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Milwaukee Braves @ Philadelphia Phillies

1956-05-15 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 13141 · night · 2:26

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Milwaukee Braves 3–1. Philadelphia Phillies put up 2 in the 7th. Stu Miller earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Stu Miller L: Lew Burdette SV: (none)

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

Milwaukee Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Danny O'Connell	2	0	0	0	2	0
Johnny Logan	4	0	2	1	0	0
Eddie Mathews	4	0	0	0	0	1
Hank Aaron	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bobby Thomson	4	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Adcock	4	0	0	0	0	4
Wes Covington	2	1	1	0	1	0
Del Crandall	4	0	0	0	0	0
Lew Burdette	2	0	1	0	0	0
Chuck Tanner	1	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Torre	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Richie Ashburn	4	0	1	0	0	1
Ted Kazanski	4	0	1	0	0	0
Marv Blaylock	4	0	1	0	0	2
Del Ennis	4	0	1	0	0	0
Stan Lopata	3	1	2	1	1	0
Jim Greengrass	4	1	1	1	0	1
Willie Jones	2	0	1	1	1	0
Roy Smalley	3	0	0	0	0	1
Stu Miller	2	1	0	0	1	0

Milwaukee Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lew Burdette	7.0	7	2	5
Lou Sleater	0.1	0	0	0
Dave Jolly	0.2	1	1	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Stu Miller	9.0	6	3	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Danny O'Connell: 63
Johnny Logan: S8
Eddie Mathews: 5/P
Hank Aaron: 7/7D

Bot 1

Richie Ashburn: K
Ted Kazanski: 31
Marv Blaylock: K

Top 2

Bobby Thomson: 63
Joe Adcock: K
Wes Covington: 31

Bot 2

Del Ennis: 53
Stan Lopata: S5
Jim Greengrass: K+OA/DP.1X2(26)

Top 3

Del Crandall: 63
Lew Burdette: 43
Danny O'Connell: 53

Bot 3

Willie Jones: 3/FL
Roy Smalley: 9
Stu Miller: 13

Top 4

Johnny Logan: 53
Eddie Mathews: 43
Hank Aaron: S7/6
Bobby Thomson: S7/6.1-2
Joe Adcock: K

Bot 4

Richie Ashburn: 9
Ted Kazanski: 63
Marv Blaylock: T/78
Del Ennis: 6/P

Top 5

Wes Covington: S/89
Del Crandall: 9
Lew Burdette: 14/SH.1-2
Danny O'Connell: W
Johnny Logan: 64(1)/FO

Bot 5

Stan Lopata: 43
Jim Greengrass: 8
Willie Jones: W
Roy Smalley: 6/P

Top 6

Eddie Mathews: 9
Hank Aaron: 7
Bobby Thomson: 53

Bot 6

Stu Miller: 13
Richie Ashburn: 63
Ted Kazanski: 53

Top 7

Joe Adcock: K
Wes Covington: W
Del Crandall: 4/P
Lew Burdette: S.1-3
Danny O'Connell: W.1-2
Johnny Logan: S6.3-H;2-3;1-2
Eddie Mathews: K

Bot 7

Marv Blaylock: K
Del Ennis: 8
Stan Lopata: S6
Jim Greengrass: T8.1-H
Willie Jones: S8.3-H
Roy Smalley: K

Top 8

Hank Aaron: 5/P
Bobby Thomson: 8/8D
Joe Adcock: K

Bot 8

Stu Miller: W
Richie Ashburn: S2.1-2
Ted Kazanski: S8.2-3;1-2
Marv Blaylock: 5/P
Del Ennis: S6/BR.2X3(6);3-3;1-2
Stan Lopata: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Jim Greengrass: 5(2)/FO

Top 9

Chuck Tanner: 7
Del Crandall: 7
Frank Torre: 3/FL