Philadelphia Phillies vs Brooklyn Dodgers
September 25, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 25, 1956 at Ebbets Field. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 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

Philadelphia Phillies 0, Brooklyn Dodgers 5

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn cf 3 0 0 0
Blaylock 1b 4 0 0 0
Lopata c 3 0 0 0
Ennis lf 3 0 0 0
Jones 3b 2 0 0 0
Valo rf 3 0 0 0
Hemus 2b 3 0 0 0
  Kazanski 2b 0 0 0 0
Smalley ss 2 0 0 0
  Baumholtz ph 1 0 0 0
Meyer p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Bouchee ph 1 0 0 0
  Sanford p 0 0 0 0
  Haddix ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 26 0 0 0
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 3 1 1 0
Reese ss 3 0 0 0
Snider cf 2 1 0 0
Robinson 3b 2 1 1 0
Amoros lf 4 0 0 0
Hodges 1b 2 1 1 0
Furillo rf 3 0 0 1
Campanella c 2 1 1 2
Maglie p 3 0 0 0
Totals 24 5 4 3
Philadelphia 000 000 000002
Brooklyn 032 000 00x540
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Meyer  L(7-11) 2.1 3 5 3 3 0
  Miller   2.2 0 0 0 1 2
  Sanford   3.0 1 0 0 3 2
Totals
8.0
4
5
3
7
4
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Maglie  W(12-5) 9.0 0 0 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
2
3

  E–Lopata (16), Meyer (1).  DP–Philadelphia 3. B. Miller-Lopata-Blaylock, Lopata-Hemus, Blaylock-Hemus, Brooklyn 1. Hodges-Reese-Hodges.  2B–Brooklyn Robinson (15,off Meyer).  HR–Brooklyn Campanella (19,2nd inning off Meyer 1 on 2 out).  HBP–Ashburn (5,by Maglie).  Team LOB–2.  SH–Reese (15,off Meyer); Robinson (8,off Sanford).  IBB–Snider (26,by Meyer); Hodges (10,by B. Miller).  Team–4.  CS–Hodges (3,2nd base by Sanford/Lopata); Hodges (3,2nd base by Sanford/Lopata).  U-HP–Hal Dixon, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Babe Pinelli.
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