Milwaukee Braves vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 12, 1957 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 12, 1957 at Forbes Field. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 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 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Schoendienst 2b 5 0 1 0
Logan ss 5 1 1 1
Mathews 3b 4 2 2 0
Aaron cf 4 1 2 2
Covington lf 5 1 2 0
Torre 1b 5 0 1 2
Pafko rf 5 0 2 0
Crandall c 4 0 2 0
Spahn p 3 0 1 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 5 14 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 4 0 2 1
Mazeroski 2b 5 0 0 1
Thomas rf 4 1 2 0
Fondy 1b 3 1 1 0
Groat ss 3 0 1 0
Skinner lf 3 0 0 1
Baker 3b 4 1 1 0
Rand c 4 0 0 0
Law p 2 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
  Pendleton ph 1 0 1 0
  Trimble p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Freese ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 34 4 9 3
Milwaukee 000 002 1025141
Pittsburgh 000 002 002491
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Spahn  W (9-7) 8.1 9 4 3 2 6
  McMahon  SV (2) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
3
2
6
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Law   5.0 9 2 2 1 3
  Face  L (3-5) 2.0 2 1 1 0 3
  Trimble   1.1 3 2 1 1 1
  Smith   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
5
4
2
7

  E–Logan (15), Fondy (10).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Rand-Mazeroski.  2B–Milwaukee Mathews (18,off Law); Spahn (1,off Law)., Pittsburgh Baker (18,off Spahn).  3B–Milwaukee Covington (4,off Law); Mathews (4,off Face)..  HR–Milwaukee Aaron (28,6th inning off Law 0 on 0 out); Logan (6,9th inning off Trimble 0 on 0 out)..  SF–Aaron (2,off Face).  Team LOB–11.  SH–Skinner (1,off Spahn); Groat (6,off Spahn); Virdon (6,off Spahn)..  Team–8.  U-HP–Frank Dascoli, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Bill Baker.  T–2:44.  A–20,078.
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