Pittsburgh Pirates vs Milwaukee Braves
July 16, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 1956 at County Stadium. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 1, Milwaukee Braves 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 4 0 2 0
Groat ss 3 0 1 0
Walls lf 4 0 0 0
Long 1b 4 0 0 0
Thomas 3b 4 1 2 1
Clemente rf 4 0 1 0
Foiles c 4 0 0 0
Mazeroski 2b 3 0 1 0
Kline p 2 0 0 0
  Lynch ph 1 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
O'Connell 2b 4 0 1 0
Logan ss 4 1 1 0
Mathews 3b 4 0 1 1
Aaron rf 4 1 2 1
Covington lf 3 0 0 0
  Thomson lf 0 0 0 0
Bruton cf 3 0 1 0
Adcock 1b 3 0 0 0
Rice c 3 0 0 0
Buhl p 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 6 2
Pittsburgh 010 000 000–170
Milwaukee 100 100 00x–260
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kline  L(8-10) 7.0 6 2 2 1 2
  Face   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
2
2
1
3
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Buhl  W(11-4) 9.0 7 1 1 0 4
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
0
4
  E–None.  2B–Pittsburgh Mazeroski (1), Milwaukee Mathews (11,off Kline).  HR–Pittsburgh Thomas (16,2nd inning off Buhl 0 on), Milwaukee Aaron (11,4th inning off Kline 0 on 0 out).  SH–Groat (12).  Team LOB–6.  Team–5.  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Larry Goetz, 2B–Frank Dascoli, 3B–Frank Secory.
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