June 9, 1956 Brooklyn tops Cincinnati 8-5 in 10 innings Cincinnati - with 12,100 attendance on a sunny Saturday 6.9.1956 The Brooklyn Dodgers, the 1955 World Series Champs, played championship baseball yesterday. They built a 5-0 lead after 7 innings, then after their opponents, the Cincinnati Reds scored 4 times in the 8th and tied it in the ninth, the Bums of Brooklyn scored three runs in the top of the 10th – then held on to win 8-5. Gil Hodges doubled and homered for Brooklyn. Brooklyn’s starter Sal Maglie (former star pitcher for the NY Giants) had a 4-hit, shutout going into the last of the eight. Bob Thurman pinch-hitting lined a fastball from Maglie for a single, Johnny Temple popped out, Frank Robinson singled, loading the bases, Gus Bell made out and with two outs, Reds strongman, first baseman Ted Kluszewski hit a grand slam homer, making the score 5-4 Bums still up. Clem Labine now pitching for Brooklyn and he got Wally Post to make out. Eddie Bailey pinch-hitting in the last of the ninth, tied the game with his second homer in two days off Clem Labine. It was Ed Bailey’s 7th homer of 1956. The 10th inning featured Dodgers RBIs by Jackie Robinson (a sacrifice fly pinch-hitting), Clem Labine and Gino Cimoli. The winning pitcher was reliever Clem Labine 4-1 who gave up one hit in 2.1 innings. Cincinnati reliever Hersh Freeman had 4 straight wins to open 1956 and with this loss his record also is 4-1. June 9, 1956 Baseball Box Scores Brooklyn Dodgers Jim Gilliam lf, 1 hit in 3 AB, 2 Runs, 1 RBI… Gino Cimoli lf, 1 hit in 1 AB, 1 RBI… Pee Wee Reese ss, 1 hit in 4 AB … Duke Snider cf, 0 for 4, 1 R… Randy Jackson 3b, 1 hit in 4, 2 RBIs Rocky Nelson 1b, 0 for 3, 1 RBI … Carl Furillo rf, 1 for 1, 1 R … Gil Hodges rf-1b, 2 hits in 5 at bats, 2 Runs, 1 RBI … Roy Campanella catcher, 0 for 3, 1 Run … Charlie Neal 2b, 1 hit in 4, 1 Run … Jackie Robinson ph, sac fly, 1 RBI, Don Zimmer 2b, 0 for 0 … Sal Maglie p, 1 for 3 … Clem Labine 2 for 2, 1 RBI Doubles by Gil Hodges … Home Runs by Gil Hodges Sacrifices Pee Wee Reese and Gino Cimoli Sacrifice Flies Randy Jackson, Rocky Nelson and Jackie Robinson Pitchers Sal Maglie 6 hits 4 runs, 4 SO, 4 BB in 7.2 innings and Clem Labine 1 hit. 1 R, 1BB in 2.1 innings Cincinnati Reds 1956 Box Score June 9, 1956 Baseball Game Johnny Temple 2b, 0 hits in 4 AB … Frank Robinson lf, 1 hit in 4 AB, 1 Run … Gus Bell cf, 0 hits in 4 AB, 1 Run … Ted Kluszewski 1b, 1 for 5, 1 R, 4 RBI … Wally Post rf, 1 for 4 … Ray Jablonski 3b, 1 for 3 Ed Bailey ph, 1 for 1 AB, 1 Run, 1 RBI … Rocky Bridges 3b, 0 at bats … Smoky Burgess catcher, 0 for 3 … Roy McMillan ss, 0 for 4 … Art Fowler p, 0 at bats… Tom Acker p, 0 AB … Joe Frazier ph, 1 for 1 … Hal Jeffcoat p, 0 AB … Bob Thurman ph, 1 for 1 AB, 1 Run … Hersh Freeman p, 0 for 1 AB … Joe Black p, 0 AB Error by Art Flower Double by Wally Post and Home Runs by Ted Kluszewski (grand slam) and Ed Bailey Stolen Base by Johnny Temple Redlegs Pitching Stats June 9, 1956 Art Fowler 6 hits, 4 Runs, 2 ER, 2 SO, 2 BB in 4.1 innings… Tom Acker 0 hits, 0 R, 1 SO in 1.2 IP … Hal Jeffcoat 0 hits, 0 Runs, 1 SO, 2 BB in 2 IP … Hersh Freeman 5 hits, 3 Runs, 1 SO, 1 BB in 1.2 IP … Joe Black 0 hitsd, 0 Runs in .1 innings Baseball Game June 9, 1956 Box Score by www.baseballhistorian.com Archives Page 150 |