BOXSCORE: 1956 Cincinnati Reds At 1956 Cleveland Indians 5/17/1956
Reds AB R H RBI AVG Indians AB R H RBI AVG
N.Fox 2B 3 1 1 0 .313 W.Jones 3B 4 0 1 0 .256
P.Reese SS 3 1 1 1 .230 D.Groat SS 3 1 1 0 .245
T.Kluszewski 1B 4 0 0 0 .339 D.Long 1B 3 0 2 0 .232
A-W.Belardi 1B 0 0 0 0 .318 D-G.Kell PH 1 0 0 0 .262
L.Doby CF 4 0 1 1 .322 T.Williams LF 1 0 0 1 .305
B.Virdon LF 4 0 1 0 .293 A.Kaline CF 4 0 1 0 .264
H.Bauer RF 2 0 0 0 .175 R.Clemente RF 4 0 1 0 .267
J.Shepard C 4 0 0 0 .250 R.Wilson C 4 0 0 0 .233
G.McDougald 3B 2 0 0 0 .280 B.Mazeroski 2B 3 0 1 0 .100
T.Brewer P 4 0 1 0 .208 B-F.Hatfield PH,2B 1 0 0 0 .333
H.Aguirre P 0 0 0 0 ---- P.Foytack P 2 0 0 0 .083
C-B.Boyd PH 0 0 0 0 .306
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Totals 30 2 5 2 Totals 30 1 7 1
A-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Kluszewski In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Mazeroski In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Foytack In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Long In 9th Inning
Reds............ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 2 5 0
Indians......... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 0
Reds (19-18) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
T.Brewer WIN(3-2) 8 1/3 7 1 1 7 2 0 147 4.36 A1 E2
H.Aguirre SAVE(1st) 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.42 E3
Totals 9 7 1 1 7 2 0
Indians (12-17) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
P.Foytack LOSS(2-4) 9 5 2 2 4 12 1 135 3.79 A1
Totals 9 5 2 2 4 12 1
ATTENDANCE- 10,255 DATE- Monday, May 17th 1956 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:45
LEFT ON BASE- Reds: 7 Indians:11
DOUBLE PLAYS- Reds: 1 Indians: 0
DOUBLES- D.Long(3rd)
HOME RUNS- P.Reese(3rd)
RBIs- P.Reese(13th), L.Doby(26th), T.Williams(20th)
SACRIFICE HITS- P.Reese, H.Bauer, W.Jones
SACRIFICE FLIES- T.Williams
WALKS- N.Fox, H.Bauer, G.McDougald-2, D.Groat-2, D.Long, T.Williams-2,
P.Foytack, B.Boyd
STRIKE OUTS- P.Reese, T.Kluszewski, L.Doby-3, H.Bauer, J.Shepard-4, G.McDougald,
T.Brewer, W.Jones, D.Long
GIDP- G.Kell
2-out RBI- L.Doby
RLISP 2-out- R.Clemente-2, P.Reese, A.Kaline-2, W.Jones, T.Brewer
TEAM RISP- Reds: 1 for 5 Indians: 2 for 6
WEB GEMS- Bot 1st: Pee Wee Reese robbed Roberto Clemente of a base hit.
Bot 6th: Jack Shepard blocked the plate, saving a run!
Top 8th: Roberto Clemente robbed Ted Kluszewski of a Homerun!
At Municipal Stadium, the Cleveland fans witnessed a great pitcher's duel.
Tom Brewer(3-2) finally bested his Cleveland opposite, Paul Foytack(2-4), by
the score of 2 to 1.
The deciding run was scored by Cincinnati in the top of the 8th. After an out
was recorded, Pee Wee Reese ripped a solo home run. Cincinnati had just 5
hits for the afternoon.
Brewer got relief help from Hank Aguirre who gained credit for his 1st save.
Foytack was the losing pitcher. Despite losing, he struckout 12 Cincinnati
batters in 9 innings.
'I struggled a bit out there today,' Brewer said, 'but I toughed it out and we
got the win.'
SCORESHEET: 1956 Cincinnati Reds at 1956 Cleveland Indians
N.Fox-A1 A1:G/3 B1:Si>12 *6*:W>b1 *8*:F/8
P.Reese-A1 A2:K B2:G/63 C2:Sac/54 D2:HR>b#
>12
T.Klusze-A1 A3:P/4 *4*:K C3:G/3>23 D3:F/9
W.Belard-D5
L.Doby-A1 *2*:K B4:K C4:Si>3# D4:K
B.Virdon-A1 A5:F/7 B5:F/7 C5:G/43 *9*:Si
H.Bauer-A1 A6:K *5*:F/8 *7*:W>b1 D6:Sac/14
>12
J.Shepar-A1 *3*:K B7:K C7:K D7:K
G.McDoug-A1 A8:K B8:W>b1 C8:P/6 D8:IW>b1
T.Brewer-A1 A9:Si B9:K C9:G/63 D9:L/5
H.Aguirr-E1
W.Jones-A1 A1:K *3*:G/43 *5*:F/7 D1:Si>2o E1:Sac/54
13 >12
D.Groat-A1 A2:G/43 B2:G/53 C2:W>b1 *7*:Si E2:W>b1
D.Long-A1 A3:W>b1 B3:Si C3:Do>13 D3:K E3:G-DP/6
G.Kell-E3 43>1o
T.Willia-A1 A4:W>12 b B4:W>12 b C4:SF/9>3 D4:F/9
1 1 #
A.Kaline-A1 A5:Si>23 B5:Force/ C5:G/53 D5:F/7
12 54>1o b1
R.Clemen-A1 A6:G/63 *4*:Si *6*:F/7 *8*:F/7
R.Wilson-A1 *2*:G/63 B7:L/5 C7:L/5 D7:G/13
B.Mazero-A1 A8:F/7 B8:Force/ C8:Si D8:G/63
F.Hatfie-D8 64>1o b1
P.Foytac-A1 A9:L/3 B9:G/43 C9:W>12 b *9*:W>b1
B.Boyd-D9 1