Chicago Cubs vs Milwaukee Braves
July 5, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 1956 at County Stadium. The Chicago Cubs 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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Chicago Cubs 7, Milwaukee Braves 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hoak 3b 5 2 1 1
Baker 2b 5 1 2 2
Fondy 1b 4 0 1 2
Banks ss 4 1 2 0
Moryn rf 4 0 0 0
King lf 3 0 0 1
Miksis cf 4 1 1 1
Landrith c 4 1 1 0
Valentinetti p 2 0 2 0
  Brosnan p 2 1 1 0
Totals 37 7 11 7
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
O'Connell 2b 3 0 0 0
Logan ss 3 0 1 0
Mathews 3b 3 0 0 0
Aaron rf 4 0 0 0
Covington lf 3 1 1 0
Adcock 1b 2 0 0 0
Bruton cf 3 0 1 0
Rice c 3 0 1 0
Crone p 2 0 0 0
  Sleater p 0 0 0 0
  Tanner ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 27 1 4 0
Chicago 010 000 501–7111
Milwaukee 000 010 000–142
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Valentinetti   4.2 3 1 0 1 1
  Brosnan  W(2-3) 4.1 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
4
1
0
2
2
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Crone  L(8-5) 6.2 9 6 6 0 3
  Sleater   2.1 2 1 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
7
6
1
3
  E–Fondy (7), Mathews (18), Aaron (9).  DP–Chicago 2. Baker-Banks-Fondy, Landrith-Banks-Baker.  2B–Chicago Hoak (6); Fondy (7), Milwaukee Logan (13).  3B–Chicago Banks (5).  HR–Chicago Miksis (8,7th inning off Crone 0 on).  SF–Fondy (6); King (2).  IBB–Banks (11).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Logan (8); Adcock (5).  Team–3.  SB–Banks (3).  CS–Bruton (3).  U-HP–Dusty Boggess, 1B–Hal Dixon, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Babe Pinelli.
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