BOXSCORE: 1956 Cleveland Indians At 1956 Chicago-NL Cubs 4/17/1956
Indians AB R H RBI AVG Cubs AB R H RBI AVG
W.Jones 3B 4 1 1 2 .217 J.Robinson 2B 4 2 2 0 .286
C-G.Kell 3B 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Snider CF 3 2 2 1 .333
F.Hatfield 2B 4 0 0 0 .136 S.Lopata C 4 1 3 4 .444
T.Sturdivant P 0 0 0 01.000 E.Banks SS 4 0 2 0 .273
T.Williams LF 3 0 1 0 .476 E.Mathews 3B 3 0 0 0 .286
A.Kaline CF 3 1 0 0 .261 C.Furillo RF 4 1 3 1 .455
D.Long 1B 3 1 1 2 .190 J.Lemon LF 4 0 0 0 .000
D-B.Boyd 1B 1 0 0 0 .000 P.Ward 1B 4 0 0 0 .286
R.Clemente RF 4 1 1 0 .360 F-B.Del Greco 1B 0 0 0 0 .000
R.Wilson C 4 0 1 0 .400 R.Roberts P 2 0 0 0 .000
D.Groat SS 4 0 1 1 .391 A-V.Wertz PH 1 0 0 0 .400
R.Craig P 2 0 0 0 .000 V.Valentinetti P 0 0 0 0 ----
B-G.Crowe PH 0 1 0 0 .000
E-B.Mazeroski 2B 0 0 0 0 .000
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Totals 32 5 6 5 Totals 33 6 12 6
A-Pinch Hit For Roberts In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Craig In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Jones In 7th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Long In 7th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Crowe In 7th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Ward In 9th Inning
Indians......... 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 - 5 6 0
Cubs............ 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 - 6 12 1
Indians (3-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
R.Craig 6 10 4 4 2 2 1 103 6.00 A1 C9
T.Sturdivant L(0-1)B(1st) 2 2 2 2 0 0 2 25 4.50 D1
Totals 8 12 6 6 2 2 3
Cubs (2-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
R.Roberts 6 5 3 3 1 4 1 90 4.50 A1 C6
V.Valentinet W(1-0)B(1st) 3 1 2 2 2 0 1 36 5.40 C7
Totals 9 6 5 5 3 4 2
ATTENDANCE- 33,729 DATE- Saturday, April 17th 1956 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 1:59
LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 3 Cubs: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 2 Cubs: 0
ERRORS- S.Lopata
DOUBLES- R.Wilson(1st), S.Lopata(1st), C.Furillo(1st)
HOME RUNS- W.Jones(1st), D.Long(1st), D.Snider(1st), S.Lopata(2nd),
C.Furillo(1st)
RBIs- W.Jones-2(4th), D.Long-2(2nd), D.Groat(2nd), D.Snider(1st),
S.Lopata-4(8th), C.Furillo(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- R.Clemente(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- A.Kaline
WALKS- T.Williams, A.Kaline, G.Crowe, D.Snider, E.Mathews
STRIKE OUTS- W.Jones, R.Clemente, R.Craig-2, J.Lemon-2
GIDP- E.Mathews-2
2-out RBI- D.Groat, W.Jones-2
RLISP 2-out- E.Banks, D.Groat, V.Wertz
TEAM RISP- Indians: 1 for 3 Cubs: 3 for 8
Stan Lopata blasted a homerun and had 4 RBI as the Chicago-NL Cubs outscored
the Cleveland Indians 6 to 5.
Lopata provided much of the offense. He doubled in the 1st inning, clubbed a
three-run home run in the 3rd inning and lashed a single which brought home a
run in the 5th inning. Cleveland was out-hit by Chicago-NL, 12 hits to 6.
Vito Valentinetti(1-0) went 3 innings allowing 2 runs for the win. Tom
Sturdivant(0-1) was the losing pitcher in relief. He surrendered 2 runs and
2 hits in 2 innings.
SCORESHEET: 1956 Cleveland Indians at 1956 Chicago-NL Cubs
W.Jones-A1 A1:G/63 B1:K *5*:F/7 D1:HR>1#
G.Kell-D3 b#
F.Hatfie-A1 A2:G/13 B2:G/63 C2:P/6 D2:F/9
T.Sturdi-D3
T.Willia-A1 A3:Si *4*:G/63 C3:E(foul *8*:W>b1
)/2 G/13
A.Kaline-A1 A4:F/7 B4:W>b1 *6*:FO/5 D4:Force/
16>1o b1
D.Long-A1 *2*:P/6 B5:HR>1# C5:G/63 D5:CS/26>
B.Boyd-D3 b# 1o F/9
R.Clemen-A1 A6:G/63 B6:Si C6:K *9*:F/7
R.Wilson-A1 A7:Do B7:SB>12 *7*:G/43 D7:G/43
F/8
D.Groat-A1 A8:G/43 B8:Si>2# C8:G/43 D8:F/9
R.Craig-A1 *3*:K B9:K C9:W>b1
G.Crowe-C9
B.Mazero-D3
J.Robins-A1 A1:F/8 B1:Si *5*:Si *7*:FO/2
D.Snider-A1 A2:L/4 B2:W>12 b C2:Si>12 D2:HR>b#
1
S.Lopata-A1 A3:Do B3:HR>2# C3:Si>2# D3:G/43
1# b# 13
E.Banks-A1 A4:Si>2o B4:Si C4:P/6 D4:G/63
E.Mathew-A1 *2*:W>b1 B5:G-DP/3 C5:G-DP/4 *8*:F/8
63>1o 63>1o
C.Furill-A1 A6:Force/ *4*:Si *6*:Do D6:HR>b#
64>1o b1
J.Lemon-A1 A7:K B7:K C7:G/23>2 D7:L/5
3
P.Ward-A1 A8:G/43 B8:F/8 C8:L/4 D8:L/3
B.Del Gr-D9
R.Robert-A1 *3*:L/4 B9:F/8 C9:G/43
V.Wertz-C9
V.Valent-D1