BOXSCORE: 1956 Washington Nationals At 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates 4/28/1956
Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG
J.Temple 2B 5 0 1 1 .300 S.Amoros LF 3 1 0 0 .286
G.Bell CF 4 0 1 1 .286 B.Skowron 1B 5 1 1 0 .269
R.Campanella C 5 1 1 0 .263 W.Mays CF 4 2 2 0 .262
J.Adcock 1B 3 2 2 0 .391 Y.Berra C 3 2 2 3 .167
H.Kuenn SS 5 1 1 0 .283 W.Post RF 5 0 1 1 .290
H.Simpson RF 3 1 0 1 .238 P.Runnels 2B 5 0 2 2 .256
R.Sievers LF 4 1 1 2 .233 H.Lopez 3B 3 0 1 0 .278
R.Boone 3B 2 1 2 1 .282 A.Dark SS 4 0 2 0 .238
D.Larsen P 3 0 1 1 .250 B.Pierce P 0 0 0 0 .333
R.Face P 1 0 0 0 .000 A-S.Esposito PH 1 0 0 0 .000
B.Turley P 0 0 0 0 ----
B-L.Skizas PH 1 0 0 0 .000
M.Drabowsky P 1 0 0 0 .000
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Totals 35 7 10 7 Totals 35 6 11 6
A-Pinch Hit For Pierce In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Turley In 7th Inning
Nationals....... 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 - 7 10 0
Pirates......... 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 - 6 11 0
Nationals (8-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
D.Larsen WIN(2-0) 6 2/3 7 3 3 6 1 1 137 3.00 A1 D4
R.Face SAVE(4th) 2 1/3 4 3 3 1 0 0 49 3.86 D5
Totals 9 11 6 6 7 1 1
Pirates (7-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Pierce LOSS(1-1) 5 7 7 7 6 3 0 110 4.85 A1 C9
B.Turley 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 30 1.50 D1 D7
M.Drabowsky 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 36 0.00 D8
Totals 9 10 7 7 7 6 0
ATTENDANCE- 17,644 DATE- Wednesday, April 28th 1956 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:18
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 9 Pirates:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 2 Pirates: 1
DOUBLES- P.Runnels(3rd)
HOME RUNS- Y.Berra(1st)
RBIs- J.Temple(4th), G.Bell(8th), H.Simpson(7th), R.Sievers-2(4th),
R.Boone(9th), D.Larsen, Y.Berra-3(5th), W.Post(7th), P.Runnels-2(7th)
STOLEN BASES- W.Mays-2(3rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Pierce
SACRIFICE FLIES- G.Bell
WALKS- J.Adcock-2, H.Simpson-2, R.Sievers, R.Boone-2, S.Amoros-2, W.Mays,
Y.Berra-2, H.Lopez-2
STRIKE OUTS- G.Bell, R.Campanella, H.Kuenn, H.Simpson, R.Sievers, D.Larsen,
S.Amoros
GIDP- R.Campanella, P.Runnels
2-out RBI- R.Sievers-2, R.Boone, W.Post, P.Runnels-2
RLISP 2-out- R.Campanella, S.Amoros, D.Larsen, A.Dark-2, R.Sievers-2, W.Post-2,
H.Lopez
TEAM RISP- Nationals: 4 for 11 Pirates: 4 for 13
17,644 fans watched an exciting game at Forbes Field. The Washington
Nationals topped the Pittsburgh Pirates by the slimmest of margins, 7 to
6.
Washington tallied 4 runs in the top of the 2nd inning when they had 3 base
hits. It was enough to earn the victory. Pittsburgh made it exciting in the
9th, but they were unable to push the needed runs across.
Don Larsen(2-0) picked up the victory, allowing 3 runs in 6 and 2/3 innings.
Larsen got help from Roy Face who was credited with his 4th save. Billy
Pierce(1-1) absorbed the loss. He allowed Washington 7 runs in 5 innings of
work.
SCORESHEET: 1956 Washington Nationals at 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates
J.Temple-A1 A1:G/53 B1:Si>3# C1:G/63 *6*:G/63 E1:F/8
23 12
G.Bell-A1 A2:Si B2:SF/7>3 *5*:G/13 D2:K E2:F/8
#
R.Campan-A1 A3:G-DP/6 B3:K C3:Si D3:L/6 *9*:G/63
43>1o
J.Adcock-A1 *2*:W>b1 *3*:G/43 C4:W>12 b *7*:Si E4:Si
1
H.Kuenn-A1 A5:Si>13 B5:F/8 C5:G/3>23 D5:G/43>1 E5:K
12 2
H.Simpso-A1 A6:G/43>3 B6:K C6:IW>b1 D6:G/63 E6:W>12 b
# 23 1
R.Siever-A1 A7:W>b1 *4*:G/43 C7:Si>3# D7:G/63 E7:K
2# 13
R.Boone-A1 A8:W>12 b B8:W>b1 C8:Si>3# *8*:Si
1 23
D.Larsen-A1 A9:Si>3# B9:K C9:F/8 D9:L/6
R.Face-D8 23 12
S.Amoros-A1 A1:G/63 B1:K C1:L-DP/3 D1:W>b1 *9*:W>b1
5>3o
B.Skowro-A1 A2:G/53 *4*:F/7 *6*:F/7 D2:F/9 E2:Si>12
W.Mays-A1 A3:G/63 B3:Si C3:W>b1 D3:Si>13 E3:F/9>23
Y.Berra-A1 *2*:W>b1 B4:SB>12 C4:SB>12 D4:W>b1 E4:Si>3#
HR>2# b# G/3>23 12
W.Post-A1 A5:L/6 B5:L/6 C5:Si>3# D5:G/31 E5:F/7
P.Runnel-A1 A6:G-DP/3 B6:G/43 C6:Si>12 *8*:F/9 E6:Do>2#
63>1o 1#
H.Lopez-A1 *3*:W>b1 *5*:Si C7:W>23 1 D7:G/63 E7:L/5
2 b1
A.Dark-A1 A8:F/8 B8:Si>12 C8:P/6 D8:Si
B.Pierce-A1 A9:Sac/54 B9:G/43>2 *7*:G/63 D9:G/63
S.Esposi-B9 >12 3 12
B.Turley-C2+