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Milwaukee Braves @ St. Louis Cardinals

1956-09-30 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 23411 · 2:14

Milwaukee Braves defeated St. Louis Cardinals 4–2. Milwaukee Braves put up 2 in the 6th. Lew Burdette earned the win and Ray Crone picked up the save. Eddie Mathews went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ML1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	4	9
SLN	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	9

W: Lew Burdette L: Vinegar Bend Mizell SV: Ray Crone

Umpires — HP: Frank Secory · 1B: Bill Engeln · 2B: Larry Goetz · 3B: Frank Dascoli · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Milwaukee Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Danny O'Connell	3	0	0	0	2	0
Johnny Logan	4	0	0	0	0	0
Hank Aaron	4	0	1	0	0	1
Joe Adcock	4	1	2	0	0	1
Bobby Thomson	3	2	1	0	1	1
Eddie Mathews	4	1	3	3	0	1
Bill Bruton	4	0	2	0	0	0
Del Crandall	4	0	0	0	0	1
Lew Burdette	2	0	0	0	1	1

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Blasingame	5	0	2	0	0	1
Al Dark	5	0	1	0	0	1
Stan Musial	3	0	0	0	1	0
Wally Moon	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Boyer	4	1	2	0	0	1
Rip Repulski	4	0	1	0	0	0
Hal Smith	4	0	1	1	0	0
Bobby Del Greco	4	1	0	0	0	1
Vinegar Bend Mizell	2	0	2	1	0	0
Dick Schofield	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rocky Nelson	1	0	0	0	0	0

Milwaukee Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lew Burdette	8.2	9	1	4
Ray Crone	0.1	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vinegar Bend Mizell	7.0	7	4	5
Willard Schmidt	2.0	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Danny O'Connell: 3/FL
Johnny Logan: 8
Hank Aaron: D9
Joe Adcock: 63

Bot 1

Don Blasingame: T/78
Al Dark: 43
Stan Musial: W
Wally Moon: 13.1-2
Ken Boyer: 53

Top 2

Bobby Thomson: W
Eddie Mathews: S9.1-2
Bill Bruton: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Del Crandall: WP.3-H;1-3
Del Crandall: K
Lew Burdette: W
Danny O'Connell: PO1(23)

Bot 2

Rip Repulski: 3/P
Hal Smith: 8/L
Bobby Del Greco: E6.B-1
Vinegar Bend Mizell: D8.1-H(UR)
Don Blasingame: 23

Top 3

Danny O'Connell: W
Johnny Logan: 2/FL/DP.1X1(23)
Hank Aaron: 5/P

Bot 3

Al Dark: K
Stan Musial: 43
Wally Moon: 63

Top 4

Joe Adcock: K
Bobby Thomson: D/89
Eddie Mathews: S8.2-H
Bill Bruton: S1.1-2
Del Crandall: 4/P
Lew Burdette: 7

Bot 4

Ken Boyer: K
Rip Repulski: 7
Hal Smith: 8

Top 5

Danny O'Connell: 7
Johnny Logan: 9
Hank Aaron: K

Bot 5

Bobby Del Greco: 9
Vinegar Bend Mizell: S/78
Don Blasingame: 46(1)/FO
Al Dark: 64(1)/FO

Top 6

Joe Adcock: S8
Bobby Thomson: K
Eddie Mathews: HR/9.1-H
Bill Bruton: 31
Del Crandall: 43

Bot 6

Stan Musial: 63
Wally Moon: 8
Ken Boyer: S6
Rip Repulski: 3/FL

Top 7

Lew Burdette: K
Danny O'Connell: W
Johnny Logan: 53.1-2
Hank Aaron: 8

Bot 7

Hal Smith: S7
Bobby Del Greco: 64(1)/FO
Dick Schofield: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Joe Adcock: S7
Bobby Thomson: 26(1)4/GDP/BG
Eddie Mathews: K

Bot 8

Don Blasingame: K/C
Al Dark: S7
Stan Musial: 63.1-2
Wally Moon: 1/G

Top 9

Bill Bruton: S9
Del Crandall: 3/FL
Lew Burdette: 34/SH.1-2
Danny O'Connell: 3/P

Bot 9

Ken Boyer: D7
Rip Repulski: S9.2-3
Hal Smith: 64(1)/FO.3-H
Bobby Del Greco: K
Rocky Nelson: E4.1-2
Don Blasingame: S8.2-3;1-2
Al Dark: 7