Milwaukee Braves vs Brooklyn Dodgers
September 12, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1956 at Ebbets Field. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Braves 8, Brooklyn Dodgers 7

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Mantilla ss 4 0 1 0
O'Connell 2b 5 0 1 0
Aaron rf 5 0 3 0
Mathews 3b 4 2 1 0
Adcock 1b 4 3 2 2
Thomson lf 3 1 1 1
Bruton cf 4 1 2 3
Crandall c 3 1 1 1
Burdette p 0 0 0 0
  Conley p 2 0 0 1
  Phillips p 0 0 0 0
  Buhl p 0 0 0 0
  Tanner ph 0 0 0 0
  Crone p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 12 8
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 5 0 1 0
Reese ss 5 2 4 1
Snider cf 4 2 1 1
Robinson 3b 4 0 1 0
Amoros lf 5 1 2 2
Furillo rf 4 0 1 1
Hodges 1b 4 0 0 0
Campanella c 4 1 1 1
Newcombe p 0 0 0 0
  Labine p 2 0 0 0
  Bessent p 0 0 0 0
  Mitchell ph 1 1 1 0
  Craig p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson ph 1 0 1 0
  Fernandez pr 0 0 0 0
  Drysdale p 0 0 0 0
  Lehman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 13 6
Milwaukee 040 002 1108121
Brooklyn 310 000 3007131
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Burdette   0.2 4 3 3 0 1
  Conley   5.1 7 3 3 0 3
  Phillips   0.1 0 1 0 1 0
  Buhl  W(17-8) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Crone  SV(1) 2.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
7
6
1
4
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Newcombe   1.0 3 4 4 1 0
  Labine   5.1 5 3 3 1 4
  Bessent   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Craig  L(12-10) 1.0 2 1 1 2 1
  Drysdale   0.2 2 0 0 1 0
  Lehman   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
8
8
5
7

  E–O'Connell (10), Furillo (4).  DP–Milwaukee 1. Buhl-Mantilla-Adcock, Brooklyn 1. Gilliam-Reese-Hodges.  2B–Milwaukee Mathews (19,off Labine), Brooklyn Snider (26,off Burdette).  3B–Milwaukee Bruton (14,off Newcombe), Brooklyn Amoros (8,off Burdette).  HR–Milwaukee Adcock (37,6th inning off Labine 1 on 1 out); Crandall (15,7th inning off Labine 0 on 0 out), Brooklyn Campanella (18,2nd inning off Conley 0 on 0 out).  SH–Conley (8,off Labine).  IBB–Crandall (16,by Craig).  Team LOB–5.  HBP–Robinson (2,by Buhl).  Team–7.  CS–Mantilla (1,2nd base by Bessent/Campanella); Thomson (4,Home by Craig/Campanella).  U-HP–Hal Dixon, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Babe Pinelli.
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