BOXSCORE: 1956 Washington Nationals At 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates 6/30/1956
Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG
J.Temple 2B 4 1 1 0 .313 M.Minoso LF 4 1 1 0 .275
G.Bell CF 5 1 2 3 .319 P.Runnels 2B 3 0 1 0 .263
S.White C 5 0 2 2 .276 T.Acker P 0 0 0 0 .000
J.Adcock 1B 5 0 2 0 .336 W.Mays CF 4 0 1 2 .292
H.Kuenn SS 4 0 0 0 .257 Y.Berra C 4 1 1 2 .197
H.Simpson RF 4 1 1 0 .291 B.Skowron 1B 4 0 0 0 .238
R.Sievers LF 5 1 1 0 .254 S.Amoros RF 3 1 2 1 .309
R.Boone 3B 1 1 0 0 .246 H.Lopez 3B 3 1 1 0 .258
D.Newcombe P 4 0 1 0 .306 A-A.Carey 3B 1 1 0 0 .250
R.Face P 0 0 0 0 .250 A.Dark SS 4 0 1 0 .342
H.Score P 1 1 0 0 .269
B-L.Skizas PH 1 0 0 0 .341
C-R.Schoendienst 2B 1 0 1 1 .361
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Totals 37 5 10 5 Totals 33 6 9 6
A-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Lopez In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Score In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Skizas In 8th Inning
Nationals....... 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 - 5 10 1
Pirates......... 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 - 6 9 1
Nationals (39-26) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
D.Newcombe LOSS(6-6) 8 1/3 8 6 6 2 2 2 134 6.02 A1 D8
R.Face 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.36 D9
Totals 8 1/3 9 6 6 2 2 2
Pirates (28-29) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
H.Score 7 9 4 4 6 6 0 132 3.06 A1 D9
T.Acker WIN(2-4) BS(6th) 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 24 5.66 E1
Totals 9 10 5 5 7 8 0
ATTENDANCE- 10,265 DATE- Wednesday, June 30th 1956 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:08
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals:12 Pirates: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 1 Pirates: 0
ERRORS- R.Boone, A.Dark
DOUBLES- G.Bell-2(18th), J.Adcock(21st), W.Mays(15th)
TRIPLES- P.Runnels(2nd)
HOME RUNS- Y.Berra(6th), S.Amoros(5th)
RBIs- G.Bell-3(55th), S.White-2(24th), W.Mays-2(31st), Y.Berra-2(28th),
S.Amoros(17th), R.Schoendienst(15th)
SACRIFICE HITS- H.Score
WALKS- J.Temple, H.Kuenn, H.Simpson, R.Boone-4, P.Runnels, S.Amoros
STRIKE OUTS- J.Temple, J.Adcock, H.Simpson-3, R.Sievers-2, D.Newcombe, M.Minoso,
B.Skowron
GIDP- A.Dark
2-out RBI- Y.Berra-2, G.Bell-2, S.White-2, W.Mays-2, S.Amoros
RLISP 2-out- H.Simpson-2, H.Kuenn-4, W.Mays, G.Bell-2
TEAM RISP- Nationals: 3 for 14 Pirates: 2 for 4
WEB GEMS- Top 4th: Minnie Minoso robbed Harvey Kuenn of an extra base hit.
Bot 4th: Johnny Temple robbed Bill Skowron of a base hit.
Sandy Amoros cracked a homer at Forbes Field as the Pittsburgh Pirates won a
thriller over the Washington Nationals in, 6 to 5.
Pittsburgh won the game with a run in the bottom of the 9th inning. Amoros
drew a walk. After an out was recorded, Al Dark came to bat and lashed a
single. Red Schoendienst then banged out a single giving Pittsburgh the win
and sending the home town fans into a frenzy. Pittsburgh banged out 9 hits
on the afternoon.
Tom Acker(2-4) allowed 1 run in 2 innings, and picked up the victory. Don
Newcombe(6-6) took the loss. He pitched 8 and 1/3 innings allowing 8 hits
and 2 walks.
Wth the win Pittsburgh now has a record of 28-29. With this loss, Washington
has a 7-3 record of late, 39-26 overall.
SCORESHEET: 1956 Washington Nationals at 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates
J.Temple-A1 A1:Si B1:K C1:F/8 D1:L/5 *8*:W>b1
G.Bell-A1 A2:FO/3 *3*:G/43 C2:Do>3# D2:G/63 E2:Do>1#
2# 13
S.White-A1 A3:Si>13 B3:F/9 C3:Si>3# *6*:F/9 E3:G/13
2#
J.Adcock-A1 A4:L/6 B4:Si+E/6 C4:Do>13 D4:K E4:F/9
H.Kuenn-A1 A5:W>b1 B5:F/9 C5:F/7 D5:G/63 E5:F/8
H.Simpso-A1 A6:K *4*:W>b1 *5*:Si *7*:K *9*:K
R.Siever-A1 *2*:K B7:Si>12 C7:G/43>1 D7:G/63 E7:K
2
R.Boone-A1 A8:W>b1 B8:W>23 1 C8:W>b1 D8:W>b1 E8:G/63
2 b1
D.Newcom-A1 A9:Force/ B9:K C9:Si>23 D9:F/8
R.Face-E9 16>1o b1 12
M.Minoso-A1 A1:Si B1:P/6 C1:P/6 D1:K
P.Runnel-A1 A2:F/8 B2:Tr C2:W>23 1 D2:G/43
T.Acker-D3 2 b1
W.Mays-A1 A3:P/6 B3:G/53 C3:Do>3# *8*:G/43
2# 1o
Y.Berra-A1 A4:HR>1# *4*:G/3 *6*:G/13 D4:G/31
b#
B.Skowro-A1 A5:P/6 B5:G/43 C5:G/53 D5:K
S.Amoros-A1 *2*:Si B6:G/3 C6:HR>b# *9*:W>b1
H.Lopez-A1 A7:L/5 *5*:Si C7:E/5 D7:Force/
A.Carey-C9 54>1o b1
A.Dark-A1 A8:G-DP/5 B8:F/9 C8:F/9 D8:Si>12
43>1o
H.Score-A1 *3*:P/4 B9:Sac+FC *7*:G/63 D9:Si>2#
L.Skizas-C9 >12 b1 13
R.Schoen-D3