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