Braves @ Cardinals
April 20, 1956

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Braves 5 9 2
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Bill Virdon Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .333
OBP .667 .333
At Bats 3 12
Hits 2 4
• Singles 2 4
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 0
RBI’s 0 0

Lou Sleater Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 0
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Sportsman's Park - April 20, 1956
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Out
Lou Sleater
Del Crandall
Frank Torre
Danny O'Connell
Eddie Mathews
Johnny Logan
Bobby Thomson
Bill Bruton
Hank Aaron
Bill Virdon
Ken Boyer
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Virdon hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Crandall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Frank Torre now playing first base. Sauer hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Thomson hits a fly ball towards center field. Virdon makes the catch and then fumbles the ball. That's an error on Virdon. Mathews tags and scores. Aaron tags and moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Aaron hits a line drive to left field. Sauer throws towards Schofield. Schofield fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Schofield. Mathews moves to third.
Top 8 Mathews hits a line drive into right field. Musial picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Musial. Mathews moves to second.
Top 8 Dick Schofield now playing shortstop. Stu Miller now pitching. Logan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sleater fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Lou Sleater now pitching. Schoendienst hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Dick Schofield pinch runs for Solly Hemus. Moon hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Bruton who is chasing the ball. Moon reaches third base with a triple. Schofield goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Solly Hemus pinch hits for Tom Poholsky. Hemus takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Ernie Johnson now pitching. Don Blasingame pinch hits for Alex Grammas. Blasingame hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Wes Covington pinch hits for Warren Spahn. Covington hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 7 Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play. Bruton moves to second.
Top 7 Bruton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Adcock moves to second.
Top 7 Adcock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Sarni strikes out.
Bottom 6 Virdon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Sauer trying to get to home. Aaron throws the ball in to Crandall who tags Sauer who's trying to score from second, for the out. Boyer moves to second.
Bottom 6 Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sauer moves to second.
Bottom 6 Sauer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Musial hits a popup, foul, towards first. Adcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Thomson is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Aaron hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Mathews hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Schoendienst is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Moon is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Poholsky hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 O'Connell is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Spahn hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Crandall hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bruton hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Virdon. Bruton reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Sarni hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Virdon hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Boyer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Mathews hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Sauer hits a fly ball towards right. Aaron catches it and throws to home to double up Schoendienst.
Bottom 3 Musial hits a fly ball towards right field. Aaron makes the catch and then fumbles the ball. That's an error on Aaron. Schoendienst moves to third.
Bottom 3 Schoendienst hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Aaron. Schoendienst reaches second base with a double. Poholsky scores. Moon goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Moon takes first base on ball four. Poholsky moves to second.
Bottom 3 Poholsky hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 O'Connell hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Spahn hits a line drive towards first. Moon reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Grammas strikes out.
Bottom 2 Sarni hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock fields the ball and throws to Spahn covering. Safe.
Bottom 2 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Crandall strikes out.
Top 2 Bruton strikes out.
Top 2 Adcock hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 1 Musial takes first base on ball four. Moon moves to second.
Bottom 1 Schoendienst hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews juggles the ball. That's an error on Mathews.
Top 1 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Aaron strikes out.
Top 1 Mathews takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Logan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sauer. Logan reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.