Brooklyn Dodgers vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 29, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 29, 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 10, Pittsburgh Pirates 1

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 5 0 1 1
Reese ss 4 1 1 0
  Zimmer ss 1 0 0 0
Snider cf 5 1 2 0
Robinson 1b 4 0 0 1
  Furillo rf 1 0 1 0
Jackson 3b 4 3 3 1
Amoros lf 3 2 1 1
Hodges rf,1b 3 2 2 2
Campanella c 2 1 1 0
Newcombe p 3 0 2 3
Totals 35 10 14 9
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 4 0 1 0
Groat ss 4 0 0 0
Long 1b 4 0 0 0
Thomas lf 4 0 2 0
Walls rf 4 1 1 0
Freese 3b,2b 4 0 2 1
Foiles c 4 0 0 0
O'Brien 2b 1 0 0 0
  Kravitz ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Kline p 0 0 0 0
  Cole ph 1 0 0 0
  Munger p 0 0 0 0
  McMahan p 0 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
  Hall ph 1 0 0 0
  Swanson p 0 0 0 0
  Roberts ph 1 0 1 0
  Arroyo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 7 1
Brooklyn 040 110 40010141
Pittsburgh 010 000 000171
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Newcombe  W(7-3) 9.0 7 1 1 0 7
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
0
7
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kline  L(3-3) 3.0 3 4 4 3 2
  Munger   0.1 1 1 1 1 0
  McMahan   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  King   1.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Swanson   2.0 5 4 4 1 0
  Arroyo   2.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
14
10
10
6
2

  E–Reese (5), Groat (6).  DP–Brooklyn 1. Jackson-Gilliam-Robinson, Pittsburgh 3. Thomas-Foiles, Freese-Groat, Kravitz-Freese-Long.  2B–Brooklyn Newcombe (2,off Kline); Snider (7,off Swanson); Hodges (6,off Swanson)., Pittsburgh Walls (9,off Newcombe); Thomas (5,off Newcombe); Roberts (5,off Newcombe)..  3B–Brooklyn Jackson (1,off King).  SH–Newcombe (1,off Munger); Campanella (1,off Swanson).  Team LOB–6.  Team–6.  CS–Robinson 2 (5,2nd base by King/Foiles,3rd base by Swanson/Foiles).  U-HP–Artie Gore, 1B–Bill Jackowski, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Lee Ballanfant.  T–2:37.  A–11,935.
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