Cincinnati Redlegs vs Brooklyn Dodgers
September 16, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 1956 at Ebbets Field. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Cincinnati Redlegs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Redlegs 2, Brooklyn Dodgers 3

Cincinnati Redlegs ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 4 0 1 0
Bell cf 4 0 2 0
Robinson lf 3 0 0 0
Kluszewski 1b 4 0 0 0
Post rf 3 1 1 0
Burgess c 4 1 2 2
Grammas 3b 1 0 0 0
  Crowe ph 1 0 1 0
  Bridges pr,3b 0 0 0 0
  Jablonski ph,3b 2 0 1 0
McMillan ss 3 0 0 0
  Bailey ph 1 0 1 0
  Flood pr 0 0 0 0
Nuxhall p 0 0 0 0
  Lawrence p 0 0 0 0
  Balcena ph 1 0 0 0
  Klippstein p 1 0 1 0
  Black p 0 0 0 0
  Thurman ph 1 0 0 0
  Freeman p 0 0 0 0
  Palys ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 10 2
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam lf,2b 4 0 1 0
Reese ss 3 1 2 0
Furillo rf 4 0 0 0
Robinson 3b 2 1 1 0
Hodges 1b 3 1 1 1
Neal 2b 3 0 1 1
  Cimoli lf 0 0 0 0
Snider cf 4 0 2 1
Campanella c 2 0 0 0
Maglie p 4 0 1 0
  Bessent p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 9 3
Cincinnati 000 000 0022101
Brooklyn 020 010 00x390
  Cincinnati Redlegs IP H R ER BB SO
Nuxhall  L(12-11) 1.1 3 2 2 0 0
  Lawrence   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Klippstein   2.2 3 1 1 5 4
  Black   2.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Freeman   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
3
3
6
6
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Maglie  W(11-4) 8.2 9 2 2 1 5
  Bessent  SV(7) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
1
5

  E–McMillan (19).  DP–Cincinnati 2. Grammas-Temple-Kluszewski, McMillan-Kluszewski, Brooklyn 3. Reese-Neal-Hodges, Maglie-Neal-Hodges, Maglie-Reese-Hodges.  2B–Cincinnati Bell (29,off Maglie), Brooklyn Robinson (13,off Nuxhall); Hodges (26,off Nuxhall); Snider 2 (28,off Nuxhall,off Klippstein); Gilliam (23,off Klippstein).  3B–Brooklyn Reese (2,off Black).  HR–Cincinnati Burgess (11,9th inning off Maglie 1 on 2 out).  HBP–Post (4,by Maglie).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Reese (14,off Klippstein).  IBB–Campanella 2 (13,by Klippstein,by Freeman).  Team–9.  SB–Reese (12,2nd base off Klippstein/Burgess); Neal (2,2nd base off Freeman/Burgess); Reese (12,2nd base off Klippstein/Burgess); Neal (2,2nd base off Freeman/Burgess).  CS–Reese (4,Home by Black/Burgess); Reese (4,Home by Black/Burgess).  U-HP–Hal Dixon, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Babe Pinelli.
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