Brooklyn Dodgers vs Chicago Cubs
June 2, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 2, 1956 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs 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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Brooklyn Dodgers 4, Chicago Cubs 5

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 5 0 1 1
Reese ss 5 1 1 0
Snider cf 3 1 0 0
Jackson 3b 4 0 2 1
  Neal pr 0 0 0 0
  Zimmer 3b 0 0 0 0
Amoros lf 4 0 1 1
Hodges 1b 3 1 1 0
Campanella c 4 0 1 0
Furillo rf 4 1 0 0
Newcombe p 4 0 2 1
  Cimoli pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 9 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Miksis 3b 4 1 1 0
Baker 2b 3 0 1 0
Fondy 1b 4 2 2 1
Banks ss 4 0 0 0
King lf 4 0 1 1
Moryn rf 4 1 3 0
Whisenant cf 3 0 0 0
Chiti c 2 1 1 0
Rush p 3 0 1 0
  Lown p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 10 2
Brooklyn 200 000 002492
Chicago 001 011 02x5101
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Newcombe  L(7-4) 8.0 10 5 3 1 5
Totals
8.0
10
5
3
1
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Rush  W(4-2) 8.1 8 4 3 2 4
  Lown  SV(2) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
3
2
4

  E–Gilliam (5), Campanella (4), Baker (6).  DP–Brooklyn 2. Gilliam-Reese-Hodges, Gilliam-Reese-Hodges.  2B–Brooklyn Newcombe (3,off Rush), Chicago Moryn (6,off Newcombe).  3B–Chicago Moryn (1,off Newcombe).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Baker (3,off Newcombe).  IBB–Chiti (1,by Newcombe).  Team–4.  SB–Fondy (1,2nd base off Newcombe/Campanella); Fondy (1,2nd base off Newcombe/Campanella).  U-HP–Babe Pinelli, 1B–Dusty Boggess, 2B–Hal Dixon, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–2:08.  A–20,751.
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