Milwaukee Braves vs New York Giants
July 18, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 18, 1955 at Polo Grounds V. The New York Giants 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 5, New York Giants 6
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Bruton cf 4 1 1 0
Logan ss 4 0 1 2
Mathews 3b 3 0 1 1
Aaron 2b 4 1 1 0
Thomson lf 4 0 1 1
Pafko rf 4 1 1 0
Adcock 1b 3 1 0 0
Crandall c 3 1 2 1
Buhl p 1 0 0 0
  Crowe ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Spahn p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 8 5
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Dark ss 3 2 1 2
Lockman lf 3 1 1 1
Mays cf 3 0 1 0
Thompson 3b 4 1 1 1
Mueller rf 4 0 1 0
Harris 1b 3 0 1 0
Westrum c 4 0 0 0
Terwilliger 2b 4 1 2 0
Gomez p 1 1 1 0
  Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0
  Liddle p 0 0 0 0
  Williams ph 1 0 0 0
  McCall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 9 4
Milwaukee 010 040 000–582
New York 012 010 20x–691
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Buhl   4.0 4 3 3 1 2
  Johnson   0.2 3 1 1 0 0
  Spahn  L(7-10) 3.1 2 2 0 3 2
Totals
8.0
9
6
4
4
4
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Gomez   4.0 5 4 4 1 2
  Wilhelm   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Liddle  W(3-2) 2.2 1 0 0 0 2
  McCall   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
1
5
  E–Bruton (11), Johnson (2).  DP–Milwaukee 2. Logan-Aaron-Adcock, Logan-Aaron-Adcock.  2B–Milwaukee Aaron (17).  3B–Milwaukee Mathews (4); Crandall (1)..  SF–Mathews (5).  Team LOB–2.  CS–Williams (3).  U-HP–Bill Jackowski, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Lee Ballanfant, 3B–Al Barlick.
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