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Reds
@ Dodgers
Ebbets Field
June 23, 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 June 23, 1956 at Ebbets Field.
Game Summary
| Date | June 23, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cincinnati Reds
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| Home Team |
Brooklyn Dodgers
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 23, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Home Team | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Hal Jeffcoat |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Sandy Koufax |
| Ballpark | Ebbets Field |
| City | Brooklyn |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 10,944 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 24 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Vic Delmore 1B: Jocko Conlan 2B: Augie Donatelli 3B: Bill Engeln |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Temple | Second Baseman |
| Wally Post | Right Fielder |
| Gus Bell | Center Fielder |
| Ted Kluszewski | First Baseman |
| Frank Robinson | Left Fielder |
| Ed Bailey | Catcher |
| Ray Jablonski | Third Baseman |
| Roy McMillan | Shortstop |
| Hal Jeffcoat | Pitcher |
| Birdie Tebbetts | Manager |
Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jim Gilliam | Second Baseman |
| Randy Jackson | Third Baseman |
| Duke Snider | Center Fielder |
| Rocky Nelson | First Baseman |
| Carl Furillo | Right Fielder |
| Roy Campanella | Catcher |
| Gil Hodges | Left Fielder |
| Don Zimmer | Shortstop |
| Sandy Koufax | Pitcher |
| Walter Alston | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Reds
@ Dodgers
Ebbets Field
June 23, 1956
Top 1
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Reds, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Koufax
Temple hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Post vs. Koufax
Post hits a popup towards third. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Koufax
Bell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Kluszewski vs. Koufax
Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Reds, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Jeffcoat
Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Jeffcoat
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Jeffcoat
Snider takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Nelson vs. Jeffcoat
Nelson hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Reds, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Koufax
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Bailey vs. Koufax
Bailey strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Jablonski vs. Koufax
Jablonski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Reds, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Jeffcoat
Furillo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Campanella vs. Jeffcoat
Campanella hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Jeffcoat
Hodges hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Zimmer vs. Jeffcoat
Zimmer hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Koufax vs. Jeffcoat
Koufax strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Jeffcoat
Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Reds, 0 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
McMillan vs. Koufax
McMillan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Jeffcoat vs. Koufax
Jeffcoat hits a fly ball to right field. That will be extra bases. Furillo chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards Zimmer. Zimmer fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Zimmer. McMillan goes all the way around to score. Jeffcoat moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: --3
Temple vs. Koufax
Temple takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Post vs. Koufax
Post hits a ball on the ground towards short. Zimmer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Jeffcoat scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Koufax
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Reds, 2 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Jeffcoat
Jackson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Snider vs. Jeffcoat
Snider hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nelson vs. Jeffcoat
Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Reds, 2 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluszewski vs. Koufax
Kluszewski hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Koufax
Robinson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Bailey vs. Koufax
Bailey strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Reds, 2 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Jeffcoat
Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Jeffcoat
Campanella hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bailey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Jeffcoat
Hodges hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zimmer vs. Jeffcoat
Zimmer is hit by the pitch. Hodges moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Koufax vs. Jeffcoat
Pee Wee Reese pinch runs for Don Zimmer.
Koufax strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Reds, 2 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jablonski vs. Koufax
Pee Wee Reese now playing shortstop.
Jablonski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
McMillan vs. Koufax
McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Jeffcoat vs. Koufax
Jeffcoat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Reds, 2 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Jeffcoat
Gilliam takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Jeffcoat
Jackson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Gilliam trying to get to third. Bell throws the ball in to Jablonski, who tags Gilliam for the out. Jackson moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Snider vs. Jeffcoat
Snider hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Nelson vs. Jeffcoat
Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Reds, 2 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Koufax
Temple hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Post vs. Koufax
Post hits a line drive into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Koufax
There goes Temple. The throw from Campanella and he is safe. Temple steals second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Bell vs. Koufax
Bell hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Kluszewski vs. Koufax
Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Bessent
Don Bessent now pitching.
Robinson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Bailey vs. Bessent
Bailey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Gilliam. Bailey moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Jablonski vs. Bessent
Jablonski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out. Bailey moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
McMillan vs. Bessent
McMillan strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Reds, 6 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Jeffcoat
Rocky Bridges now playing third base.
Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Jeffcoat
Campanella hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Jeffcoat
Hodges hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Jeffcoat
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Reds, 6 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Jeffcoat vs. Bessent
Jeffcoat strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Bessent
Temple hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Post vs. Bessent
Post hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Reds, 6 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Jeffcoat
Jackie Robinson pinch hits for Don Bessent.
Robinson hits a line drive into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Jeffcoat
Gilliam takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Jeffcoat
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jackson for the out. Gilliam moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Snider vs. Jeffcoat
Snider takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Nelson vs. Jeffcoat
Nelson hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Reds, 6 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Labine
Clem Labine now pitching.
Bell hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kluszewski vs. Labine
Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Bell moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Robinson vs. Labine
Robinson strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Bailey vs. Labine
Bailey hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam catches it and throws to second with Reese covering, to double up Bell. View Play
Bottom 8
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Reds, 6 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Jeffcoat
Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jeffcoat fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Jeffcoat
Campanella strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Jeffcoat
Hodges hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Reds, 6 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Crowe vs. Labine
George Crowe pinch hits for Rocky Bridges.
Crowe strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMillan vs. Labine
McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Jeffcoat vs. Labine
Jeffcoat strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Reds, 6 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Jeffcoat
Alex Grammas now playing third base.
Reese hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Amoros vs. Freeman
Sandy Amoros pinch hits for Clem Labine. Hersh Freeman now pitching.
Amoros hits a line drive into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Gilliam vs. Freeman
Gilliam hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Reese moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Jackson vs. Freeman
Jackson hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Bell. Jackson reaches second base with a double. Reese scores. Gilliam goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Dodgers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Snider vs. Freeman
Snider is walked intentionally. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Dodgers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Nelson vs. Freeman
Charlie Neal pinch runs for Randy Jackson.
Nelson hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Neal scores. Snider moves to second. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/23/1956 -- Cincinnati at Brooklyn (D)
Cincinnati AB R H RBI Brooklyn AB R H RBI
Temple J, 2b 3 1 2 0 Gilliam J, 2b 3 1 1 0
Post W, rf 4 0 0 0 Jackson R, 3b 5 0 3 2
Bell G, cf 3 1 2 2 Neal C, pr 0 1 0 0
Kluszewski T, 1b 4 1 2 0 Snider D, cf 2 0 0 0
Robinson F, lf 4 1 1 2 Nelson R, 1b 5 0 1 1
Bailey E, c 4 0 0 0 Furillo C, rf 4 1 1 0
Jablonski R, 3b 3 0 1 0 Campanella R, c 4 1 1 2
Bridges R, 3b 0 0 0 0 Hodges G, lf 4 2 3 2
Crowe G, ph 1 0 0 0 Zimmer D, ss 1 0 0 0
Grammas A, 3b 0 0 0 0 Reese P, pr-ss 2 1 1 0
McMillan R, ss 4 1 1 0 Koufax S, p 2 0 0 0
Jeffcoat H, p 4 1 1 1 Bessent D, p 0 0 0 0
Freeman H, p 0 0 0 0 Robinson J, ph 1 0 0 0
Labine C, p 0 0 0 0
Amoros S, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 6 10 5 34 7 11 7
Cincinnati 002 004 000 -- 6
Brooklyn 030 001 003 -- 7
1 out when winning run was scored.
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Jeffcoat H* 8.0 8 5 5 4 3
Freeman H (L) 0.1 3 2 2 1 0
Brooklyn IP H R ER BB SO
Koufax S 5.1 6 5 4 2 2
Bessent D 1.2 2 1 1 0 2
Labine C (W) 2.0 2 0 0 0 3
* Pitched to 1 batter in 9th
E -- Zimmer D, Gilliam J
DP -- Cincinnati 1, Brooklyn 4
LOB -- Cincinnati 3, Brooklyn 8
2B -- Jeffcoat H, Jackson R
HR -- Campanella R, Hodges G 2, Bell G, Robinson F
SB -- Temple J
HBP -- by Jeffcoat H (Zimmer D)
T -- 2:24
A -- 10944
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