BOXSCORE: 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1956 Chicago-NL Cubs 7/5/1956
Pirates AB R H RBI AVG Cubs AB R H RBI AVG
M.Minoso LF 3 1 2 0 .290 C.Furillo RF 5 0 1 0 .311
R.Schoendienst 2B 4 1 3 0 .350 A.Grammas SS,2B 3 1 0 0 .242
W.Mays CF 5 1 2 1 .290 B.Del Greco CF 4 1 2 1 .267
B.Skowron 1B 4 1 1 2 .285 J.Lemon LF 2 0 0 1 .291
H.Smith C 4 0 2 0 .316 A-D.Snider LF 2 1 1 0 .269
D-P.Runnels PH 1 1 1 0 .274 J.Robinson 1B 3 1 0 0 .267
E-Y.Berra C 0 0 0 0 .263 E.Mathews 3B 3 2 0 0 .296
W.Post RF 3 1 1 3 .247 E.Howard C 4 1 3 2 .245
R.Jablonski 3B 5 0 1 0 .224 T.Lepcio 2B 1 1 0 1 .185
F-A.Carey 3B 0 0 0 0 .333 B-E.Banks SS 1 0 1 0 .299
A.Dark SS 5 0 0 0 .323 W.Ford P 3 0 1 2 .132
H.Score P 3 1 1 1 .306 V.Valentinetti P 1 0 0 0 .167
C-L.Skizas PH 1 0 0 0 .256
J.Harshman P 0 0 0 0 .077
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Totals 38 7 14 7 Totals 32 8 9 7
A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Lemon In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Lepcio In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Score In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Smith In 9th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Runnels In 9th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Jablonski In 9th Inning
Pirates......... 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 - 7 14 1
Cubs............ 0 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 - 8 9 1
Pirates (46-48) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
H.Score 7 5 6 6 8 9 0 155 3.50 A1 D7
J.Harshman LOSS(3-5) 1 2/3 4 2 1 0 1 1 38 2.62 D8
Totals 8 2/3 9 8 7 8 10 1
Cubs (44-50) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
W.Ford 7 2/3 12 5 4 4 8 1 156 5.06 A1 E2
V.Valentinet W(4-3)B(6th) 1 1/3 2 2 2 0 0 1 19 5.61 E3
Totals 9 14 7 6 4 8 2
ATTENDANCE- 28,736 DATE- Monday, July 5th 1956 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
T- 2:19
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates:10 Cubs: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 0 Cubs: 2
ERRORS- J.Harshman, J.Robinson
DOUBLES- B.Del Greco(10th), D.Snider(21st), E.Howard-2(3rd)
HOME RUNS- W.Post(18th), H.Score(2nd), B.Del Greco(7th)
RBIs- W.Mays(63rd), B.Skowron-2(30th), W.Post-3(41st), H.Score,
B.Del Greco(23rd), J.Lemon(38th), E.Howard-2(8th), T.Lepcio(23rd),
W.Ford-2
STOLEN BASES- J.Robinson(4th)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Robinson
SACRIFICE FLIES- W.Post, J.Lemon, T.Lepcio
WALKS- M.Minoso, R.Schoendienst, B.Skowron, W.Post, A.Grammas-2, B.Del Greco,
J.Robinson, E.Mathews-2, E.Howard, T.Lepcio
HIT BY PITCH- M.Minoso
STRIKE OUTS- H.Smith-2, W.Post, R.Jablonski-2, A.Dark, H.Score-2, C.Furillo,
A.Grammas, J.Lemon-2, J.Robinson, E.Mathews-2, T.Lepcio, W.Ford-2
GIDP- R.Schoendienst, A.Dark
WILD PITCHES- H.Score, W.Ford
2-out RBI- E.Howard
RLISP 2-out- A.Dark, W.Ford-2, J.Robinson-2, W.Mays-2, B.Del Greco, E.Howard
TEAM RISP- Pirates: 3 for 9 Cubs: 3 for 15
Catcher Elston Howard hit 2 doubles and had 2 RBI as the Chicago-NL Cubs
rallied impressively to win in dramatic style over Pittsburgh Pirates, 8 to
7.
Chicago-NL came up with the deciding runs in the bottom of the 9th inning with
2 runs on 2 hits. Bobby Del Greco initiated the scoring when he clubbed a
solo home run. Duke Snider followed and he reached on an error. After
another out, Eddie Mathews got his turn next, but he was a strikeout victim.
Howard followed next and he ripped a one-base hit resulting in an exciting
win for Chicago-NL and a raucous post-game celebration by the home town fans.
Despite losing, Pittsburgh out-hit Chicago-NL 14 to 9.
Vito Valentinetti(4-3) was the winner allowing 2 runs in 1 and 1/3 innings.
Jack Harshman(3-5) was the loser in relief. He pitched 1 and 2/3 innings
giving up 4 hits and no walks.
SCORESHEET: 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1956 Chicago-NL Cubs
M.Minoso-A1 A1:HBP B1:Si C1:Si D1:G/43 E1:W>b1
R.Schoen-A1 A2:W>12 b B2:G-DP/5 C2:Si>12 D2:Si E2:Si>13
1 43>1o
W.Mays-A1 A3:Si>2# B3:Si C3:F/8 D3:G/63 E3:F/8
12
B.Skowro-A1 A4:WP>23 B4:FO/2 *5*:W>b1 *7*:G/3 *9*:G/53
12 Si>3#
2#
H.Smith-A1 A5:Si>12 *3*:K C5:Si+E/3 D5:K E5:Si
P.Runnel-E5 >13
Y.Berra-E9
W.Post-A1 A6:F/8 B6:K C6:SF/8>3 D6:W>b1 E6:HR>1#
# b#
R.Jablon-A1 A7:K B7:K C7:Si>23 D7:G/53 E7:P/5
A.Carey-E9
A.Dark-A1 A8:P/6 *4*:K C8:G-DP/4 *8*:G/63 E8:F/8
63>1o
H.Score-A1 *2*:HR>b# B9:K *6*:K D9:F/8
L.Skizas-D9
J.Harshm-E4
C.Furill-A1 A1:G/63 *3*:F/8 *5*:G/43 D1:K E1:Si
A.Gramma-A1 A2:G/43 B2:W>b1 C2:W>b1 D2:K E2:L/5
B.Del Gr-A1 A3:F/8 B3:W>12 b C3:Do>13 D3:WP>3# *9*:HR>b#
1 12 P/6
J.Lemon-A1 *2*:K B4:K C4:SF/9>3 *7*:Do E4:E/1
D.Snider-D4 #
J.Robins-A1 A5:W>b1 B5:K C5:F/7 D5:Sac/34 E5:G/13>1
>23 2
E.Mathew-A1 A6:SB>12 *4*:F/8 *6*:W>b1 D6:K E6:K
W>b1
E.Howard-A1 A7:Do>2# B7:Do C7:W>12 b D7:G/63 E7:Si>2#
13 1
T.Lepcio-A1 A8:SF/7>3 B8:K C8:W>23 1 *8*:Si
E.Banks-D8 # 2 b1
W.Ford-A1 A9:K B9:K C9:Si>3# D9:PkOff/
V.Valent-D8 2# 13 13>1o G/3
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