Cincinnati Redlegs vs Brooklyn Dodgers
May 8, 1957 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1957 at Ebbets Field. The Cincinnati Redlegs defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Redlegs 7, Brooklyn Dodgers 6

Cincinnati Redlegs ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 5 0 1 0
Lynch rf 4 0 1 0
  Post rf 1 0 0 0
Bell cf 4 1 1 0
Robinson lf 4 1 1 0
Crowe 1b 4 3 3 3
Bailey c 3 1 1 0
Hoak 3b 4 1 2 4
McMillan ss 4 0 0 0
Hacker p 3 0 1 0
  Freeman p 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 11 7
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 4 0 1 1
Reese ss 4 0 1 0
Snider cf 4 1 1 0
Furillo rf 4 1 0 0
Hodges 1b 4 1 2 3
Amoros lf 4 0 1 0
Walker c 4 1 1 0
Zimmer 3b 4 2 2 0
Newcombe p 4 0 2 2
Totals 36 6 11 6
Cincinnati 020 100 0407111
Brooklyn 001 000 2306110
  Cincinnati Redlegs IP H R ER BB SO
Hacker  W (3-1) 7.1 10 5 4 0 1
  Freeman  SV (3) 1.2 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
6
5
0
2
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Newcombe  L (2-2) 9.0 11 7 7 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
1
0

  E–McMillan (2).  DP–Cincinnati 1. Crowe-McMillan-Crowe.  2B–Cincinnati Bailey (4,off Newcombe), Brooklyn Zimmer (4,off Hacker).  HR–Cincinnati Crowe 2 (5,2nd inning off Newcombe 1 on 0 out,4th inning off Newcombe 0 on 1 out); Hoak (3,8th inning off Newcombe 3 on 2 out)., Brooklyn Hodges (4,8th inning off Freeman 2 on 1 out).  Team LOB–4.  SF–Gilliam (1,off Hacker).  Team–4.  U-HP–Vic Delmore, 1B–Vinnie Smith, 2B–Jocko Conlan, 3B–Augie Donatelli.
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