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Milwaukee Braves vs Chicago Cubs
May 31, 1956 Box Score
The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1956 at Wrigley Field. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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"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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| Game played on Thursday, May 31, 1956 at Wrigley Field |
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| Milwaukee |
4 | 6 | 0 | | 4 | 1 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 15 | 15 | 2 |
| Chicago |
0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 1 | 0 | 6 | – | 8 | 9 | 0 |
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| Milwaukee Braves |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Burdette W(4-2) |
8.1 |
9 |
8 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
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Murff SV(1) |
0.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
9 |
8 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
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| Chicago Cubs |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Minner L(1-4) |
1.0 |
5 |
7 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
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Hacker |
5.0 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
2 |
0 |
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Valentinetti |
3.0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
6 |
2 |
E–Mathews 2 (6). DP–Milwaukee 2. O'Connell-Logan-Adcock, Mathews-O'Connell-Adcock, Chicago 1. Hacker-Fondy-Miksis. PB–Landrith (2). 2B–Milwaukee Adcock (5,off Hacker); Logan (6,off Hacker); O'Connell (3,off Valentinetti)., Chicago Banks (7,off Burdette). 3B–Milwaukee Thomson (2,off Hacker). HR–Milwaukee Adcock 2 (5,1st inning off Minner 2 on 2 out,4th inning off Hacker 1 on 2 out); Crandall (8,2nd inning off Minner 0 on 0 out); Bruton (2,4th inning off Hacker 0 on 2 out); Mathews (8,5th inning off Hacker 0 on 2 out), Chicago King (3,5th inning off Burdette 0 on 1 out); Whisenant (4,9th inning off Burdette 2 on 1 out).. SH–Logan (2,off Hacker). SF–Aaron (3,off Minner); King (1,off Burdette). IBB–Mathews (1,by Hacker). Team LOB–5. Team–1. SB–O'Connell (1,3rd base off Minner/Landrith); Logan (1,2nd base off Minner/Landrith). U-HP–Jocko Conlan, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Bill Engeln, 3B–Vic Delmore. T–2:29. A–4,354. |
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| Game played on Thursday, May 31, 1956 at Wrigley Field |
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Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."
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