New York Giants vs Milwaukee Braves
August 22, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 22, 1956 at County Stadium. The New York Giants defeated the Milwaukee Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Giants 2, Milwaukee Braves 1

New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Castleman 3b 4 1 2 0
Schoendienst 2b 3 0 0 0
Mays cf 2 0 1 0
Rhodes lf 3 0 1 1
  Mueller rf 1 0 0 0
Brandt rf,lf 4 1 1 0
White 1b 4 0 1 0
Sarni c 3 0 1 1
  Westrum c 1 0 0 0
Spencer ss 2 0 0 0
Littlefield p 3 0 0 0
  Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 7 2
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
O'Connell 2b 3 0 1 0
  Crandall ph 1 0 1 0
  Burdette pr 0 0 0 0
Logan ss 4 0 1 0
Aaron rf 3 0 0 0
Mathews 3b 4 0 0 0
Adcock 1b 3 1 3 0
  Bruton pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Thomson cf,lf 4 0 1 1
Pafko lf 3 0 1 0
  Covington ph 1 0 0 0
  Torre 1b 0 0 0 0
Rice c 4 0 1 0
Phillips p 2 0 0 0
  Mantilla ph 1 0 1 0
  Trowbridge p 0 0 0 0
  Tanner ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 10 1
New York 010 001 000270
Milwaukee 010 000 0001100
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Littlefield  W(1-5) 7.0 9 1 1 1 2
  Wilhelm  SV(6) 2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
1
1
2
2
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Phillips  L(3-2) 7.0 6 2 2 3 1
  Trowbridge   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
2

  E–None.  DP–Milwaukee 1. Logan-Adcock.  PB–Westrum 2 (13).  2B–New York Castleman (11,off Trowbridge), Milwaukee Adcock 2 (19,off Littlefield 2); Mantilla (1,off Littlefield).  3B–New York Sarni (5,off Phillips).  SH–Schoendienst (2,off Trowbridge); Logan (25,off Littlefield); O'Connell (12,off Littlefield).  IBB–Mays (15,by Phillips); Spencer (1,by Phillips).  Team LOB–5.  Team–10.  CS–Mays (7,2nd base by Phillips/Rice).  U-HP–Hal Dixon, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Babe Pinelli.  T–2:25.  A–20,256.
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