Milwaukee Braves vs Brooklyn Dodgers
August 31, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1955 at Ebbets Field. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Milwaukee Braves 13, Brooklyn Dodgers 8

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Bruton cf 5 2 3 0
O'Connell 2b 5 2 2 2
Mathews 3b 4 2 2 3
Aaron rf 4 1 1 2
Logan ss 5 0 0 0
Crowe 1b 5 3 3 3
Thomson lf 5 1 2 0
Rice c 5 1 2 2
Buhl p 2 0 0 0
  Burdette p 3 1 1 0
Totals 43 13 16 12
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 5 1 1 0
Reese ss 4 2 3 0
Snider cf 5 1 3 2
Campanella c 4 1 1 0
Furillo rf 5 0 2 0
Hodges 1b 2 2 1 0
Amoros lf 4 1 1 3
Hoak 3b 5 0 1 2
Erskine p 1 0 0 0
  Shuba ph 0 0 0 0
  Meyer p 0 0 0 0
  Bessent p 0 0 0 0
  Walker ph 1 0 0 0
  Koufax p 0 0 0 0
  Roebuck p 0 0 0 0
  Newcombe ph 1 0 0 0
  Labine p 0 0 0 0
  Kellert ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 13 7
Milwaukee 022 043 20013160
Brooklyn 001 040 2108131
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Buhl   4.2 9 5 5 4 3
  Burdette  W(11-7) 4.1 4 3 3 2 1
Totals
9.0
13
8
8
6
4
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Erskine  L(10-7) 4.0 6 4 3 0 4
  Meyer   0.1 2 3 3 1 0
  Bessent   0.2 1 1 1 0 0
  Koufax   1.0 5 4 4 0 0
  Roebuck   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Labine   2.0 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
16
13
12
2
8

  E–None.  DP–Milwaukee 1. O'Connell-Logan-Crowe.  2B–Milwaukee Bruton (26,off Meyer); O'Connell (14,off Koufax)..  HR–Milwaukee Crowe 2 (11,2nd inning off Erskine 0 on 2 out,5th inning off Bessent 1 on 2 out); Mathews (35,3rd inning off Erskine 1 on 1 out); Rice (3,7th inning off Roebuck 1 on 1 out)..  IBB–Mathews (18,by Meyer).  Team LOB–5.  SB–O'Connell (2,3rd base off Koufax/Campanella); Bruton (18,2nd base off Roebuck/Campanella).  U-HP–Dusty Boggess, 1B–Bill Engeln, 2B–Babe Pinelli, 3B–Tom Gorman.
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