Brooklyn Dodgers vs Cincinnati Redlegs
July 17, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 17, 1956 at Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Redlegs defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers 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 3, Cincinnati Redlegs 4

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam lf 4 0 1 0
  Labine p 0 0 0 0
Reese 3b 5 0 1 0
Snider cf 4 2 1 0
Furillo rf 3 1 3 3
Hodges 1b 4 0 1 0
Walker c 4 0 1 0
  Amoros pr 0 0 0 0
  Campanella c 0 0 0 0
Neal 2b 4 0 1 0
Fernandez ss 4 0 1 0
Koufax p 4 0 0 0
  Cimoli lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 10 3
Cincinnati Redlegs ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 4 1 1 0
Post rf 4 1 2 1
  Burgess ph 0 0 0 0
Bell cf 4 0 2 1
Kluszewski 1b 4 0 1 1
Robinson lf 4 1 2 1
Bailey c 4 0 1 0
Jablonski 3b 2 0 0 0
Grammas ss 2 0 0 0
  Thurman ph 1 0 0 0
  Bridges ss 1 0 0 0
Lawrence p 4 0 1 0
  Dyck pr 0 1 0 0
Totals 34 4 10 4
Brooklyn 200 000 1003101
Cincinnati 200 000 0114100
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Koufax  L(1-2) 8.0 9 4 4 3 7
  Labine   0.1 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.1
10
4
4
5
7
  Cincinnati Redlegs IP H R ER BB SO
Lawrence  W(13-0) 9.0 10 3 3 3 7
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
3
7

  E–Walker (2).  2B–Brooklyn Furillo (20,off Lawrence), Cincinnati Lawrence (1,off Koufax).  3B–Cincinnati Post (1,off Koufax).  HR–Brooklyn Furillo (11,1st inning off Lawrence 1 on 2 out), Cincinnati Robinson (20,8th inning off Koufax 0 on 0 out).  IBB–Furillo (8,by Lawrence); Burgess (3,by Labine); Bell (3,by Labine).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Temple (10,off Labine).  Team–11.  SB–Reese (5,2nd base off Lawrence/Bailey).  CS–Fernandez (1,2nd base by Lawrence/Bailey).  U-HP–Dusty Boggess, 1B–Hal Dixon, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Babe Pinelli.
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