Dodgers vs. All-Japan at Kusanagi Stadium, Shizuoka - November 8, 1956

All-Japan 3, Dodgers 2

Dodgers	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	6	0
All-Japan	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	8	2

WP — Takoa Kajimoto. LP — Fred Kipp. HR: Satoru Sugiyama.

Dodger Record 10-4-1.

GAME NOTES: The All-Japan stars broke a 2-2 tie in the bottom of the ninth as pinch-hitter Kohei Sugiyama singled to right field with runners at first and second base to score the winning run off relief pitcher Don Bessent. Masao Morashita singled to center to start the inning and a late throw to second base by Dodger starter Fred Kipp on a bunt by Takashi Iwamoto set up the run-scoring play and delight the crowd of 20,000 fans. Manager Walter Alston summoned Bessent in to pitch and the Japanese countered with Sugiyama pinch-hitting for winning pitcher Takoa Kajimoto. Japan jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the second inning, but the Dodgers knotted the score in the fifth on a single by Herb Olson and an RBI double by Kipp, who later scored on an infield error. Satoru Sugiyama hit a two-run home run off Kipp in the second inning.

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