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Milwaukee Braves @ Philadelphia Phillies

1956-06-26 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 23975 · night · 1:52

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Milwaukee Braves 4–2. Philadelphia Phillies put up 2 in the 8th. Robin Roberts earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ML1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	5
PHI	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2		4	10

W: Robin Roberts L: Ray Crone SV: (none)

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

Milwaukee Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Danny O'Connell	4	0	0	0	0
Bill Bruton	4	1	2	0	0
Eddie Mathews	4	0	0	0	1
Hank Aaron	4	1	2	1	0
Bobby Thomson	4	0	1	0	1
Joe Adcock	2	0	0	0	0
Del Rice	3	0	0	0	2
Johnny Logan	3	0	0	0	0
Ray Crone	3	0	0	0	3
Frank Torre	0	0	0	1	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Richie Ashburn	4	0	0	0	0	0
Marv Blaylock	4	0	1	0	0	0
Stan Lopata	4	3	3	0	0	1
Del Ennis	4	1	3	0	0	0
Elmer Valo	3	0	1	1	1	0
Willie Jones	4	0	1	1	0	0
Ted Kazanski	3	0	0	1	0	1
Roy Smalley	3	0	0	0	0	1
Robin Roberts	3	0	1	0	0	0

Milwaukee Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ray Crone	8.0	10	1	3

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Robin Roberts	9.0	5	0	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Danny O'Connell: 3/L
Bill Bruton: S3
Eddie Mathews: 9
Hank Aaron: 3/FL

Bot 1

Richie Ashburn: 31
Marv Blaylock: S8
Stan Lopata: K
Del Ennis: S8.1-2
Elmer Valo: 63

Top 2

Bobby Thomson: 3/FL
Joe Adcock: 13
Del Rice: K

Bot 2

Willie Jones: 63
Ted Kazanski: K
Roy Smalley: 8

Top 3

Johnny Logan: 8
Ray Crone: K
Danny O'Connell: 7

Bot 3

Robin Roberts: 43
Richie Ashburn: 5/FL
Marv Blaylock: 31

Top 4

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

Bot 4

Stan Lopata: S6
Del Ennis: 9
Elmer Valo: E3.1-2;B-1
Willie Jones: S6.2-3;1-2
Ted Kazanski: 8/SF.3-H(UR)
Roy Smalley: WP.2-3;1-2
Roy Smalley: 8

Top 5

Bobby Thomson: 8
Joe Adcock: 3/FL
Del Rice: 5/FL

Bot 5

Robin Roberts: 7
Richie Ashburn: 4/L
Marv Blaylock: 43

Top 6

Johnny Logan: 5/L
Ray Crone: K
Danny O'Connell: 63

Bot 6

Stan Lopata: D7
Del Ennis: S8.2-3;B-2(TH)
Elmer Valo: IW
Willie Jones: 46(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Ted Kazanski: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Bill Bruton: S8.B-2(E8)
Eddie Mathews: 9.2-3
Hank Aaron: D9.3-H
Bobby Thomson: S6.2-3
Frank Torre: 53/SH.3-H;1-2#
Del Rice: K

Bot 7

Roy Smalley: K
Robin Roberts: S8
Richie Ashburn: 36(1)/FO
Marv Blaylock: 4/P

Top 8

Johnny Logan: 8/L
Ray Crone: K/C
Danny O'Connell: 43

Bot 8

Stan Lopata: S8
Del Ennis: S7.1-H(E7)(NR);B-3
Elmer Valo: S9.3-H;BX2(96)
Willie Jones: 53
Ted Kazanski: 63

Top 9

Bill Bruton: 9
Eddie Mathews: 3/P
Hank Aaron: S8
Bobby Thomson: K