Brooklyn Dodgers vs Milwaukee Braves
June 5, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 1956 at County Stadium. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Milwaukee Braves 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 6, Milwaukee Braves 1

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam lf 4 1 3 2
Reese ss 5 1 0 0
Robinson 1b 3 1 0 0
  Cimoli cf 1 0 0 1
Jackson 3b 5 0 3 3
Hodges rf,1b 4 0 0 0
Campanella c 4 1 1 0
Furillo cf,rf 4 1 2 0
Neal 2b 5 1 1 0
Craig p 3 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 10 6
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Dittmer 2b 4 0 0 0
Torre 1b 4 0 0 0
Mathews 3b 4 1 1 1
Aaron rf 4 0 0 0
Covington lf 3 0 0 0
Bruton cf 3 0 1 0
Logan ss 2 0 0 0
  Tanner ph 1 0 0 0
  Pendleton ss 0 0 0 0
Crandall c 2 0 0 0
Spahn p 0 0 0 0
  Jolly p 0 0 0 0
  Murff p 1 0 0 0
  Pafko ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 2 1
Brooklyn 020 300 0106101
Milwaukee 100 000 000124
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Craig  W(5-2) 9.0 2 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
2
1
1
1
3
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Spahn  L(3-5) 1.1 4 2 2 1 0
  Jolly   2.0 2 3 2 2 2
  Murff   4.2 3 1 0 1 5
  Johnson   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
4
5
7

  E–Reese (7), Mathews 2 (9), Jolly (1), Murff (1).  2B–Brooklyn Gilliam (3,off Jolly); Jackson (2,off Jolly)..  HR–Milwaukee Mathews (9,1st inning off Craig 0 on 2 out).  SH–Hodges (1,off Murff); Gilliam (2,off Murff).; Jolly (1,off Craig).  IBB–Robinson (1,by Jolly).  Team LOB–12.  Team–3.  CS–Gilliam (3,2nd base by Murff/Crandall).  U-HP–Frank Dascoli, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Larry Goetz.
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