BOXSCORE: 1956 Washington Nationals At 1956 Cleveland Indians 8/18/1956
Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Indians AB R H RBI AVG
J.Temple 2B 6 0 2 0 .288 F.Hatfield 2B 3 0 1 0 .284
H.Kuenn SS 4 0 0 0 .273 B-R.Gomez PH 1 0 1 01.000
J.Adcock 1B 4 2 2 1 .314 W.McCall P 0 0 0 0 ----
G.Bell CF 5 2 3 0 .312 W.Covington RF 4 0 1 0 .238
H.Simpson RF 4 2 1 0 .275 F.Thomas 3B 4 0 0 0 .277
R.Boone 3B 2 2 2 0 .263 T.Williams LF 4 1 1 0 .309
R.Sievers LF 3 1 3 4 .257 A.Kaline CF 3 0 1 0 .251
R.Campanella C 4 1 1 5 .244 D.Long 1B 4 0 0 0 .243
D.Newcombe P 5 0 1 0 .297 E.Fitz Gerald C 3 0 1 0 .167
C-B.Hoeft PH 1 0 1 1 .316
D.Spencer SS 3 0 0 0 .300
D-T.Sturdivant PH 1 0 0 0 .300
P.Foytack P 2 0 0 0 .178
H.Wilhelm P 0 0 0 0 .000
A-G.Kell PH,2B 2 0 0 0 .240
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Totals 37 10 15 10 Totals 35 1 7 1
A-Pinch Hit For Wilhelm In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Hatfield In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Fitz Gerald In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Spencer In 9th Inning
Nationals....... 0 1 0 1 0 5 0 1 2 - 10 15 1
Indians......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 7 0
Nationals (54-52) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
D.Newcombe WIN(9-10) 9 7 1 1 1 7 0 117 5.28 A1
Totals 9 7 1 1 1 7 0
Indians (44-66) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
P.Foytack LOSS(7-12) 7 12 8 8 5 6 2 132 4.78 A1 D7
H.Wilhelm 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 15 5.80 D8 E2
W.McCall 1 2 2 2 3 0 0 33 7.78 E3
Totals 9 15 10 10 8 7 2
ATTENDANCE- 20,632 DATE- Wednesday, August 18th 1956 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
T- 3:00
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 9 Indians: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 0 Indians: 2
ERRORS- R.Boone
DOUBLES- G.Bell(25th), R.Sievers(18th), T.Williams(12th)
TRIPLES- R.Sievers(5th)
HOME RUNS- J.Adcock(28th), R.Campanella(15th)
RBIs- J.Adcock(79th), R.Sievers-4(54th), R.Campanella-5(39th), B.Hoeft
SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Sievers
WALKS- H.Kuenn, J.Adcock, H.Simpson, R.Boone-3, R.Sievers, R.Campanella,
A.Kaline
STRIKE OUTS- H.Kuenn-2, J.Adcock, G.Bell, H.Simpson-2, D.Newcombe,
W.Covington-2, F.Thomas-2, D.Spencer-2, T.Sturdivant
GIDP- J.Adcock, H.Simpson
RLISP 2-out- R.Campanella, H.Kuenn, J.Temple-2, G.Kell
TEAM RISP- Nationals: 4 for 11 Indians: 1 for 4
WEB GEMS- Bot 2nd: Harvey Kuenn robbed Dale Long of a base hit.
Don Newcombe had a complete game at Municipal Stadium where the Washington
Nationals beat the Cleveland Indians by the score of 10 to 1.
Roy Sievers had a big day with his bat. He doubled which brought home a run
in the 2nd inning, tripled bringing in a run in the 8th inning and banged out
a single resulting in a run in the 9th inning. Washington finished with 15
hits in the victory.
Newcombe(9-10) picked up the complete game victory, allowing 1 run. Paul
Foytack(7-12) absorbed the loss. He got hammered, allowing 12 hits and 5
walks in 7 innings.
SCORESHEET: 1956 Washington Nationals at 1956 Cleveland Indians
J.Temple-A1 A1:G/43 B1:F/8 C1:G/63 D1:Si E1:Si>12 F1:G/53
H.Kuenn-A1 A2:K B2:W>12 b C2:P/6 D2:K E2:F/8
1
J.Adcock-A1 A3:K B3:G-DP/6 *6*:HR>b# *7*:Si *9*:W>b1
43>1o
G.Bell-A1 *2*:K *4*:Si C4:Do D4:Si E4:F/9
H.Simpso-A1 A5:Si B5:K C5:K D5:G-DP/4 E5:W>12 b
63>1o 1
R.Boone-A1 A6:W>12 b B6:Si>13 C6:W>b1 *8*:W>b1 E6:Si>23
1 12
R.Siever-A1 A7:Do>2# B7:SF/9>3 C7:W>23 1 D7:Tr>1# E7:Si>3#
1o # 2 b1 23 12
R.Campan-A1 A8:P/6 B8:L/6 C8:HR>3# D8:FC/62> E8:W>3# 2
2# 1# b# 3o 3 12 b1
D.Newcom-A1 *3*:Si *5*:F/7 C9:G/43 D9:K E9:P/4
F.Hatfie-A1 A1:Si B1:L/4 *6*:G/3 D1:Si
R.Gomez-D1
W.McCall-D4
W.Coving-A1 A2:K B2:K C2:Si D2:Force/
36>1o b1
F.Thomas-A1 A3:K *4*:K C3:F/7 D3:L/6
T.Willia-A1 A4:F/9 B4:G/63 C4:G/43 *9*:Do
A.Kaline-A1 *2*:F/8 B5:Si *7*:F/9 D5:W>b1
D.Long-A1 A6:G/63 B6:P/6 C6:G/3 D6:Force/
36>23 1o
b1
E.Fitz G-A1 A7:G/63 *5*:F/8 C7:Si D7:Si>3#
B.Hoeft-D7 13
D.Spence-A1 *3*:F/8 B8:K C8:K D8:K
T.Sturdi-D8
P.Foytac-A1 A9:E/5 B9:G/53 *8*:FO/3 D9:F/9
H.Wilhel-C9
G.Kell-C9