Milwaukee Braves vs Philadelphia Phillies
September 15, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 15, 1956 at Connie Mack Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Milwaukee Braves 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

Milwaukee Braves 5, Philadelphia Phillies 6

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Logan ss 4 1 1 0
  Mantilla ph 1 0 0 0
O'Connell 2b 2 0 0 0
  Hersh ph 1 0 0 0
  Trowbridge p 0 0 0 0
  Pafko ph 1 0 1 0
Aaron rf 5 1 1 3
Mathews 3b 3 1 3 0
  Pendleton 3b 0 0 0 0
Adcock 1b 5 0 0 0
Thomson lf 4 0 1 1
Bruton cf 4 1 2 0
Rice c 2 0 1 0
  Phillips p 0 0 0 0
  Tanner ph 1 0 0 0
  Dittmer 2b 1 0 0 0
Buhl p 1 0 0 0
  Crone p 0 0 0 0
  Crandall c 3 1 1 1
Totals 38 5 11 5
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn cf 4 1 2 1
Hemus 2b 3 1 2 1
Blaylock 1b 4 0 1 2
Ennis lf 3 0 0 1
Jones 3b 3 1 0 0
Valo rf 4 1 3 1
Seminick c 2 1 0 0
Smalley ss 4 0 1 0
Miller p 2 0 0 0
  Simmons p 1 1 1 0
  Roberts p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 10 6
Milwaukee 000 100 4005110
Philadelphia 200 300 01x6101
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Buhl   3.0 5 4 4 2 0
  Crone   0.2 1 1 1 2 1
  Phillips   2.1 2 0 0 1 1
  Trowbridge  L(3-2) 2.0 2 1 1 2 0
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
7
2
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Miller   6.2 8 5 2 1 4
  Simmons  W(12-10) 1.2 3 0 0 0 0
  Roberts  SV(3) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
2
2
4

  E–Smalley (10).  DP–Milwaukee 2. Logan-O'Connell-Adcock, Adcock-Dittmer.  2B–Milwaukee Mathews (20,off B. Miller); Crandall (13,off B. Miller); Pafko (4,off Simmons), Philadelphia Valo (12,off Buhl).  3B–Philadelphia Ashburn (8,off Trowbridge).  HR–Milwaukee Aaron (26,7th inning off B. Miller 2 on 2 out).  SH–O'Connell (15,off B. Miller); B. Miller (2,off Buhl).  Team LOB–9.  SF–Ennis (3,off Buhl).  Team–9.  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Lee Ballanfant, 2B–Artie Gore, 3B–Dusty Boggess.
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