Pittsburgh Pirates vs Milwaukee Braves
June 3, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 3, 1956 at County Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Milwaukee Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Milwaukee Braves 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Freese 3b 5 0 1 0
Groat ss 5 1 2 0
Walls rf 2 1 0 0
Long 1b 3 1 1 1
Thomas lf 3 0 1 1
Virdon cf 4 0 1 1
Foiles c 3 0 0 0
  Shepard c 0 0 0 0
Roberts 2b 2 0 0 0
  Skinner ph 1 0 0 0
  O'Brien 2b 1 0 0 0
Face p 4 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Dittmer 2b 4 0 1 0
Logan ss 3 1 1 0
Mathews 3b 4 0 0 0
Aaron rf 4 0 1 1
Thomson lf 4 0 2 0
Bruton cf 4 0 1 0
Torre 1b 4 0 0 0
Crandall c 4 0 0 0
Crone p 1 0 0 0
  Tanner ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Covington ph 1 0 1 0
  Murff p 0 0 0 0
  Adcock ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 7 1
Pittsburgh 100 002 000–362
Milwaukee 000 100 000–171
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Face  W(4-1) 8.1 7 1 0 1 7
  King  SV(4) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
1
0
1
8
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Crone  L(4-2) 6.0 4 3 2 3 4
  Johnson   2.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Murff   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
2
4
5
  E–Virdon (2), Foiles (1), Logan (6).  PB–Foiles (2); Crandall (2).  3B–Pittsburgh Virdon (1).  SH–Walls (4).  IBB–Long (5).  Team LOB–8.  Team–8.  U-HP–Vic Delmore, 1B–Jocko Conlan, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Bill Engeln.
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