Milwaukee Braves vs Brooklyn Dodgers
June 17, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 17, 1956 at Ebbets Field. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Braves 5, Brooklyn Dodgers 4

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
O'Connell 2b 5 0 1 0
Bruton cf 4 1 0 0
Mathews 3b 5 0 0 1
Aaron rf 4 1 3 1
Thomson lf 3 0 0 0
Adcock 1b 4 2 3 3
  Torre 1b 0 0 0 0
Rice c 4 0 2 0
  Burdette pr 0 0 0 0
  Crandall c 0 0 0 0
Logan ss 4 0 0 0
Buhl p 3 1 1 0
  Tanner ph 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 4 1 2 0
Reese ss 4 0 0 1
Snider cf 3 0 1 0
Jackson 3b 4 0 0 0
Nelson 1b 4 2 3 1
Hodges lf 4 1 1 0
Campanella c 4 0 2 1
Furillo rf 4 0 1 1
Erskine p 1 0 0 0
  Roebuck p 1 0 0 0
  Amoros ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 34 4 11 4
Milwaukee 020 020 0015100
Brooklyn 001 102 0004111
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Buhl  W(6-3) 8.0 10 4 4 2 4
  Johnson  SV(1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
2
4
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Erskine   4.2 8 4 4 1 1
  Roebuck  L(3-3) 4.1 2 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
2
4

  E–Jackson (1).  DP–Milwaukee 1. Logan-O'Connell-Adcock, Brooklyn 1. Reese-Gilliam-Nelson.  2B–Milwaukee Rice (2,off Erskine), Brooklyn Nelson (2,off Buhl); Hodges (9,off Buhl).  3B–Brooklyn Gilliam (4,off Buhl).  HR–Milwaukee Adcock 2 (8,2nd inning off Erskine 1 on 1 out,9th inning off Roebuck 0 on 0 out), Brooklyn Nelson (3,6th inning off Buhl 0 on 0 out).  SH–Thomson (2,off Erskine); Reese (7,off Buhl); Roebuck (1,off Buhl).  Team LOB–7.  Team–7.  U-HP–Lee Ballanfant, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–Artie Gore, 3B–Bill Jackowski.
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