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Giants 9 @ Dodgers 10
Ebbets Field
August 16, 1956
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants, played on August 16, 1956 at Ebbets Field. The home team Dodgers beat the visiting Giants with a score of 10 to 9.

Game Summary

DateAugust 16, 1956 
Visiting Team
New York Giants
R: 9 H: 16 E: 1 LOB: 10
Runs: 9
Hits: 16
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
Brooklyn Dodgers
R: 10 H: 17 E: 1 LOB: 10
Runs: 10
Hits: 17
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 10
Winning Pitcher—Don Drysdale  
Losing Pitcher—Dick Littlefield  
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Game Winning RBI—Duke Snider 

Game Info

DateAugust 16, 1956 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / NightN 
Visiting TeamNew York Giants 
Home TeamBrooklyn Dodgers 
Visiting Starting PitcherRuben Gomez  
Home Starting PitcherCarl Erskine  
BallparkEbbets Field 
CityBrooklyn 
StateNY 
Attendance18,978 
Time of Game4 hours 48 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Stan Landes
1B: Dusty Boggess
2B: Shag Crawford
3B: Lee Ballanfant

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jackie Brandt  Right Fielder 
Red Schoendienst  Second Baseman 
Willie Mays  Center Fielder 
Dusty Rhodes  Left Fielder 
Bill White  First Baseman 
Foster Castleman  Third Baseman 
Bill Sarni  Catcher 
Daryl Spencer  Shortstop 
Ruben Gomez  Pitcher 
Bill Rigney  Manager 

Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jim Gilliam  Left Fielder 
Jackie Robinson  Second Baseman 
Duke Snider  Center Fielder 
Carl Furillo  Right Fielder 
Randy Jackson  Third Baseman 
Gil Hodges  First Baseman 
Roy Campanella  Catcher 
Chico Fernandez  Shortstop 
Carl Erskine  Pitcher 
Walter Alston  Manager 

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Giants 9 @ Dodgers 10
Ebbets Field
August 16, 1956

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         Game of 8/16/1956 -- New York at Brooklyn (N)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Brooklyn           AB  R  H RBI
Brandt J, rf-lf       6  1  2  0   Gilliam J, lf         7  0  2  2   
Schoendienst R, 2b    7  1  3  0   Robinson J, 2b        4  1  0  0   
Mays W, cf            5  1  2  3   Snider D, cf          7  3  3  1   
Rhodes D, lf          3  1  1  0   Furillo C, rf         4  2  2  1   
Wilhelm H, p          0  0  0  0   Jackson R, 3b         6  1  3  2   
Wilson G, ph          1  0  0  0   Hodges G, 1b          6  1  1  1   
Littlefield D, p      2  0  0  0   Campanella R, c       5  0  3  1   
White B, 1b           6  1  1  0   Amoros S, pr          0  0  0  0   
Castleman F, 3b       5  0  1  0   Drysdale D, p         0  0  0  0   
Sarni B, c            5  2  2  2   Fernandez C, ss       5  2  2  1   
Spencer D, ss         5  1  0  1   Erskine C, p          2  0  0  0   
Gomez R, p            0  0  0  0   Roebuck E, p          1  0  1  1   
Ridzik S, p           2  0  2  0   Bessent D, p          2  0  0  0   
Grissom M, p          0  0  0  0   Howell D, ph-c        1  0  0  0   
McCall W, p           0  0  0  0                                      
Thompson H, ph        1  1  1  3                                      
Mueller D, rf         3  0  1  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     51  9 16  9                        50 10 17 10

New York         030 033 000 000 0 --  9
Brooklyn         400 140 000 000 1 -- 10
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Gomez R               0.1  3  4  4  1  0
Ridzik S*             3.2  6  3  3  2  2
Grissom M             0.2  3  2  2  1  0
McCall W              0.1  0  0  0  0  0
Wilhelm H             2.0  1  0  0  1  2
Littlefield D (L)     5.1  4  1  1  1  2

  Brooklyn             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Erskine C             4.1  8  6  6  2  2
Roebuck E+            0.2  2  3  3  2  0
Bessent D             7.0  5  0  0  1  4
Drysdale D (W)        1.0  1  0  0  1  1
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 5th
  + Pitched to 4 batters in 6th

E -- Campanella R, Littlefield D
DP -- New York 1, Brooklyn 3
LOB -- New York 10, Brooklyn 10
2B -- White B, Schoendienst R, Fernandez C, Gilliam J, Rhodes D, Furillo C, Hodges G, Mays W, Castleman F
3B -- Sarni B, Brandt J
HR -- Mays W, Thompson H, Snider D
CS -- Furillo C, Fernandez C
SH -- Brandt J, Fernandez C
WP -- Bessent D
T -- 4:48
A -- 18978

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