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Yankees 8 @ Dodgers 13
Ebbets Field
October 5, 1956

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Yankees, played on October 5, 1956 at Ebbets Field. The home team Dodgers beat the visiting Yankees with a score of 13 to 8.

Game Summary

DateOctober 5, 1956 
Visiting Team
New York Yankees
R: 8 H: 12 E: 2 LOB: 7
Runs: 8
Hits: 12
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Brooklyn Dodgers
R: 13 H: 12 E: 0 LOB: 11
Runs: 13
Hits: 12
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 11
Winning PitcherDon Bessent  
Losing PitcherTom Morgan  
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Game Winning RBIGil Hodges 

Game Info

DateOctober 5, 1956 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Yankees 
Home TeamBrooklyn Dodgers 
Visiting Starting PitcherDon Larsen  
Home Starting PitcherDon Newcombe  
BallparkEbbets Field 
CityBrooklyn 
StateNY 
Attendance36,217 
Time of Game3 hours 26 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Hank Soar
1B: Dusty Boggess
2B: Larry Napp
3B: Babe Pinelli

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Gil McDougald  Shortstop 
Enos Slaughter  Left Fielder 
Mickey Mantle  Center Fielder 
Yogi Berra  Catcher 
Joe Collins  First Baseman 
Hank Bauer  Right Fielder 
Billy Martin  Third Baseman 
Jerry Coleman  Second Baseman 
Don Larsen  Pitcher 
Casey Stengel  Manager 

Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup 

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

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Yankees 8 @ Dodgers 13
Ebbets Field
October 5, 1956

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 10/5/1956 -- New York at Brooklyn (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Brooklyn           AB  R  H RBI
McDougald G, ss       3  0  1  0   Gilliam J, 2b         3  1  1  2   
Slaughter E, lf       4  3  2  1   Reese P, ss           6  1  1  2   
Mantle M, cf          4  1  1  0   Snider D, cf          4  3  2  3   
Berra Y, c            4  1  2  4   Robinson J, 3b        4  2  2  0   
Collins J, 1b         4  0  1  2   Hodges G, 1b          3  2  3  4   
Bauer H, rf           5  0  1  0   Amoros S, lf          4  1  0  0   
Martin B, 3b-2b       4  1  1  0   Jackson R, ph         1  0  0  0   
Coleman J, 2b         2  0  0  0   Cimoli G, lf          0  0  0  0   
Skowron B, ph         1  0  0  0   Furillo C, rf         4  2  2  0   
Carey A, 3b           0  0  0  0   Campanella R, c       3  1  0  1   
Larsen D, p           1  1  1  1   Newcombe D, p         0  0  0  0   
Kucks J, p            0  0  0  0   Roebuck E, p          0  0  0  0   
Byrne T, p            0  0  0  0   Mitchell D, ph        1  0  0  0   
Sturdivant T, p       0  0  0  0   Bessent D, p          2  0  1  1   
Morgan T, p           1  1  1  0                                      
Turley B, p           0  0  0  0                                      
Siebern N, ph         1  0  0  0                                      
McDermott M, p        1  0  1  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     35  8 12  8                        35 13 12 13

New York         150 100 001 --  8
Brooklyn         061 220 02x -- 13

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Larsen D              1.2  1  4  0  4  0
Kucks J*              0.0  1  1  0  0  0
Byrne T               0.1  1  1  0  0  1
Sturdivant T          0.2  2  1  1  2  2
Morgan T (L)          2.0  5  4  4  2  3
Turley B              0.1  0  0  0  0  1
McDermott M           3.0  2  2  1  3  3

  Brooklyn             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Newcombe D            1.2  6  6  6  2  0
Roebuck E             0.1  0  0  0  0  0
Bessent D (W)         7.0  6  2  2  2  4
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 2nd

E -- Collins J, Bauer H
DP -- New York 1, Brooklyn 1
LOB -- New York 7, Brooklyn 11
2B -- Hodges G 2
HR -- Berra Y, Snider D
SH -- Coleman J, McDougald G, Bessent D
SF -- Campanella R, Slaughter E
WP -- Bessent D
T -- 3:26
A -- 36217

    

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