Philadelphia Phillies vs Milwaukee Braves
July 21, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 21, 1956 at County Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Milwaukee Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 8, Milwaukee Braves 5

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn cf 7 1 3 0
Blaylock 1b 6 1 1 0
Lopata c 4 2 3 1
Ennis lf 8 1 2 4
Valo rf 1 1 1 0
  Greengrass rf 6 0 1 0
  Simmons pr 0 0 0 0
  Baumholtz rf 0 0 0 0
Jones 3b 8 0 2 0
Hamner ss 6 2 2 0
Kazanski 2b 5 0 2 0
Haddix p 5 0 2 3
  Miller B. p 1 0 0 0
  Seminick ph 1 0 0 0
  Miller S. p 0 0 0 0
  Meyer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 58 8 19 8
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
O'Connell 2b 7 0 1 0
Pafko lf 5 1 0 0
  Tanner ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Mathews 3b 6 1 1 2
Aaron rf 7 1 2 0
Adcock 1b 5 0 0 0
Thomson cf 5 0 1 1
Logan ss 5 1 2 1
Rice c 4 0 0 0
  Bruton pr 0 0 0 0
  Phillips p 0 0 0 0
  Covington ph 1 0 0 0
  Sleater p 2 0 1 0
Conley p 0 0 0 0
  Mantilla ph 1 0 1 0
  Jolly p 0 0 0 0
  Roselli ph 1 1 1 1
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Crandall ph,c 3 0 1 0
Totals 53 5 11 5
Philadelphia 020 020 010 000 0038192
Milwaukee 000 120 110 000 0005110
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Haddix   9.0 7 5 5 6 7
  Miller B.   4.0 1 0 0 2 4
  Miller S.  W(5-8) 1.0 3 0 0 3 0
  Meyer  SV(2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
15.0
11
5
5
11
12
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Conley   5.0 8 4 4 2 2
  Jolly   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Johnson   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Phillips   2.0 2 0 0 2 0
  Sleater  L(1-2) 5.0 5 3 3 5 2
Totals
15.0
19
8
8
9
4

  E–Jones (8), Hamner (18).  DP–Philadelphia 1. Kazanski-Blaylock-Hamner, Milwaukee 2. Logan-O'Connell-Adcock, Phillips-Logan-Adcock.  PB–Lopata (1).  2B–Philadelphia Lopata (26,off Conley); Haddix (5,off Johnson); Hamner (12,off Sleater), Milwaukee Aaron (17,off S. Miller).  HR–Philadelphia Ennis (16,15th inning off Sleater 2 on 1 out), Milwaukee Mathews (15,5th inning off Haddix 1 on 2 out); Roselli (1,7th inning off Haddix 0 on 0 out); Logan (8,8th inning off Haddix 0 on 2 out).  SH–Blaylock 2 (4,off Phillips,off Sleater); Hamner (3,off Phillips); Conley (5,off Haddix); Adcock (7,off B. Miller); O'Connell (8,off B. Miller); Crandall (2,off B. Miller).  IBB–Lopata 2 (6,by Phillips,by Sleater); Kazanski 2 (4,by Phillips,by Sleater); Thomson (3,by B. Miller); Mathews (9,by B. Miller); Logan (2,by S. Miller).  Team LOB–17.  Team–18.  SB–Ashburn (6,2nd base off Sleater/Crandall).  U-HP–Bill Jackowski, 1B–Lee Ballanfant, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Artie Gore.  T–4:55.  A–34,764.
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