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Cardinals
@ Braves
County Stadium
July 4, 1956
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Milwaukee Braves and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on July 4, 1956 at County Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | July 4, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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| Home Team |
Milwaukee Braves
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 4, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | Milwaukee Braves |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Murry Dickson |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Gene Conley |
| Ballpark | County Stadium |
| City | Milwaukee |
| State | WI |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 21 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Shag Crawford 1B: Artie Gore 2B: Bill Jackowski 3B: Lee Ballanfant |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Don Blasingame | Second Baseman |
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Stan Musial | First Baseman |
| Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Wally Moon | Right Fielder |
| Rip Repulski | Left Fielder |
| Whitey Lockman | Center Fielder |
| Hal Smith | Catcher |
| Murry Dickson | Pitcher |
| Fred Hutchinson | Manager |
Milwaukee Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Danny O'Connell | Second Baseman |
| Johnny Logan | Shortstop |
| Eddie Mathews | Third Baseman |
| Hank Aaron | Right Fielder |
| Bobby Thomson | Left Fielder |
| Bill Bruton | Center Fielder |
| Joe Adcock | First Baseman |
| Del Rice | Catcher |
| Gene Conley | Pitcher |
| Fred Haney | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Braves
County Stadium
July 4, 1956
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Conley
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Conley fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Conley
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Conley
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Connell vs. Dickson
O'Connell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Logan vs. Dickson
Logan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mathews vs. Dickson
Mathews hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aaron vs. Dickson
Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Conley
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Conley
Moon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Repulski vs. Conley
Repulski hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Moon moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lockman vs. Conley
Lockman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. Conley
Smith strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Dickson
Thomson is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bruton vs. Dickson
Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dickson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adcock vs. Dickson
Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickson vs. Conley
Dickson hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Conley
Blasingame hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Conley
Dark hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Conley
Musial hits a popup, foul, towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Dickson
Rice strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Conley vs. Dickson
Conley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Connell vs. Dickson
O'Connell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lockman who is chasing the ball. O'Connell reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Logan vs. Dickson
Logan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. O'Connell scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mathews vs. Dickson
Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark misplays the ball. That's an error on Dark. Logan moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Aaron vs. Dickson
Aaron hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Conley
Boyer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Conley
Moon hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Conley
Repulski hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Conley
Lockman hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Dickson
Thomson hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Dickson
Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adcock vs. Dickson
Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rice vs. Dickson
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Conley
Smith strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickson vs. Conley
Dickson strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Conley
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Conley vs. Dickson
Conley hits a fly ball into center field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Connell vs. Dickson
O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dickson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Logan vs. Dickson
Logan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Repulski. Logan reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mathews vs. Dickson
Mathews takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Aaron vs. Dickson
Aaron hits a line drive to left field. That will be extra bases. Repulski chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards third. Boyer fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Boyer. Logan scores. Mathews goes all the way around to score. Aaron moves all the way to home. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Dickson
Thomson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Conley
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Conley
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Conley
Boyer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Dickson
Bruton hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adcock vs. Dickson
Adcock hits a fly ball into center field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Dickson
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Conley
Frank Torre now playing first base.
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Conley juggles the ball. That's an error on Conley. Moon moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Repulski vs. Conley
Repulski hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Aaron. Repulski reaches second base with a double. Moon moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Lockman vs. Conley
Lockman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Smith vs. Conley
Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hatton vs. Conley
Grady Hatton pinch hits for Murry Dickson.
Hatton hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Blasingame vs. Conley
Blasingame hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Moon scores. Repulski scores. Lockman moves to second. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dark vs. Conley
Dark hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Aaron who is chasing the ball. Dark reaches third base with a triple. Lockman scores. Blasingame goes all the way around to score. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Musial vs. Conley
Musial hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dark scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Jolly
Dave Jolly now pitching.
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 6 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tanner vs. Schmidt
Willard Schmidt now pitching. Chuck Tanner pinch hits for Dave Jolly.
Tanner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Connell vs. Schmidt
O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Logan vs. Schmidt
Logan hits a fly ball into center field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 6 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Phillips
Taylor Phillips now pitching.
Moon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Repulski vs. Phillips
Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Moon moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lockman vs. Johnson
Ernie Johnson now pitching.
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields it and throws to second for the out. Moon moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Smith vs. Johnson
Smith hits a popup towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Schmidt vs. Johnson
Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 6 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Schmidt
Bobby Del Greco now playing center field.
Mathews takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aaron vs. Schmidt
Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Schmidt
Thomson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bruton vs. Schmidt
Bruton hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 6 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Johnson
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Johnson
Dark hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Johnson
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torre scoops it up and throws to first, with Johnson covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 6 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Schmidt
Torre hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pafko vs. Schmidt
Andy Pafko pinch hits for Del Rice.
Pafko hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantilla vs. Schmidt
Felix Mantilla pinch hits for Ernie Johnson.
Mantilla hits a line drive towards short. Dark reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/4/1956, game 1 -- St.Louis at Milwaukee (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI Milwaukee AB R H RBI
Blasingame D, 2b 5 1 2 2 O'Connell D, 2b 4 1 2 0
Dark A, ss 5 1 2 2 Logan J, ss 4 1 2 1
Musial S, 1b 5 0 1 1 Mathews E, 3b 2 1 0 0
Boyer K, 3b 4 1 1 1 Aaron H, rf 4 1 1 1
Moon W, rf 2 1 0 0 Thomson B, lf 3 0 0 0
Repulski R, lf 4 1 1 0 Bruton B, cf 4 0 0 0
Lockman W, cf 2 1 0 0 Adcock J, 1b 3 0 1 0
Del Greco B, cf 0 0 0 0 Torre F, 1b 1 0 0 0
Smith H, c 4 0 0 0 Rice D, c 3 0 0 0
Dickson M, p 2 0 0 0 Pafko A, ph 1 0 0 0
Hatton G, ph 1 0 0 0 Conley G, p 2 0 0 0
Schmidt W, p 1 0 0 0 Jolly D, p 0 0 0 0
Tanner C, ph 1 0 0 0
Phillips T, p 0 0 0 0
Johnson E, p 0 0 0 0
Mantilla F, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 6 7 6 33 4 6 2
St.Louis 000 100 500 -- 6
Milwaukee 001 030 000 -- 4
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Dickson M (W) 6.0 6 4 2 1 1
Schmidt W (S) 3.0 0 0 0 1 1
Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO
Conley G (L) 6.2 7 6 1 3 3
Jolly D 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Phillips T* 0.0 0 0 0 1 0
Johnson E 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
* Pitched to 2 batters in 8th
E -- Dark A, Boyer K, Conley G
DP -- St.Louis 1, Milwaukee 1
LOB -- St.Louis 6, Milwaukee 5
2B -- Logan J, Aaron H, Repulski R
3B -- O'Connell D, Dark A
HR -- Boyer K
HBP -- by Dickson M (Thomson B)
T -- 2:21
A -- 0
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