The Cincinnati Redlegs couldn't pull it off against the Brooklyn Dodgers, 6 to 5, on August 23, 1956.

1956 Cincinnati Redlegs

Final

BKN

Dodgers

70-47

6

CIN

Redlegs

70-51

5

BKN

CIN

1

3

3

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

2

0

6

0

1

7

0

0

8

0

0

9

1

1

R

6

5

H

9

8

E

0

2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Jim Gilliam LF 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Pee Wee Reese SS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chico Fernandez SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Duke Snider CF 3 2 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 5
Carl Furillo RF 4 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
Jackie Robinson 2B 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Charlie Neal 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roy Campanella C 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Gil Hodges 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Randy Jackson 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Don Newcombe P 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals 35 6 9 6 0 3 6 0 0 14

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Don Newcombe (W) 9.0 8 5 5 1 6 3
Totals 9.0 8 5 5 1 6 3

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Johnny Temple 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Frank Robinson LF 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
Gus Bell CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Ted Kluszewski 1B 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Wally Post RF 4 1 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 4
Ed Bailey C 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 6
Ray Jablonski 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Smoky Burgess PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alex Grammas 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Thurman PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roy McMillan SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Johnny Klippstein P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Crowe PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Acker P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stan Palys PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brooks Lawrence P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Gross P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5 3 1 6 0 0 19

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Johnny Klippstein (L) 5.0 6 5 3 1 3 0
Tom Acker 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Brooks Lawrence 1.1 1 1 1 1 2 0
Don Gross 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 9 6 4 3 6 0

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