Cardinals @ Braves
August 31, 1956

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Cardinals 4 10 2
Braves 2 5 3
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Cardinals 4 10 2
Braves 5 6 3

Eddie Mathews Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .263
OBP .333 .366
At Bats 2 403
Hits 0 106
• Singles 0 61
• Doubles 0 16
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 27
Walks 1 67
RBI’s 0 71

Herm Wehmeier Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 9 1
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County Stadium - August 31, 1956
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Home Run
Herm Wehmeier
Ray Katt
Stan Musial
Don Blasingame
Ken Boyer
Al Dark
Rip Repulski
Whitey Lockman
Wally Moon
Eddie Mathews
Johnny Logan
Lew Burdette
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Mathews hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Aaron hits a popup towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Logan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Crandall scores. Burdette moves to second.
Bottom 7 Lew Burdette pinch runs for Frank Torre. Chuck Tanner pinch hits for Danny O'Connell. Tanner strikes out.
Bottom 7 Frank Torre pinch hits for Lou Sleater. Torre hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Crandall moves to second.
Bottom 7 Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Lockman hits a line drive towards short. Logan reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Boyer 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. Moon moves to third.
Top 7 Repulski strikes out.
Top 7 Moon hits a fly ball towards left. Covington settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Covington. Moon moves to second.
Bottom 6 Bruton hits a fly ball into center field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Covington hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Adcock hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Crandall fires to second and picks off Dark for the out.
Top 6 Musial takes first base on ball four. Dark moves to second.
Top 6 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock fields the ball and throws to Sleater covering. Safe.
Top 6 Blasingame is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Wehmeier hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sleater fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Mathews is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Aaron strikes out.
Bottom 5 Logan strikes out.
Bottom 5 O'Connell takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Katt strikes out.
Top 5 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Boyer moves to second.
Top 5 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan misplays the ball. That's an error on Logan.
Top 5 Repulski strikes out.
Top 5 Moon 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 Sleater strikes out.
Bottom 4 Crandall hits a popup towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bruton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Adcock moves to second.
Bottom 4 Covington strikes out.
Bottom 4 Adcock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Logan fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 4 Dark takes first base on ball four. Blasingame moves to second.
Top 4 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Wehmeier is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Katt strikes out.
Bottom 3 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Aaron hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Katt settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Logan hits a popup towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Lockman 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 3 Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Moon scores. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Moon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dark scores. Moon moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sleater fields it and throws to first for the out. Dark moves to second.
Top 3 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell misplays the ball. That's an error on O'Connell.
Bottom 2 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Sleater hits a line drive towards second base. Blasingame makes the out and then fumbles the ball. That's an error on Blasingame. Covington scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields it and throws to second for the out. Covington moves to third.
Bottom 2 Bruton takes first base on ball four. Covington moves to second.
Bottom 2 Covington hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark misplays the ball. That's an error on Dark.
Top 2 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Lou Sleater now pitching. Wehmeier hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Katt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Boyer scores. Lockman moves to second.
Top 2 Lockman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Repulski trying to get to home. Bruton throws the ball in to Crandall who tags Repulski who's trying to score from second, for the out. Boyer moves to second.
Top 2 Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Moon scores. Repulski moves to second.
Top 2 Repulski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Moon moves to second.
Top 2 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock fields the ball and throws to Conley covering. Safe.
Bottom 1 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Mathews takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Aaron is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Logan bunts towards the mound. Wehmeier fields it and throws to first for the out. O'Connell moves to second.
Bottom 1 O'Connell takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Musial hits a fly ball into left field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Blasingame hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.