Braves @ Cardinals
April 21, 1956

Back Home
Visual
Play By Play
Text
Play By Play
Audio
Play By Play
Box
Score
Lineups
and Summary
Top 9 R H E
Braves 5 7 1
Cardinals 6 10 1
Top 9 R H E
Braves 5 7 1
Cardinals 6 10 1

Wes Covington Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 1.000
OBP .000 1.000
At Bats 0 2
Hits 0 2
• Singles 0 1
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 0
RBI’s 0 3

Lindy McDaniel Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 0
 FIRSTPLAY/PAUSE  REPLAYLAST/BOX  
Close
1 ▲ ▼ 2 ▲ ▼ 3 ▲ ▼ 4 ▲ ▼ 5 ▲ ▼ 6 ▲ ▼ 7 ▲ ▼ 8 ▲ ▼ 9 ▲ ▼
Sportsman's Park - April 21, 1956
•
Out
Lindy McDaniel
Bill Sarni
Wally Moon
Red Schoendienst
Ken Boyer
Don Blasingame
Jackie Brandt
Bill Virdon
Stan Musial
Wes Covington

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Milwaukee Braves 5 7 1 4
St. Louis Cardinals 6 10 1 6
Winning Pitcher Lindy McDaniel
Losing Pitcher Chet Nichols
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Wally Moon
Attendance 9,855
Time of Game 2 hours 21 minutes
View Box Score
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Wes Covington pinch hits for Dave Jolly. Covington hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McDaniel fields it and throws to first for the out.

Return to all plays in text
PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Jackie Brandt now playing left field. Bruton hits a fly ball into left field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 McDaniel hits a ball on the ground towards second base. O'Connell fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 8 Sarni hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Virdon hits a line drive into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Dave Jolly now pitching. Boyer takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Thomson strikes out.
Top 8 Sarni fires to first and picks off Aaron.
Top 8 Aaron takes first base on ball four. Mathews moves to second.
Top 8 Hank Sauer now playing left field. Stan Musial now playing right field. Mathews hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Moon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Musial scores. There goes Sauer trying to get to third. Bruton throws the ball in to Mathews, who tags Sauer for the out.
Bottom 7 Hank Sauer pinch hits for Joe Frazier. Sauer is walked intentionally. Musial moves to second.
Bottom 7 Musial hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Blasingame trying to get to home. Aaron throws the ball in to Crandall who tags Blasingame who's trying to score from second, for the out.
Bottom 7 Schoendienst bunts towards the mound. Nichols fields it and throws to first for the out. Blasingame moves to second.
Bottom 7 Blasingame takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 O'Connell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Nichols hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McDaniel fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 McDaniel is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Sarni hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nichols fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Chet Nichols now pitching. Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Crandall is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Bruton hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Adcock bunts towards the mound. McDaniel fields it and throws to first for the out. Thomson moves to second.
Top 6 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blasingame fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Moon hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Frazier hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 5 Musial hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Schoendienst hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Blasingame 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.
Top 5 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Lindy McDaniel now pitching. Logan hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Joe Cunningham pinch hits for Willard Schmidt. Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Murff fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Sarni hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Virdon 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.
Bottom 4 Boyer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 O'Connell hits a popup towards first. Moon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Murff hits a popup towards first. Moon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Crandall hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 4 Bruton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Adcock hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moon for the out.
Bottom 3 Frazier hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Schoendienst moves to third.
Bottom 3 Musial takes first base on ball four. Schoendienst moves to second.
Bottom 3 Schoendienst hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops it up and throws to first, with Murff covering, for the out.
Top 3 Thomson is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Mathews strikes out. Sarni drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Mathews out.
Top 3 Logan hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 O'Connell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Schmidt is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Sarni hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Virdon hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Boyer tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Boyer hits a line drive into right field. Aaron picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Aaron. Moon goes all the way around to score. Boyer moves to third.
Bottom 2 Moon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Murff hits a ball on the ground towards first. Moon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Murff for the out.
Top 2 Crandall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Bruton hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Adcock hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Thomson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Frazier strikes out.
Bottom 1 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Blasingame moves to third.
Bottom 1 Schoendienst 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. Blasingame moves to second.
Bottom 1 Blasingame hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Aaron hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Mathews takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Logan hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 O'Connell hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boyer settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Boyer.