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 Milwaukee Braves defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Milwaukee Braves 4

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Freese 3b,2b 5 0 0 0
Groat ss 4 0 0 0
Walls rf 4 0 1 0
Long 1b 3 1 1 0
Thomas lf 4 0 1 1
Virdon cf 4 1 1 0
Shepard c 3 0 2 0
  O'Brien pr 0 1 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
  Clemente ph 1 0 1 0
Roberts 2b 1 0 0 0
  McMahan p 0 0 0 0
  Skinner ph,3b 2 0 0 1
Law p 1 0 0 0
  Kravitz ph,3b,c 2 0 1 0
Totals 34 3 8 2
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Dittmer 2b 4 0 1 1
Logan ss 4 0 0 0
Mathews 3b 4 0 1 0
Aaron rf 4 1 1 0
Thomson lf 3 0 0 1
Bruton cf 4 1 2 0
Torre 1b 3 1 2 1
Rice c 3 1 3 1
Buhl p 3 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 10 4
Pittsburgh 010 000 200380
Milwaukee 021 100 00x4102
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Law  L(2-5) 4.0 8 4 4 0 0
  King   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  McMahan   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
10
4
4
0
3
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Buhl  W(4-2) 9.0 8 3 2 3 6
Totals
9.0
8
3
2
3
6

  E–Thomson (3), Bruton (8).  DP–Milwaukee 1. Logan-Dittmer-Torre.  2B–Pittsburgh Thomas (6); Shepard 2 (4), Milwaukee Dittmer (2); Bruton (4); Rice (1).  3B–Milwaukee Aaron (5).  Team LOB–7.  SF–Thomson (2).  Team–5.  U-HP–Jocko Conlan, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Bill Engeln, 3B–Vic Delmore.
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