Cincinnati Redlegs vs Brooklyn Dodgers
September 17, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 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 4, Brooklyn Dodgers 5

Cincinnati Redlegs ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 5 0 1 0
Bell cf 5 1 3 0
Robinson lf 4 0 1 1
Kluszewski 1b 1 0 0 0
  Crowe 1b 4 0 0 0
Post rf 5 1 2 0
Bailey c 5 1 1 2
Grammas 3b 2 0 1 0
  Thurman ph 1 0 0 0
  Bridges 3b 0 0 0 0
  Jablonski ph,3b 1 1 1 1
McMillan ss 3 0 0 0
Jeffcoat p 2 0 0 0
  Burgess ph 1 0 0 0
  Freeman p 0 0 0 0
  Schult ph 0 0 0 0
  Balcena pr 0 0 0 0
  Lawrence p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 10 4
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 4 1 1 0
Reese ss 5 1 3 0
Snider cf 3 1 2 1
Robinson 3b 4 0 1 0
Amoros lf 5 1 2 0
  Erskine p 0 0 0 0
Furillo rf 4 1 2 3
Hodges 1b 4 0 1 1
Campanella c 3 0 1 0
Labine p 4 0 0 0
  Bessent p 0 0 0 0
  Cimoli lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 13 5
Cincinnati 001 000 003 04100
Brooklyn 201 000 010 15130
  Cincinnati Redlegs IP H R ER BB SO
Jeffcoat   7.0 9 3 3 2 8
  Freeman   1.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Lawrence  L(19-10) 1.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
13
5
5
4
10
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Labine   8.2 8 3 3 0 4
  Bessent   0.1 2 1 1 3 0
  Erskine  W(13-9) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
10
4
4
3
5

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 1. Jeffcoat, Brooklyn 1. Hodges-Reese-Hodges.  PB–Bailey (4).  2B–Cincinnati Post (24,off Labine); Robinson (25,off Labine).  3B–Cincinnati Bell (4,off Labine).  HR–Cincinnati Bailey (26,9th inning off Labine 1 on 2 out); Jablonski (15,9th inning off Bessent 0 on 2 out), Brooklyn Snider (39,3rd inning off Jeffcoat 0 on 1 out); Furillo (20,10th inning off Lawrence 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Furillo (2,off Freeman).  HBP–Gilliam (4,by Jeffcoat).  IBB–Campanella (14,by Freeman).  Team–10.  CS–Hodges (2,3rd base by Freeman/Bailey); Hodges (2,3rd base by Freeman/Bailey).  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Babe Pinelli, 3B–Hal Dixon.
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