1956 NL Game of Note: St. Louis at Brooklyn

May 5, 1956

The Brooklyn Dodgers came from behind in the 9th inning, winning their 7th straight game, by defeating the St. Louis Cardinals 8-6. The rally started with 2 outs and ended on a 3 run homer hit by Gil Hodges. The 1st place Dodgers are 9-1 in their last 10 games, 13-3 overall.

BOXSCORE: 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers At 1956 St. Louis Cardinals          5/5/1956
 
  Dodgers            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Cardinals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Gilliam 2B        5  2  2  0 .369     D.Blasingame SS     5  1  2  0 .298  
  P.Reese SS          4  1  2  0 .227     R.Schoendienst 2B   4  1  1  0 .295  
  D.Snider CF         4  2  1  3 .356     S.Musial RF         4  2  2  1 .351  
  G.Hodges 1B         5  1  2  4 .323     K.Boyer 3B          4  1  2  2 .250  
  J.Robinson 3B       5  1  1  0 .350     W.Moon 1B           4  1  1  3 .302  
  S.Amoros LF         4  0  0  1 .308     B.Virdon CF         3  0  1  0 .354  
  C.Furillo RF        3  0  1  0 .295     R.Repulski LF       3  0  0  0 .310  
  R.Walker C          4  0  0  0 .111     B.Sarni C           4  0  1  0 .261  
  R.Craig P           2  1  1  0 .300     T.Poholsky P        3  0  0  0 .000  
  C.Labine P          1  0  0  0 .000     E.Kinder P          0  0  0  0 ----  
A-C.Neal PH           1  0  0  0 .292                                          
  K.Lehman P          0  0  0  0 .500                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      38  8 10  8                 Totals      34  6 10  6
 
A-Pinch Hit For Labine In 9th Inning
 
Dodgers......... 1 0 1  0 2 1  0 0 3  -  8 10  0
Cardinals....... 0 0 0  1 5 0  0 0 0  -  6 10  3
 
Dodgers (13-3)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
R.Craig                   4 1/3   7   6   6   4   1   2   3.08
C.Labine WIN(1-0)         3 2/3   2   0   0   0   2   0   0.00
K.Lehman SAVE(1st)        1       1   0   0   0   0   0  10.13
Totals                    9      10   6   6   4   3   2
 
Cardinals (6-8)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
T.Poholsky LOSS(1-2)      8 2/3  10   8   3   1   4   2   4.12
E.Kinder                  0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00
Totals                    9      10   8   3   1   4   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 18,213 DATE- Saturday, May 5th 1956 TIME- Day 
T- 2:32
LEFT ON BASE- Dodgers: 6  Cardinals: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Dodgers: 2  Cardinals: 0
ERRORS- D.Blasingame, R.Repulski-2
DOUBLES- D.Blasingame(2nd)
TRIPLES- S.Musial(2nd)
HOME RUNS- D.Snider(6th), G.Hodges(2nd), S.Musial(4th), W.Moon(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- K.Boyer(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- P.Reese, T.Poholsky
SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Snider
WALKS- C.Furillo, R.Schoendienst, S.Musial, B.Virdon, R.Repulski
STRIKE OUTS- J.Gilliam, G.Hodges, J.Robinson, C.Furillo, B.Virdon, R.Repulski,
             T.Poholsky
GIDP- R.Schoendienst, S.Musial
PASSED BALLS- B.Sarni
2-out RBI- G.Hodges-4, D.Snider-2
RLISP 2-out- J.Robinson, B.Sarni-2, R.Schoendienst, B.Virdon
WEB GEMS- Bot 3rd: Jim Gilliam robbed Tom Poholsky of a base hit.
 
Gil Hodges homered and had 4 RBI as the sizzling Brooklyn Dodgers won in
dramatic fashion over the St. Louis Cardinals by a score of 8 to 6 at
Sportsman's Park.
 
Brooklyn won the game with a rally in the 9th inning plating 3 runs utilizing
2 base hits.  After two outs Pee Wee Reese got things rolling when he ripped
a base-knock.  Duke Snider stepped up next and he reached on an error.
Hodges then rifled a three-run blast.  Both teams ended up with 10 hits on
the afternoon.  
 
Clem Labine(1-0) went 3 and 2/3 innings allowing no runs for the win. Labine
was helped out by Ken Lehman who recorded his 1st save.  Tom Poholsky(1-2)
was charged with the loss.  
 
'The only way this one could have been better', said Labine, 'was if we had
played it at home.'