BOXSCORE: 1956 Chicago-NL Cubs At 1956 Washington Nationals 5/15/1956
Cubs AB R H RBI AVG Nationals AB R H RBI AVG
E.Banks SS 4 1 1 1 .318 J.Temple 2B 6 1 1 0 .298
J.Lemon LF 2 0 0 0 .351 H.Kuenn SS 5 1 3 0 .271
B-M.Irvin PH,LF 0 0 0 0 .304 J.Adcock 1B 5 1 1 0 .359
D.Snider CF 3 0 0 0 .283 G.Bell CF 5 2 3 3 .325
E.Mathews 3B 4 0 1 0 .256 H.Simpson RF 5 2 2 2 .292
V.Wertz 1B 3 1 1 1 .269 R.Boone 3B 3 1 2 1 .254
S.Lopata C 3 0 1 0 .318 R.Sievers LF 4 1 2 1 .240
C-E.Howard PH 1 0 0 0 .135 S.White C 5 0 3 2 .200
C.Furillo RF 3 0 0 0 .318 D.Larsen P 5 0 0 0 .148
D-A.Pafko PH 1 0 1 0 .500
T.Lepcio 2B 4 1 1 1 .161
R.Roberts P 2 0 0 0 .174
S.Jones P 0 0 0 0 .182
A-N.Siebern PH 1 0 0 0 .250
H.Freeman P 1 0 0 0 .000
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Totals 32 3 6 3 Totals 43 9 17 9
A-Pinch Hit For Jones In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Lemon In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Lopata In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Furillo In 9th Inning
Cubs............ 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 6 2
Nationals....... 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 0 - 9 17 0
Cubs (17-22) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
R.Roberts LOSS(4-3) 5 10 7 6 2 6 2 107 5.57 A1 D2
S.Jones 1 3 2 2 1 1 0 30 2.97 D3 D9
H.Freeman 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 42 3.26 E1
Totals 8 17 9 8 3 8 2
Nationals (23-12) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
D.Larsen WIN(4-2) 9 6 3 3 4 5 3 142 4.12 A1
Totals 9 6 3 3 4 5 3
ATTENDANCE- 23,037 DATE- Saturday, May 15th 1956 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:28
LEFT ON BASE- Cubs: 6 Nationals:13
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cubs: 0 Nationals: 1
ERRORS- S.Lopata, T.Lepcio
DOUBLES- S.Lopata(9th), H.Simpson(3rd), R.Sievers(4th)
TRIPLES- H.Kuenn(2nd), H.Simpson(6th), S.White(2nd)
HOME RUNS- E.Banks(9th), V.Wertz(6th), T.Lepcio(3rd), G.Bell(10th),
R.Boone(9th)
RBIs- E.Banks(22nd), V.Wertz(13th), T.Lepcio(8th), G.Bell-3(28th),
H.Simpson-2(22nd), R.Boone(29th), R.Sievers(20th), S.White-2(5th)
WALKS- J.Lemon, M.Irvin, D.Snider, V.Wertz, R.Boone-2, R.Sievers
STRIKE OUTS- E.Banks, D.Snider, S.Lopata, T.Lepcio-2, J.Temple, J.Adcock-3,
H.Simpson, S.White, D.Larsen-2
GIDP- E.Mathews
2-out RBI- R.Boone, S.White-2, V.Wertz
RLISP 2-out- G.Bell, J.Temple-5, T.Lepcio, D.Larsen-2, C.Furillo, H.Simpson
TEAM RISP- Cubs: 0 for 4 Nationals: 5 for 22
Don Larsen went the distance at Griffith Stadium as the Washington Nationals
beat the Chicago-NL Cubs 9 to 3.
Washington went ahead for good in the 5th inning when they scored 4 runs on 5
hits. The critical plate appearance was by Gus Bell who came through for the
home fans when he cleared the fences for a two-run home run. Washington
totaled 17 hits on the afternoon.
Larsen(4-2) lasted until the end allowing 3 runs for the win. Robin
Roberts(4-3) was charged with the loss. He got hit pretty hard, allowing 10
hits and 2 walks in 5 innings.
With this win, Washington has a 23-12 record. They have been 6-4 lately.
With the loss Chicago-NL now has a record of 17-22.
SCORESHEET: 1956 Chicago-NL Cubs at 1956 Washington Nationals
E.Banks-A1 A1:HR>b# B1:G/43 C1:K D1:G/3
J.Lemon-A1 A2:F/9 B2:W>b1 C2:G/43 *8*:W>b1
M.Irvin-D2
D.Snider-A1 A3:K B3:F/8 *6*:W>b1 D3:F/9
E.Mathew-A1 A4:G/53 *4*:Si C4:G-DP/4 D4:Force/
63>1o 36>1o b1
V.Wertz-A1 *2*:G/63 B5:W>12 b C5:HR>b# D5:G/43
1
S.Lopata-A1 A6:F/8 B6:K C6:Do *9*:G/63
E.Howard-D6
C.Furill-A1 A7:G/63 B7:L/5 C7:G/63 D7:Si
A.Pafko-D7
T.Lepcio-A1 *3*:HR>b# B8:K *7*:G/63 D8:K
R.Robert-A1 A9:G/63 *5*:F/8 C9:G/13 D9:G/31
S.Jones-C8
N.Sieber-C9+
J.Temple-A1 A1:P/2 B1:G/63 C1:K *6*:Si *7*:F/9 F1:G/43
H.Kuenn-A1 A2:Tr *3*:L/5 *5*:G/63 D2:Si>13 E2:Si
J.Adcock-A1 A3:K B3:K C3:Si D3:K E3:P/6
G.Bell-A1 A4:G/43 B4:G/53 C4:HR>1# D4:Si>3# E4:Si>13
b# 13
H.Simpso-A1 *2*:Do *4*:G/43 C5:K D5:Tr>3# E5:G/43
1#
R.Boone-A1 A6:E/2>23 B6:W>b1 C6:HR>b# D6:W>b1 *8*:Si
R.Siever-A1 A7:E/4>3# B7:W>12 b C7:Do D7:F/8 E7:Si>13
12 1
S.White-A1 A8:F/9 B8:Si>23 C8:Tr>2# D8:Si>3# E8:K
12 12
D.Larsen-A1 A9:K B9:F/8 C9:K D9:G/43 E9:P/6