BOXSCORE: 1956 Washington Nationals At 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers 7/4/1956
Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI AVG
J.Temple 2B 5 0 1 0 .296 R.McMillan SS 6 0 0 0 .196
G.Bell CF 4 1 1 1 .305 S.Musial LF 6 1 2 0 .335
R.Campanella C 5 0 1 0 .231 J.Jensen RF 5 1 3 0 .298
J.Adcock 1B 5 2 1 1 .316 J.Brandt CF 5 1 1 1 .320
H.Kuenn SS 6 1 2 0 .271 W.Dropo 1B 3 0 0 1 .175
H.Simpson RF 4 2 1 1 .273 A.Smith 3B 5 1 2 2 .306
R.Sievers LF 4 2 3 4 .254 B.Sarni C 4 1 1 0 .208
R.Boone 3B 3 0 0 0 .266 C-S.Lollar PH,C 1 0 0 0 .285
W.Spahn P 3 0 1 0 .263 B.Martin 2B 5 1 3 2 .200
B-B.White PH 1 0 0 0 .242 C.Simmons P 2 0 0 0 .135
R.Face P 0 0 0 0 .200 A-T.Francona PH 1 0 0 0 .178
D.Drysdale P 1 0 1 0 .238
C.Labine P 0 0 0 0 .200
D-J.Gilliam PH 1 0 1 0 .256
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Totals 40 8 11 7 Totals 45 6 14 6
A-Pinch Hit For Simmons In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Spahn In 10th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Sarni In 10th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Labine In 11th Inning
Nationals....... 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 - 8 11 1
Dodgers......... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 - 6 14 2
Nationals (48-45) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
W.Spahn 9 12 6 6 0 4 2 130 3.79 A1 E2
R.Face WIN(3-10) 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 35 5.08 E3
Totals 11 14 6 6 1 6 2
Dodgers (45-44) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
C.Simmons 7 5 3 1 7 4 1 103 3.66 A1 D2
D.Drysdale 2 1/3 4 3 3 1 2 1 35 2.92 D3 E5
C.Labine LOSS(3-8) 1 2/3 2 2 2 2 0 2 33 5.05 E6
Totals 11 11 8 6 10 6 4
ATTENDANCE- 30,865 DATE- Sunday, July 4th 1956 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 3:24
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 9 Dodgers: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 1 Dodgers: 4
ERRORS- R.Boone, J.Jensen, J.Brandt
DOUBLES- H.Kuenn(17th), H.Simpson(11th), B.Martin(2nd)
TRIPLES- B.Sarni(1st)
HOME RUNS- G.Bell(19th), J.Adcock(27th), R.Sievers-2(18th), A.Smith(8th),
B.Martin(1st)
RBIs- G.Bell(66th), J.Adcock(76th), H.Simpson(45th), R.Sievers-4(46th),
J.Brandt(33rd), W.Dropo(7th), A.Smith-2(31st), B.Martin-2(3rd)
SACRIFICE FLIES- W.Dropo
WALKS- J.Temple, G.Bell-2, R.Campanella, J.Adcock, H.Simpson, R.Sievers,
R.Boone-2, W.Spahn, W.Dropo
STRIKE OUTS- J.Temple, G.Bell, J.Adcock, H.Simpson-2, R.Sievers, R.McMillan,
S.Musial-2, A.Smith, B.Martin, C.Simmons
GIDP- J.Temple, R.Campanella-2, R.Boone, R.McMillan
2-out RBI- B.Martin, R.Sievers-4, A.Smith-2, J.Adcock
RLISP 2-out- C.Simmons, J.Adcock, J.Brandt, G.Bell, T.Francona-2, W.Spahn,
B.White, S.Lollar, S.Musial
TEAM RISP- Nationals: 1 for 5 Dodgers: 3 for 9
Roy Sievers smacked 2 homeruns and had 4 RBI at Ebbets Field where the
Washington Nationals beat the Brooklyn Dodgers in 11 innings 8 to 6.
The game was deadlocked at 6 after nine full innings. Finally, Washington
prevailed in the 11th inning. After an out was recorded, Gus Bell started
the scoring when he delivered a solo blast. One out later, Joe Adcock came
up and he lofted a solo-blast 'downtown'. Brooklyn out-hit Washington 14 to
11, but Washington ended up with more runs.
The win was credited to Roy Face(3-10) who went 2 innings allowing no runs.
Clem Labine(3-8) was given the loss in relief. He pitched 1 and 2/3 innings
giving up 2 hits and 2 walks.
SCORESHEET: 1956 Washington Nationals at 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers
J.Temple-A1 A1:Si B1:G-DP/6 *5*:G/53 D1:W>12 b *9*:K *11*:F/8
43>1o 1
G.Bell-A1 A2:P/4 B2:W>b1 C2:W>b1 D2:K E2:G/3 F2:HR>b#
R.Campan-A1 A3:G-DP/6 B3:W>12 b C3:G-DP/6 *8*:G/63 E3:Si F3:G/43
43>1o 1 43>1o
J.Adcock-A1 *2*:W>b1 B4:Force/ *6*:G/63 D4:K E4:L/6 F4:HR>b#
64>1o b1
H.Kuenn-A1 A5:F/7 *4*:F/8 C5:G/63 D5:Do *10*:Si F5:F/9
H.Simpso-A1 A6:Do+E/8 B6:K C6:K D6:IW>b1 E6:G/63
>1# b#
R.Siever-A1 A7:K B7:HR>b# *7*:Si D7:HR>2# E7:W>b1
1# b#
R.Boone-A1 A8:F/8 B8:W>b1 C8:G-DP/3 D8:E/9>b2 E8:W>12 b
63>1o 1
W.Spahn-A1 *3*:W>b1 B9:G/43 C9:Si D9:F/8 E9:G/3
B.White-E9
R.Face-F1
R.McMill-A1 A1:G/31 *3*:F/8 C1:F/7 *8*:K E1:G-DP/6 F1:G/43>1
43>1o 2
S.Musial-A1 A2:Si B2:K *6*:K D2:Si E2:G/43 F2:G/43
J.Jensen-A1 A3:F/9 B3:Si+E/5 C3:P/5 D3:Si>12 *10*:Si
J.Brandt-A1 A4:F/8 B4:F/7 C4:G/63 D4:Si>2# E4:F/9
13
W.Dropo-A1 *2*:P/5 *4*:G/53 *7*:P/6 D5:SF/7>3 E5:W>12 b
# 1
A.Smith-A1 A6:G/63 B6:G/43 C6:Si D6:HR>2# E6:K
b#
B.Sarni-A1 A7:Tr B7:F/9 C7:F/7 D7:G/53 E7:F/9
S.Lollar-E7
B.Martin-A1 A8:Do>3# *5*:P/6 C8:Si>13 *9*:HR>b# *11*:K
C.Simmon-A1 A9:K B9:F/9 C9:G/31 D9:Si E9:Si
T.Franco-C9
D.Drysda-D1+