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Braves 2 @ Giants 7
Polo Grounds
September 17, 1956

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Milwaukee Braves, played on September 17, 1956 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants beat the visiting Braves with a score of 7 to 2.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 17, 1956 
Visiting Team
Milwaukee Braves
R: 2 H: 6 E: 1 LOB: 3
Runs: 2
Hits: 6
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 3
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 7 H: 11 E: 0 LOB: 5
Runs: 7
Hits: 11
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 5
Winning PitcherJohnny Antonelli  
Losing PitcherGene Conley  
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Game Winning RBIBill Sarni 

Game Info

DateSeptember 17, 1956 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamMilwaukee Braves 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherGene Conley  
Home Starting PitcherJohnny Antonelli  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance 
Time of Game2 hours 2 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill Jackowski
1B: Vic Delmore
2B: Jocko Conlan
3B: Stan Landes

Milwaukee Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Johnny Logan  Shortstop 
Danny O'Connell  Second Baseman 
Hank Aaron  Right Fielder 
Joe Adcock  First Baseman 
Andy Pafko  Left Fielder 
Eddie Mathews  Third Baseman 
Bobby Thomson  Center Fielder 
Del Crandall  Catcher 
Gene Conley  Pitcher 
Fred Haney  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Hank Thompson  Third Baseman 
Red Schoendienst  Second Baseman 
Willie Mays  Center Fielder 
Jackie Brandt  Right Fielder 
Bill White  First Baseman 
Dusty Rhodes  Left Fielder 
Bill Sarni  Catcher 
Daryl Spencer  Shortstop 
Johnny Antonelli  Pitcher 
Bill Rigney  Manager 

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Braves 2 @ Giants 7
Polo Grounds
September 17, 1956

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         Game of 9/17/1956, game 1 -- Milwaukee at New York (N)

  Milwaukee          AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Logan J, ss           4  1  2  1   Thompson H, 3b        3  0  1  2   
O'Connell D, 2b       4  0  1  0   Castleman F, 3b       1  0  0  0   
Aaron H, rf           4  0  2  0   Schoendienst R, 2b    3  0  0  1   
Adcock J, 1b          4  0  0  0   Mays W, cf            4  1  1  1   
Pafko A, lf           4  0  0  0   Brandt J, rf-lf       4  1  1  0   
Mathews E, 3b         3  0  0  0   White B, 1b           4  1  3  0   
Thomson B, cf         3  1  1  1   Rhodes D, lf          3  0  0  0   
Crandall D, c         3  0  0  0   Mueller D, rf         1  0  0  0   
Conley G, p           0  0  0  0   Sarni B, c            3  2  2  1   
Crone R, p            1  0  0  0   Spencer D, ss         3  1  1  0   
Mantilla F, ph        1  0  0  0   Antonelli J, p        4  1  2  2   
Phillips T, p         0  0  0  0                                      
Rice D, ph            1  0  0  0                                      
Murff R, p            0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     32  2  6  2                        33  7 11  7

Milwaukee        000 011 000 --  2
New York         030 102 10x --  7

  Milwaukee            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Conley G (L)          1.2  4  3  1  0  1
Crone R               3.1  5  1  1  0  1
Phillips T            2.0  2  3  3  1  0
Murff R               1.0  0  0  0  0  1

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Antonelli J (W)       9.0  6  2  2  0  5

E -- Conley G
DP -- Milwaukee 1, New York 1
LOB -- Milwaukee 3, New York 5
HR -- Thomson B, Logan J, Antonelli J, Mays W
SH -- Spencer D
SF -- Schoendienst R
T -- 2:02
A -- 0

    

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