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Brooklyn Dodgers @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1956-04-22 · Day game · Forbes Field · 6 innings · Att: 15264 · 1:34

Brooklyn Dodgers defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 4–1. Brooklyn Dodgers put up 3 in the 1st. Don Newcombe earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
BRO	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	7
PIT	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3

W: Don Newcombe L: Vern Law SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jocko Conlan · 1B: Augie Donatelli · 2B: Bill Engeln · 3B: Vic Delmore · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jim Gilliam	3	2	1	0	0	0
Pee Wee Reese	2	1	1	0	1	0
Duke Snider	3	0	2	1	0	0
Roy Campanella	3	0	0	0	0	0
Gil Hodges	3	1	1	2	0	0
Jackie Robinson	3	0	2	0	0	0
Carl Furillo	2	0	0	0	1	0
Charlie Neal	3	0	0	0	0	1
Don Newcombe	3	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Roberto Clemente	3	1	1	0	0	0
Dick Groat	3	0	0	0	0	0
Dale Long	3	0	2	1	0	0
Frank Thomas	3	0	0	0	0	0
Preston Ward	2	0	0	0	0	1
Danny Kravitz	2	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Cole	2	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny O'Brien	2	0	0	0	0	0
Lee Walls	0	0	0	0	1	0
Curt Roberts	1	0	0	0	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Don Newcombe	6.0	3	1	2

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vern Law	3.0	4	1	0
Nellie King	3.0	3	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jim Gilliam: S9/L
Pee Wee Reese: W.1-2
Duke Snider: 7
Roy Campanella: 8.2-3
Gil Hodges: D7/L.3-H;1-H;B-H(E6/TH)
Jackie Robinson: S7/G
Carl Furillo: 13

Bot 1

Roberto Clemente: 8
Dick Groat: 3/FL
Dale Long: S8/L
Frank Thomas: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

Charlie Neal: 53
Don Newcombe: 13
Jim Gilliam: 31

Bot 2

Preston Ward: K23
Danny Kravitz: 8/8D
Dick Cole: 63

Top 3

Pee Wee Reese: 4
Duke Snider: S8/F
Roy Campanella: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Johnny O'Brien: 8
Lee Walls: W
Roberto Clemente: 36(1)/FO
Dick Groat: 13

Top 4

Gil Hodges: 63
Jackie Robinson: 7
Carl Furillo: W
Charlie Neal: K

Bot 4

Dale Long: 3/G
Frank Thomas: 5/FL
Preston Ward: 43

Top 5

Don Newcombe: 43
Jim Gilliam: E4/G
Pee Wee Reese: S8/L.1-2
Duke Snider: S8/G.2-H(UR);1-3
Roy Campanella: 2/FL
Gil Hodges: 64(1)/FO

Bot 5

Danny Kravitz: 31
Dick Cole: K
Johnny O'Brien: 3/FL

Top 6

Jackie Robinson: T8/L
Carl Furillo: E5/TH.B-1
Charlie Neal: 2/FL
Don Newcombe: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Curt Roberts: 43
Roberto Clemente: D7/L7D
Dick Groat: 13
Dale Long: S7/L.2-H
Frank Thomas: 54(1)/FO

Notes & reviews

lights turned on at 3:13 PM
Toby Atwell ejected by HP umpire Jocko Conlan
game called due to rain; the entry of Red Munger and Jim Gilliam's at bat were wiped out by the rules

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