BOXSCORE: 1956 Washington Nationals At 1956 Chicago-NL Cubs 4/20/1956
Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Cubs AB R H RBI AVG
J.Temple 2B 5 1 1 0 .304 V.Wertz 1B 4 1 1 1 .326
H.Kuenn SS 6 1 3 2 .289 D.Snider CF 4 0 1 1 .271
J.Adcock 1B 6 2 4 1 .374 E.Banks SS 3 0 1 0 .247
G.Bell CF 6 2 2 0 .326 E.Mathews 3B 4 1 0 0 .196
H.Simpson RF 6 4 4 3 .280 P.Ward LF 2 1 0 0 .269
R.Boone 3B 5 4 3 7 .250 J.Lemon RF 3 1 1 2 .196
R.Sievers LF 4 1 1 3 .247 A.Grammas 2B 4 0 1 1 .143
R.Campanella C 5 1 0 0 .240 S.Lopata C 0 0 0 0 .310
D.Newcombe P 2 1 1 0 .417 A-E.Howard PH,C 4 1 1 0 .222
M.Garcia P 1 0 0 0 .000
B-J.Robinson PH 1 0 0 0 .245
B.Miller P 0 0 0 0 ----
H.Freeman P 0 0 0 0 .000
V.Valentinetti P 0 0 0 0 ----
C-M.Irvin PH 1 0 0 0 .273
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Totals 45 17 19 16 Totals 31 5 6 5
A-Pinch Hit For Lopata In 3rd Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Garcia In 5th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Valentinetti In 9th Inning
Nationals....... 4 0 3 1 0 4 0 5 0 - 17 19 0
Cubs............ 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 - 5 6 4
Nationals (13-8) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
D.Newcombe WIN(2-2) 9 6 5 5 4 4 1 121 5.23 A1
Totals 9 6 5 5 4 4 1
Cubs (8-10) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
M.Garcia LOSS(2-1) 5 9 8 6 3 4 2 94 4.32 A1 C9
B.Miller 1 4 4 0 0 0 1 17 3.38 D1 D7
H.Freeman 2 6 5 5 3 0 1 50 4.76 D8 F3
V.Valentinet 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 2.76 F4
Totals 9 19 17 11 6 5 4
ATTENDANCE- 15,233 DATE- Tuesday, April 20th 1956 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 3:03
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 7 Cubs: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 0 Cubs: 0
ERRORS- D.Snider, E.Banks, P.Ward, S.Lopata
DOUBLES- H.Kuenn(4th), J.Adcock-2(12th)
TRIPLES- G.Bell(2nd), J.Lemon(1st)
HOME RUNS- R.Boone-3(4th), R.Sievers(4th), V.Wertz(4th)
RBIs- H.Kuenn-2(11th), J.Adcock(20th), H.Simpson-3(14th), R.Boone-7(18th),
R.Sievers-3(13th), V.Wertz(6th), D.Snider(5th), J.Lemon-2(4th),
A.Grammas(2nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- H.Freeman
WALKS- J.Temple, R.Boone, R.Sievers, D.Newcombe-3, E.Banks, P.Ward-2, J.Lemon
STRIKE OUTS- G.Bell, H.Simpson-2, R.Boone, R.Campanella, D.Snider, J.Lemon,
A.Grammas-2
WILD PITCHES- B.Miller
2-out RBI- H.Simpson-2, R.Boone-5, H.Kuenn-2, J.Lemon-2, A.Grammas, D.Snider
RLISP 2-out- G.Bell, A.Grammas, J.Adcock
TEAM RISP- Nationals: 10 for 15 Cubs: 3 for 5
Third baseman Ray Boone launched 3 homeruns and had 7 RBI and Don Newcombe
pitched a complete game as the Chicago-NL Cubs were badly beaten by the
Washington Nationals, 17 to 5.
Boone was a one-man wrecking crew. He lost the ball over the fence for three
runs in the 1st inning, cleared the fences for a two-run home run in the 3rd
inning and clubbed a two-run home run in the 6th inning. Washington provided
plenty of action in the 1st inning which saw them score 4 runs on 4 hits, the
6th inning which saw them plate 4 runs on 4 hits and the 8th inning when they
had 5 runs on 5 hits. Washington banged out 19 hits on the afternoon.
The win was credited to Newcombe(2-2) who went the whole way allowing 5 runs.
Mike Garcia(2-1) was the loser. His ERA ballooned from 2.70 to 4.32 as he
allowed 8 runs in 5 innings.
'I was in my hotel room the other night, working on my swing and made some
adjustments,' Boone said. 'I'm always working on it. If they are getting you
out certain ways, you've got to make changes.'
SCORESHEET: 1956 Washington Nationals at 1956 Chicago-NL Cubs
J.Temple-A1 A1:Si B1:Force/ C1:Force/ *6*:E/8>b E1:F/8 F1:W>12 b
54>1o b1 54>23 1o 2 1
b1
H.Kuenn-A1 A2:Force/ B2:Force/ C2:Do>3# D2:F/7 E2:Si>1o F2:Si>2#
54>1o b1 54>1o b1 1o 13
J.Adcock-A1 A3:Si>13 B3:Si>12 *4*:Do+E/ D3:WP>23 *8*:G/43 F3:G/43
7>b# Do>3#
G.Bell-A1 A4:E(foul B4:L/3 C4:K D4:Si>2o E4:Tr *9*:F/7
)/2 FO/2
H.Simpso-A1 A5:Si>3# *3*:Si C5:K D5:Si>2# E5:Si>3# F5:K
12
R.Boone-A1 A6:HR>2# B6:HR>1# C6:K D6:HR>2# E6:W>12 b F6:F/7
1# b# b# b# 1
R.Siever-A1 A7:W>b1 B7:G/63 *5*:F/9 D7:G/53 E7:HR>2#
1# b#
R.Campan-A1 A8:F/8 B8:E/6 C8:K *7*:G/63 E8:F/7
D.Newcom-A1 *2*:W>b1 B9:W>12 b C9:G/31 D9:W>b1 E9:Si
1
V.Wertz-A1 A1:G/43 *4*:HR>b# C1:G/43 D1:F/8>23
D.Snider-A1 A2:F/9 B2:G/63 C2:K D2:Si>3#
E.Banks-A1 A3:G/31 B3:Si *6*:W>b1 *8*:F/7
E.Mathew-A1 *2*:F/8 B4:Force/ C4:F/8 D4:G/13
36>1o b1
P.Ward-A1 A5:F/8 B5:W>12 b C5:Force/ D5:W>b1
1 46>1o b1
J.Lemon-A1 A6:K B6:Tr>2# C6:W>12 b D6:L/5
1# 1
A.Gramma-A1 *3*:K B7:Si>3# C7:G/63 *9*:K
S.Lopata-A1 A8:G/13 B8:F/9 *7*:Si D8:G/53
E.Howard-A8
M.Garcia-A1 A9:G/63 *5*:G/63 C9:Sac/34 D9:G/3
J.Robins-B9 >12
B.Miller-C3+