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Braves
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
August 16, 1956
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Milwaukee Braves, played on August 16, 1956 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 16, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Milwaukee Braves
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| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 16, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Milwaukee Braves |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Lew Burdette |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Vinegar Bend Mizell |
| Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 16,124 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 33 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Vic Delmore 1B: Artie Gore 2B: Jocko Conlan 3B: Bill Jackowski |
Milwaukee Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Danny O'Connell | Second Baseman |
| Johnny Logan | Shortstop |
| Hank Aaron | Right Fielder |
| Eddie Mathews | Third Baseman |
| Joe Adcock | First Baseman |
| Bobby Thomson | Center Fielder |
| Andy Pafko | Left Fielder |
| Del Crandall | Catcher |
| Lew Burdette | Pitcher |
| Fred Haney | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Don Blasingame | Second Baseman |
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Stan Musial | First Baseman |
| Wally Moon | Right Fielder |
| Whitey Lockman | Left Fielder |
| Bobby Morgan | Third Baseman |
| Charlie Peete | Center Fielder |
| Ray Katt | Catcher |
| Vinegar Bend Mizell | Pitcher |
| Fred Hutchinson | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Braves
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
August 16, 1956
Top 1
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Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Connell vs. Mizell
O'Connell hits a fly ball into center field. Peete settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Logan vs. Mizell
Logan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aaron vs. Mizell
Aaron takes first base on ball four. Logan moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mathews vs. Mizell
Mathews takes first base on ball four. Logan moves to third. Aaron moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Adcock vs. Mizell
Adcock takes first base on ball four. Logan scores. Aaron moves to third. Mathews moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Thomson vs. Mizell
Thomson takes first base on ball four. Aaron scores. Mathews moves to third. Adcock moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Bruton vs. McDaniel
Lindy McDaniel now pitching. Bill Bruton pinch hits for Andy Pafko.
There's a wild pitch. Mathews scores. Adcock moves to third. Thomson moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bruton vs. McDaniel
Bruton strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Crandall vs. McDaniel
Crandall is walked intentionally. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Burdette vs. McDaniel
Burdette hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Adcock scores. Thomson scores. Crandall moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
O'Connell vs. McDaniel
O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops it up and throws to first, with McDaniel covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Burdette
Bill Bruton now playing center field. Bobby Thomson now playing left field.
Blasingame hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Burdette
Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Burdette
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops it up and throws to first, with Burdette covering, for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Logan vs. McDaniel
Logan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aaron vs. McDaniel
Aaron bunts towards the mound. McDaniel fields it and throws to first for the out. Logan moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mathews vs. McDaniel
Mathews takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Adcock vs. McDaniel
Adcock hits a line drive towards short. Dark catches it and throws to second to double up Logan. View Play
Bottom 2
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Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Burdette
Moon hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Burdette
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Burdette
Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. McDaniel
Thomson hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. McDaniel
Bruton hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Katt settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crandall vs. McDaniel
Crandall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burdette vs. McDaniel
Burdette hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peete vs. Burdette
Peete hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Katt vs. Burdette
Katt hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDaniel vs. Burdette
McDaniel hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burdette fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Connell vs. McDaniel
O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morgan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Logan vs. McDaniel
Logan hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Peete. Logan reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Aaron vs. McDaniel
Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops it up and throws to first, with McDaniel covering, for the out. Logan moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Mathews vs. McDaniel
Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McDaniel fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Logan scores. View Play -
Braves, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adcock vs. McDaniel
Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial fields the ball and throws to McDaniel covering. Safe. Mathews moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thomson vs. McDaniel
Thomson is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 4
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Braves, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Burdette
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Blasingame for the out. View Play -
Braves, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Burdette
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Burdette
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock fields the ball and throws to Burdette covering. Safe. View Play -
Braves, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Burdette
Moon hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Braves, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. McDaniel
Bruton 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 -
Braves, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crandall vs. McDaniel
Crandall takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burdette vs. McDaniel
Burdette hits a popup, foul, towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Connell vs. McDaniel
O'Connell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Crandall moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Logan vs. McDaniel
Logan hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Braves, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Burdette
Lockman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Morgan vs. Burdette
Morgan hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Peete vs. Burdette
Peete 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
Top 6
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Braves, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aaron vs. McDaniel
Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. McDaniel
Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McDaniel juggles the ball. That's an error on McDaniel. View Play -
Braves, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adcock vs. McDaniel
There goes Mathews. The throw from Katt and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Braves, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Adcock vs. McDaniel
Adcock hits a fly ball into center field. Peete settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Mathews tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. McDaniel
Thomson hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Braves, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Katt vs. Burdette
Frank Torre now playing first base.
Katt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sauer vs. Burdette
Hank Sauer pinch hits for Lindy McDaniel.
Sauer hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Burdette
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Braves, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Blaylock
Bob Blaylock now pitching.
Bruton hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crandall vs. Blaylock
Crandall is called out on strikes. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burdette vs. Blaylock
Burdette hits a fly ball into center field. Peete settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Braves, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Burdette
Dark 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 -
Braves, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Burdette
Musial hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Aaron. Musial reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Moon vs. Burdette
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Musial moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lockman vs. Burdette
Lockman hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Morgan vs. Burdette
Morgan is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 8
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Braves, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Connell vs. Blaylock
O'Connell strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Logan vs. Blaylock
Logan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morgan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aaron vs. Blaylock
Aaron takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mathews vs. Blaylock
Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Dark fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Braves, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peete vs. Burdette
Peete hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burdette fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Katt vs. Burdette
Katt hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nelson vs. Burdette
Rocky Nelson pinch hits for Bob Blaylock.
Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torre scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nelson for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Braves, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Konstanty
Jim Konstanty now pitching.
Torre hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Konstanty
Thomson bunts towards third. Morgan fields it and throws to first for the out. Torre moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bruton vs. Konstanty
Bruton is walked intentionally. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Crandall vs. Konstanty
Crandall hits a fly ball into center field. Peete settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Burdette vs. Konstanty
Burdette hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Torre scores. Bruton moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 8 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
O'Connell vs. Konstanty
O'Connell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Braves, 8 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Burdette
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 8 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Burdette
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burdette fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 8 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Burdette
Musial hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 8 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Burdette
Moon 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
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Box Score
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Game of 8/16/1956 -- Milwaukee at St.Louis (N)
Milwaukee AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
O'Connell D, 2b 6 0 1 0 Blasingame D, 2b 4 0 0 0
Logan J, ss 4 2 2 0 Dark A, ss 4 0 0 0
Aaron H, rf 2 1 0 0 Musial S, 1b 4 0 3 0
Mathews E, 3b 3 2 1 1 Moon W, rf 4 0 1 0
Adcock J, 1b 2 1 1 2 Lockman W, lf 3 0 1 0
Torre F, 1b 1 1 1 0 Morgan B, 3b 3 0 0 0
Thomson B, cf-lf 3 1 0 1 Peete C, cf 3 0 0 0
Pafko A, lf 0 0 0 0 Katt R, c 3 0 0 0
Bruton B, ph-cf 4 0 0 0 Mizell V, p 0 0 0 0
Crandall D, c 3 0 1 0 McDaniel L, p 1 0 0 0
Burdette L, p 5 0 2 3 Sauer H, ph 1 0 0 0
Blaylock B, p 0 0 0 0
Nelson R, ph 1 0 0 0
Konstanty J, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 8 9 7 31 0 5 0
Milwaukee 500 101 001 -- 8
St.Louis 000 000 000 -- 0
Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO
Burdette L (W) 9.0 5 0 0 0 1
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Mizell V (L) 0.1 1 5 5 4 0
McDaniel L 5.2 6 2 1 4 2
Blaylock B 2.0 0 0 0 1 2
Konstanty J 1.0 2 1 1 1 0
E -- McDaniel L, Katt R
DP -- Milwaukee 1, St.Louis 1
LOB -- Milwaukee 11, St.Louis 4
2B -- Logan J, Musial S
SB -- Mathews E
SH -- Aaron H, Thomson B
SF -- Adcock J
WP -- McDaniel L
T -- 2:33
A -- 16124
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