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Philadelphia Phillies vs New York Giants
August 8, 1956 Box Score
The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1956 at Polo Grounds V. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the New York Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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"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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| Game played on Wednesday, August 8, 1956 at Polo Grounds V |
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| Philadelphia |
1 | 1 | 0 | | 1 | 0 | 4 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 8 | 9 | 0 |
| New York |
1 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 3 | 10 | 0 |
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| Philadelphia Phillies |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Roberts W(14-11) |
9.0 |
10 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
7 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
10 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
7 |
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| New York Giants |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Hearn L(4-11) |
7.0 |
8 |
7 |
7 |
3 |
2 |
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Ridzik |
2.0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
9 |
8 |
8 |
6 |
2 |
E–None. DP–Philadelphia 1. Bressoud-Schoendienst-White, New York 1. Bressoud-Schoendienst-White. 2B–Philadelphia Hamner (18,off Ridzik). HR–Philadelphia Lopata (23,1st inning off Hearn 0 on 2 out); Jones (12,4th inning off Hearn 0 on 0 out); Kazanski (2,6th inning off Hearn 3 on 1 out), New York Rhodes (7,4th inning off Roberts 0 on 0 out). SF–Kazanski (2,off Ridzik). IBB–Hamner (2,by Hearn). Team LOB–6. Team–8. U–Bill Jackowski, Vic Delmore, Jocko Conlan. |
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| Game played on Wednesday, August 8, 1956 at Polo Grounds V |
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Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."
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