New York Giants vs Cincinnati Redlegs
July 15, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 15, 1956 at Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Redlegs defeated the New York Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Giants 3, Cincinnati Redlegs 4

New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Mueller rf 5 0 0 0
Schoendienst 2b 5 1 3 0
Mays cf 4 1 2 2
White 1b 5 0 0 0
Castleman 3b 4 1 1 0
Brandt lf 5 0 1 0
Sarni c 3 0 1 0
  Wilson ph 1 0 0 0
  Westrum c 1 0 1 0
Bressoud ss 3 0 1 0
  Rhodes ph 1 0 0 0
  Spencer ss 1 0 0 0
McCall p 2 0 0 0
  Hofman ph 1 0 0 0
  Grissom p 0 0 0 0
  Thompson ph 1 0 1 0
  Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0
  Lennon ph 1 0 0 0
  Margoneri p 0 0 0 0
  Ridzik p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 3 11 2
Cincinnati Redlegs ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 4 0 1 2
Post rf 4 0 0 0
Bell cf 5 0 0 0
Kluszewski 1b 5 2 2 1
Robinson lf 4 0 0 0
Burgess c 5 0 0 0
Jablonski 3b 4 1 3 0
  Bridges pr,3b 1 0 1 1
Grammas ss 2 0 0 0
Gross p 1 1 0 0
  Klippstein p 0 0 0 0
  Palys ph 1 0 1 0
  Jeffcoat pr 0 0 0 0
  Acker p 0 0 0 0
  Thurman ph 0 0 0 0
  Freeman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 8 4
New York 000 100 020 003111
Cincinnati 000 120 000 01481
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
McCall   6.0 3 3 3 2 2
  Grissom   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Wilhelm   2.0 1 0 0 2 0
  Margoneri  L(1-1) 0.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Ridzik   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.1
8
4
4
5
4
  Cincinnati Redlegs IP H R ER BB SO
Gross   7.2 9 3 2 1 4
  Klippstein   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Acker   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Freeman  W(7-2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
11.0
11
3
2
2
5

  E–Mueller (1), Jablonski (7).  DP–New York 1. Sarni-Bressoud, Cincinnati 2. Grammas-Temple-Kluszewski, Burgess-Kluszewski.  2B–New York Castleman (6,off Gross); Bressoud (3,off Gross); Brandt (6,off Gross).  3B–New York Schoendienst (1,off Gross), Cincinnati Temple (3,off McCall).  HR–New York Mays (15,8th inning off Gross 1 on 0 out), Cincinnati Kluszewski (23,4th inning off McCall 0 on 2 out).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Temple (8,off Grissom); Grammas (7,off Wilhelm).  IBB–Thurman (1,by Wilhelm).  Team–8.  SB–Mays (19,2nd base off Gross/Burgess); Thompson (2,2nd base off Acker/Burgess).  CS–Jablonski (1,2nd base by Grissom/Sarni).  U-HP–Jocko Conlan, 1B–Vic Delmore, 2B–Bill Engeln, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–3:10.  A–27,951.
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