The Philadelphia Phillies managed to stay ahead of the Chicago Cubs, 6 to 5, on June 15, 1956.

1956 Philadelphia Phillies

Final

CHC

Cubs

20-28

5

PHI

Phillies

20-31

6

CHC

PHI

1

2

0

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

2

0

6

0

0

7

0

3

8

0

0

9

0

1

10

1

2

R

5

6

H

10

9

E

1

0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Eddie Miksis 3B 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 4
Gene Baker 2B 5 2 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 8
Dee Fondy 1B 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
Ernie Banks SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Walt Moryn RF 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Monte Irvin LF 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
Pete Whisenant CF 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Hobie Landrith C 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 3
Don Kaiser P 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Turk Lown P 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 40 5 10 5 3 4 5 2 0 23

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Don Kaiser 6.2 5 3 3 2 2 1
Turk Lown (L) 2.2 4 3 2 3 3 1
Totals 9.1 9 6 5 5 5 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Richie Ashburn CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Marv Blaylock 1B 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Stan Lopata C 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Del Ennis LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Willie Jones 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Jim Greengrass RF 4 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 4
Ted Kazanski 2B 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Roy Smalley SS 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Saul Rogovin P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Solly Hemus PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Owens P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Elmer Valo PH 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 4
Bob Miller P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank Baumholtz PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jack Meyer P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 9 6 2 5 5 0 0 16

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Saul Rogovin 5.0 5 4 4 1 1 2
Jim Owens 2.0 2 0 0 2 3 0
Bob Miller 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 0
Jack Meyer (W) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 1
Totals 10.0 10 5 5 4 5 3

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