BOXSCORE: 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1956 New York-AL Yankees 4/21/1956
Pirates AB R H RBI AVG Yankees AB R H RBI AVG
M.Minoso LF 6 1 3 1 .500 R.Ashburn CF 2 0 0 0 .160
R.Schoendienst 2B 4 2 2 1 .500 A-L.Walls CF 2 0 0 0 .000
J-B.Skowron PH,1B 1 0 0 0 .000 B.Goodman 2B 2 0 0 0 .143
W.Mays CF 3 3 1 0 .333 B.Nieman LF 2 0 0 0 .053
Y.Berra C 2 1 0 1 .000 B-G.Woodling LF 1 0 1 0 .167
G-H.Smith PH,C 2 0 1 0 .500 H.Aaron RF 3 0 0 0 .370
I-R.Jablonski C 1 0 0 0 .000 S.Burgess C 1 0 0 0 .308
S.Amoros RF 2 2 1 4 .500 C-R.Katt C 2 0 0 0 .333
H-W.Post PH,RF 2 0 1 0 .500 V.Power 1B 1 0 0 0 .300
P.Runnels 1B,2B 6 1 4 4 .667 D-J.Phillips 1B 2 0 0 0 .000
H.Lopez 3B 3 0 0 0 .000 R.Jackson 3B 1 0 0 0 .313
A.Dark SS 4 1 1 0 .250 E-E.Yost 3B 2 0 0 0 .143
B.Friend P 5 1 1 1 .200 L.Aparicio SS 1 0 1 0 .143
J.Harshman P 0 0 0 0 ---- F-D.O'Connell SS 2 0 0 0 .143
B.Lawrence P 0 0 0 0 ----
S.Koufax P 3 0 0 0 .000
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Totals 41 12 15 12 Totals 27 0 2 0
A-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Ashburn In 5th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Nieman In 5th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Burgess In 5th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Power In 5th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Jackson In 5th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Aparicio In 5th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Berra In 6th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Amoros In 6th Inning
I-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Smith In 7th Inning
J-Pinch Hit For Schoendienst In 9th Inning
INJURY: Hal W Smith INJURED (for 0 more games) in 7th inning
Pirates......... 0 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 - 12 15 0
Yankees......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 1
Pirates (1-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Friend WIN(1-0) 8 2 0 0 2 2 0 104 0.00 A1 C8
J.Harshman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.00 C9
Totals 9 2 0 0 2 2 0
Yankees (0-7) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Lawrence LOSS(0-1) 1 2/3 5 9 9 4 0 1 57 48.60 A1 B5
S.Koufax 7 1/3 10 3 3 6 4 0 151 5.14 B6
Totals 9 15 12 12 10 4 1
ATTENDANCE- 35,317 DATE- Wednesday, April 21st 1956 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 2:52
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates:14 Yankees: 2
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 2 Yankees: 0
ERRORS- B.Goodman
DOUBLES- W.Mays(1st), W.Post(1st), P.Runnels-2(2nd)
TRIPLES- P.Runnels(1st)
HOME RUNS- S.Amoros(1st)
RBIs- M.Minoso(1st), R.Schoendienst(1st), Y.Berra(1st), S.Amoros-4(4th),
P.Runnels-4(4th), B.Friend
SACRIFICE HITS- R.Schoendienst, W.Mays
WALKS- W.Mays-2, Y.Berra, S.Amoros, W.Post, H.Lopez-3, A.Dark-2, B.Goodman-2
STRIKE OUTS- S.Amoros, P.Runnels, B.Friend-2, H.Aaron, S.Koufax
GIDP- B.Nieman, R.Katt
2-out RBI- B.Friend, M.Minoso, R.Schoendienst, Y.Berra, S.Amoros-4, P.Runnels-3
RLISP 2-out- H.Lopez, W.Mays, B.Friend-2, H.Smith, M.Minoso-2, A.Dark-2
TEAM RISP- Pirates: 7 for 20 Yankees: 0 for 2
Bob Friend delivered 8 solid innings and Pete Runnels had 4 hits and 4 RBI as
the Pittsburgh Pirates crushed the floundering New York-AL Yankees 12 to
0.
Runnels enjoyed a fine evening at the plate. He tripled bringing in a run in
the 2nd inning, doubled bringing home two baserunners in the 4th inning,
doubled in the 6th inning and hit a single which plated a run in the 9th
inning. Pittsburgh finished with 15 hits while New York-AL ended up with 2.
The victory was credited to Friend(1-0) who went 8 innings, allowing no runs.
Brooks Lawrence(0-1) absorbed the loss. He surrendered 5 hits and 4 walks in
1 and 2/3 innings.
SCORESHEET: 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1956 New York-AL Yankees
M.Minoso-A1 A1:P/6 B1:Si>2# C1:L/5 D1:Si>12 *7*:Si F1:P/6
12
R.Schoen-A1 A2:F/8 B2:Si>2# *4*:Si D2:P/2 E2:Sac/54 *9*:F/8
B.Skowro-F2 13 >12
W.Mays-A1 A3:F/7 B3:W>b1 C3:Do>13 D3:G/53 E3:Sac/34 F3:W>b1
>23
Y.Berra-A1 *2*:G/43 B4:W>3# 2 C4:FO/2 *6*:Si E4:G/43 F4:P/2
H.Smith-D4 3 12 b1
R.Jablon-E5
S.Amoros-A1 A5:W>b1 B5:HR>3# C5:K D5:L/6 *8*:Do F5:W>12 b
W.Post-D5 2# 1# b# 1
P.Runnel-A1 A6:Tr>1# B6:G/43 C6:Do>3# D6:Do>13 E6:K F6:Si>2#
2# 13
H.Lopez-A1 A7:P/2 *3*:W>b1 C7:F/7 D7:G/23 E7:W>b1 F7:W>12 b
1
A.Dark-A1 A8:W>b1 B8:F/7 *5*:F/8 D8:W>b1 E8:Si>23 F8:G/43
12
B.Friend-A1 A9:Si>3# B9:F/9 C9:E/4 D9:K E9:K
J.Harshm-F9 12
R.Ashbur-A1 A1:G/43 B1:F/7 C1:G/63 D1:G/23
L.Walls-B5
B.Goodma-A1 A2:G/13 *4*:W>b1 *7*:W>b1 D2:G/23
B.Nieman-A1 A3:G/63 B3:G-DP/6 C3:Si>12
G.Woodli-B5 43>1o
H.Aaron-A1 *2*:G/53 B4:K C4:Force/
36>23 1o
b1
S.Burges-A1 A5:F/8 *5*:F/8 C5:G-DP/6
R.Katt-B5 43>1o
V.Power-A1 A6:G/63 B6:F/7 *8*:F/7
J.Philli-B5
R.Jackso-A1 *3*:P/2 B7:G/53 C7:G/63
E.Yost-B5
L.Aparic-A1 A8:Si *6*:L/6 C8:F/8
D.O'Conn-B5
B.Lawren-A1 A9:K B9:G/3 *9*:G/23
S.Koufax-A4