Brooklyn Dodgers vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 20, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 1956 at Busch Stadium I. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 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 4, St. Louis Cardinals 1

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 5 1 1 0
Reese 3b 5 2 4 2
Snider cf 4 0 0 0
Furillo rf 4 0 1 0
Hodges 1b 4 0 2 1
Amoros lf 2 0 0 0
Walker c 3 0 0 0
Fernandez ss 4 0 0 0
Newcombe p 4 1 2 0
Totals 35 4 10 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 3 0 0 0
Dark ss 4 0 1 0
Musial 1b 3 1 2 1
Boyer 3b 4 0 1 0
Moon rf 4 0 1 0
Lockman lf 4 0 0 0
Peete cf 3 0 0 0
Katt c 2 0 0 0
  Hatton ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith c 0 0 0 0
Poholsky p 0 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 2 0 0 0
  Morgan ph 1 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Brooklyn 003 000 1004100
St. Louis 000 100 000150
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Newcombe  W(13-5) 9.0 5 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
0
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Poholsky  L(5-8) 2.2 6 3 3 2 2
  McDaniel   5.1 3 1 1 2 4
  Jackson   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
4
7

  E–None.  DP–Brooklyn 2. Dark-Blasingame-Musial, Blasingame-Dark-Musial, St. Louis 2. Dark-Blasingame-Musial, Blasingame-Dark-Musial.  2B–Brooklyn Hodges (12,off Poholsky); Furillo (21,off McDaniel).  HR–Brooklyn Reese (5,7th inning off McDaniel 0 on 2 out), St. Louis Musial (17,4th inning off Newcombe 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–8.  Team–5.  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Larry Goetz, 3B–Frank Dascoli.  T–2:14.  A–26,290.
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