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Milwaukee Braves @ Cincinnati Reds

1956-07-02 · Night game · Crosley Field · Att: 28635 · night · 2:11

Cincinnati Redlegs defeated Milwaukee Braves 2–1. Johnny Klippstein earned the win. Bobby Thomson went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Johnny Klippstein L: Warren Spahn SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Dusty Boggess · 1B: Hal Dixon · 2B: Tom Gorman · 3B: Babe Pinelli · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Milwaukee Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jack Dittmer	2	0	0	0	1	0
Johnny Logan	3	0	2	0	0	0
Wes Covington	4	0	0	0	0	2
Hank Aaron	4	0	2	0	0	0
Bill Bruton	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Thomson	4	1	1	1	0	2
Joe Adcock	4	0	2	0	0	0
Del Rice	2	0	1	0	1	1
Warren Spahn	3	0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Tanner	1	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Mathews	1	0	0	0	0	1

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Temple	4	1	1	0	0	1
Wally Post	3	1	1	0	1	0
Gus Bell	3	0	2	1	1	0
Ted Kluszewski	4	0	1	0	0	0
Frank Robinson	2	0	0	0	2	0
Ed Bailey	3	0	0	0	1	0
Alex Grammas	4	0	2	0	0	0
Roy McMillan	3	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Klippstein	3	0	0	0	0	1

Milwaukee Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Warren Spahn	8.0	7	5	3

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Klippstein	9.0	8	2	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jack Dittmer: W
Johnny Logan: 13/SH.1-2
Wes Covington: K
Hank Aaron: 43

Bot 1

Johnny Temple: K/C
Wally Post: W
Gus Bell: S9.1-H(E5)(NR);B-2#
Ted Kluszewski: 43.2-3
Frank Robinson: W
Ed Bailey: PO1(13)

Top 2

Bill Bruton: 63
Bobby Thomson: HR/9
Joe Adcock: D7
Del Rice: W
Warren Spahn: 7
Jack Dittmer: 6

Bot 2

Ed Bailey: W
Alex Grammas: S9.1X3(95)
Roy McMillan: 3
Johnny Klippstein: 53

Top 3

Johnny Logan: 53
Wes Covington: 7
Hank Aaron: S7
Bill Bruton: 2/FL

Bot 3

Johnny Temple: D7
Wally Post: 5
Gus Bell: S/89.2-H
Ted Kluszewski: 4
Frank Robinson: 8

Top 4

Bobby Thomson: K/C
Joe Adcock: 8
Del Rice: K

Bot 4

Ed Bailey: 9
Alex Grammas: S9
Roy McMillan: 9
Johnny Klippstein: K

Top 5

Warren Spahn: 5
Jack Dittmer: 8
Johnny Logan: S7
Wes Covington: K

Bot 5

Johnny Temple: 7
Wally Post: S4
Gus Bell: W.1-2
Ted Kluszewski: 7
Frank Robinson: W.2-3;1-2
Ed Bailey: 4

Top 6

Hank Aaron: S7
Bill Bruton: 34/SH.1-2
Bobby Thomson: 8
Joe Adcock: 2/P

Bot 6

Alex Grammas: 9
Roy McMillan: K/C
Johnny Klippstein: 9

Top 7

Del Rice: S9
Warren Spahn: 26(1)/FO
Chuck Tanner: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Johnny Temple: 8
Wally Post: 5E3.B-1
Gus Bell: 43/G/DP.1X3(34)

Top 8

Johnny Logan: S7
Wes Covington: 7
Hank Aaron: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Ted Kluszewski: S/23
Frank Robinson: 7
Ed Bailey: 3/G.1-2
Alex Grammas: 63

Top 9

Bill Bruton: 43
Bobby Thomson: K
Joe Adcock: S8
Eddie Mathews: K