Brooklyn Dodgers vs Chicago Cubs
August 28, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 1956 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers 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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Brooklyn Dodgers 3, Chicago Cubs 4

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam lf 3 0 0 0
Reese ss 3 0 0 0
Amoros cf 2 0 0 0
Furillo rf 3 0 1 0
Hodges 1b 3 0 0 0
Neal 2b 3 1 1 0
Jackson 3b 3 1 1 2
Walker c 2 0 1 0
  Erskine pr 0 0 0 0
  Campanella c 1 0 0 0
Drysdale p 1 0 0 0
  Lehman p 0 0 0 0
  Roebuck p 0 0 0 0
  Snider ph 1 1 1 1
Totals 25 3 5 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Fondy 1b 4 0 1 0
Hoak 3b 3 0 2 0
Baker 2b 4 1 1 1
Banks ss 3 1 1 0
Moryn rf 4 2 3 0
Irvin lf 3 0 2 1
Whisenant cf 3 0 0 0
Chiti c 2 0 0 0
  Landrith ph,c 1 0 1 2
Brosnan p 2 0 0 0
  King ph 1 0 0 0
  Valentinetti p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 11 4
Brooklyn 020 000 01351
Chicago 000 101 2x4110
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Drysdale  L(3-4) 6.1 10 4 4 3 5
  Lehman   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Roebuck   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
7.0
11
4
4
5
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Brosnan   6.0 4 2 2 3 4
  Valentinetti  W(6-3) 2.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
5
3
3
3
5

  E–Campanella (11).  DP–Brooklyn 1. Neal-Reese-Hodges, Chicago 2. Baker-Banks, Banks-Baker-Fondy.  2B–Chicago Fondy (19,off Drysdale); Banks (17,off Drysdale); Hoak (13,off Drysdale); Moryn (21,off Drysdale).  HR–Brooklyn Jackson (7,2nd inning off Brosnan 1 on 1 out); Snider (36,8th inning off Valentinetti 0 on 1 out), Chicago Baker (11,7th inning off Drysdale 0 on 1 out).  SH–Drysdale (2,off Brosnan).  Team LOB–2.  IBB–Irvin (5,by Lehman).  Team–11.  CS–Reese (3,2nd base by Brosnan/Chiti).  SB–Banks (6,3rd base off Lehman/Campanella); Moryn (4,2nd base off Lehman/Campanella).  U-HP–Jocko Conlan, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Bill Jackowski, 3B–Vic Delmore.  T–2:08.  A–19,277.
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