Brooklyn Dodgers vs New York Giants
July 4, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1956 at Polo Grounds V. The Brooklyn Dodgers 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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Brooklyn Dodgers 15, New York Giants 2

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam lf 6 3 1 0
Reese ss 7 1 1 0
Snider cf 5 3 3 2
Jackson 3b 5 3 3 2
Hodges 1b 3 1 2 4
Robinson 2b 2 1 1 0
  Neal 2b 1 0 0 1
Furillo rf 6 1 3 2
Campanella c 4 1 1 1
Newcombe p 5 1 2 2
  Cimoli ph 1 0 1 0
  Roebuck p 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 15 18 14
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bressoud ss 4 0 1 2
Mueller rf 3 0 0 0
  Constable p 0 0 0 0
  Rhodes ph 1 0 0 0
  McCall p 0 0 0 0
Mays cf 3 0 0 0
White 1b 4 0 0 0
Sarni c 3 0 0 0
  Mangan c 0 0 0 0
  Westrum c 1 0 0 0
Castleman 3b 4 0 0 0
Lennon lf,rf 3 1 2 0
Spencer 2b 3 1 1 0
Gomez p 1 0 1 0
  Ridzik p 0 0 0 0
  Littlefield p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson ph 1 0 0 0
  Brandt lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 2
Brooklyn 021 213 32115181
New York 000 000 020252
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Newcombe  W(10-5) 8.0 5 2 2 1 5
  Roebuck  SV(1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
1
6
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Gomez  L(4-8) 3.2 9 5 5 3 1
  Ridzik   1.2 3 4 4 2 1
  Littlefield   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Constable   2.0 4 5 5 6 0
  McCall   1.0 2 1 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
18
15
14
11
2

  E–Reese (13), White (8), Lennon (2).  DP–Brooklyn 1. Reese-Robinson-Hodges.  2B–Brooklyn Furillo 2 (16,off Gomez,off Ridzik); Newcombe (4,off Gomez); Hodges (11,off Gomez); Jackson (9,off Constable)..  3B–Brooklyn Snider (2,off Gomez).  HR–Brooklyn Campanella (10,5th inning off Ridzik 0 on 0 out); Snider (19,6th inning off Ridzik 0 on 0 out).  SH–Hodges (2,off Ridzik).  HBP–Jackson (2,by Ridzik).  IBB–Campanella (5,by Gomez).  Team LOB–16.  Team–4.  SB–Gilliam (9,3rd base off Constable/Sarni); Reese (3,2nd base off Constable/Sarni).  U-HP–Larry Goetz, 1B–Frank Dascoli, 2B–Frank Secory, 3B–Stan Landes.
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