Cincinnati Redlegs vs Milwaukee Braves
May 26, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 1956 at County Stadium. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the Cincinnati Redlegs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Redlegs 1, Milwaukee Braves 2

Cincinnati Redlegs ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 2 0 0 0
  Bailey ph 1 0 0 0
  Bridges 2b,lf 1 0 0 0
Robinson lf 2 0 1 0
  Crowe ph 1 0 0 0
  Palys lf 0 0 0 0
  Freeman p 0 0 0 0
  Thurman ph 1 0 0 0
  Black p 1 0 0 0
Bell cf 5 0 1 0
Kluszewski 1b 4 0 1 0
  Dyck pr,1b 1 1 1 0
Post rf 3 0 1 1
Jablonski 3b 5 0 0 0
Burgess c 4 0 2 0
McMillan ss 2 0 0 0
Klippstein p 2 0 0 0
  Frazier ph,lf 2 0 0 0
  Grammas 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 1 7 1
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
O'Connell 2b 3 0 0 0
  Covington ph 1 0 0 0
  Dittmer 2b 1 0 1 0
Logan ss 4 0 0 0
Mathews 3b 5 0 0 0
Aaron rf 4 2 1 0
Thomson lf 2 0 0 0
  Tanner ph 0 0 0 0
Bruton cf 2 0 0 0
Torre 1b 4 0 1 2
Crandall c 2 0 0 0
Crone p 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 3 2
Cincinnati 000 000 001 00170
Milwaukee 010 000 000 01231
  Cincinnati Redlegs IP H R ER BB SO
Klippstein   7.0 0 1 1 7 4
  Freeman   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Black  L(2-2) 2.1 3 1 1 2 1
Totals
10.1
3
2
2
9
5
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Crone  W(3-1) 11.0 7 1 1 4 4
Totals
11.0
7
1
1
4
4

  E–Torre (1).  DP–Cincinnati 1. Kluszewski-Temple, Milwaukee 2. O'Connell-Torre, O'Connell-Logan-Torre.  2B–Cincinnati Bell (10,off Crone); Post (3,off Crone)., Milwaukee Dittmer (1,off Black).  3B–Milwaukee Aaron (4,off Black).  SH–McMillan (2,off Crone); Crone (2,off Klippstein); Bruton (1,off Klippstein)..  Team LOB–8.  SF–Torre (1,off Klippstein).  HBP–Aaron (1,by Klippstein).  IBB–Crandall (4,by Klippstein); Tanner (1,by Black); Bruton (2,by Black)..  Team–10.  CS–McMillan (1,2nd base by Crone/Crandall).  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Larry Goetz, 3B–Frank Dascoli.  T–2:39.  A–22,936.
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