New York Giants vs Chicago Cubs
June 13, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 13, 1956 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the New York Giants 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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New York Giants 5, Chicago Cubs 6

New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Lockman lf 4 0 2 1
Dark ss 5 0 1 1
Mueller rf 4 1 1 0
Mays cf 4 2 2 3
Thompson 3b 2 0 1 0
  Castleman pr,3b 2 0 0 0
White 1b 4 0 0 0
Katt c 4 0 2 0
  Monzant pr 0 1 0 0
Spencer 2b 4 1 1 0
Hearn p 1 0 0 0
  Wilson ph 1 0 0 0
  Liddle p 0 0 0 0
  Rhodes ph 1 0 0 0
  Grissom p 0 0 0 0
  Antonelli ph 0 0 0 0
  Hofman ph 0 0 0 0
  Gomez pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Miksis 3b 5 1 1 3
Baker 2b 3 0 1 0
Fondy 1b 3 0 1 1
Banks ss 4 0 0 0
Moryn rf 4 0 1 0
Irvin lf 4 0 2 0
Whisenant cf 4 2 1 0
Landrith c 4 2 2 2
Rush p 4 1 1 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Lown p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 10 6
New York 200 100 0025103
Chicago 040 110 00x6100
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Hearn  L(3-6) 4.0 7 5 0 1 1
  Liddle   3.0 3 1 1 0 3
  Grissom   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
6
1
1
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Rush  W(6-2) 8.1 10 5 5 1 3
  Davis   0.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Lown  SV(5) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
4
3

  E–Thompson (8), White (4), Spencer (6).  DP–Chicago 1. Fondy-Banks-Fondy.  2B–New York Mueller (5,off Rush); Thompson (7,off Rush), Chicago Fondy (3,off Hearn); Landrith (4,off Hearn); Whisenant (8,off Liddle); Irvin (8,off Liddle)..  HR–New York Mays 2 (7,1st inning off Rush 1 on 2 out,4th inning off Rush 0 on 0 out), Chicago Miksis (5,2nd inning off Hearn 2 on 2 out).  Team LOB–8.  SF–Fondy (4,off Hearn).  Team–7.  U-HP–Frank Dascoli, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Larry Goetz.  T–2:34.  A–10,141.
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