BOXSCORE: 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1956 Chicago-NL Cubs 7/7/1956
Pirates AB R H RBI AVG Cubs AB R H RBI AVG
M.Minoso LF 3 2 0 0 .289 D.Snider CF 3 2 1 0 .276
R.Schoendienst 2B 3 1 0 0 .346 E.Banks SS 4 3 3 4 .303
S.Amoros CF 3 1 1 2 .297 J.Lemon LF 4 1 2 2 .297
Y.Berra C 5 0 2 1 .267 A-B.Del Greco LF 0 0 0 0 .267
W.Post RF 4 0 1 1 .251 E.Mathews 3B 4 0 1 0 .293
P.Runnels 1B 3 0 2 1 .275 C.Furillo RF 4 1 1 1 .307
H.Lopez 3B 3 0 0 0 .242 S.Lopata C 4 0 1 0 .274
A.Dark SS 3 0 1 0 .326 C-E.Howard C 0 0 0 0 .242
D.Donovan P 3 1 0 0 .216 V.Wertz 1B 4 0 1 0 .257
T.Lepcio 2B 3 0 0 0 .179
B-A.Grammas 2B 0 0 0 0 .240
M.Garcia P 2 0 0 0 .176
B.Miller P 1 0 0 0 .167
V.Valentinetti P 0 0 0 0 .167
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Totals 30 5 7 5 Totals 33 7 10 7
A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Lemon In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Lepcio In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Lopata In 9th Inning
Pirates......... 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 - 5 7 0
Cubs............ 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 - 7 10 1
Pirates (47-49) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
D.Donovan LOSS(5-11) 8 10 7 7 1 9 4 124 5.30 A1
Totals 8 10 7 7 1 9 4
Cubs (45-51) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
M.Garcia WIN(7-6) 5 6 4 4 6 4 0 106 4.53 A1 C7
B.Miller HOLD(3rd) 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 45 6.86 C8 E1
V.Valentinet SAVE(4th) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 5.48 E2
Totals 9 7 5 4 8 5 0
ATTENDANCE- 13,363 DATE- Wednesday, July 7th 1956 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:35
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 8 Cubs: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 0 Cubs: 1
ERRORS- J.Lemon
DOUBLES- S.Lopata(20th)
TRIPLES- E.Banks(5th)
HOME RUNS- E.Banks-2(22nd), J.Lemon(18th), C.Furillo(12th)
RBIs- S.Amoros-2(38th), Y.Berra(64th), W.Post(43rd), P.Runnels(35th),
E.Banks-4(51st), J.Lemon-2(41st), C.Furillo(41st)
STOLEN BASES- M.Minoso(9th)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Lemon
SACRIFICE HITS- A.Dark
SACRIFICE FLIES- P.Runnels
WALKS- M.Minoso-2, R.Schoendienst-2, S.Amoros-2, H.Lopez, D.Donovan, D.Snider
STRIKE OUTS- S.Amoros, W.Post-2, H.Lopez, D.Donovan, D.Snider, J.Lemon-2,
S.Lopata, T.Lepcio-2, M.Garcia-2, B.Miller
GIDP- Y.Berra
PASSED BALLS- Y.Berra
2-out RBI- J.Lemon, E.Banks-4, S.Amoros-2
RLISP 2-out- H.Lopez, Y.Berra, V.Wertz, B.Miller, M.Minoso-2
TEAM RISP- Pirates: 4 for 9 Cubs: 2 for 6
WEB GEMS- Bot 5th: Sandy Amoros robbed Ted Lepcio of an extra base hit.
Shortstop Ernie Banks cracked 2 homeruns and had 4 RBI as the Chicago-NL Cubs
defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates by a score of 7 to 5 at Wrigely Field.
Banks provided much of the offense. He bombed a two-run dinger in the 3rd
inning, blasted a two-run home run in the 5th inning and tripled in the 7th
inning. Chicago-NL out-hit Pittsburgh for the game, 10 hits to 7.
The win was credited to Mike Garcia(7-6) who went 5 innings allowing 4 runs.
Garcia got help from Vito Valentinetti who earned his 4th save. Dick
Donovan(5-11) was the losing pitcher. He served up 4 homeruns in his 8
innings.
With this win, Chicago-NL has a 45-51 record. They have been 6-4 lately.
With the loss, the Pittsburgh ballclub's record is 47-49.
SCORESHEET: 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1956 Chicago-NL Cubs
M.Minoso-A1 A1:W>b1 B1:F/9 C1:W>12 b D1:G/63 E1:FO/2
1
R.Schoen-A1 A2:SB>12 B2:G/3 C2:W>23 1 *7*:G/63 *9*:G/53
W>b1 2 b1
S.Amoros-A1 A3:K *3*:W>b1 C3:Si>3# D3:E/7>b3 E3:W>b1
2# 12
Y.Berra-A1 A4:Si>23 B4:P/3 C4:Si>2o D4:G/43>3 E4:G-DP/3
12 13 # 63>1o
W.Post-A1 A5:Si>3# B5:K *5*:K D5:P/5
23 12
P.Runnel-A1 A6:SF/8>3 B6:Si>1o C6:G/53 *8*:Si
#
H.Lopez-A1 A7:K *4*:G/63 C7:G/63 D7:W>12 b
1
A.Dark-A1 *2*:Si B8:F/7 *6*:F/8 D8:Sac/54
>23 12
D.Donova-A1 A9:F/9 B9:W>b1 C9:F/8 D9:K
D.Snider-A1 A1:K B1:Si C1:W>b1 *7*:F/7
E.Banks-A1 A2:F/8 B2:HR>1# C2:HR>1# D2:Tr
b# b#
J.Lemon-A1 A3:HR>b# B3:K C3:K D3:Si>3#
B.Del Gr-D5
E.Mathew-A1 A4:G/31 *4*:Si *6*:G/13 D4:CS/26>
1o L/4
C.Furill-A1 *2*:G/63 B5:G/43>1 C5:HR>b# *8*:F/9
2
S.Lopata-A1 A6:G/43 B6:PB>23 C6:Do D6:G/53
E.Howard-D8 K
V.Wertz-A1 A7:G/43 B7:G/43 C7:Si>23 D7:F/7
T.Lepcio-A1 *3*:K *5*:F/8 C8:K
A.Gramma-D5
M.Garcia-A1 A9:K B9:K C9:K
B.Miller-C4
V.Valent-D8