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Miley BB CD 1956 World Series Game 1
Called by Bob Neal and Bob Wolff

After Mantle's first-inning, two-run homer, Sal Maglie settles down and beats the Yankees 6-3, striking out 10 along the way.  Gil Hodges is the hitting star for Brooklyn.


Game box score below provided by Retrosheet.org
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Brooklyn Dodgers 6, New York Yankees 3

World Series Game 1 Played on Wednesday, October 3, 1956 (D) at Ebbets Field

NY  A    2  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  9  1
BRO N 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 x - 6 9 0
BATTING
New York Yankees             AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Bauer rf 5 0 2 0 0 1 3 0
Slaughter lf 5 1 3 0 0 0 3 0
Mantle cf 3 1 1 2 2 1 4 1
Berra c 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
Skowron 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 3
McDougald ss 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 6
Martin 2b,3b 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 1
Carey 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 1
Collins ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Turley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ford p 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Wilson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Kucks p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cerv ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Morgan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Byrne ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coleman 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3 4 10 24 12
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Skowron-McDougald-Martin.
E: Skowron (1).
BATTING - 
HR: Mantle (1,1st inning off Maglie 1 on 1 out); Martin (1,4th inning off Maglie
0 on 1 out).
GDP: Mantle (1,off Maglie).
Team LOB: 9.
Brooklyn Dodgers             AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Gilliam 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 1
Reese ss 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 1
Snider cf 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
Robinson 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 2
Hodges 1b 4 2 2 3 0 1 4 0
Furillo rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0
Campanella c 4 1 1 0 0 1 11 1
Amoros lf 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0
Maglie p 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 32 6 9 6 2 4 27 5
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Gilliam-Reese-Hodges.
BATTING - 
2B: Furillo (1,off Ford); Campanella (1,off Kucks).
HR: Robinson (1,2nd inning off Ford 0 on 0 out); Hodges (1,3rd inning off Ford
2 on 2 out).
GDP: Maglie (1,off Kucks).
IBB: Snider (1,by Morgan).
Team LOB: 4.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Gilliam (1,2nd base off Kucks/Berra).
PITCHING
New York Yankees             IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Ford L(0-1) 3 6 5 5 0 1 2 15
Kucks 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 8
Morgan 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 8
Turley 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3
Totals 8 9 6 6 2 4 2 34
IBB: Morgan (1,Snider).
Brooklyn Dodgers             IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Maglie W(1-0) 9 9 3 3 4 10 2 39
Umpires: HP - Babe Pinelli, 1B - Hank Soar, 2B - Dusty Boggess, 3B - Larry Napp, 
LF - Tom Gorman, RF - Ed Runge