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Brooklyn Dodgers @ New York Yankees

1956-10-07 · 1956 World Series · Game 4 of 7 ◀ Game 3 Game 5 ▶ · Day game · Yankee Stadium I · Att: 69705 · sunny, wet · Wind to RF · 2:43

New York Yankees defeated Brooklyn Dodgers 6–2. New York Yankees put up 2 in the 4th. Tom Sturdivant earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BRO	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	6
NYA	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	0		6	7

W: Tom Sturdivant L: Carl Erskine SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Larry Napp · 1B: Babe Pinelli · 2B: Hank Soar · 3B: Dusty Boggess · LF: Ed Runge · RF: Tom Gorman

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jim Gilliam	4	0	0	0	1	0
Pee Wee Reese	4	0	1	0	0	2
Duke Snider	4	1	1	0	0	1
Jackie Robinson	3	1	1	0	1	0
Gil Hodges	4	0	1	1	0	2
Sandy Amoros	3	0	0	0	1	0
Carl Furillo	3	0	0	0	1	0
Roy Campanella	2	0	2	1	2	0
Carl Erskine	1	0	0	0	0	1
Rube Walker	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dale Mitchell	1	0	0	0	0	0
Randy Jackson	1	0	0	0	0	1

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Hank Bauer	4	1	1	2	0	1
Joe Collins	3	1	1	0	1	0
Mickey Mantle	3	2	1	1	1	0
Yogi Berra	4	0	1	1	0	1
Enos Slaughter	3	1	0	0	1	0
Billy Martin	4	0	1	1	0	1
Gil McDougald	2	0	0	1	0	0
Andy Carey	3	1	1	0	0	1
Tom Sturdivant	3	0	1	0	0	1

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Carl Erskine	4.0	4	2	2
Ed Roebuck	2.0	1	0	2
Don Drysdale	2.0	2	1	1

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Sturdivant	9.0	6	6	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jim Gilliam: W
Pee Wee Reese: CS2(26)
Pee Wee Reese: K/C
Duke Snider: 31/G3

Bot 1

Hank Bauer: 8!/F8XD
Joe Collins: D9/L9LD
Mickey Mantle: 31/G34.2-3
Yogi Berra: S8/G6M.3-H
Enos Slaughter: 13/G3S

Top 2

Jackie Robinson: W
Gil Hodges: K
Sandy Amoros: 3/P3F/FL.1-1(E3/TH1)
Carl Furillo: 3/G3L

Bot 2

Billy Martin: 7/F7S
Gil McDougald: 53/G5
Andy Carey: K/C

Top 3

Roy Campanella: W
Carl Erskine: K
Jim Gilliam: 8/F8
Pee Wee Reese: K/C

Bot 3

Tom Sturdivant: S7/P56D
Hank Bauer: 2/BP2F/FL
Joe Collins: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Duke Snider: D9/L9DW
Jackie Robinson: 2/P2F/FL
Gil Hodges: S8/L6MD.2-H
Sandy Amoros: 3/LDP.1X1(3)

Bot 4

Mickey Mantle: W
Yogi Berra: K+SB2
Enos Slaughter: IW
Billy Martin: S7/L6D.2-H;1-3
Gil McDougald: 8/F78/SF.3-H
Andy Carey: 13/BG1S

Top 5

Carl Furillo: E5/G5/R3.B-1
Roy Campanella: S7/L.1-2
Rube Walker: 46(1)3/GDP.2-3
Jim Gilliam: 31/G34

Bot 5

Tom Sturdivant: 7/F7
Hank Bauer: K
Joe Collins: 4/P4D

Top 6

Pee Wee Reese: S5/G5S
Duke Snider: 9/F89S
Jackie Robinson: 643.1-2
Gil Hodges: 63/G6M

Bot 6

Mickey Mantle: HR/F89XD
Yogi Berra: 8/F89S
Enos Slaughter: 53/G56S
Billy Martin: K

Top 7

Sandy Amoros: 43/G4
Carl Furillo: 8/L8XD
Roy Campanella: W
Dale Mitchell: 7/F7LD

Bot 7

Gil McDougald: 63/G6
Andy Carey: S7/L
Tom Sturdivant: K
Hank Bauer: HR/L7D.1-H
Joe Collins: W
Mickey Mantle: 43/G4

Top 8

Jim Gilliam: 8/F8XD
Pee Wee Reese: 6/P5D
Duke Snider: K

Bot 8

Yogi Berra: 3/G3L
Enos Slaughter: 43/G4
Billy Martin: 43/G4

Top 9

Jackie Robinson: D8/L78D
Gil Hodges: K
Sandy Amoros: W
Carl Furillo: W.2-3;1-2
Roy Campanella: S7/F7S.3-H;2-3;1-2
Randy Jackson: K/C
Jim Gilliam: 8/F8XD

Notes & reviews

Robinson took off for 2B on hit-and-run and would have been doubled off 1B but Collins made a wild throw to Sturdivant covering the bag.
Debut game for Rube Walker
Reese beat the force at 2B
Debut game for Don Drysdale

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