Milwaukee Braves vs Brooklyn Dodgers
May 2, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 1955 at Ebbets Field. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Milwaukee Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Milwaukee Braves 0, Brooklyn Dodgers 2

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Bruton cf 6 0 2 0
Aaron rf 4 0 2 0
Mathews 3b 3 0 1 0
Thomson lf 4 0 0 0
Adcock 1b 5 0 0 0
Logan ss 4 0 1 0
O'Connell 2b 4 0 0 0
Crandall c 4 0 0 0
Conley p 5 0 0 0
Totals 39 0 6 0
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 4 0 0 0
Reese ss 5 0 0 0
Snider cf 3 0 0 0
Campanella c 4 0 1 0
Amoros lf,rf,lf 4 0 0 0
Hodges 1b 5 0 0 0
Robinson 3b 3 1 0 0
Furillo rf,lf,rf 4 1 1 2
Erskine p 4 0 2 0
Totals 36 2 4 2
Milwaukee 000 000 000 000061
Brooklyn 000 000 000 002241
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Conley  L(2-1) 11.1 4 2 2 6 8
Totals
11.1
4
2
2
6
8
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Erskine  W(4-0) 12.0 6 0 0 5 6
Totals
12.0
6
0
0
5
6

  E–Adcock (1), Robinson (3).  DP–Brooklyn 2. Gilliam-Reese-Hodges, Reese-Gilliam-Hodges.  2B–Milwaukee Aaron (3,off Erskine).  3B–Milwaukee Mathews (1,off Erskine).  HR–Brooklyn Furillo (8,12th inning off Conley 1 on 1 out).  SH–Aaron (2,off Erskine); Crandall (2,off Erskine).; Gilliam (3,off Conley); Campanella (1,off Conley).  IBB–Mathews 2 (7,by Erskine 2); Snider (4,by Conley); Amoros (2,by Conley).  Team LOB–10.  Team–8.  CS–Furillo (2,2nd base by Conley/Crandall); Furillo (2,2nd base by Conley/Crandall).  U-HP–Lee Ballanfant, 1B–Al Barlick, 2B–Bill Jackowski, 3B–Stan Landes.
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