BOXSCORE: 1956 Washington Nationals At 1956 Chicago-NL Cubs         4/19/1956

  Nationals          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Cubs               AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Temple 2B         4  2  1  0 .310     J.Robinson 1B       5  0  0  0 .250  
  H.Kuenn SS          5  0  1  0 .274     J.Lemon LF          4  1  2  0 .188  
  J.Adcock 1B         5  0  2  0 .353     E.Banks SS          5  0  3  1 .243  
F-B.White 1B          0  0  0  0 .200     C.Furillo RF        4  0  0  0 .254  
  G.Bell CF           3  1  2  1 .325     S.Lopata C          2  0  0  0 .310  
  H.Simpson RF        4  1  4  2 .250   D-N.Siebern PR        0  1  0  0 .333  
G-J.Rivera RF         0  0  0  0 ----   E-E.Howard PR,C       0  0  0  0 .200  
  R.Boone 3B          5  0  1  0 .225     A.Grammas 2B        3  0  0  0 .118  
  R.Sievers LF        3  0  1  1 .247     T.Lepcio 3B         2  0  0  0 .216  
  R.Campanella C      3  0  1  0 .257   A-M.Irvin PH          1  0  0  0 .300  
  W.Spahn P           4  0  1  0 .250   C-E.Mathews 3B        0  0  0  0 .214  
  A.Aber P            0  0  0  0 ----     B.Del Greco CF      3  1  2  1 .294  
  R.Face P            0  0  0  0 .200     T.Gorman P          1  0  0  0 .000  
                                          S.Maglie P          1  0  0  0 .000  
                                        B-D.Snider PH,CF      1  0  1  1 .273  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36  4 14  4                 Totals      32  3  8  3

A-Pinch Hit For Lepcio In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Maglie In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Irvin In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Lopata In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Ran For Siebern In 9th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Adcock In 9th Inning
G-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Simpson In 9th Inning

Nationals....... 0 0 1  0 0 1  1 0 1  -  4 14  0
Cubs............ 0 0 0  0 0 1  1 1 0  -  3  8  0

Nationals (12-8)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
W.Spahn                   7 1/3   7   3   3   5   4   1 134   3.54  A1 D6
A.Aber WIN(1-0) BS(1st)   0 2/3   1   0   0   1   0   0  13   0.00  D7 D9
R.Face SAVE(6th)          1       0   0   0   0   1   0  11   4.35  E1
Totals                    9       8   3   3   6   5   1

Cubs (8-9)               IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
S.Maglie                  7      11   3   3   5   2   0 115   1.64  A1 D6
T.Gorman LOSS(1-3)        2       3   1   1   0   1   0  29   4.40  D7
Totals                    9      14   4   4   5   3   0

ATTENDANCE- 7,070 DATE- Monday, April 19th 1956 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:52
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals:12  Cubs: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 1  Cubs: 2
DOUBLES- J.Adcock(10th), H.Simpson(2nd), E.Banks(4th), D.Snider(5th)
TRIPLES- H.Simpson(3rd)
HOME RUNS- B.Del Greco(1st)
RBIs- G.Bell(11th), H.Simpson-2(11th), R.Sievers(10th), E.Banks(7th),
      B.Del Greco(2nd), D.Snider(4th)
SACRIFICE HITS- A.Grammas
SACRIFICE FLIES- G.Bell
WALKS- J.Temple, G.Bell, H.Simpson, R.Sievers, R.Campanella, J.Lemon,
       S.Lopata-2, E.Mathews, S.Maglie, D.Snider
HIT BY PITCH- R.Sievers
STRIKE OUTS- R.Boone-2, W.Spahn, J.Lemon, E.Banks, C.Furillo, T.Lepcio,
             S.Maglie
GIDP- J.Adcock, R.Campanella, C.Furillo
WILD PITCHES- W.Spahn-2
2-out RBI- H.Simpson, D.Snider
RLISP 2-out- R.Boone-3, C.Furillo-3, S.Lopata, J.Robinson, W.Spahn, H.Kuenn,
             R.Sievers
TEAM RISP- Nationals: 3 for 11  Cubs: 3 for 9

Harry Simpson had 4 hits and 2 RBI at Wrigely Field where the Washington
Nationals beat the Chicago-NL Cubs 4 to 3.

The game was won by Washington with a run in the top of the 9th inning.  After
an out was recorded, Gus Bell lashed a single.  Simpson came to the plate and
tripled scoring the run.  Washington had 14 hits for the afternoon while
Chicago-NL had 8.  

Al Aber(1-0) went 2/3 of an inning allowing no runs for the victory. Aber got
help from Roy Face who earned his 6th save.  Tom Gorman(1-3) was the loser in
relief.  


SCORESHEET: 1956 Washington Nationals at 1956 Chicago-NL Cubs
J.Temple-A1  A1:F/7     *3*:Si     *5*:G/43   *7*:W>b1   E1:P/6
                                                         
                                                         
H.Kuenn-A1   A2:G/63    B2:Si>12   C2:G/3     D2:L/6     E2:Force/
                                                         46>1o b1
                                                         
J.Adcock-A1  A3:Si      B3:G-DP/5  C3:G/63    D3:Do>13   *9*:G/63
B.White-E8              43>23 1o                         
                                                         
G.Bell-A1    A4:Si>12   B4:W>b1    *6*:G/43   D4:SF/9>3  E4:Si
                                              #          
                                                         
H.Simpso-A1  A5:W>23 1  B5:Do>3#   C5:Si      D5:Si>23   E5:Tr>1#
J.Rivera-E8  2 b1       1o                               
                                                         
R.Boone-A1   A6:G/43    *4*:K      C6:Si>13   D6:F/8     E6:K
                                                         
                                                         
R.Siever-A1  *2*:W>b1   B7:F/8     C7:Si>3#   *8*:HBP    E7:F/8
                                   1o                    
                                                         
R.Campan-A1  A8:G-DP/6  B8:Si      C8:W>b1    D8:L/5
             43>1o                            
                                              
W.Spahn-A1   A9:G/43    B9:G/53    C9:K       D9:Si>12
A.Aber-E3                                     
R.Face-E8                                     

J.Robins-A1  A1:F/8     B1:L/4     C1:G/63    D1:Force/  *9*:G/53
                                              54>1o b1   
                                                         
J.Lemon-A1   A2:Si      *4*:K      *6*:W>b1   D2:Si>12   E2:G/53
                                                         
                                                         
E.Banks-A1   A3:Force/  B3:Do      C3:WP>12   D3:Si>23   E3:K
             54>1o b1              Si>2#      12         
                                                         
C.Furill-A1  A4:WP>12   B4:G/53    C4:G-DP/6  D4:G/63
             K                     43>1o      
                                              
S.Lopata-A1  *2*:G/63   B5:G/43    C5:W>b1    *8*:W>b1
N.Sieber-D7                                   
E.Howard-E1                                   
A.Gramma-A1  A6:F/8     *5*:L/4    C6:P/4     D6:Sac/34
                                              >12
                                              
T.Lepcio-A1  A7:K       B7:G/63    *7*:F/9    D7:W>b1
M.Irvin-C7                                    
E.Mathew-D5                                   
B.Del Gr-A1  *3*:G/63   B8:Si      C8:HR>b#   D8:Force/
T.Gorman-D5                                   54>23 1o
                                              b1
S.Maglie-A1  A9:K       B9:W>12 b  C9:W>b1    D9:Do>3#
D.Snider-C9             1                     1o