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Reds 6 @ Braves 5
County Stadium
May 25, 1956

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Milwaukee Braves and the Cincinnati Reds, played on May 25, 1956 at County Stadium. The home team Braves were bested by the visiting Reds with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateMay 25, 1956 
Visiting Team
Cincinnati Reds
R: 6 H: 9 E: 2 LOB: 8
Runs: 6
Hits: 9
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
Milwaukee Braves
R: 5 H: 10 E: 4 LOB: 7
Runs: 5
Hits: 10
Errors: 4
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherJoe Black  
Losing PitcherWarren Spahn  
SaveJoe Nuxhall  
Game Winning RBI(none) 

Game Info

DateMay 25, 1956 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamCincinnati Reds 
Home TeamMilwaukee Braves 
Visiting Starting PitcherBrooks Lawrence  
Home Starting PitcherWarren Spahn  
BallparkCounty Stadium 
CityMilwaukee 
StateWI 
Attendance32,473 
Time of Game2 hours 25 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Frank Dascoli
1B: Frank Secory
2B: Stan Landes
3B: Larry Goetz

Cincinnati Reds Lineup 

Name  Position 
Johnny Temple  Second Baseman 
Frank Robinson  Left Fielder 
Gus Bell  Center Fielder 
Ted Kluszewski  First Baseman 
Wally Post  Right Fielder 
Ray Jablonski  Third Baseman 
Ed Bailey  Catcher 
Roy McMillan  Shortstop 
Brooks Lawrence  Pitcher 
Birdie Tebbetts  Manager 

Milwaukee Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Danny O'Connell  Second Baseman 
Johnny Logan  Shortstop 
Eddie Mathews  Third Baseman 
Hank Aaron  Right Fielder 
Bobby Thomson  Left Fielder 
Bill Bruton  Center Fielder 
Frank Torre  First Baseman 
Del Crandall  Catcher 
Warren Spahn  Pitcher 
Charlie Grimm  Manager 

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Reds 6 @ Braves 5
County Stadium
May 25, 1956

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/25/1956 -- Cincinnati at Milwaukee (N)

  Cincinnati         AB  R  H RBI    Milwaukee          AB  R  H RBI
Temple J, 2b          4  2  3  0   O'Connell D, 2b       5  1  2  1   
Robinson F, lf        5  1  0  0   Logan J, ss           4  0  2  0   
Bell G, cf            5  1  1  0   Covington W, ph       0  0  0  0   
Kluszewski T, 1b      5  1  4  3   Mathews E, 3b         2  1  0  1   
Post W, rf            4  0  0  0   Pafko A, ph           1  0  0  0   
Jablonski R, 3b       4  0  0  0   Aaron H, rf           3  0  0  0   
Bailey E, c           4  0  0  0   Thomson B, lf         4  0  0  0   
McMillan R, ss        4  0  1  0   Bruton B, cf          4  1  1  0   
Lawrence B, p         2  0  0  0   Torre F, 1b           4  1  1  1   
Dyck J, ph            1  1  0  0   Crandall D, c         3  1  3  1   
Black J, p            0  0  0  0   Spahn W, p            3  0  0  0   
Palys S, ph           1  0  0  0   Conley G, p           0  0  0  0   
Freeman H, p          0  0  0  0   Tanner C, ph          1  0  1  0   
Nuxhall J, p          0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     39  6  9  3                        34  5 10  4

Cincinnati       000 001 302 --  6
Milwaukee        100 013 000 --  5

  Cincinnati           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Lawrence B            6.0  7  5  2  2  2
Black J (W)           2.0  1  0  0  0  1
Freeman H             0.2  2  0  0  1  0
Nuxhall J (S)         0.1  0  0  0  0  0

  Milwaukee            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Spahn W (L)           8.2  9  6  2  2  2
Conley G              0.1  0  0  0  0  0

E -- Logan J, Jablonski R, Robinson F, Mathews E, Bruton B 2
DP -- Cincinnati 2
LOB -- Cincinnati 8, Milwaukee 7
2B -- Logan J, McMillan R, Torre F, Crandall D
3B -- O'Connell D
HR -- Kluszewski T
SH -- Aaron H
SF -- Mathews E
WP -- Spahn W
T -- 2:25
A -- 32473

    

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