Thursday, August 16, 1956

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visitorscoreHomescoreboxscoreinningsday-nighttimeattendancewinning pitcherlosing pitchersave pitcherballparklocation
Detroit Tigers4Cleveland Indians5Boxscore9Day2:467,217Herb ScoreBilly HoeftEarly WynnCleveland StadiumCleveland, OH
Chicago White Sox6Kansas City Athletics5Boxscore9Day2:565,913Ellis KinderArt Ditmar Municipal StadiumKansas City, MO
Boston Red Sox2New York Yankees1Boxscore9Day2:2321,913Willard NixonDon Larsen Yankee Stadium INew York, NY
New York Giants9Brooklyn Dodgers10Boxscore13Night4:4818,978Don DrysdaleDick Littlefield Ebbets FieldBrooklyn, NY
Cincinnati Reds2Chicago Cubs4Boxscore9Day2:363,767Sam JonesBrooks Lawrence Wrigley FieldChicago, IL
Pittsburgh Pirates4Philadelphia Phillies1Boxscore9Night1:587,070Vern LawRobin Roberts Shibe ParkPhiladelphia, PA
Milwaukee Braves8St. Louis Cardinals0Boxscore9Night2:3316,124Lew BurdetteVinegar Bend Mizell Sportsman`s Park IIISt. Louis, MO
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