Brooklyn Dodgers vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 22, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 22, 1956 at Forbes Field. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 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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Brooklyn Dodgers 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 1

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam lf 3 2 1 0
Reese ss 2 1 1 0
  Zimmer ss 0 0 0 0
Snider cf 3 0 2 1
Campanella c 3 0 0 0
Hodges 1b 3 1 1 2
Robinson 3b 3 0 2 0
Furillo rf 2 0 0 0
Neal 2b 3 0 0 0
Newcombe p 3 0 0 0
Totals 25 4 7 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Clemente cf 3 1 1 0
Groat ss 3 0 0 0
Long 1b 3 0 2 1
Thomas lf 3 0 0 0
Ward rf 2 0 0 0
Atwell c 0 0 0 0
  Kravitz c 2 0 0 0
Cole 3b 2 0 0 0
O'Brien 2b 2 0 0 0
Law p 0 0 0 0
  Walls ph 0 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
  Roberts ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 21 1 3 1
Brooklyn 300 010470
Pittsburgh 000 001133
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Newcombe  W(1-1) 6.0 3 1 1 1 2
Totals
6.0
3
1
1
1
2
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Law  L(0-2) 3.0 4 3 3 1 0
  King   3.0 3 1 0 1 1
Totals
6.0
7
4
3
2
1

  E–Groat (2), Cole (1), J. O'Brien (2), Groat (2), Cole (1), J. O'Brien (2).  DP–Brooklyn 2. Cole-J. O'Brien-Long, Groat-J. O'Brien-Long, Pittsburgh 2. Cole-J. O'Brien-Long, Groat-J. O'Brien-Long.  2B–Brooklyn Hodges (2,off Law), Pittsburgh Clemente (1,off Newcombe).  3B–Brooklyn Robinson (1,off King).  Team LOB–5.  Team–3.  U-HP–Jocko Conlan, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Bill Engeln, 3B–Vic Delmore.  T–1:34.  A–15,264.
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