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Giants 1 @ Dodgers 0
Roosevelt Stadium
August 15, 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 15, 1956 at Roosevelt Stadium. The home team Dodgers were bested by the visiting Giants with a score of 1 to 0.

Game Summary

DateAugust 15, 1956 
Visiting Team
New York Giants
R: 1 H: 4 E: 0 LOB: 5
Runs: 1
Hits: 4
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 5
Home Team
Brooklyn Dodgers
R: 0 H: 2 E: 1 LOB: 3
Runs: 0
Hits: 2
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 3
Winning Pitcher—Johnny Antonelli  
Losing Pitcher—Don Newcombe  
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Game Winning RBI—Willie Mays 

Game Info

DateAugust 15, 1956 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / NightN 
Visiting TeamNew York Giants 
Home TeamBrooklyn Dodgers 
Visiting Starting PitcherJohnny Antonelli  
Home Starting PitcherDon Newcombe  
BallparkRoosevelt Stadium 
CityJersey City 
StateNJ 
Attendance26,385 
Time of Game2 hours 2 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Lee Ballanfant
1B: Stan Landes
2B: Dusty Boggess
3B: Shag Crawford

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 
Johnny Antonelli  Pitcher 
Bill Rigney  Manager 

Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jim Gilliam  Right Fielder 
Pee Wee Reese  Shortstop 
Jackie Robinson  Left Fielder 
Randy Jackson  Third Baseman 
Gil Hodges  First Baseman 
Duke Snider  Center Fielder 
Charlie Neal  Second Baseman 
Dixie Howell  Catcher 
Don Newcombe  Pitcher 
Walter Alston  Manager 

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1 Re: Brooklyn Dodgers versus New York Giants - August 15, 1956 - Regular Season Lineup and other Game Information
Posted by wendykaplan – 08/18/2013 at 10:49 PM
My first game! I was 8 and a passionate Dodgers fan. The only thing I didn't remember correctly was I thought The Duke had batted 8th, not 6th. It was, I think, the first game he had batted as low as #6 in the lineup, and he got one of the 2 hits against Antonelli. I can still see Mays' HR barely going over the CF fence--and, I swear, I knew at age 8 that he was a future Hall of Famer.
My father belonged to a men's group, which traveled to Jersey City to see the game. No son, so he took his daughter-me. I think I was the only girl on the trip, but couldn't have cared less. I was finally going to a Dodgers game!!
When the Dodgers announced they were moving to LA the next year-talk about disilllusionment. I'd been a Dodgers fan my whole life--or since age 7, 2 years earlier.

My first bb memory is Jackie Robinson stealing home in Game one of the 1955 World Series. I don't think I knew, and surely didn't understand, the significance of it being Brooklyn's first (and only in Br

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Giants 1 @ Dodgers 0
Roosevelt Stadium
August 15, 1956

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Box Score (back to top) 

         Game of 8/15/1956 -- New York at Brooklyn (N)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Brooklyn           AB  R  H RBI
Brandt J, rf-lf       4  0  2  0   Gilliam J, rf         4  0  0  0   
Schoendienst R, 2b    4  0  0  0   Reese P, ss           4  0  0  0   
Mays W, cf            3  1  1  1   Robinson J, lf        4  0  0  0   
Rhodes D, lf          2  0  0  0   Jackson R, 3b         2  0  0  0   
Mueller D, rf         1  0  0  0   Hodges G, 1b          3  0  0  0   
White B, 1b           4  0  0  0   Snider D, cf          3  0  1  0   
Castleman F, 3b       4  0  1  0   Neal C, 2b            3  0  1  0   
Sarni B, c            3  0  0  0   Howell D, c           3  0  0  0   
Spencer D, ss         2  0  0  0   Newcombe D, p         2  0  0  0   
Antonelli J, p        3  0  0  0   Campanella R, ph      1  0  0  0   
                                   Labine C, p           0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     30  1  4  1                        29  0  2  0

New York         000 100 000 --  1
Brooklyn         000 000 000 --  0

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Antonelli J (W)       9.0  2  0  0  1 11

  Brooklyn             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Newcombe D (L)        8.0  3  1  1  3  6
Labine C              1.0  1  0  0  0  0

E -- Hodges G
LOB -- New York 5, Brooklyn 3
2B -- Neal C, Castleman F
HR -- Mays W
CS -- White B
WP -- Newcombe D
T -- 2:02
A -- 26385

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