Milwaukee Braves vs New York Giants
September 17, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1956 at Polo Grounds V. The New York Giants 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)
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Milwaukee Braves 2, New York Giants 7

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Logan ss 4 1 2 1
O'Connell 2b 4 0 1 0
Aaron rf 4 0 2 0
Adcock 1b 4 0 0 0
Pafko lf 4 0 0 0
Mathews 3b 3 0 0 0
Thomson cf 3 1 1 1
Crandall c 3 0 0 0
Conley p 0 0 0 0
  Crone p 1 0 0 0
  Mantilla ph 1 0 0 0
  Phillips p 0 0 0 0
  Rice ph 1 0 0 0
  Murff p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Thompson 3b 3 0 1 2
  Castleman 3b 1 0 0 0
Schoendienst 2b 3 0 0 1
Mays cf 4 1 1 1
Brandt rf,lf 4 1 1 0
White 1b 4 1 3 0
Rhodes lf 3 0 0 0
  Mueller rf 1 0 0 0
Sarni c 3 2 2 1
Spencer ss 3 1 1 0
Antonelli p 4 1 2 2
Totals 33 7 11 7
Milwaukee 000 011 000261
New York 030 102 10x7110
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Conley  L(8-9) 1.2 4 3 1 0 1
  Crone   3.1 5 1 1 0 1
  Phillips   2.0 2 3 3 1 0
  Murff   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
7
5
1
3
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Antonelli  W(17-13) 9.0 6 2 2 0 5
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
0
5

  E–Conley (2).  DP–Milwaukee 1. O'Connell-Logan-Adcock, New York 1. Spencer-Schoendienst-White.  HR–Milwaukee Thomson (20,5th inning off Antonelli 0 on 2 out); Logan (14,6th inning off Antonelli 0 on 1 out), New York Antonelli (3,6th inning off Phillips 1 on 1 out); Mays (34,7th inning off Phillips 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–3.  SH–Spencer (4,off Phillips).  SF–Schoendienst (3,off Crone).  Team–5.  U-HP–Bill Jackowski, 1B–Vic Delmore, 2B–Jocko Conlan, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–2:02.
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