BOXSCORE: 1956 Washington Nationals At 1956 Cleveland Indians 4/22/1956
Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Indians AB R H RBI AVG
J.Temple 2B 5 0 2 2 .286 W.Jones 3B 3 0 0 0 .224
H.Kuenn SS 6 2 3 1 .273 A-G.Kell 3B 1 0 1 0 .455
J.Adcock 1B 6 3 3 1 .371 F.Hatfield 2B 3 0 2 0 .279
G.Bell CF 6 3 3 2 .278 E-B.Mazeroski PH,2B 1 1 0 0 .000
H.Simpson RF 5 1 1 1 .290 T.Williams LF 3 0 0 0 .349
R.Boone 3B 4 1 2 1 .267 H.Wilhelm P 1 0 0 0 .000
R.Sievers LF 5 1 3 1 .276 A.Kaline CF 4 1 3 2 .291
R.Campanella C 3 1 1 3 .308 D.Long 1B 2 0 0 0 .227
M.Dickson P 4 0 0 0 .143 B-B.Boyd 1B 2 1 1 0 .182
D-B.White PH 1 1 0 0 .250 R.Clemente RF 3 0 0 0 .333
B.Shantz P 0 0 0 0 .000 F-D.Ennis PH 1 0 0 0 .143
R.Wilson C 4 0 1 0 .333
D.Groat SS 4 0 2 1 .327
R.Craig P 2 0 0 0 .000
P.Lapalme P 0 0 0 0 ----
C-F.Thomas LF 2 0 0 0 .286
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Totals 45 13 18 12 Totals 36 3 10 3
A-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Jones In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Long In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Lapalme In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Dickson In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Hatfield In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Clemente In 9th Inning
Nationals....... 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 5 1 - 13 18 1
Indians......... 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 - 3 10 1
Nationals (5-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
M.Dickson WIN(1-0) 7 7 2 2 0 4 1 96 4.05 A1 C9
B.Shantz 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 41 4.50 D1
Totals 9 10 3 3 0 4 1
Indians (8-6) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
R.Craig LOSS(2-1) 5 1/3 9 6 6 5 4 0 102 4.74 A1 D3
P.Lapalme 0 2/3 2 1 1 1 0 0 22 4.15 D4 D8
H.Wilhelm 3 7 6 2 2 2 2 60 7.56 D9
Totals 9 18 13 9 8 6 2
ATTENDANCE- 12,074 DATE- Thursday, April 22nd 1956 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:49
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals:13 Indians: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 0 Indians: 1
ERRORS- R.Boone, G.Kell
DOUBLES- R.Sievers(1st), R.Wilson(2nd)
HOME RUNS- J.Adcock(4th), G.Bell(2nd), A.Kaline(6th)
RBIs- J.Temple-2(2nd), H.Kuenn(3rd), J.Adcock(6th), G.Bell-2(4th),
H.Simpson(6th), R.Boone(7th), R.Sievers(2nd), R.Campanella-3(6th),
A.Kaline-2(13th), D.Groat(6th)
WALKS- J.Temple, H.Simpson, R.Boone-2, R.Sievers, R.Campanella-3
STRIKE OUTS- J.Adcock-2, R.Sievers, M.Dickson-3, T.Williams-2, A.Kaline,
R.Craig
GIDP- H.Kuenn
WILD PITCHES- B.Shantz, R.Craig
PASSED BALLS- R.Wilson-2
2-out RBI- R.Campanella-2, A.Kaline-2, H.Simpson, R.Sievers, D.Groat,
J.Temple-2, H.Kuenn
RLISP 2-out- R.Sievers, J.Adcock-2, M.Dickson-3, R.Campanella-2, A.Kaline,
B.Boyd, F.Thomas
TEAM RISP- Nationals: 7 for 17 Indians: 3 for 7
WEB GEMS- Bot 3rd: Gus Bell robbed Willie Jones of an extra base hit.
Top 9th: Roberto Clemente robbed Harry Simpson of an extra base hit.
Gus Bell lofted one into the 'cheap seats' and had 2 RBI at Municipal Stadium
as the Washington Nationals, running on all cylinders, ripped the Cleveland
Indians by a large 13 to 3 margin.
Murry Dickson(1-0) gave a fine effort for Washington. He went 7 innings and
surrended up 7 hits and no walks lowering his ERA from 5.68 to 4.05.
Washington had 18 hits overall, while Cleveland had 10.
The losing pitcher was Roger Craig(2-1). He was unable to control the
Washington offense and allowed 9 hits and 5 walks in 5 and 1/3 innings.
SCORESHEET: 1956 Washington Nationals at 1956 Cleveland Indians
J.Temple-A1 A1:G/63 B1:F/7 *5*:W>b1 *6*:G/53 E1:Si F1:Si>3#
2# 13
H.Kuenn-A1 A2:G/53 B2:Si>12 C2:Force/ D2:Si E2:G-DP/6 F2:Si>3#
54>1o b1 43>1o 13
J.Adcock-A1 A3:F/7 B3:K C3:Si>13 D3:WP>12 *8*:HR>b# F3:K
Si>23
G.Bell-A1 *2*:G/3 *4*:L/3 C4:Si>3# D4:PB>3# E4:Si *9*:HR>b#
12 12 G/43>2
3
H.Simpso-A1 A5:G/43 B5:G/43 C5:W>23 1 D5:Si>3# E5:E/5>12 F5:F/9
2 b1
R.Boone-A1 A6:Si B6:Si C6:W>3# 2 D6:W>12 b E6:P/6 F6:G/53
3 12 b1 1
R.Siever-A1 A7:PB>12 B7:Si>12 C7:K D7:Do>2# E7:W>23 1 F7:Si
G/63 13 2 b1
R.Campan-A1 *3*:W>b1 B8:Si>2# C8:W>3# 2 D8:F/8 E8:W>3# 2 F8:G/53
13 3 12 b1 3 12 b1
M.Dickso-A1 A9:K B9:K C9:L/6 *7*:K E9:Force/
B.White-E9 42>3o 23
B.Shantz-F4 12 b1
W.Jones-A1 A1:F/7 B1:F/8 *6*:G/43 *8*:Si
G.Kell-C5
F.Hatfie-A1 A2:Si *4*:P/4 C2:Si D2:Force/
B.Mazero-D2 54>1o b1
T.Willia-A1 A3:K B3:K C3:G/43>1 D3:WP>12
H.Wilhel-C5 2 G/43>23
A.Kaline-A1 A4:K B4:HR>b# C4:Si>2o D4:Si+E/5
>3#
D.Long-A1 *2*:G/13 B5:G/13 *7*:Si D5:P/4
B.Boyd-C5
R.Clemen-A1 A6:G/13 *5*:F/9 C6:F/9 *9*:P/6
D.Ennis-D6
R.Wilson-A1 A7:G/63 B7:G/53 C7:G/3>12 D7:Do
D.Groat-A1 *3*:G/53 B8:Si C8:Si>2# D8:G/63
R.Craig-A1 A9:K B9:G/63 C9:P/6 D9:G/63
P.Lapalm-C1
F.Thomas-C5