:40.  A–25,587.
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