Milwaukee Braves vs Brooklyn Dodgers
August 1, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 1, 1956 at Ebbets Field. The Brooklyn Dodgers 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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Milwaukee Braves 1, Brooklyn Dodgers 2
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
O'Connell 2b 3 0 0 0
  Covington ph 1 1 1 0
  Dittmer 2b 1 0 0 0
Bruton cf 2 0 1 0
Aaron rf 4 0 2 0
Mathews 3b 4 0 0 0
Adcock 1b 4 0 0 0
Thomson lf 3 0 1 0
Logan ss 4 0 1 0
Rice c 2 0 0 0
  Tanner ph 1 0 1 0
  Crandall c 1 0 0 0
Burdette p 3 0 1 0
  Torre ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 8 0
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 4 0 0 0
Reese ss 4 0 0 0
Snider cf 2 1 1 1
Furillo rf 4 0 1 0
Robinson 3b 4 1 2 0
Hodges 1b 3 0 1 0
Amoros lf 3 0 0 0
  Cimoli lf 0 0 0 0
Campanella c 3 0 1 0
Maglie p 2 0 1 0
  Labine p 1 0 0 0
  Mitchell ph 1 0 1 1
  Craig p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 8 2
Milwaukee 000 000 100–181
Brooklyn 000 100 01x–281
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Burdette  L(12-6) 8.0 8 2 2 5 10
Totals
8.0
8
2
2
5
10
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Maglie   6.1 8 1 0 3 6
  Labine  W(9-4) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Craig  SV(1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
1
0
3
7
  E–Thomson (8), Campanella (8).  DP–Brooklyn 1. Furillo-Robinson.  2B–Milwaukee Burdette (1,off Maglie).  HR–Brooklyn Snider (26,4th inning off Burdette 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Hodges (3,off Burdette).  IBB–Snider 2 (20,by Burdette 2); Campanella (8,by Burdette).  Team–11.  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Bill Engeln, 2B–Larry Goetz, 3B–Frank Dascoli.
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