The St. Louis Cardinals lost to the Milwaukee Braves, 5 to 4, on April 20, 1956.

1956 St. Louis Cardinals

Final

MIL

Braves

3-0

5

STL

Cardinals

1-2

4

MIL

STL

1

0

0

2

0

0

3

0

2

4

1

1

5

0

0

6

1

0

7

2

1

8

1

0

9

0

0

R

5

4

H

9

10

E

2

3

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Danny O'Connell 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Johnny Logan SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Eddie Mathews 3B 3 3 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 9
Hank Aaron RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Bobby Thomson LF 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Joe Adcock 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Frank Torre 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Bruton CF 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Del Crandall C 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
Warren Spahn P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wes Covington PH 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4
Ernie Johnson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lou Sleater P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 5 3 2 6 0 1 20

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Warren Spahn 6.0 7 3 3 2 4 1
Ernie Johnson 0.1 1 1 1 1 0 0
Lou Sleater (W) 2.2 2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 10 4 4 3 5 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Wally Moon 1B 4 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 3
Red Schoendienst 2B 5 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 2
Stan Musial RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Hank Sauer LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ken Boyer 3B 4 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 6
Bill Virdon CF 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bill Sarni C 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Alex Grammas SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Don Blasingame PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stu Miller P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rip Repulski PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tom Poholsky P 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Solly Hemus PH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Dick Schofield PR,SS 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 10 4 1 3 5 0 0 16

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tom Poholsky 7.0 7 4 4 1 5 3
Stu Miller (L) 2.0 2 1 0 1 1 0
Totals 9.0 9 5 4 2 6 3

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