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Retrosheet Boxscore: Milwaukee Braves 8, St. Louis Cardinals 0

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Milwaukee Braves 8, St. Louis Cardinals 0

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Game Played on Thursday, August 16, 1956 (N) at Busch Stadium I

MIL N    5  0  0    1  0  1    0  0  1  -   8  9  0
STL N    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  2
BATTING
Milwaukee Braves             AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
O'Connell 2b                  6   0   1   0       0   1       0   3
Logan ss                      4   2   2   0       1   0       2   3
Aaron rf                      2   1   0   0       2   0       1   0
Mathews 3b                    3   2   1   1       2   0       0   5
Adcock 1b                     2   1   1   2       1   0       7   1
  Torre 1b                    1   1   1   0       0   0       8   0
Thomson cf,lf                 3   1   0   1       1   1       5   0
Pafko lf                      0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Bruton ph,cf                4   0   0   0       1   1       2   0
Crandall c                    3   0   1   0       2   1       1   0
Burdette p                    5   0   2   3       0   0       1   3
Totals                       33   8   9   7      10   4      27  15
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. O'Connell-Logan-Adcock.
BATTING - 
2B: Logan (22,off McDaniel).
SH: Aaron (5,off McDaniel); Thomson (3,off Konstanty).
SF: Adcock (2,off McDaniel).
IBB: Crandall (13,by McDaniel); Bruton (6,by Konstanty).
Team LOB: 11.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Mathews (5,2nd base off McDaniel/Katt).
St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Blasingame 2b                 4   0   0   0       0   0       2   1
Dark ss                       4   0   0   0       0   0       4   2
Musial 1b                     4   0   3   0       0   0       7   2
Moon rf                       4   0   1   0       0   0       2   0
Lockman lf                    3   0   1   0       0   0       1   0
Morgan 3b                     3   0   0   0       0   1       0   3
Peete cf                      3   0   0   0       0   0       4   0
Katt c                        3   0   0   0       0   0       5   0
Mizell p                      0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  McDaniel p                  1   0   0   0       0   0       2   1
  Sauer ph                    1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Blaylock p                  0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Nelson ph                   1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Konstanty p                 0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       31   0   5   0       0   1      27   9
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Dark-Blasingame.
E: Katt (5), McDaniel (2).
BATTING - 
2B: Musial (26,off Burdette).
GDP: Peete (6,off Burdette).
Team LOB: 4.
PITCHING
Milwaukee Braves             IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Burdette W(15-7)              9     5   0   0   0   1   0  31

St. Louis Cardinals          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Mizell L(11-9)                0.1   1   5   5   4   0   0   6
McDaniel                      5.2   6   2   1   4   2   0  27
Blaylock                      2     0   0   0   1   2   0   7
Konstanty                     1     2   1   1   1   0   0   6
Totals                        9     9   8   7  10   4   0  46
WP: McDaniel (5).
IBB: McDaniel (6,Crandall); Konstanty (1,Bruton).
Inherited Runners - Scored: McDaniel 3-3.
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Umpires: HP - Vic Delmore, 1B - Artie Gore, 2B - Jocko Conlan, 3B - Bill Jackowski
Time of Game: 2:33   Attendance: 16124
Starting Lineups:

   Milwaukee Braves              St. Louis Cardinals      
1. O'Connell           2b        Blasingame          2b
2. Logan               ss        Dark                ss
3. Aaron               rf        Musial              1b
4. Mathews             3b        Moon                rf
5. Adcock              1b        Lockman             lf
6. Thomson             cf        Morgan              3b
7. Pafko               lf        Peete               cf
8. Crandall            c         Katt                c
9. Burdette            p         Mizell              p

BRAVES 1ST: O'Connell flied out to center; Logan singled to
center; Aaron walked [Logan to second]; Mathews walked [Logan to
third, Aaron to second]; Adcock walked [Logan scored, Aaron to
third, Mathews to second]; Thomson walked [Aaron scored, Mathews
to third, Adcock to second]; MCDANIEL REPLACED MIZELL
(PITCHING); BRUTON BATTED FOR PAFKO; McDaniel threw a wild pitch
[Mathews scored, Adcock to third, Thomson to second]; Bruton
struck out; Crandall was walked intentionally; Burdette singled
to shortstop [Adcock scored, Thomson scored, Crandall to
second]; O'Connell grounded out (first to pitcher); 5 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Braves 5, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: BRUTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); THOMSON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Blasingame flied out to left;
Dark flied out to right; Musial grounded out (first to pitcher);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 5, Cardinals 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Logan walked; Aaron out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to first) [Logan to second]; Mathews walked; Adcock lined into a
double play (shortstop to second) [Logan out at second]; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 5, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Moon flied out to left; Lockman grounded out
(third to first); Morgan grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 5, Cardinals 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Thomson flied out to right; Bruton popped to catcher
in foul territory; Crandall singled to center; Burdette popped
to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 5, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Peete grounded out (third to first); Katt flied
out to left; McDaniel grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 5, Cardinals 0.

BRAVES 4TH: O'Connell grounded out (third to first); Logan
doubled to center; Aaron grounded out (first to pitcher) [Logan
to third]; Mathews singled to pitcher [Logan scored]; Adcock
singled to first [Mathews to second]; Thomson was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 6, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Blasingame grounded out (first unassisted); Dark
grounded out (third to first); Musial singled to first; Moon
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 6, Cardinals 0.

BRAVES 5TH: Bruton grounded out (second to first); Crandall
walked; Burdette popped to first in foul territory; O'Connell
singled to left [Crandall to second]; Logan flied out to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 6, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Lockman singled to center; Morgan flied out to
center; Peete grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Lockman out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves
6, Cardinals 0.

BRAVES 6TH: Aaron grounded out (shortstop to first); Mathews
reached on an error by McDaniel [Mathews to first]; Mathews
stole second [Mathews to third (error by Katt)]; Adcock hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Mathews scored (unearned)]; Thomson
flied out to right; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 2 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 7,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: TORRE REPLACED ADCOCK (PLAYING 1B); Katt grounded
out (shortstop to first); SAUER BATTED FOR MCDANIEL; Sauer flied
out to center; Blasingame grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 7, Cardinals 0.

BRAVES 7TH: BLAYLOCK REPLACED SAUER (PITCHING); Bruton popped to
shortstop; Crandall was called out on strikes; Burdette flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 7, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 7TH: Dark grounded out (second to first); Musial
doubled to right; Moon singled to second [Musial to third];
Lockman flied out to left; Morgan was called out on strikes; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 7, Cardinals 0.

BRAVES 8TH: O'Connell struck out; Logan grounded out (third to
first); Aaron walked; Mathews forced Aaron (shortstop
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 7, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 8TH: Peete grounded out (pitcher to first); Katt
popped to shortstop; NELSON BATTED FOR BLAYLOCK; Nelson grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 7,
Cardinals 0.

BRAVES 9TH: KONSTANTY REPLACED NELSON (PITCHING); Torre singled
to second; Thomson out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first)
[Torre to second]; Bruton was walked intentionally; Crandall
flied out to center; Burdette singled to left [Torre scored,
Bruton to second]; O'Connell popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Braves 8, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 9TH: Blasingame grounded out (third to first); Dark
grounded out (pitcher to first); Musial singled to right; Moon
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 8,
Cardinals 0.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Braves           8   9   0   11
 Cardinals        0   5   2    4
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