Philadelphia Phillies vs Brooklyn Dodgers
April 19, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 19, 1956 at Roosevelt Stadium. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 4, Brooklyn Dodgers 5

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn cf 5 1 1 0
Kazanski 2b 4 0 0 0
Hamner ss 5 1 2 1
Ennis lf 5 1 1 0
Greengrass rf 4 0 0 0
  Gorbous pr,rf 1 0 0 0
Lopata 1b 3 1 1 1
  Blaylock 1b 0 0 0 0
Jones 3b 0 0 0 0
  Morgan 3b 4 0 1 0
Seminick c 2 0 0 0
Dickson p 4 0 1 0
  Pillette p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 7 2
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam lf 3 1 1 0
  Cimoli lf 0 0 0 0
Reese ss 5 1 1 0
Snider cf 5 1 1 0
Campanella c 4 1 2 1
  Zimmer pr 0 1 0 0
Hodges 1b 3 0 1 3
Robinson 3b 4 0 1 0
Furillo rf 3 0 0 0
Neal 2b 4 0 1 0
  Walker ph 0 0 0 1
Erskine p 3 0 0 0
  Amoros ph 1 0 0 0
  Labine p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 8 5
Philadelphia 010 200 000 1473
Brooklyn 300 000 000 2585
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Dickson  L(0-1) 9.0 8 5 5 5 1
  Pillette   0.2 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.2
8
5
5
7
1
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Erskine   9.0 5 3 1 4 2
  Labine  W(1-0) 1.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
10.0
7
4
2
4
4

  E–Ennis (1), Morgan 2 (2), Reese 2 (2), Campanella (1), Robinson (2), Furillo (1).  DP–Philadelphia 2. Kazanski-Lopata-Hamner-Seminick-Morgan, Hamner-Kazanski-Lopata, Brooklyn 1. Neal-Reese-Hodges.  2B–Philadelphia Ennis (1,off Erskine); Hamner (1,off Labine)., Brooklyn Hodges (1,off Dickson); Campanella (1,off Dickson)..  IBB–Seminick 2 (2,by Erskine 2); Campanella (1,by Dickson); Hodges (1,by Pillette); Furillo (1,by Pillette)..  Team LOB–7.  SH–Robinson (1,off Pillette).  SF–Walker (1,off Pillette).  Team–10.  SB–Ashburn (1,2nd base off Labine/Campanella); Campanella (1,2nd base off Dickson/Seminick).  CS–Kazanski (1,2nd base by Erskine/Campanella).  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Bill Engeln, 2B–Vic Delmore, 3B–Jocko Conlan.
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