Reds @ Dodgers
May 18, 1956

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Bottom 10 R H E
Reds 7 12 2
Dodgers 6 13 0
Bottom 10 R H E
Reds 7 12 2
Dodgers 6 13 0

Jim Gilliam Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .600 .295
OBP .600 .415
At Bats 5 88
Hits 3 26
• Singles 3 20
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 18
RBI’s 0 12

Hersh Freeman Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 0 1
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Ebbets Field - May 18, 1956
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Strikeout
Hersh Freeman
Ed Bailey
Ted Kluszewski
Johnny Temple
Ray Jablonski
Roy McMillan
Frank Robinson
Gus Bell
Wally Post
Jim Gilliam
Sandy Amoros

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cincinnati Reds 7 12 2 7
Brooklyn Dodgers 6 13 0 10
Winning Pitcher Brooks Lawrence
Losing Pitcher Ed Roebuck
Save Hersh Freeman
Game Winning RBI Ray Jablonski
Attendance 10,520
Time of Game 3 hours 6 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Gilliam is called out on strikes.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 10 Hersh Freeman now pitching. Gino Cimoli pinch hits for Ed Roebuck. Cimoli is called out on strikes.
Bottom 10 Furillo bunts towards the mound. Lawrence fields it and throws to first for the out. Amoros moves to second.
Bottom 10 Amoros hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 10 McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Bailey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Jablonski hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 10 Post hits a popup towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Robinson hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Reese scores. Snider scores.
Bottom 9 Campanella hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Snider hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Post. Snider reaches second base with a double. Reese moves to third.
Bottom 9 Reese hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Gilliam hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Kluszewski hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Bell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Furillo. Bell reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Ed Roebuck now pitching. Temple hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Rube Walker pinch hits for Clem Labine. Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Furillo takes first base on ball four. Amoros moves to second.
Bottom 8 Amoros takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Lawrence hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 McMillan takes first base on ball four. Bailey moves to second.
Top 8 Bailey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Jablonski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Clem Labine now pitching. Post hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Campanella hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Snider hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Reese hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gilliam moves to second.
Bottom 7 Gilliam bunts towards the mound. Lawrence fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Dick Williams pinch hits for Sandy Koufax. Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lawrence fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Kluszewski hits a popup towards short. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Bell hits a popup, foul, towards third. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Furillo hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Amoros hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops it up and throws to first, with Lawrence covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lawrence fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Temple hits a line drive towards center. Snider catches it and throws to second to double up McMillan.
Top 6 Lawrence bunts, foul, in front of the plate. Campanella settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 McMillan hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Furillo. McMillan reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Hodges strikes out.
Bottom 5 Campanella hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out. Reese scores. Snider moves to second.
Bottom 5 Snider hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Reese moves to third.
Bottom 5 Reese hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Gilliam hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bailey strikes out.
Top 5 The umpire calls a balk on Koufax Post moves to second.
Top 5 Jablonski hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Post hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Bell scores.
Top 5 Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops it up and throws to first, with Koufax covering, for the out. Bell moves to third.
Top 5 There's a wild pitch. Bell moves to second.
Top 5 Sandy Koufax now pitching. Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Randy Jackson pinch hits for Don Bessent. Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Furillo strikes out.
Bottom 4 Bailey fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Bailey. Amoros moves to second.
Bottom 4 Amoros takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops it up and throws to first, with Lawrence covering, for the out.
Top 4 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Temple strikes out.
Top 4 Lawrence hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Hodges strikes out.
Bottom 3 Campanella hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Snider hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 McMillan hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Don Bessent now pitching. Bailey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam fields it and throws to second for the out. Post scores.
Top 3 Jablonski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bell scores. Kluszewski scores. Post moves to third.
Top 3 Post takes first base on ball four. Kluszewski moves to second.
Top 3 Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Bell moves to third.
Top 3 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Robinson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Reese strikes out.
Bottom 2 Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lawrence fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Erskine hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lawrence fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Furillo takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Temple hits a fly ball into left field. Amoros settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Lawrence hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out. McMillan moves to third.
Top 2 McMillan hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Furillo. McMillan reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Bailey hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Jablonski hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Post hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Amoros hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lawrence fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Campanella scores. Hodges moves to second.
Bottom 1 Hodges hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Campanella moves to third.
Bottom 1 Campanella hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski fields it and throws to second for the out. Reese scores.
Bottom 1 Snider hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Reese moves to third.
Bottom 1 Reese hits a line drive into right field. That will be extra bases. Post fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Post. Gilliam goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 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.
Top 1 Bell strikes out.
Top 1 Robinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Temple hits a fly ball into left field. Amoros settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.