Milwaukee Braves vs Brooklyn Dodgers
June 15, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 15, 1956 at Ebbets Field. 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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Milwaukee Braves 4, Brooklyn Dodgers 5

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
O'Connell 2b 2 1 0 0
Bruton cf 4 1 1 3
Mathews 3b 4 0 0 0
Aaron rf 4 1 1 0
Thomson lf 4 0 1 0
Torre 1b 4 0 1 0
Crandall c 2 0 0 0
Logan ss 2 0 0 1
Burdette p 2 1 0 0
  Jolly p 0 0 0 0
  Sleater p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 4 4 4
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 5 0 1 0
Reese ss 3 0 1 0
Snider cf 5 1 1 0
Jackson 3b 4 0 0 0
Nelson 1b 5 2 2 1
Hodges lf 2 1 0 0
Campanella c 3 0 0 0
  Zimmer pr 0 0 0 0
  Walker c 1 0 1 1
Furillo rf 4 1 4 3
Maglie p 2 0 0 0
  Robinson ph 1 0 0 0
  Labine p 0 0 0 0
  Amoros ph 0 0 0 0
  Cimoli ph 1 0 0 0
  Roebuck p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
Milwaukee 003 000 100441
Brooklyn 010 000 1215100
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Burdette   7.1 7 4 4 4 6
  Jolly   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Sleater  L(1-1) 1.1 2 1 1 2 0
Totals
8.2
10
5
5
7
6
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Maglie   7.0 4 4 4 4 4
  Labine   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Roebuck  W(3-2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
4
4
4
4

  E–Mathews (14).  DP–Milwaukee 1. Torre-Logan-Burdette, Brooklyn 1. Maglie-Reese-Nelson.  2B–Brooklyn Gilliam (4,off Burdette); Snider (8,off Sleater)..  HR–Milwaukee Bruton (3,3rd inning off Maglie 2 on 2 out), Brooklyn Furillo (6,7th inning off Burdette 0 on 0 out); Nelson (2,8th inning off Burdette 0 on 1 out).  SF–Logan (3,off Maglie).  IBB–Crandall (6,by Maglie); Jackson (2,by Sleater); Hodges (3,by Sleater)..  Team LOB–2.  Team–12.  CS–Thomson (1,2nd base by Maglie/Campanella).  U-HP–Artie Gore, 1B–Bill Jackowski, 2B–Lee Ballanfant, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–3:07.  A–26,784.
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