1956 World Series Game 3

October 6, 1956

Game 3 of the 1956 World Series shifted to Briggs Stadium in Detroit, but the result was the same as the first two games. The Brooklyn Dodgers won a close game against the Detroit Tigers 5-4.  Roger Craig held the Tigers to 4 hits while going the distance on the mound for Brooklyn. The big blow in the game came from Gil Hodges, a 3-run homer that put the Dodgers up 5-2 in the 7th. Detroit's Ray Boone hit a 2-run homer in the bottom of the 8th to close the gap to 1 run, 5-4, but Craig sailed through the bottom of the 9th to complete the victory. Brooklyn now holds a commanding 3-0 lead in the Series.

BOXSCORE: 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers At 1956 Detroit Tigers              10/6/1956
 
  Dodgers            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Gilliam 2B        3  2  1  0 .444     B.Tuttle CF         5  0  0  0 .000  
  P.Reese SS          3  0  0  0 .300     E.Torgeson 1B       3  0  0  0 .100  
  D.Snider CF         4  1  1  1 .333     A.Kaline RF         4  0  1  0 .250  
  J.Robinson 3B       4  1  2  1 .200     C.Maxwell LF        2  1  0  0 .111  
  G.Hodges 1B         4  1  1  3 .273     R.Boone 3B          4  1  1  2 .091  
  C.Furillo RF        3  0  1  0 .364     H.Kuenn SS          3  0  0  0 .300  
  S.Amoros LF         3  0  1  0 .286     F.Bolling 2B        2  1  0  0 .200  
B-G.Cimoli LF         0  0  0  0 ----     R.Wilson C          4  1  2  2 .286  
  R.Campanella C      3  0  0  0 .100     P.Foytack P         2  0  0  0 .000  
  R.Craig P           4  0  0  0 .000   A-J.Small PH          1  0  0  0 .333  
                                          J.Bunning P         0  0  0  0 ----  
                                          A.Aber P            0  0  0  0 ----  
                                          W.Masterson P       0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        C-W.Belardi PH        1  0  0  0 .500  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  5  7  5                 Totals      31  4  4  4
 
A-Pinch Hit For Foytack In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Amoros In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Masterson In 9th Inning
 
Dodgers......... 1 0 0  0 1 0  3 0 0  -  5  7  0
Tigers.......... 0 2 0  0 0 0  0 2 0  -  4  4  0
 
Dodgers (3-0)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
R.Craig WIN(1-0)          9       4   4   4   6   8   2   4.00
Totals                    9       4   4   4   6   8   2
 
Tigers (0-3)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
P.Foytack LOSS(0-1)       7       6   5   5   6   9   2   6.43
J.Bunning                 1 1/3   0   0   0   0   2   0   6.75
A.Aber                    0 1/3   1   0   0   0   0   0  40.50
W.Masterson               0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   3.86
Totals                    9       7   5   5   6  11   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 47,208 DATE- Saturday, October 6th 1956 TIME- Day 
T- 2:28
LEFT ON BASE- Dodgers: 9  Tigers: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Dodgers: 0  Tigers: 0
DOUBLES- S.Amoros(1st), A.Kaline(3rd)
HOME RUNS- D.Snider(2nd), G.Hodges(1st), R.Boone(1st), R.Wilson(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- P.Reese-2, S.Amoros
WALKS- J.Gilliam-2, D.Snider, G.Hodges, C.Furillo, R.Campanella, E.Torgeson,
       C.Maxwell-2, H.Kuenn, F.Bolling-2
HIT BY PITCH- J.Robinson
STRIKE OUTS- P.Reese, G.Hodges, C.Furillo, S.Amoros-2, R.Campanella-2,
             R.Craig-4, B.Tuttle, E.Torgeson, R.Boone, F.Bolling-2, R.Wilson,
             P.Foytack, W.Belardi
WILD PITCHES- P.Foytack
2-out RBI- J.Robinson, D.Snider, G.Hodges-3
RLISP 2-out- C.Maxwell, R.Boone, J.Robinson-2, R.Campanella, R.Craig-3,
             P.Foytack
 
Roger Craig had a complete game and Jackie Robinson had 2 base hits as the
Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Detroit Tigers by the score of 5 to 4 at Briggs
Stadium.
 
Craig(1-0) delivered a fine performance for Brooklyn.  He went 9 innings
surrendering 4 hits and 6 walks and was touched for 2 homeruns.  Brooklyn
banged out 7 hits on the afternoon.  
 
Paul Foytack(0-1) suffered the loss. He surrendered 5 runs and 6 hits in 7
innings.