Pittsburgh Pirates vs Brooklyn Dodgers
April 29, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 29, 1956 at Ebbets Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 11, Brooklyn Dodgers 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Roberts 2b 4 2 2 0
Skinner rf 1 0 0 0
  Clemente ph,cf 3 0 1 2
Long 1b 4 1 1 1
Thomas lf 5 2 2 2
Ward 3b 1 0 0 0
  Groat ss 4 1 3 0
Walls cf,rf 5 1 1 3
Cole ss,3b 5 1 3 1
Shepard c 5 1 1 0
Law p 2 2 2 2
  King p 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 11 16 11
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam lf 3 0 0 0
Reese ss 3 0 0 0
Amoros cf 4 0 0 0
Campanella c 4 1 1 1
Hodges 1b 4 0 0 0
Jackson 3b 4 1 1 0
Furillo rf 4 0 3 1
Neal 2b 4 1 1 0
Loes p 0 0 0 0
  Lehman p 1 0 1 1
  Newcombe ph 1 0 0 0
  Roebuck p 0 0 0 0
  Cimoli ph 1 0 0 0
  Labine p 0 0 0 0
  Williams ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
Pittsburgh 240 100 40011160
Brooklyn 001 200 000371
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Law   3.1 5 3 3 1 2
  King  W(1-0) 5.2 2 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
5
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Loes  L(0-1) 1.1 5 6 6 1 2
  Lehman   2.2 4 1 1 1 1
  Roebuck   3.0 5 4 3 0 1
  Labine   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
16
11
10
2
5

  E–Hodges (1), Hodges (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Reese-Neal-Hodges, Brooklyn 1. Reese-Neal-Hodges.  2B–Brooklyn Neal (1,off Law); Furillo 2 (6,off Law,off King).  3B–Pittsburgh Walls (2,off Roebuck).  HR–Pittsburgh Thomas (4,1st inning off Loes 1 on 2 out); Law (1,4th inning off Lehman 0 on 1 out), Brooklyn Campanella (3,4th inning off Law 0 on 0 out).  SH–King (1,off Roebuck).  SF–Long (2,off Lehman).  Team LOB–6.  Team–6.  CS–Groat (1,2nd base by Lehman/Campanella).  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Larry Goetz, 2B–Frank Dascoli, 3B–Frank Secory.  T–2:33.  A–22,609.
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