Chicago Cubs vs Philadelphia Phillies
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 Connie Mack Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Chicago Cubs 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago Cubs 8, Philadelphia Phillies 10

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Drake cf 5 2 2 0
Hoak 3b 5 3 4 1
Fondy 1b 4 1 3 3
Banks ss 4 1 1 2
Moryn rf 5 1 3 2
Irvin lf 5 0 0 0
Miksis 2b 1 0 0 0
  Baker 2b 3 0 1 0
Chiti c 4 0 1 0
Kaiser p 0 0 0 0
  Hughes p 3 0 0 0
  Valentinetti p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  King ph 1 0 0 0
  Meyer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 8 15 8
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn cf 3 3 3 1
Blaylock 1b 5 2 4 0
Lopata c 4 1 3 3
Ennis lf 4 0 0 0
Valo rf 2 0 1 0
  Greengrass ph,rf 0 1 0 0
Jones 3b 4 1 1 4
Hamner ss 4 1 1 0
Hemus 2b 4 1 1 1
  Kazanski 2b 0 0 0 0
Rogovin p 1 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Haddix ph 1 0 0 0
  Roberts p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 10 14 9
Chicago 000 230 1028151
Philadelphia 220 000 51x10140
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Kaiser   1.0 5 4 3 1 0
  Hughes   5.0 3 1 1 2 0
  Valentinetti  L(5-3) 0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Davis   0.2 1 2 2 1 1
  Meyer   1.0 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
10
9
4
1
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Rogovin   4.1 8 5 5 0 3
  Miller   1.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Roberts  W(12-11) 3.0 5 3 3 0 1
Totals
9.0
15
8
8
0
4

  E–Chiti (5).  DP–Chicago 2. Banks-Miksis-Fondy, Hoak-Baker-Fondy.  2B–Chicago Moryn (16,off Rogovin); Chiti (3,off Roberts), Philadelphia Hamner (16,off Kaiser); Hemus (3,off Kaiser).  3B–Chicago Hoak (2,off Rogovin).  HR–Chicago Moryn (14,4th inning off Rogovin 1 on 1 out); Fondy (6,5th inning off Rogovin 1 on 1 out), Philadelphia Jones (11,7th inning off Davis 3 on 1 out).  SH–Fondy (5,off Roberts); Rogovin (3,off Hughes); Ennis (3,off Valentinetti).  SF–Banks (1,off Roberts); Ashburn (1,off Hughes).  Team LOB–7.  IBB–Greengrass (2,by Davis).  Team–6.  SB–Hoak (3,3rd base off Roberts/Lopata).  U-HP–Bill Jackowski, 1B–Vic Delmore, 2B–Jocko Conlan, 3B–Artie Gore.
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