Milwaukee Braves vs Brooklyn Dodgers
May 6, 1957 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 6, 1957 at Ebbets Field. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Milwaukee Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Braves 4, Brooklyn Dodgers 5

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
O'Connell 2b 5 0 1 0
Aaron rf 6 0 0 0
Mathews 3b 6 3 4 2
Adcock 1b 7 1 1 1
Thomson lf 3 0 0 0
  Torre ph 1 0 0 0
  Pafko lf 3 0 1 0
Logan ss 5 0 0 1
Bruton cf 6 0 2 0
Crandall c 6 0 3 0
Burdette p 4 0 1 0
  Covington ph 1 0 0 0
  Murff p 0 0 0 0
Totals 53 4 13 4
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 7 0 0 0
Cimoli cf 7 3 5 1
Amoros lf 4 1 1 0
Furillo rf 6 1 4 4
Hodges 1b 5 0 1 0
Campanella c 2 0 0 0
  Walker c 1 0 0 0
Zimmer ss,3b 4 0 2 0
Neal 3b 3 0 0 0
  Valo ph 1 0 0 0
  Reese ss 2 0 0 0
Drysdale p 2 0 0 0
  Labine p 2 0 0 0
  Snider ph 1 0 0 0
  Craig p 0 0 0 0
  Newcombe ph 0 0 0 0
  Koufax p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 5 13 5
Milwaukee 100 001 010 001 004130
Brooklyn 300 000 000 001 015132
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Burdette   12.0 11 4 4 6 6
  Murff  L (2-1) 1.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
13.0
13
5
5
7
6
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Drysdale   6.2 7 2 2 1 6
  Labine   5.1 6 2 2 1 3
  Craig   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Koufax  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
14.0
13
4
4
3
10

  E–Hodges 2 (5).  DP–Milwaukee 3. Mathews-Adcock-O'Connell, O'Connell-Adcock, Mathews-Adcock, Brooklyn 2. Zimmer-Gilliam-Hodges, Drysdale-Gilliam-Hodges.  2B–Brooklyn Zimmer (2,off Burdette); Cimoli (2,off Burdette)..  HR–Milwaukee Mathews 2 (3,1st inning off Drysdale 0 on 2 out,6th inning off Drysdale 0 on 0 out); Adcock (6,8th inning off Labine 0 on 0 out)., Brooklyn Furillo (3,1st inning off Burdette 2 on 1 out); Cimoli (2,14th inning off Murff 0 on 0 out)..  SH–Burdette (2,off Drysdale); Campanella (1,off Burdette); Walker (1,off Burdette)..  SF–Logan (1,off Labine).  HBP–O'Connell (1,by Drysdale).  Team LOB–13.  IBB–Zimmer 2 (3,by Burdette 2).  Team–12.  U-HP–Lee Ballanfant, 1B–Bill Jackowski, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Tony Venzon.  T–4:00.
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