Milwaukee Braves vs Brooklyn Dodgers
July 31, 1954 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1954 at Ebbets Field. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Milwaukee Braves 15, Brooklyn Dodgers 7

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Bruton cf 6 0 4 1
O'Connell 2b 5 0 0 0
Mathews 3b 4 3 2 2
Aaron lf 5 2 2 0
Adcock 1b 5 5 5 7
Pafko rf 4 2 3 2
  Pendleton rf 1 1 0 0
Logan ss 2 1 1 1
  Smalley ss 2 1 1 0
Crandall c 4 0 0 0
  Calderone c 1 0 1 0
Wilson p 1 0 0 0
  Burdette p 3 0 0 0
  Buhl p 0 0 0 0
  Jolly p 1 0 0 0
Totals 44 15 19 13
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 4 1 4 0
Reese ss 3 0 1 0
  Zimmer ss 1 0 0 0
Snider cf 4 0 1 1
  Shuba lf 1 0 0 0
Hodges 1b 5 1 1 1
Amoros lf,cf 5 2 3 0
Robinson 3b 0 0 0 0
  Hoak 3b 2 1 1 2
Furillo rf 5 1 2 1
Walker c 5 1 1 2
Newcombe p 0 0 0 0
  Labine p 0 0 0 0
  Moryn ph 1 0 0 0
  Palica p 0 0 0 0
  Wojey p 1 0 0 0
  Podres ph,p 2 0 2 0
Totals 39 7 16 7
Milwaukee 132 030 30315190
Brooklyn 100 001 0417161
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson   1.0 5 1 1 0 0
  Burdette  W(10-11) 6.1 8 5 5 2 3
  Buhl   0.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Jolly  SV(7) 1.2 1 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
16
7
7
3
4
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Newcombe  L(6-6) 1.0 4 4 4 0 0
  Labine   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Palica   2.1 5 5 5 2 1
  Wojey   2.2 4 3 3 0 3
  Podres   2.0 5 3 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
19
15
13
2
5

  E–None.  DP–Milwaukee 2. Mathews-O'Connell-Adcock, O'Connell-Logan-Adcock.  2B–Milwaukee Pafko (14,off Newcombe); Bruton 3 (10,off Labine,off Podres 2); Adcock (20,off Palica); Aaron (22,off Wojey)..  HR–Milwaukee Mathews 2 (27,1st inning off Newcombe 0 on 2 out,3rd inning off Palica 0 on 0 out); Adcock 4 (19,2nd inning off Newcombe 0 on 0 out,5th inning off Palica 2 on 0 out,7th inning off Wojey 1 on 0 out,9th inning off Podres 0 on 0 out); Pafko (12,7th inning off Wojey 0 on 0 out)..  SH–O'Connell (13,off Podres).  Team LOB–5.  CS–Bruton (6,2nd base by Wojey/Walker).  U-HP–Dusty Boggess, 1B–Bill Engeln, 2B–Bill Stewart, 3B–Babe Pinelli.  T–2:53.  A–12,263.
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