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Dodgers
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
May 29, 1956
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Brooklyn Dodgers, played on May 29, 1956 at Forbes Field.
Game Summary
Date | May 29, 1956 |
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Visiting Team |
Brooklyn Dodgers
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Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 29, 1956 |
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Day of Week | Tue |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Brooklyn Dodgers |
Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Don Newcombe |
Home Starting Pitcher | Ron Kline |
Ballpark | Forbes Field |
City | Pittsburgh |
State | PA |
Attendance | 11,935 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 37 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Artie Gore 1B: Bill Jackowski 2B: Shag Crawford 3B: Lee Ballanfant |
Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jim Gilliam | Second Baseman |
Pee Wee Reese | Shortstop |
Duke Snider | Center Fielder |
Jackie Robinson | First Baseman |
Randy Jackson | Third Baseman |
Sandy Amoros | Left Fielder |
Gil Hodges | Right Fielder |
Roy Campanella | Catcher |
Don Newcombe | Pitcher |
Walter Alston | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
Name | Position |
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Bill Virdon | Center Fielder |
Dick Groat | Shortstop |
Dale Long | First Baseman |
Frank Thomas | Left Fielder |
Lee Walls | Right Fielder |
Gene Freese | Third Baseman |
Hank Foiles | Catcher |
Johnny O'Brien | Second Baseman |
Ron Kline | Pitcher |
Bobby Bragan | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Dodgers
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
May 29, 1956
Top 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Kline
Gilliam hits a popup, foul, towards third. Freese settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Kline
Reese hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Kline
Snider strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Newcombe
Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Virdon for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Newcombe
Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Reese. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Long vs. Newcombe
Long strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Newcombe
Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Kline
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Kline
Jackson hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Amoros vs. Kline
Amoros takes first base on ball four. Jackson moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Hodges vs. Kline
Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Jackson scores. Amoros moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1-3
Campanella vs. Kline
Campanella takes first base on ball four. Hodges moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Newcombe vs. Kline
Newcombe hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thomas. Newcombe reaches second base with a double. Amoros scores. Hodges scores. Campanella goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gilliam vs. Kline
Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops it up and throws to first, with Kline covering, for the out. Newcombe moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Reese vs. Kline
Reese strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Dodgers, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Walls vs. Newcombe
Walls hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Snider. Walls reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Freese vs. Newcombe
Freese hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Walls scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Foiles vs. Newcombe
Foiles hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Brien vs. Newcombe
O'Brien bunts towards third. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Dodgers, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Kline
Snider hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Kline
Robinson hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Kline
Jackson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Amoros vs. Kline
Amoros hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Dodgers, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cole vs. Newcombe
Dick Cole pinch hits for Ron Kline.
Cole 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 -
Dodgers, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Newcombe
Virdon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Groat vs. Newcombe
Groat hits a line drive into left field. Amoros settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Long vs. Newcombe
Long hits a line drive into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Dodgers, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Munger
Red Munger now pitching.
Hodges takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Campanella vs. Munger
Campanella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hodges moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Newcombe vs. Munger
Newcombe bunts towards the mound. Munger fields it and throws to first for the out. Hodges moves to third. Campanella moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Gilliam vs. McMahan
Jack McMahan now pitching.
Gilliam hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hodges scores. Campanella moves to third. Gilliam moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -23
Reese vs. King
Nellie King now pitching.
Reese hits a fly ball towards left. Thomas catches it and throws to home to double up Campanella. View Play
Bottom 4
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Dodgers, 5 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Newcombe
Thomas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Walls vs. Newcombe
Walls strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Freese vs. Newcombe
Freese hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Thomas moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Foiles vs. Newcombe
Foiles hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Newcombe fields it and throws to first for the out. Thomas moves to third. Freese moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -23
Kravitz vs. Newcombe
Danny Kravitz pinch hits for Johnny O'Brien.
Kravitz 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
Top 5
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Dodgers, 5 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. King
Danny Kravitz now playing third base. Gene Freese now playing second base.
Snider hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Freese fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. King
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kravitz fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. King
There goes Robinson. The throw from Foiles to Freese and they have Robinson trapped. The throw over to Long, who applies the tag for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. King
Jackson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Walls who is chasing the ball. Jackson reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Amoros vs. King
There's a wild pitch. Jackson scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Amoros vs. King
Amoros hits a popup towards first. Long settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Dodgers, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Hall vs. Newcombe
Dick Hall pinch hits for Nellie King.
Hall strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Newcombe
Virdon strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Newcombe
Groat bunts towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Dodgers, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Swanson
Red Swanson now pitching.
Hodges takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Campanella vs. Swanson
Campanella bunts towards the mound. Swanson fields it and throws to first for the out. Hodges moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Newcombe vs. Swanson
Newcombe hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Freese catches it and throws to second with Groat covering, to double up Hodges. View Play
Bottom 6
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Dodgers, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Long vs. Newcombe
Long hits a popup towards third. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Newcombe
Thomas hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hodges. Thomas reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Walls vs. Newcombe
Walls strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Freese vs. Newcombe
Freese hits a popup, foul, towards first. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Dodgers, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Swanson
Gilliam hits a popup, foul, towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Swanson
Reese hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Snider vs. Swanson
Snider hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Walls. Snider reaches second base with a double. Reese moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -23
Robinson vs. Swanson
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat misplays the ball. That's an error on Groat. Reese scores. Snider moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Jackson vs. Swanson
Jackson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Snider scores. Robinson moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 8 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Amoros vs. Swanson
There goes Robinson. The throw from Foiles and they have the runner in a rundown. Groat applies the tag, and Robinson is out. View Play -
Dodgers, 8 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Amoros vs. Swanson
There's a wild pitch. Jackson moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 8 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Amoros vs. Swanson
Amoros hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jackson scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 9 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Hodges vs. Swanson
Hodges hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Walls. Hodges reaches second base with a double. Amoros goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Dodgers, 10 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Campanella vs. Swanson
Campanella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Dodgers, 10 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Foiles vs. Newcombe
Carl Furillo now playing right field. Gil Hodges now playing first base. Don Zimmer now playing shortstop.
Foiles strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 10 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Kravitz vs. Newcombe
Kravitz hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 10 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Newcombe
Curt Roberts pinch hits for Red Swanson.
Roberts hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Furillo. Roberts reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Dodgers, 10 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Virdon vs. Newcombe
Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Zimmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Dodgers, 10 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newcombe vs. Arroyo
Luis Arroyo now pitching.
Newcombe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 10 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Gilliam vs. Arroyo
Gilliam hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 10 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Zimmer vs. Arroyo
Zimmer hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 10 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Snider vs. Arroyo
Snider hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Groat fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Dodgers, 10 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Newcombe
Groat hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 10 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Long vs. Newcombe
Long hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 10 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Newcombe
Thomas hits a popup, foul, towards short. Zimmer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Dodgers, 10 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Arroyo
Furillo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 10 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Arroyo
Jackson hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 10 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Amoros vs. Arroyo
Amoros takes first base on ball four. Furillo moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 10 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Hodges vs. Arroyo
Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kravitz fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 9
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Dodgers, 10 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walls vs. Newcombe
Walls hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 10 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freese vs. Newcombe
Freese 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 -
Dodgers, 10 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Foiles vs. Newcombe
Foiles strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/29/1956 -- Brooklyn at Pittsburgh (D) Brooklyn AB R H RBI Pittsburgh AB R H RBI Gilliam J, 2b 5 0 1 1 Virdon B, cf 4 0 1 0 Reese P, ss 4 1 1 0 Groat D, ss 4 0 0 0 Zimmer D, ss 1 0 0 0 Long D, 1b 4 0 0 0 Snider D, cf 5 1 2 0 Thomas F, lf 4 0 2 0 Robinson J, 1b 4 0 0 1 Walls L, rf 4 1 1 0 Furillo C, rf 1 0 1 0 Freese G, 3b-2b 4 0 2 1 Jackson R, 3b 4 3 3 1 Foiles H, c 4 0 0 0 Amoros S, lf 3 2 1 1 O'Brien J, 2b 1 0 0 0 Hodges G, rf-1b 3 2 2 2 Kravitz D, ph-3b 2 0 0 0 Campanella R, c 2 1 1 0 Kline R, p 0 0 0 0 Newcombe D, p 3 0 2 3 Cole D, ph 1 0 0 0 Munger R, p 0 0 0 0 McMahan J, p 0 0 0 0 King N, p 0 0 0 0 Hall D, ph 1 0 0 0 Swanson R, p 0 0 0 0 Roberts C, ph 1 0 1 0 Arroyo L, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 35 10 14 9 34 1 7 1 Brooklyn 040 110 400 -- 10 Pittsburgh 010 000 000 -- 1 Brooklyn IP H R ER BB SO Newcombe D (W) 9.0 7 1 1 0 7 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO Kline R (L) 3.0 3 4 4 3 2 Munger R 0.1 1 1 1 1 0 McMahan J* 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 King N 1.2 2 1 1 0 0 Swanson R 2.0 5 4 4 1 0 Arroyo L 2.0 2 0 0 1 0 * Pitched to 1 batter in 4th E -- Reese P, Groat D DP -- Brooklyn 1, Pittsburgh 3 LOB -- Brooklyn 6, Pittsburgh 6 2B -- Newcombe D, Walls L, Thomas F, Snider D, Hodges G, Roberts C 3B -- Jackson R CS -- Robinson J 2 SH -- Newcombe D, Campanella R WP -- King N, Swanson R T -- 2:37 A -- 11935
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