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Reds 7 @ Dodgers 6
Ebbets Field
May 18, 1956

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds, played on May 18, 1956 at Ebbets Field. The home team Dodgers were bested by the visiting Reds with a score of 7 to 6.

Game Summary

DateMay 18, 1956 
Visiting Team
Cincinnati Reds
R: 7 H: 12 E: 2 LOB: 7
Runs: 7
Hits: 12
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Brooklyn Dodgers
R: 6 H: 13 E: 0 LOB: 10
Runs: 6
Hits: 13
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherBrooks Lawrence  
Losing PitcherEd Roebuck  
SaveHersh Freeman  
Game Winning RBIRay Jablonski 

Game Info

DateMay 18, 1956 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamCincinnati Reds 
Home TeamBrooklyn Dodgers 
Visiting Starting PitcherBrooks Lawrence  
Home Starting PitcherCarl Erskine  
BallparkEbbets Field 
CityBrooklyn 
StateNY 
Attendance10,520 
Time of Game3 hours 6 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Vic Delmore
1B: Jocko Conlan
2B: Augie Donatelli
3B: Bill Engeln

Cincinnati Reds Lineup 

Name  Position 
Johnny Temple  Second Baseman 
Frank Robinson  Left Fielder 
Gus Bell  Center Fielder 
Ted Kluszewski  First Baseman 
Wally Post  Right Fielder 
Ray Jablonski  Third Baseman 
Ed Bailey  Catcher 
Roy McMillan  Shortstop 
Brooks Lawrence  Pitcher 
Birdie Tebbetts  Manager 

Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jim Gilliam  Second Baseman 
Pee Wee Reese  Shortstop 
Duke Snider  Center Fielder 
Roy Campanella  Catcher 
Gil Hodges  First Baseman 
Jackie Robinson  Third Baseman 
Sandy Amoros  Left Fielder 
Carl Furillo  Right Fielder 
Carl Erskine  Pitcher 
Walter Alston  Manager 

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Reds 7 @ Dodgers 6
Ebbets Field
May 18, 1956

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/18/1956 -- Cincinnati at Brooklyn (N)

  Cincinnati         AB  R  H RBI    Brooklyn           AB  R  H RBI
Temple J, 2b          5  0  0  0   Gilliam J, 2b         6  1  3  0   
Robinson F, lf        4  0  1  0   Reese P, ss           5  3  4  0   
Bell G, cf            5  2  2  0   Snider D, cf          5  1  3  0   
Kluszewski T, 1b      5  1  1  0   Campanella R, c       5  1  0  2   
Post W, rf            4  2  2  2   Hodges G, 1b          5  0  2  2   
Jablonski R, 3b       5  2  3  4   Robinson J, 3b        5  0  0  1   
Bailey E, c           5  0  1  1   Amoros S, lf          3  0  1  0   
McMillan R, ss        4  0  2  0   Furillo C, rf         2  0  0  0   
Lawrence B, p         4  0  0  0   Erskine C, p          1  0  0  0   
Freeman H, p          0  0  0  0   Bessent D, p          0  0  0  0   
                                   Jackson R, ph         1  0  0  0   
                                   Koufax S, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Williams D, ph        1  0  0  0   
                                   Labine C, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Walker R, ph          1  0  0  0   
                                   Roebuck E, p          0  0  0  0   
                                   Cimoli G, ph          1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     41  7 12  7                        41  6 13  5

Cincinnati       023 010 000 1 --  7
Brooklyn         300 010 002 0 --  6

  Cincinnati           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Lawrence B (W)        9.1 13  6  6  4  4
Freeman H (S)         0.2  0  0  0  0  2

  Brooklyn             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Erskine C             2.1  6  5  5  2  1
Bessent D             1.2  0  0  0  0  1
Koufax S              3.0  3  1  1  0  1
Labine C              1.0  1  0  0  1  0
Roebuck E (L)         2.0  2  1  1  0  0

E -- Post W, Bailey E
DP -- Cincinnati 1, Brooklyn 1
LOB -- Cincinnati 7, Brooklyn 10
2B -- Reese P, McMillan R 2, Bell G, Snider D
HR -- Post W, Jablonski R 2
SH -- Furillo C
WP -- Koufax S
Balk -- Koufax S
T -- 3:06
A -- 10520

    

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