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Cincinnati Reds @ New York Giants

1956-05-22 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 4194 · 2:10

Cincinnati Redlegs defeated New York Giants 6–3. Cincinnati Redlegs put up 4 in the 7th. Joe Nuxhall earned the win. Frank Robinson went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CIN	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	6	7
NY1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	4

W: Joe Nuxhall L: Ruben Gomez SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Artie Gore · 1B: Shag Crawford · 2B: Lee Ballanfant · 3B: Hal Dixon · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Temple	4	1	1	0	0	0
Frank Robinson	4	2	3	2	0	0
Gus Bell	3	0	1	1	1	0
Ted Kluszewski	2	0	0	0	2	0
Wally Post	4	0	0	0	0	2
Ray Jablonski	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ed Bailey	4	1	1	0	0	0
Roy McMillan	4	1	1	2	0	0
Joe Nuxhall	3	1	0	0	1	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Foster Castleman	4	0	1	0	0	0
Don Mueller	4	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Mays	3	1	1	0	1	0
Daryl Spencer	4	1	1	2	0	1
Al Dark	4	0	0	0	0	0
Whitey Lockman	3	0	0	0	0	2
Bill White	3	1	1	1	0	0
Wes Westrum	2	0	0	0	1	2
Ruben Gomez	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Hofman	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Nuxhall	9.0	4	2	5

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ruben Gomez	6.1	6	4	1
Windy McCall	1.2	1	0	2
Steve Ridzik	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Temple: 63
Frank Robinson: S
Gus Bell: 7
Ted Kluszewski: W.1-2
Wally Post: 8

Bot 1

Foster Castleman: 7
Don Mueller: 5
Willie Mays: S
Daryl Spencer: CS2(24)

Top 2

Ray Jablonski: 53
Ed Bailey: 8
Roy McMillan: 53

Bot 2

Daryl Spencer: K
Al Dark: 7
Whitey Lockman: K

Top 3

Joe Nuxhall: 9
Johnny Temple: E5.B-1
Frank Robinson: 14(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Bill White: 5/FL
Wes Westrum: W
Ruben Gomez: 9
Foster Castleman: 2/FL

Top 4

Gus Bell: W
Ted Kluszewski: 7
Wally Post: K/C
Ray Jablonski: 6/FL

Bot 4

Don Mueller: 63
Willie Mays: W
Daryl Spencer: SB2
Daryl Spencer: HR.2-H
Al Dark: 9
Whitey Lockman: 5

Top 5

Ed Bailey: 13
Roy McMillan: 3/FL
Joe Nuxhall: 9

Bot 5

Bill White: HR
Wes Westrum: K
Ruben Gomez: 63
Foster Castleman: S
Don Mueller: 63

Top 6

Johnny Temple: S
Frank Robinson: D.1-3
Gus Bell: 3/G.3-H;2-3
Ted Kluszewski: W
Wally Post: 8.3XH(8E2)(NR)(UR)
Ray Jablonski: 7

Bot 6

Willie Mays: 7
Daryl Spencer: 5/FL
Al Dark: 7

Top 7

Ed Bailey: S
Roy McMillan: HR.1-H
Joe Nuxhall: W
Johnny Temple: 14/SH.1-2
Frank Robinson: HR.2-H
Gus Bell: S
Ted Kluszewski: 9(B)3(1)/DP

Bot 7

Whitey Lockman: K
Bill White: 5
Wes Westrum: K/C

Top 8

Wally Post: K/C
Ray Jablonski: K
Ed Bailey: 5

Bot 8

Bobby Hofman: 2/FL
Foster Castleman: 63
Don Mueller: 63

Top 9

Roy McMillan: 8
Joe Nuxhall: 31
Johnny Temple: 8

Bot 9

Willie Mays: 8
Daryl Spencer: 6
Al Dark: 53