Milwaukee Braves vs Philadelphia Phillies
June 25, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 25, 1956 at Connie Mack Stadium. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Milwaukee Braves 8, Philadelphia Phillies 5

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
O'Connell 2b 4 1 0 0
Bruton cf 3 0 0 0
  Crandall ph 1 1 1 1
  Spahn p 0 0 0 0
Mathews 3b 3 3 2 1
Aaron rf 4 0 0 1
Thomson lf,cf 4 1 4 3
Adcock 1b 3 0 0 0
  Torre 1b 2 0 1 2
Rice c 4 0 0 0
Logan ss 4 1 2 0
Buhl p 3 0 0 0
  Covington ph 0 0 0 0
  Pafko ph,lf 1 1 1 0
Totals 36 8 11 8
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn cf 5 1 2 0
Blaylock 1b 4 0 1 1
  Seminick ph 1 0 0 0
Lopata c 4 0 1 1
Ennis lf 3 1 0 0
Valo rf 2 1 0 0
Jones 3b 4 1 1 3
Kazanski 2b 4 0 0 0
Smalley ss 2 0 0 0
  Hemus ph 1 0 1 0
  Burk pr 0 0 0 0
  Hamner ss 1 0 1 0
Miller p 2 1 0 0
  Haddix p 0 0 0 0
  Greengrass ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 7 5
Milwaukee 010 101 0238112
Philadelphia 100 010 030571
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Buhl  W(8-3) 8.0 7 5 4 3 2
  Spahn  SV(1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
5
4
3
2
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Miller  L(3-4) 8.0 8 6 6 3 2
  Haddix   1.0 3 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
8
8
4
3

  E–Mathews 2 (16), Hamner (10).  DP–Milwaukee 1. Logan-O'Connell-Adcock.  2B–Milwaukee Mathews (10,off S. Miller); Logan (10,off S. Miller), Philadelphia Lopata (18,off Buhl).  HR–Milwaukee Thomson (10,2nd inning off S. Miller 0 on 1 out); Mathews (12,4th inning off S. Miller 0 on 0 out), Philadelphia Jones (7,8th inning off Buhl 2 on 1 out).  SH–Bruton (3,off S. Miller).  SF–Aaron (4,off Haddix).  IBB–Mathews 2 (6,by S. Miller,by Haddix); Thomson (2,by S. Miller)..  Team LOB–7.  HBP–Valo (2,by Buhl).  Team–6.  U-HP–Hal Dixon, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Babe Pinelli, 3B–Dusty Boggess.
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