Brooklyn Dodgers vs New York Yankees
October 7, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 7, 1956 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Brooklyn Dodgers 2, New York Yankees 6

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 4 0 0 0
Reese ss 4 0 1 0
Snider cf 4 1 1 0
Robinson 3b 3 1 1 0
Hodges 1b 4 0 1 1
Amoros lf 3 0 0 0
Furillo rf 3 0 0 0
Campanella c 2 0 2 1
Erskine p 1 0 0 0
  Walker ph 1 0 0 0
  Roebuck p 0 0 0 0
  Mitchell ph 1 0 0 0
  Drysdale p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Bauer rf 4 1 1 2
Collins 1b 3 1 1 0
Mantle cf 3 2 1 1
Berra c 4 0 1 1
Slaughter lf 3 1 0 0
Martin 2b 4 0 1 1
McDougald ss 2 0 0 1
Carey 3b 3 1 1 0
Sturdivant p 3 0 1 0
Totals 29 6 7 6
Brooklyn 000 100 001260
New York 100 201 20x672
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Erskine  L(0-1) 4.0 4 3 3 2 2
  Roebuck   2.0 1 1 1 0 2
  Drysdale   2.0 2 2 2 1 1
Totals
8.0
7
6
6
3
5
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Sturdivant  W(1-0) 9.0 6 2 2 6 7
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
6
7

  E–Collins (2), Carey (1).  DP–Brooklyn 1 Gilliam-Reese-Hodges, New York 2 Collins, Martin-McDougald-Collins.  2B–Brooklyn Snider (1,off Sturdivant); Robinson (1,off Sturdivant), New York Collins (1,off Erskine).  HR–New York Mantle (2,6th inning off Roebuck 0 on 0 out); Bauer (1,7th inning off Drysdale 1 on 2 out).  Team LOB–8.  SF–McDougald (1,off Erskine).  IBB–Slaughter (2,by Erskine).  Team–3.  CS–Gilliam (1,2nd base by Sturdivant/Berra).  SB–Mantle (1,2nd base off Erskine/Campanella).  IBB–Erskine (1,Slaughter).  U-HP–Larry Napp, 1B–Babe Pinelli, 2B–Hank Soar, 3B–Dusty Boggess.  T–2:43.  A–69,705.
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