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The Brooklyn Dodgers beat the New York Yankees, 13 to 8, in Game 2 of the 1956 World Series on October 5, 1956.

Final

BKN

13

1

1

0

2

5

6

3

0

1

4

1

2

5

0

2

6

0

0

7

0

0

8

0

2

9

1

R

8

13

H

12

12

E

2

0

Summary

Player Stats

Top 1st

NYY

BKN

Yankees

Single by Joe Collins; Enos Slaughter scored.

1

0

Top 2nd

NYY

BKN

Yankees

Single by Don Larsen; Billy Martin scored.

2

0

Yankees

Home run by Yogi Berra; Don Larsen, Enos Slaughter, and Mickey Mantle scored.

6

0

Bottom 2nd

NYY

BKN

Dodgers

Sacrifice fly by Roy Campanella; Gil Hodges scored.

6

1

Dodgers

Single by Pee Wee Reese; Sandy Amoros and Carl Furillo scored.

6

3

Dodgers

Home run by Duke Snider; Jim Gilliam and Pee Wee Reese scored.

6

6

Bottom 3rd

NYY

BKN

Dodgers

Single by Don Bessent; Gil Hodges scored.

6

7

Top 4th

NYY

BKN

Yankees

Sacrifice fly by Enos Slaughter; Tom Morgan scored.

7

7

Bottom 4th

NYY

BKN

Dodgers

Double by Gil Hodges; Duke Snider and Jackie Robinson scored.

7

9

Bottom 5th

NYY

BKN

Dodgers

Double by Gil Hodges; Duke Snider and Jackie Robinson scored.

7

11

Bottom 8th

NYY

BKN

Dodgers

Single by Jim Gilliam; Carl Furillo and Roy Campanella scored.

7

13

Top 9th

NYY

BKN

Yankees

Joe Collins grounded out; Enos Slaughter scored.

8

13

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