1956 NL Game of Note: Newcombe wins #20

September 12, 1956

Brooklyn's Don Newcombe and Milwaukee's Lew Burdette squared off today in a battle of 19 game winners. It was a tight matchup until the bottom of the 8th inning when Brooklyn blew the game open by scoring 5 runs. With the 9-2 victory, Don Newcombe became the 1st 20 game winner in the NL this season.

BOXSCORE: 1956 Milwaukee Braves At 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers            9/12/1956
 
  Braves             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Dodgers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  F.Mantilla SS       5  1  1  0 .239     J.Gilliam 2B        2  2  0  0 .311  
  D.O'Connell 2B      2  1  0  0 .251     P.Reese SS          3  2  1  3 .269  
  H.Aaron RF          4  0  1  0 .346     D.Snider CF         4  1  1  2 .310  
  E.Mathews 3B        3  0  2  2 .298     J.Robinson 3B       4  0  0  1 .299  
  J.Adcock 1B         4  0  0  0 .302     S.Amoros LF         4  0  0  0 .253  
  B.Thomson LF        4  0  2  0 .251     C.Furillo RF        4  1  2  2 .271  
  B.Bruton CF         4  0  1  0 .281     G.Hodges 1B         4  0  0  0 .278  
  D.Crandall C        4  0  0  0 .219     R.Campanella C      3  2  2  1 .201  
  L.Burdette P        3  0  1  0 .191     D.Newcombe P        2  1  0  0 .171  
  L.Sleater P         1  0  1  0 .308                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      34  2  9  2                 Totals      30  9  6  9
 
 
Braves.......... 0 0 2  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  2  9  1
Dodgers......... 2 0 0  0 1 0  1 5    -  9  6  0
 
Braves (71-68)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
L.Burdette LOSS(19-10)    7       4   8   6   2   2   2   2.81
L.Sleater                 1       2   1   1   0   2   0   3.89
Totals                    8       6   9   7   2   4   2
 
Dodgers (87-52)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
D.Newcombe WIN(20-8)      9       9   2   2   3   2   0   2.71
Totals                    9       9   2   2   3   2   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 35,558 DATE- Wednesday, September 12th 1956 TIME- Day 
UMPIRES- Tom Gorman, Hal Dixon, Babe Pinelli, Dusty Boggess
T- 2:43
LEFT ON BASE- Braves: 8  Dodgers: 1
DOUBLE PLAYS- Braves: 0  Dodgers: 2
ERRORS- L.Burdette
DOUBLES- F.Mantilla(4th), E.Mathews(29th), L.Burdette, P.Reese(23rd),
         R.Campanella(12th)
HOME RUNS- C.Furillo(15th), R.Campanella(15th)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Gilliam, P.Reese
WALKS- D.O'Connell-2, E.Mathews, J.Gilliam, D.Newcombe
STRIKE OUTS- H.Aaron, B.Thomson, S.Amoros-2, G.Hodges-2
GIDP- F.Mantilla, B.Bruton
WILD PITCHES- D.Newcombe
2-out RBI- E.Mathews-2, R.Campanella, C.Furillo-2
RLISP 2-out- J.Adcock-2, E.Mathews-2, B.Bruton
 
Don Newcombe had a complete game at Ebbets Field as the Brooklyn Dodgers beat
the slumping Milwaukee Braves 9 to 2.
 
Brooklyn took the lead for good in the 5th inning scoring one runner.
Milwaukee had 9 hits in the game while Brooklyn had 6, but Brooklyn had the
more timely hits.  
 
The win was credited to Newcombe(20-8) who went the whole way allowing 2 runs.
Lew Burdette(19-10) took the loss.  He gave up 8 runs in 7 innings of work.