BOXSCORE: 1956 New York-AL Yankees At 1956 Cincinnati Reds           5/5/1956

  Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Reds               AB  R  H RBI AVG
  R.Ashburn CF        4  3  1  0 .239     N.Fox 2B            5  0  1  1 .302  
  B.Goodman 2B        5  1  4  3 .290     B.Klaus 3B          2  1  0  0 .345  
  B.Nieman LF         4  0  1  1 .253   F-G.McDougald PH      1  0  0  0 .186  
B-G.Woodling LF       0  0  0  0 .200     T.Kluszewski 1B     4  0  1  0 .312  
  H.Aaron RF          5  0  1  1 .301     L.Doby CF           4  0  1  0 .354  
  S.Burgess C         4  0  1  1 .270     B.Virdon LF         4  0  1  1 .277  
  V.Power 1B          4  0  1  0 .286     H.Bauer RF          4  1  1  0 .152  
  R.Jackson 3B        4  0  0  0 .242     P.Reese SS          2  0  0  0 .169  
  L.Aparicio SS       3  1  1  0 .135   C-R.Colavito PH       1  1  1  0 .143  
  B.Lawrence P        4  1  1  0 .167     J.Shepard C         3  0  1  0 .238  
  D.Gross P           0  0  0  0 .000   D-H.Sauer PH          1  0  0  0 .000  
                                          T.Poholsky P        2  0  0  0 .250  
                                          N.King P            0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        A-E.Valo PH           1  0  0  0 .200  
                                          W.Burnette P        0  0  0  0 .000  
                                        E-A.Rosen PH          1  0  1  0 .333  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      37  6 11  6                 Totals      35  3  8  2

A-Pinch Hit For King In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Nieman In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Reese In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Shepard In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Burnette In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Klaus In 9th Inning

Yankees......... 1 0 3  0 0 0  2 0 0  -  6 11  1
Reds............ 0 0 0  0 1 0  0 1 1  -  3  8  1

Yankees (5-17)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
B.Lawrence WIN(1-4)       8       6   2   1   3   4   0 116   6.96  A1 D6
D.Gross                   1       2   1   1   0   1   0  20   1.17  D7
Totals                    9       8   3   2   3   5   0

Reds (9-13)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
T.Poholsky LOSS(1-4)      6 1/3   9   6   4   2   4   0 112   3.83  A1 D2
N.King                    0 2/3   2   0   0   0   0   0  18   0.00  D3 D6
W.Burnette                2       0   0   0   1   0   0  32   6.55  D7
Totals                    9      11   6   4   3   4   0

ATTENDANCE- 13,198 DATE- Wednesday, May 5th 1956 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 2:59
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 7  Reds: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 1  Reds: 2
ERRORS- L.Aparicio, N.Fox
DOUBLES- R.Ashburn(5th), B.Goodman(4th), T.Kluszewski(4th)
TRIPLES- B.Goodman(2nd)
RBIs- B.Goodman-3(6th), B.Nieman(11th), H.Aaron(10th), S.Burgess(7th),
      N.Fox(5th), B.Virdon(8th)
STOLEN BASES- L.Aparicio-2(2nd)
WALKS- R.Ashburn, B.Nieman, L.Aparicio, B.Klaus-2, P.Reese
STRIKE OUTS- B.Nieman, H.Aaron, B.Lawrence-2, L.Doby, P.Reese, J.Shepard-2,
             H.Sauer
GIDP- H.Aaron, R.Jackson, H.Bauer
2-out RBI- S.Burgess
RLISP 2-out- B.Virdon, V.Power-3, B.Klaus, R.Ashburn, H.Bauer
TEAM RISP- Yankees: 6 for 15  Reds: 0 for 11
WEB GEMS- Bot 2nd: Richie Ashburn robbed Pee Wee Reese of an extra base hit.

Billy Goodman had 4 hits and 3 RBI at Crosley Field where the New York-AL
Yankees beat the Cincinnati Reds 6 to 3.

New York-AL wasted no time and took the lead in the first inning plating an
isolated run using 2 hits.  Richie Ashburn doubled.  Goodman stepped up to
the plate and he slapped a one-base hit scoring the run.  New York-AL ended
up with 11 hits for the game while Cincinnati had 8.  

Brooks Lawrence(1-4) went 8 innings allowing 2 runs for the victory. Tom
Poholsky(1-4) took the loss.  He allowed a few too many baserunners giving up
9 hits and 2 walks in 6 and 1/3 innings.  

New York-AL now has a record of 5-17.  With this loss, Cincinnati has a 3-7
record of late, 9-13 overall.

SCORESHEET: 1956 New York-AL Yankees at 1956 Cincinnati Reds
R.Ashbur-A1  A1:Do      B1:E/4>12  *5*:G/43   D1:W>b1    E1:G/43
                                                         
                                                         
B.Goodma-A1  A2:Si>2#   B2:Do>2#   C2:Tr      D2:Si>23   *9*:G/13
                        1#                    12         
                                                         
B.Nieman-A1  A3:K       B3:G/53    C3:W>b1    D3:Si>3#   E3:G/53
G.Woodli-E5                                   23 12      
                                                         
H.Aaron-A1   A4:F/8     B4:K       C4:G-DP/6  D4:Si>3#   E4:L/5
                                   43>1o      23 12      
                                                         
S.Burges-A1  A5:G/3     B5:Si>2#   *6*:G/43   D5:P/3
                                              
                                              
V.Power-A1   *2*:Si     B6:P/6     C6:F/8     D6:F/8
                                              
                                              
R.Jackso-A1  A7:G-DP/6  *4*:G/63   C7:G/53    *8*:F/8
             43>1o                            
                                              
L.Aparic-A1  A8:G/53    B8:G/43    *7*:Si     D8:W>b1
                                              
                                              
B.Lawren-A1  *3*:Si     B9:K       C9:SB>12   D9:SB>12
D.Gross-E5                         K          G/43>23
                                              

N.Fox-A1     A1:Si      B1:G/43    C1:E/6>3#  D1:G/43    E1:Force/
                                   12                    46>3# 1o
                                                         b1
B.Klaus-A1   A2:W>12 b  B2:G/53    C2:G/63    *8*:W>b1   E2:F/8
G.McDoug-E2  1                                           
                                                         
T.Klusze-A1  A3:P/6     *4*:G/13   *6*:G/63   D3:Do>13
                                              
                                              
L.Doby-A1    A4:K       B4:F/7     C4:Si      D4:L/4
                                              
                                              
B.Virdon-A1  A5:G/53    B5:L/4     C5:Si>13   D5:G/43>3
                                              # 23
                                              
H.Bauer-A1   *2*:L/5    *5*:Si     C6:G-DP/6  D6:F/8
                                   43>1o      
                                              
P.Reese-A1   A7:F/8     B7:K       *7*:W>b1   *9*:Si
R.Colavi-D7                                   
                                              
J.Shepar-A1  A8:K       B8:Si>13   C8:K       D8:K
H.Sauer-D8                                    
                                              
T.Pohols-A1  *3*:FO/5   B9:F/7     C9:F/9     D9:Si>13
N.King-C7                                     
E.Valo-C9+