BOXSCORE: 1956 Washington Nationals At 1956 Chicago-NL Cubs 8/16/1956
Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Cubs AB R H RBI AVG
J.Temple 2B 4 1 2 0 .293 C.Furillo RF 4 0 1 0 .305
H.Kuenn SS 4 0 1 0 .273 C-J.Lumpe PH 1 0 0 0 .143
J.Adcock 1B 4 1 0 0 .312 E.Mathews 3B 4 0 1 0 .295
G.Bell CF 5 1 2 1 .311 E.Banks SS 4 1 1 1 .298
H.Simpson RF 5 0 3 2 .282 J.Robinson 2B 4 1 1 0 .260
R.Boone 3B 5 2 2 1 .263 B.Del Greco CF 4 0 0 0 .247
R.Sievers LF 4 0 1 0 .248 J.Lemon LF 3 0 2 1 .285
R.Campanella C 5 1 1 0 .235 E.Howard C 3 0 1 0 .259
J.Nuxhall P 4 0 4 2 .217 V.Valentinetti P 0 0 0 0 .091
R.Face P 0 0 0 0 .200 B-D.Snider PH 1 0 0 0 .279
H.Freeman P 0 0 0 0 .000
V.Wertz 1B 2 0 0 0 .251
D.Kaiser P 2 0 0 0 .063
A-S.Lopata PH,C 2 0 0 0 .264
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Totals 40 6 16 6 Totals 34 2 7 2
A-Pinch Hit For Kaiser In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Valentinetti In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Furillo In 9th Inning
Nationals....... 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 - 6 16 1
Cubs............ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 2 7 2
Nationals (58-54) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
J.Nuxhall WIN(2-1) 8 1/3 6 2 2 5 6 1 113 4.17 A1 D9
R.Face 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 5.67 E1
Totals 9 7 2 2 5 6 1
Cubs (62-62) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
D.Kaiser LOSS(7-11) 7 10 3 3 4 7 0 120 3.83 A1 D5
V.Valentinet 1 4 2 2 0 0 1 30 4.26 D6 E3
H.Freeman 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 17 2.37 E4
Totals 9 16 6 6 4 9 1
ATTENDANCE- 35,864 DATE- Monday, August 16th 1956 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:29
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals:11 Cubs:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 0 Cubs: 1
ERRORS- G.Bell, V.Valentinetti, S.Lopata
DOUBLES- G.Bell-2(27th), H.Simpson(13th), J.Nuxhall, J.Lemon(14th)
HOME RUNS- R.Boone(24th), E.Banks(29th)
RBIs- G.Bell(77th), H.Simpson-2(57th), R.Boone(67th), J.Nuxhall-2,
E.Banks(62nd), J.Lemon(48th)
WALKS- J.Temple, H.Kuenn, J.Adcock, R.Sievers, E.Mathews, E.Banks, J.Lemon,
V.Wertz-2
STRIKE OUTS- H.Kuenn, J.Adcock-3, H.Simpson, R.Sievers-2, R.Campanella-2,
C.Furillo, E.Mathews, E.Banks-2, E.Howard, D.Kaiser
GIDP- R.Campanella
WILD PITCHES- D.Kaiser-2
2-out RBI- G.Bell, J.Nuxhall, H.Simpson, J.Lemon
RLISP 2-out- B.Del Greco, J.Temple, R.Boone, J.Adcock-3, R.Sievers, H.Kuenn,
E.Howard, D.Snider, R.Campanella, E.Banks
TEAM RISP- Nationals: 6 for 18 Cubs: 1 for 7
WEB GEMS- Top 6th: Elston Howard blocked the plate, saving a run!
Top 7th: Ernie Banks robbed Gus Bell of a base hit.
Ray Boone left the yard as the Washington Nationals defeated the Chicago-NL
Cubs by a score of 6 to 2 at Wrigely Field.
Joe Nuxhall(2-1) gave Washington a solid outing. He was reached for 6 hits
and 5 walks in 8 and 1/3 innings lowering his ERA to 4.17. Washington
out-hit Chicago-NL for the game, 16 hits to 7.
The loss was charged to Don Kaiser(7-11). He got hit hard, allowing 10 hits
and 4 walks in 7 innings.
SCORESHEET: 1956 Washington Nationals at 1956 Chicago-NL Cubs
J.Temple-A1 A1:W>b1 B1:G/43 C1:Si>13 D1:WP>12 E1:L/3
Si>2o
H.Kuenn-A1 A2:K *3*:G/23 C2:W>12 b D2:G/31 E2:Si>23
1
J.Adcock-A1 A3:K B3:W>b1 C3:K *7*:K E3:E(foul
)/2 G/63
G.Bell-A1 A4:Do>1# B4:G/13>1 *5*:F/8 D4:G/63 *9*:Do
2
H.Simpso-A1 *2*:G/31 B5:Si>2# C5:Si D5:K E5:Do>2#
R.Boone-A1 A6:Si B6:F/8 C6:WP>12 *8*:HR>b# E6:L/6
F/8
R.Siever-A1 A7:Si>13 *4*:W>b1 C7:K D7:G/63 E7:K
R.Campan-A1 A8:G/53>1 B8:G-DP/6 *6*:K D8:Si+E/1 E8:K
2 43>1o
J.Nuxhal-A1 A9:Si>3# B9:Si C9:Si D9:Do>2#
R.Face-E9 23
C.Furill-A1 A1:Si *3*:P/6 C1:K D1:L/6 E1:F/7
J.Lumpe-E1
E.Mathew-A1 A2:W>12 b B2:G/43 C2:L/3 D2:K E2:Si>12
1
E.Banks-A1 A3:K B3:W>b1 *6*:HR>b# *8*:K E3:P/2
J.Robins-A1 A4:Force/ B4:G/43 C4:G/23 D4:Si
64>23 1o
b1
B.Del Gr-A1 A5:F/9 *4*:L/5 C5:G/63 D5:G/43>1
2
J.Lemon-A1 *2*:W>b1 B6:F/9 C6:Do D6:Si+E/8
>2#
E.Howard-A1 A7:F/9 B7:Si C7:K D7:G/43
V.Valent-D3
D.Snider-D7+
V.Wertz-A1 A8:P/3 B8:G/3 *7*:W>b1 *9*:W>b1
D.Kaiser-A1 A9:F/8 *5*:K C9:P/6 D9:F/7
S.Lopata-C9