1956 NL Game of Note: Cin. at Pit.

May 16, 1956

Cincinnati Red 1st baseman Ted Kluszewski had a big day at the plate, leading the Reds to a 10-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Kluszewski (pictured) went 4 for 5 with 2 HR and 6 RBI. Pitcher Joe Nuxhall picked up his 5th win of the season.

BOXSCORE: 1956 Cincinnati Reds At 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates           5/16/1956
 
  Reds               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Pirates            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Temple 2B         5  1  1  0 .302     C.Roberts 2B        5  1  2  1 .194  
  F.Robinson LF       4  1  1  0 .385     D.Groat SS          5  0  1  0 .286  
  G.Bell CF           5  3  4  1 .354     D.Long 1B           5  1  2  0 .237  
  T.Kluszewski 1B     5  3  4  6 .362     F.Thomas LF         5  0  1  0 .287  
  W.Post RF           5  1  1  2 .244     L.Walls RF          3  1  0  0 .328  
  R.Jablonski 3B      4  0  0  0 .234     R.Clemente CF       4  0  2  2 .324  
  E.Bailey C          3  0  0  1 .383     G.Freese 3B         3  0  0  0 .181  
  R.McMillan SS       4  0  0  0 .227     N.King P            0  0  0  0 .000  
  J.Nuxhall P         4  1  2  0 .158     J.Shepard C         4  1  2  0 .233  
  H.Freeman P         0  0  0  0 .000     B.Friend P          0  0  0  0 .063  
                                        A-D.Cole PH           1  0  0  0 .238  
                                          L.Arroyo P          0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        B-D.Kravitz 3B        1  0  1  0 .269  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      39 10 13 10                 Totals      36  4 11  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Friend In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Arroyo In 9th Inning
 
Reds............ 0 2 3  0 0 2  0 2 1  - 10 13  1
Pirates......... 0 0 1  0 0 0  0 3 0  -  4 11  0
 
Reds (14-10)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
J.Nuxhall WIN(5-1)        7 2/3   8   4   1   2   2   0   2.96
H.Freeman                 1 1/3   3   0   0   0   1   0   1.84
Totals                    9      11   4   1   2   3   0
 
Pirates (9-14)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
B.Friend LOSS(2-5)        7       8   7   7   0   5   3   5.01
L.Arroyo                  1       5   3   3   3   1   0  18.00
N.King                    1       0   0   0   0   0   0   2.53
Totals                    9      13  10  10   3   6   3
 
ATTENDANCE- 8,032 DATE- Wednesday, May 16th 1956 TIME- Day 
T- 2:44
LEFT ON BASE- Reds: 5  Pirates: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Reds: 1  Pirates: 1
ERRORS- R.McMillan
DOUBLES- J.Nuxhall, C.Roberts(3rd), F.Thomas(6th), R.Clemente(5th),
         J.Shepard(2nd)
HOME RUNS- T.Kluszewski-2(5th), W.Post(7th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Temple(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Friend-2
WALKS- F.Robinson, R.Jablonski, E.Bailey, L.Walls, G.Freese
STRIKE OUTS- W.Post-2, E.Bailey-2, J.Nuxhall-2, C.Roberts-2, D.Long
GIDP- J.Temple, G.Freese
2-out RBI- T.Kluszewski-3, R.Clemente-2
RLISP 2-out- G.Bell, D.Long-2, D.Groat, J.Nuxhall-2, L.Walls, G.Freese,
             R.Jablonski, F.Thomas-2
 
Ted Kluszewski cracked 2 homeruns and had 6 RBI as the Cincinnati Reds
defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates by a score of 10 to 4 at Forbes
Field.
 
Kluszewski had a big day at the plate.  He stroked a one-base hit in the 2nd
inning, smacked a three-run homer in the 3rd inning, cleared the fences for a
two-run home run in the 6th inning and banged out a single which brought home
a run in the 8th inning.  Cincinnati rapped out 13 hits for the afternoon.
 
The win was credited to Joe Nuxhall(5-1) who went 7 and 2/3 innings allowing 4
runs. The losing pitcher was Bob Friend(2-5).  He surrended 3 homeruns in his
7 innings.  
 
'Everything seemed to click today,' Kluszewski said 'if it could only be this
easy all the time!'