BOXSCORE: 1956 Chicago-NL Cubs At 1956 Cincinnati Reds 7/18/1956 Cubs AB R H RBI AVG Reds AB R H RBI AVG D.Snider CF 5 0 0 0 .276 P.Reese SS 3 0 0 0 .250 E.Banks SS 4 1 2 0 .294 C-T.Kluszewski PH 1 0 1 0 .335 F-J.Lumpe PH,SS 1 0 0 0 .091 H.Aguirre P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Lemon LF 5 1 1 0 .307 T.Morgan P 0 0 0 0 .000 L-B.Del Greco LF 0 0 0 0 .284 K-L.Berberet C 1 1 1 2 .311 E.Mathews 3B 4 3 3 3 .302 A.Rosen 3B 5 0 1 0 .333 C.Furillo RF 4 1 2 0 .311 R.Colavito RF 3 1 2 1 .306 S.Lopata C 2 1 1 0 .275 G-L.Doby PH,CF 1 0 0 0 .290 I-E.Howard PH,C 0 0 0 1 .215 H.Sauer LF 3 0 1 0 .317 V.Wertz 1B 4 1 1 3 .259 H-B.Virdon PH,LF 1 0 0 0 .289 T.Lepcio 2B 3 0 2 1 .188 D.Crandall C 4 1 1 1 .308 W.Ford P 3 0 0 0 .114 G.Staley P 0 0 0 0 .000 T.Gorman P 0 0 0 0 .087 H.Bauer CF,RF 3 2 1 1 .232 E-P.Ward PH 1 0 0 0 .280 G.McDougald 2B,SS 4 0 0 0 .283 H.Freeman P 0 0 0 0 .000 W.Belardi 1B 4 1 1 1 .250 J-N.Siebern PH 1 0 0 0 .192 R.Kline P 1 0 0 0 .091 V.Valentinetti P 0 0 0 0 .200 A-B.Klaus PH 1 0 0 0 .277 W.Burnette P 0 0 0 0 .000 B-E.Valo PH 1 0 0 0 .264 D-N.Fox 2B 1 0 0 0 .291 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 37 8 12 8 Totals 37 6 9 6 A-Pinch Hit For Kline In 5th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Burnette In 7th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Reese In 7th Inning D-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Valo In 8th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Gorman In 8th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Banks In 8th Inning G-Pinch Hit For Colavito In 8th Inning H-Pinch Hit For Sauer In 8th Inning I-Pinch Hit For Lopata In 9th Inning J-Pinch Hit For Freeman In 9th Inning K-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Morgan In 9th Inning L-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Lemon In 9th Inning Cubs............ 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 1 - 8 12 1 Reds............ 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 - 6 9 1 Cubs (37-45) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET W.Ford WIN(9-7) 6 6 3 3 0 3 3 92 5.32 A1 C6 T.Gorman 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 5.18 C7 D2 H.Freeman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2.62 D3 D5 V.Valentinet 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 24 5.40 D6 Totals 9 9 6 6 1 4 4 Reds (44-38) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET R.Kline LOSS(4-7) 5 9 7 4 2 2 3 111 4.79 A1 C9 W.Burnette 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 37 5.28 D1 D8 H.Aguirre 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 5.29 D9 E1 T.Morgan 1 1 1 1 3 1 0 24 3.08 E2 E8 G.Staley 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.66 E9 Totals 9 12 8 5 5 5 3 ATTENDANCE- 29,636 DATE- Sunday, July 18th 1956 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good T- 2:29 LEFT ON BASE- Cubs:10 Reds: 5 DOUBLE PLAYS- Cubs: 0 Reds: 0 ERRORS- E.Mathews, P.Reese DOUBLES- C.Furillo(14th) HOME RUNS- E.Mathews-2(23rd), V.Wertz(10th), L.Berberet(2nd), R.Colavito(7th), D.Crandall(18th), H.Bauer(16th) RBIs- E.Mathews-3(50th), E.Howard(4th), V.Wertz-3(26th), T.Lepcio(18th), L.Berberet-2(5th), R.Colavito(22nd), D.Crandall(47th), H.Bauer(37th), W.Belardi(16th) SACRIFICE HITS- C.Furillo SACRIFICE FLIES- E.Howard, T.Lepcio WALKS- E.Mathews, S.Lopata-2, V.Wertz, T.Lepcio, H.Bauer STRIKE OUTS- D.Snider-2, J.Lumpe, J.Lemon, P.Ward, P.Reese, H.Sauer, G.McDougald, R.Kline PASSED BALLS- E.Howard-2 2-out RBI- R.Colavito, E.Mathews-3, D.Crandall, V.Wertz-3, L.Berberet-2 RLISP 2-out- W.Ford, D.Snider, D.Crandall, T.Lepcio, A.Rosen, N.Siebern-2 TEAM RISP- Cubs: 1 for 9 Reds: 3 for 8 Eddie Mathews blasted 2 homeruns and had 3 RBI as the Chicago-NL Cubs defeated the Cincinnati Reds 8 to 6 at Crosley Field. Mathews had a big evening at the plate. He stroked a single in the 2nd inning, popped a two-run clout over the fence in the 3rd inning and smashed a solo-shot out of the park in the 5th inning. Chicago-NL finished with 12 hits while Cincinnati ended up with 9. Whitey Ford(9-7) allowed 3 runs in 6 innings, and picked up the victory. Ron Kline(4-7) was the loser. He surrended 3 homeruns in his 5 innings. SCORESHEET: 1956 Chicago-NL Cubs at 1956 Cincinnati Reds D.Snider-A1 A1:G/43 *3*:K C1:G/13 *6*:K E1:G/43 E.Banks-A1 A2:L/6 B2:Si *5*:G/53 D2:Si E2:K J.Lumpe-E2 J.Lemon-A1 A3:K B3:FO/6 C3:P/5 D3:L/4 *9*:Si B.Del Gr-F1 E.Mathew-A1 *2*:Si B4:HR>1# C4:HR>b# D4:F/9 E4:W>12 b b# 1 C.Furill-A1 A5:Si>12 B5:F/9 C5:E/6 *7*:Do E5:Sac/54 >23 12 S.Lopata-A1 A6:W>23 1 *4*:Si C6:W>12 b D6:F/8 E6:SF/8>3 E.Howard-E6 2 b1 1 # V.Wertz-A1 A7:F/8 B7:L/4 C7:HR>2# D7:F/8 E7:IW>b1 1# b# T.Lepcio-A1 A8:SF/7>3 B8:Si>12 C8:Si D8:F/8 E8:W>23 1 # 2 b1 W.Ford-A1 A9:F/7 B9:F/8 C9:L/4 *8*:K E9:F/8 T.Gorman-D9 P.Ward-D9+ P.Reese-A1 A1:K B1:P/4 *6*:G/13 D1:Si>23 E1:HR>2# T.Klusze-D1 b# H.Aguirr-D3+ A.Rosen-A1 A2:G/43 B2:G/63 C2:Si D2:P/4 E2:F/8 R.Colavi-A1 A3:HR>b# *4*:G/53 C3:Si>12 *8*:G/53 L.Doby-D3 H.Sauer-A1 A4:Si B4:K C4:F/8 D4:F/9 B.Virdon-D4 D.Cranda-A1 A5:F/7 B5:HR>b# C5:F/8 D5:F/8 G.Staley-D6 H.Bauer-A1 *2*:G/43 B6:G/53 *7*:HR>b# *9*:W>b1 G.McDoug-A1 A7:G/63 *5*:G/63 C7:F/7 D7:PB>12 K W.Belard-A1 A8:G/31 B8:FO/4 C8:G/63 D8:Si>2# R.Kline-A1 *3*:K B9:F/8 C9:E/5>b2 D9:PB>12 B.Klaus-B9 L/4 W.Burnet-C1+