1956 NL Game of Note: NY @ Cin.

July 16, 1956

Ted Kluszewski of the Cincinnati Reds became the first player this season to hit 4 HR in a single game. Kluszewski went 5 for 5 at the plate, and drove in 7 runs, as the Reds hammered the New York Giants by a 15-1 score. Wally Post and Frank Robinson also homered for the home team and Art Fowler went the distance on the mound.

BOXSCORE: 1956 New York Giants At 1956 Cincinnati Reds              7/16/1956
 
  Giants             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Reds               AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Mueller RF        4  0  0  0 .245     J.Temple 2B         5  3  4  2 .277  
  R.Schoendienst 2B   3  0  1  0 .300     W.Post RF           5  1  1  4 .237  
  W.Mays CF           4  1  2  1 .333     G.Bell CF           5  1  1  0 .295  
  H.Thompson 3B       4  0  0  0 .236     T.Kluszewski 1B     5  4  5  7 .292  
  B.White 1B          4  0  2  0 .288     F.Robinson LF       5  1  2  1 .361  
  B.Lennon LF         4  0  0  0 .128     E.Bailey C          3  2  1  0 .299  
  B.Sarni C           4  0  1  0 .238     R.Jablonski 3B      4  1  1  0 .199  
  E.Bressoud SS       3  0  1  0 .235     A.Grammas SS        5  1  1  0 .348  
  J.Antonelli P       2  0  0  0 .108     A.Fowler P          2  1  1  1 .216  
A-D.Rhodes PH         1  0  0  0 .303                                          
  S.Ridzik P          0  0  0  0 .400                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      33  1  7  1                 Totals      39 15 17 15
 
A-Pinch Hit For Antonelli In 7th Inning
 
Giants.......... 0 0 0  0 0 1  0 0 0  -  1  7  0
Reds............ 2 0 1  0 3 1  7 1    - 15 17  0
 
Giants (29-49)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
J.Antonelli LOSS(3-9)     6      12   7   7   0   8   3   4.16
S.Ridzik                  2       5   8   8   5   1   3   5.87
Totals                    8      17  15  15   5   9   6
 
Reds (39-41)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
A.Fowler WIN(8-5)         9       7   1   1   1   8   1   3.86
Totals                    9       7   1   1   1   8   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 21,655 DATE- Monday, July 16th 1956 TIME- Night 
T- 2:40
LEFT ON BASE- Giants: 6  Reds: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Giants: 0  Reds: 1
DOUBLES- W.Mays(21st), R.Jablonski(12th)
HOME RUNS- W.Mays(21st), W.Post(19th), T.Kluszewski-4(29th), F.Robinson(14th)
SACRIFICE HITS- A.Fowler
WALKS- R.Schoendienst, J.Temple, E.Bailey-2, R.Jablonski, A.Fowler
HIT BY PITCH- A.Fowler
STRIKE OUTS- R.Schoendienst, H.Thompson, B.Lennon-2, B.Sarni, E.Bressoud,
             J.Antonelli, D.Rhodes, W.Post-3, G.Bell-2, F.Robinson,
             R.Jablonski-2, A.Fowler
GIDP- W.Mays
2-out RBI- T.Kluszewski-3, J.Temple-2, W.Post-4, A.Fowler
RLISP 2-out- E.Bressoud, J.Temple-3, B.Lennon, A.Fowler-2
 
First baseman Ted Kluszewski knocked 4 homeruns and had 7 RBI and Art Fowler
allowed Birdie Tebbets to rest his bullpen, tossing a complete game as the
Cincinnati Reds ballclub embarrassed the New York Giants by the count of 15
to 1.
 
Kluszewski enjoyed a great evening at the plate.  Every time he came up in the
latter innings, the crowd was on their feet cheering.  He popped a two-run
clout over the fence in the 1st inning, lofted a solo-blast 'downtown' in the
3rd inning, lost the ball over the fence for three runs in the 5th inning,
hit a bases-empty home run in the 7th inning and banged out a single in the
8th inning.  Cincinnati lit up the scoreboard in the 7th inning when they had
7 runs on 4 hits.  Cincinnati simply wore out the New York pitching staff,
scoring in 6 different innings.  
 
The victory was credited to Fowler(8-5) who went the distance, allowing 1 run.
Johnny Antonelli(3-9) was the loser.  He allowed 3 homeruns in 6 innings of
work.