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Milwaukee Braves @ New York Giants

1956-06-24 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · 2:41

Milwaukee Braves defeated New York Giants 6–2. Milwaukee Braves put up 4 in the 8th. Lew Burdette earned the win. Danny O'Connell went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ML1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	6	7
NY1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4

W: Lew Burdette L: Jim Hearn SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Stan Landes · 1B: Larry Goetz · 2B: Frank Dascoli · 3B: Frank Secory · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Milwaukee Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Danny O'Connell	4	1	1	3	1	0
Bill Bruton	5	0	0	0	0	2
Eddie Mathews	3	1	0	0	2	0
Hank Aaron	5	1	1	0	0	1
Bobby Thomson	3	0	0	0	2	0
Joe Adcock	3	0	1	2	1	0
Del Crandall	4	1	2	0	0	0
Johnny Logan	2	0	1	0	1	0
Lew Burdette	4	0	1	0	0	1
Wes Covington	1	1	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Bressoud	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bill White	3	1	0	0	1	0
Hank Thompson	2	0	0	0	0	1
Willie Mays	4	1	2	2	0	0
Dusty Rhodes	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bob Lennon	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Sarni	3	0	1	0	0	1
Daryl Spencer	2	0	0	0	1	0
Jim Hearn	3	0	1	0	0	1
Bobby Hofman	2	0	0	0	0	0
Don Mueller	1	0	0	0	0	0

Milwaukee Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lew Burdette	9.0	4	3	4

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Steve Ridzik	1.2	3	4	2
Jim Hearn	7.1	4	3	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Danny O'Connell: 43
Bill Bruton: K
Eddie Mathews: W
Hank Aaron: S1/L.1-2
Bobby Thomson: W.2-3;1-2
Joe Adcock: S57.3-H;2-H;1-3
Del Crandall: 8

Bot 1

Eddie Bressoud: 3/P
Bill White: W
Hank Thompson: K
Willie Mays: HR/7.1-H
Dusty Rhodes: 7

Top 2

Johnny Logan: D7
Lew Burdette: 3/FL
Danny O'Connell: W
Bill Bruton: K
Eddie Mathews: W.2-3;1-2
Hank Aaron: 64(1)/FO

Bot 2

Bob Lennon: 43
Bill Sarni: 8
Daryl Spencer: 6/P

Top 3

Bobby Thomson: 9
Joe Adcock: 13
Del Crandall: S
Johnny Logan: W.1-2
Lew Burdette: K

Bot 3

Jim Hearn: S
Eddie Bressoud: 63.1-2
Bill White: 63
Hank Thompson: 63

Top 4

Danny O'Connell: 63
Bill Bruton: 43
Eddie Mathews: 43

Bot 4

Willie Mays: 8
Dusty Rhodes: 7
Bob Lennon: 343

Top 5

Hank Aaron: 8
Bobby Thomson: W
Joe Adcock: 4(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Bill Sarni: S
Daryl Spencer: 6/P
Jim Hearn: K
Eddie Bressoud: 6/P

Top 6

Del Crandall: 53
Johnny Logan: 63
Lew Burdette: S
Danny O'Connell: 3/G

Bot 6

Bill White: 9
Bobby Hofman: 7
Willie Mays: S
Dusty Rhodes: 4/FL

Top 7

Bill Bruton: 3/L
Eddie Mathews: 9
Hank Aaron: K

Bot 7

Bob Lennon: 13
Bill Sarni: K
Daryl Spencer: W
Jim Hearn: 13

Top 8

Bobby Thomson: 6
Joe Adcock: W
Del Crandall: S6.1-2
Wes Covington: 3E1.2-H(NR)(UR);1-3;B-1
Lew Burdette: 3/L
Danny O'Connell: HR/9.3-H(UR);1-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Bill Bruton: 43

Bot 8

Eddie Bressoud: 7
Bill White: 43
Bobby Hofman: 7

Top 9

Eddie Mathews: 43
Hank Aaron: 7
Bobby Thomson: 5/L

Bot 9

Willie Mays: 8
Dusty Rhodes: W
Bob Lennon: K
Don Mueller: 8

Notes & reviews

Giants manager Rigney and coach Williams ejected by HP umpire Landes for arguing Covington was out at 1st and was only safe because he knocked ball from pitcher's hand
off RF pole

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