The Milwaukee Braves couldn't pull it off against the Chicago Cubs, 5 to 4, on September 22, 1956.

1956 Milwaukee Braves

Final

CHC

Cubs

58-90

5

MIL

Braves

89-60

4

CHC

MIL

1

2

0

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

1

0

5

1

0

6

0

0

7

0

0

8

0

3

9

0

1

10

1

0

R

5

4

H

10

8

E

2

1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Solly Drake CF 5 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
Don Hoak 3B 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Gene Baker 2B 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ernie Banks SS 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
Walt Moryn RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Jim King LF 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Pete Whisenant PH,LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Frank Kellert 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hobie Landrith C 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Sam Jones P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Davis P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turk Lown P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jim Brosnan P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 10 5 0 2 4 1 1 13

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Sam Jones 6.1 2 0 0 5 9 0
Jim Davis 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 0
Turk Lown (W) 2.1 6 4 3 0 1 1
Jim Brosnan (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 10.0 8 4 3 6 11 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Danny O'Connell 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Jack Dittmer PH,2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jim Pendleton PH,2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Johnny Logan SS 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 4
Hank Aaron RF 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Eddie Mathews 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Joe Adcock 1B 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 2
Bobby Thomson LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Wes Covington PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Andy Pafko LF 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bill Bruton CF 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Del Crandall C 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Felix Mantilla PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Del Rice C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lew Burdette P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Taylor Phillips P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chuck Tanner PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Bob Trowbridge P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank Torre PH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Lou Sleater P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Toby Atwell PH 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ray Crone P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Earl Hersh PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 8 4 1 6 11 0 1 11

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Lew Burdette 3.0 6 3 3 1 0 0
Taylor Phillips 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Bob Trowbridge 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 0
Lou Sleater 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Ray Crone (L) 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 0
Totals 10.0 10 5 4 2 4 0

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