BOXSCORE: 1956 Chicago-NL Cubs At 1956 Cincinnati Reds 5/18/1956
Cubs AB R H RBI AVG Reds AB R H RBI AVG
E.Banks SS 5 0 1 0 .253 N.Fox 2B 5 1 2 0 .321
J.Lemon LF 4 2 3 3 .227 A.Rosen 3B 4 2 3 3 .419
E-J.Robinson PH 1 0 0 0 .232 B-P.Reese SS 1 0 0 0 .209
D.Snider CF 5 0 1 0 .264 R.Colavito RF 5 0 1 0 .240
E.Mathews 3B 3 1 1 0 .172 D.Bessent P 0 0 0 0 ----
V.Wertz 1B 4 1 2 0 .321 H.Bauer CF,LF,RF 5 1 2 0 .207
S.Lopata C 4 1 2 1 .324 H.Sauer LF 3 1 1 0 .286
C.Furillo RF 4 0 2 1 .313 C-L.Doby CF 1 0 0 0 .301
T.Lepcio 2B 3 0 0 1 .186 D.Crandall C 3 1 1 0 .238
W.Ford P 2 1 1 0 .143 G.McDougald SS,3B 4 1 2 4 .241
S.Jones P 1 0 0 0 .000 J.Shepard 1B 3 2 3 2 .290
B.Miller P 1 0 0 0 .000 A-W.Belardi 1B 1 0 0 0 .250
A.Fowler P 3 0 0 0 .214
G.Staley P 1 0 0 0 .000
D-B.Virdon LF 0 0 0 0 .286
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Totals 37 6 13 6 Totals 39 9 15 9
A-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Shepard In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Rosen In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Sauer In 7th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Staley In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Lemon In 9th Inning
Cubs............ 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 - 6 13 2
Reds............ 0 0 7 0 1 1 0 0 - 9 15 0
Cubs (9-13) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
W.Ford LOSS(1-2) 5 13 9 6 1 3 5 98 8.14 A1 D2
S.Jones 1 1/3 1 0 0 1 1 0 24 2.73 D3 D8
B.Miller 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 2.53 D9
Totals 8 15 9 6 2 4 5
Reds (14-16) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
A.Fowler WIN(3-2) 6 8 3 3 2 3 1 99 2.85 A1 C8
G.Staley 2 5 3 3 0 1 1 42 5.00 C9 E1
D.Bessent SAVE(4th) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 7.84 E2
Totals 9 13 6 6 2 4 2
ATTENDANCE- 14,106 DATE- Tuesday, May 18th 1956 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 2:58
LEFT ON BASE- Cubs: 7 Reds: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cubs: 1 Reds: 1
ERRORS- V.Wertz, T.Lepcio
HOME RUNS- J.Lemon-2(2nd), A.Rosen-2(4th), G.McDougald(4th), J.Shepard-2(2nd)
RBIs- J.Lemon-3(7th), S.Lopata(22nd), C.Furillo(11th), T.Lepcio(4th),
A.Rosen-3(7th), G.McDougald-4(12th), J.Shepard-2(3rd)
SACRIFICE FLIES- T.Lepcio
WALKS- E.Mathews-2, H.Sauer, D.Crandall
STRIKE OUTS- D.Snider, C.Furillo, T.Lepcio, B.Miller, R.Colavito, H.Bauer,
A.Fowler-2
GIDP- D.Snider, H.Sauer
2-out RBI- S.Lopata, A.Rosen-2, J.Lemon
RLISP 2-out- C.Furillo, A.Rosen-2, T.Lepcio, G.McDougald
TEAM RISP- Cubs: 3 for 6 Reds: 3 for 9
Al Rosen ripped 2 homeruns and had 3 RBI at Crosley Field where the Cincinnati
Reds beat the Chicago-NL Cubs 9 to 6.
It was a good day for Cincinnati thanks to Rosen. He lined a base-hit in the
1st inning, blasted a two-run home run in the 3rd inning and cracked a solo
homerun in the 6th inning. Cincinnati rapped out 15 hits for the night.
Art Fowler(3-2) got the win allowing 3 runs in 6 innings. Fowler got help from
Don Bessent who earned his 4th save. Whitey Ford(1-2) was the loser. He
surrended 5 homeruns in his 5 innings.
SCORESHEET: 1956 Chicago-NL Cubs at 1956 Cincinnati Reds
E.Banks-A1 A1:G/63 B1:Si>12 *5*:P/6 D1:F/7 E1:P/6
J.Lemon-A1 A2:HR>b# B2:Si>2# C2:G/53 D2:HR>b# *9*:F/7
J.Robins-E2 13
D.Snider-A1 A3:K B3:G-DP/4 C3:G/3 D3:Si E3:G/3
63>1o
E.Mathew-A1 A4:W>b1 *3*:Si *6*:W>b1 D4:G/3 E4:F/8
V.Wertz-A1 A5:Si>12 B5:PkOff/ C5:F/9 *8*:Si
13>1o FO/
2
S.Lopata-A1 A6:Si>2# B6:P/6 C6:Force/ D6:Si>12
12 26>1o b1
C.Furill-A1 A7:F/9 *4*:K C7:Si>13 D7:Si>2#
13
T.Lepcio-A1 *2*:G/63 B8:K C8:P/3 D8:SF/7>3
#
W.Ford-A1 A9:Si B9:G/13 *7*:G/53 D9:K
S.Jones-C9
B.Miller-D5
N.Fox-A1 A1:P/4 B1:FO/4 C1:Si D1:FO/2 E1:Si
A.Rosen-A1 A2:Si B2:G/63 C2:HR>1# *6*:HR>b# E2:F/8
P.Reese-D8 b#
R.Colavi-A1 A3:Si>12 *3*:F/7 C3:K D3:F/8 *8*:G/63
D.Bessen-E6
H.Bauer-A1 A4:Si>23 B4:Si *4*:G/43 D4:K E4:G/31
12
H.Sauer-A1 A5:G-DP/6 B5:W>12 b C5:G/43 D5:Si+E/3 E5:F/8
L.Doby-D8 43>1o 1
D.Cranda-A1 *2*:Si B6:E/4>23 C6:G/53 D6:W>b1
12
G.McDoug-A1 A7:Si>12 B7:HR>3# *5*:L/5 D7:P/6
2# 1# b#
J.Shepar-A1 A8:Si>23 B8:HR>b# C8:HR>b# *7*:G/43
W.Belard-D2 12
A.Fowler-A1 A9:K B9:F/8 C9:K D9:G/43
G.Staley-D8
B.Virdon-E6