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Braves
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
September 28, 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 September 28, 1956 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
| Date | September 28, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Milwaukee Braves
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| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 28, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Milwaukee Braves |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bob Buhl |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Tom Poholsky |
| Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 20,742 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 27 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Larry Goetz 1B: Frank Dascoli 2B: Frank Secory 3B: Bill Engeln |
Milwaukee Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Logan | Shortstop |
| Bill Bruton | Center Fielder |
| Hank Aaron | Right Fielder |
| Eddie Mathews | Third Baseman |
| Joe Adcock | First Baseman |
| Andy Pafko | Left Fielder |
| Jack Dittmer | Second Baseman |
| Del Rice | Catcher |
| Bob Buhl | 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 |
| Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Rip Repulski | Left Fielder |
| Ray Katt | Catcher |
| Bobby Del Greco | Center Fielder |
| Tom Poholsky | Pitcher |
| Fred Hutchinson | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Braves
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
September 28, 1956
Top 1
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Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Logan vs. Poholsky
Logan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bruton vs. Poholsky
Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial throws to second for one, and Dark throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Bruton moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Aaron vs. Poholsky
Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bruton moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Mathews vs. Poholsky
Mathews strikes out. Katt drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Mathews out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Buhl
Blasingame takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Buhl
There goes Blasingame. The throw from Rice and he is out, Logan applying the tag. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Buhl
Dark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Buhl
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer misplays the ball. That's an error on Dittmer. Dark moves to third. Musial moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Moon vs. Buhl
Moon is walked intentionally. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Boyer vs. Buhl
Boyer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Pafko. Boyer reaches second base with a double. Dark scores. Musial scores. Moon goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Repulski vs. Crone
Ray Crone now pitching.
Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Boyer moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Katt vs. Crone
Katt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adcock vs. Poholsky
Adcock hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pafko vs. Poholsky
Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dittmer vs. Poholsky
Dittmer 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, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Poholsky
Rice strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Del Greco vs. Crone
Del Greco hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poholsky vs. Crone
Poholsky hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Crone
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crone vs. Poholsky
Crone hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Katt settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Logan vs. Poholsky
Logan is called out on strikes. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Poholsky
Bruton strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Crone
Dark hits a line drive into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Crone
Musial takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Crone
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards second. Dittmer fields it and throws to first for one. The throw to second, and they've got Musial trapped. There's the throw back to Dittmer who tags Musial for the double play. View Play
Top 4
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Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aaron vs. Poholsky
Aaron hits a line drive into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Poholsky
Mathews hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adcock vs. Poholsky
Adcock takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pafko vs. Poholsky
Pafko is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 4
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Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Crone
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Crone
Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Katt vs. Crone
Katt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Repulski moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Del Greco vs. Crone
Del Greco hits a line drive into left field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Poholsky vs. Crone
Poholsky hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dittmer vs. Poholsky
Dittmer hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Del Greco. Dittmer reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tanner vs. Poholsky
Chuck Tanner pinch hits for Del Rice.
Tanner hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Covington vs. Poholsky
Wes Covington pinch hits for Ray Crone.
Covington hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Repulski. Covington reaches second base with a double. Dittmer scores. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Logan vs. Poholsky
Logan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Covington moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bruton vs. Poholsky
Bruton hits a line drive into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Covington tags and scores. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aaron vs. Poholsky
Aaron hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Repulski. Aaron reaches second base with a double. Logan moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Mathews vs. McDaniel
Lindy McDaniel now pitching.
Mathews hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Phillips
Taylor Phillips now pitching. Del Crandall now catching.
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Phillips
Dark hits a popup, foul, towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Phillips
Musial takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Phillips
Moon hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adcock vs. McDaniel
Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pafko vs. McDaniel
Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dittmer vs. McDaniel
Dittmer hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Phillips
Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Repulski vs. Phillips
Repulski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boyer moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Katt vs. Phillips
Katt hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Crandall settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Del Greco vs. Phillips
Del Greco hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Boyer scores. Repulski moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McDaniel vs. Phillips
McDaniel hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Repulski moves to third. Del Greco moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Blasingame vs. Phillips
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock fields the ball and throws home. Crandall drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Crandall. Del Greco scores. McDaniel moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dark vs. Phillips
Dark hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crandall vs. McDaniel
Crandall hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. McDaniel
Frank Torre pinch hits for Taylor Phillips.
Torre hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Logan vs. McDaniel
Logan strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Conley
Gene Conley now pitching.
Musial hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Conley
Moon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Conley
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Repulski vs. Conley
Repulski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Boyer moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Katt vs. Conley
Katt is hit by the pitch. Boyer moves to third. Repulski moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Del Greco vs. Conley
Del Greco hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. McDaniel
Bruton hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Del Greco. Bruton reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Aaron vs. McDaniel
Aaron hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bruton scores. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mathews vs. Collum
Jackie Collum now pitching.
Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Collum fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adcock vs. Jackson
Larry Jackson now pitching.
Adcock strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pafko vs. Jackson
Pafko hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Katt settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Braves, 4 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Conley
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Conley
Blasingame hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Conley
Dark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Blasingame moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Musial vs. Conley
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock has Blasingame trapped. There's the throw to Crandall and over to Mathews, who tags Blasingame for the out. Dark moves to third. Musial moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Moon vs. Johnson
Ernie Johnson now pitching.
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Braves, 4 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dittmer vs. Jackson
Dittmer hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crandall vs. Jackson
Crandall hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Atwell vs. Jackson
Toby Atwell pinch hits for Ernie Johnson.
Atwell hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/28/1956 -- Milwaukee at St.Louis (N)
Milwaukee AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Logan J, ss 4 0 2 0 Blasingame D, 2b 4 0 1 0
Bruton B, cf 3 1 1 1 Dark A, ss 5 1 2 0
Aaron H, rf 4 0 2 1 Musial S, 1b 3 1 0 0
Mathews E, 3b 4 0 0 0 Moon W, rf 3 1 0 0
Adcock J, 1b 3 1 1 1 Boyer K, 3b 4 1 2 3
Pafko A, lf 4 0 0 0 Repulski R, lf 4 0 3 0
Dittmer J, 2b 4 1 1 0 Katt R, c 3 0 1 0
Rice D, c 1 0 0 0 Del Greco B, cf 4 1 1 1
Tanner C, ph 1 0 0 0 Poholsky T, p 2 0 0 0
Crandall D, c 2 0 0 0 McDaniel L, p 1 0 1 0
Buhl B, p 0 0 0 0 Collum J, p 0 0 0 0
Crone R, p 1 0 0 0 Jackson L, p 1 0 0 0
Covington W, ph 1 1 1 1
Phillips T, p 0 0 0 0
Torre F, ph 1 0 0 0
Conley G, p 0 0 0 0
Johnson E, p 0 0 0 0
Atwell T, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 4 8 4 34 5 11 4
Milwaukee 010 020 010 -- 4
St.Louis 300 002 00x -- 5
Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO
Buhl B 0.1 2 3 2 2 0
Crone R 3.2 2 0 0 1 0
Phillips T (L) 2.0 4 2 1 1 0
Conley G 1.2 3 0 0 1 0
Johnson E 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Poholsky T 4.2 6 3 3 1 5
McDaniel L (W)* 2.1 2 1 1 0 1
Collum J 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Jackson L (S) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1
* Pitched to 2 batters in 8th
E -- Dark A, Dittmer J, Crandall D
DP -- Milwaukee 1
LOB -- Milwaukee 5, St.Louis 11
2B -- Boyer K, Dittmer J, Covington W, Aaron H, Bruton B
HR -- Adcock J
CS -- Blasingame D
SF -- Bruton B
HBP -- by Conley G (Katt R)
T -- 2:27
A -- 20742
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