Brooklyn Dodgers vs Cincinnati Redlegs
May 2, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 1956 at Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Redlegs defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Brooklyn Dodgers 6, Cincinnati Redlegs 10

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam lf 4 0 0 0
Reese ss 4 2 1 0
Snider cf 2 2 1 2
Campanella c 4 1 1 1
Hodges 1b 3 0 0 0
Robinson 3b 2 0 1 2
  Jackson 3b 1 0 0 0
Furillo rf 2 0 0 0
  Amoros rf 1 1 1 1
Neal 2b 4 0 1 0
Craig p 0 0 0 0
  Hughes p 2 0 0 0
  Newcombe ph 1 0 0 0
  Lehman p 0 0 0 0
  Roebuck p 0 0 0 0
  Walker ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 6 6
Cincinnati Redlegs ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 5 1 2 0
Robinson lf 3 1 1 0
Bell cf 3 2 2 4
Jablonski 3b 4 1 1 1
Crowe 1b 3 2 1 1
Post rf 4 2 2 1
Bailey c 3 1 2 0
McMillan ss 4 0 2 3
Lawrence p 1 0 0 0
  Black p 2 0 0 0
  Freeman p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 10 13 10
Brooklyn 200 000 040661
Cincinnati 601 200 01x10130
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Craig  L(2-1) 0.1 4 5 5 1 1
  Hughes   5.2 6 4 4 1 5
  Lehman   1.0 2 1 1 2 0
  Roebuck   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
10
10
4
6
  Cincinnati Redlegs IP H R ER BB SO
Lawrence   1.1 1 2 2 5 2
  Black  W(1-1) 5.2 4 3 3 2 3
  Freeman  SV(1) 2.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
6
6
7
6

  E–Reese (3).  DP–Brooklyn 3. Neal-Reese-Hodges, Reese-Neal-Hodges, Neal-Reese-Hodges, Cincinnati 2. Black-McMillan-Crowe, Crowe-McMillan-Crowe.  2B–Brooklyn Robinson (2,off Lawrence), Cincinnati Post (1,off Craig); Bailey (2,off Lehman)..  3B–Cincinnati McMillan (1,off Hughes).  HR–Brooklyn Snider (1,8th inning off Black 1 on 0 out); Campanella (4,8th inning off Black 0 on 0 out); Amoros (1,8th inning off Freeman 0 on 2 out)., Cincinnati Bell 2 (2,1st inning off Craig 1 on 1 out,4th inning off Hughes 1 on 2 out); Jablonski (6,1st inning off Craig 0 on 1 out); Crowe (3,3rd inning off Hughes 0 on 0 out); Post (8,8th inning off Lehman 0 on 0 out)..  Team LOB–5.  IBB–Bailey (2,by Hughes).  Team–3.  SB–Robinson (2,2nd base off Hughes/Campanella); Robinson (2,2nd base off Hughes/Campanella).  U-HP–Bill Jackowski, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–Lee Ballanfant, 3B–Artie Gore.  T–2:00.  A–11,797.
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