BOXSCORE: 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1956 Kansas City Athletics 7/14/1956
Pirates AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
M.Minoso LF 5 0 0 0 .293 F.Robinson LF 4 2 3 3 .295
B.Skowron 1B 5 2 2 1 .279 M.Grissom P 0 0 0 0 ----
W.Mays CF 5 2 3 3 .292 G-W.Moon PH 1 0 0 0 .280
Y.Berra C 5 0 4 1 .256 J.Logan SS 6 1 4 1 .326
W.Post RF 0 0 0 0 .242 M.Mantle CF,RF 3 0 0 1 .370
A-L.Skizas PR,RF 3 0 0 0 .244 K.Boyer 3B 6 0 2 1 .328
P.Runnels 2B 5 0 1 0 .276 D.Gernert 1B 4 0 1 0 .226
H.Lopez 3B 5 0 0 0 .252 B-G.Hodges PR,1B 1 0 0 0 .274
A.Dark SS 4 1 1 0 .338 D.Williams RF,LF 5 1 2 0 .414
B.Pierce P 2 0 0 0 .135 G.Triandos C 4 1 0 0 .321
M.Drabowsky P 0 0 0 0 .000 F.Bolling 2B 3 1 1 0 .288
F-R.Jablonski PH 1 0 0 0 .225 C-D.Blasingame PH,2B 2 0 0 0 .319
J.Harshman P 1 0 0 0 .083 L.Burdette P 2 0 1 0 .279
D-C.Maxwell PH 1 0 1 0 .324
E-J.Piersall PR,CF 1 0 0 0 .238
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Totals 41 5 11 5 Totals 43 6 15 6
A-Pinch Ran For Post In 2nd Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Gernert In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Bolling In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Burdette In 7th Inning
E-Pinch Ran For Maxwell In 7th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Drabowsky In 8th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Grissom In 10th Inning
INJURY: Wally Post INJURED (for 0 more games) in 2nd inning
Pirates......... 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 - 5 11 2
Athletics....... 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 6 15 1
Pirates (44-46) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Pierce 6 11 5 3 3 1 1 133 4.62 A1 D7
M.Drabowsky 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 17 3.63 D8 E2
J.Harshman LOSS(2-4) 2 2/3 2 1 1 1 1 0 39 2.63 E3
Totals 9 2/3 15 6 4 4 2 1
Athletics (66-24) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
L.Burdette 7 8 4 4 0 0 1 126 2.80 A1 D5
M.Grissom W(4-1) BS(4th) 3 3 1 1 2 2 0 53 1.89 D6
Totals 10 11 5 5 2 2 1
ATTENDANCE- 24,112 DATE- Wednesday, July 14th 1956 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:51
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates:11 Athletics:13
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 0 Athletics: 0
ERRORS- P.Runnels, A.Dark, D.Gernert
DOUBLES- B.Skowron(13th), W.Mays(21st), Y.Berra-3(15th), F.Robinson(12th),
D.Gernert(3rd), D.Williams(1st)
TRIPLES- W.Mays(7th)
HOME RUNS- W.Mays(15th), F.Robinson(14th)
RBIs- B.Skowron(26th), W.Mays-3(58th), Y.Berra(58th), F.Robinson-3(49th),
J.Logan(38th), M.Mantle(77th), K.Boyer(62nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Pierce, L.Burdette
SACRIFICE FLIES- M.Mantle
WALKS- L.Skizas, A.Dark, F.Robinson, M.Mantle-2, G.Triandos
HIT BY PITCH- M.Minoso, W.Post
STRIKE OUTS- P.Runnels, H.Lopez, F.Bolling, D.Blasingame
2-out RBI- B.Skowron, W.Mays-2, Y.Berra, J.Logan, K.Boyer
RLISP 2-out- D.Gernert-3, A.Dark, F.Robinson, D.Williams, H.Lopez, M.Mantle-2,
G.Triandos, L.Skizas, J.Logan, P.Runnels
TEAM RISP- Pirates: 3 for 13 Athletics: 3 for 15
Frank Robinson homered and had 3 RBI at Municipal Stadium as the Kansas City
Athletics beat the Pittsburgh Pirates in 10 innings 6 to 5.
The score was tied at 5 after nine. Kansas City came out the victor in the
10th inning. After two were out Johnny Logan hit a single. Mickey Mantle
next to the plate and he drew a walk. Ken Boyer then lined a single
resulting in an exciting win for Kansas City and a wild post-game celebration
by the home town fans. Kansas City finished with 15 hits while Pittsburgh
ended up with 11.
The victory was credited to Marv Grissom(4-1) who went 3 innings, allowing 1
run. Jack Harshman(2-4) absorbed the loss in relief.
SCORESHEET: 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1956 Kansas City Athletics
M.Minoso-A1 A1:G/63 B1:HBP C1:G/63 *7*:G/53 *9*:F/8 F1:Force/
46>1o b1
B.Skowro-A1 A2:F/8 B2:F/7 C2:Si>2# D2:G/63 E2:Do
W.Mays-A1 A3:G/53 B3:G/43 C3:Tr>1# D3:HR>b# E3:Do>2#
Y.Berra-A1 *2*:Do *4*:Do C4:Si>3# D4:Do E4:P/3
W.Post-A1 A5:HBP B5:G/13 C5:G/63 D5:G/43 E5:W>b1
L.Skizas-A6
P.Runnel-A1 A6:Force/ B6:P/4 *6*:G/31 *8*:Si E6:K
14>23 1o
b1
H.Lopez-A1 A7:L/5 B7:G/43 C7:G/43 D7:F/7 *10*:K
A.Dark-A1 A8:L/6 *5*:Si C8:E/3 D8:Force/ E8:W>b1
54>1o b1
B.Pierce-A1 *3*:F/8 B9:Sac/34 C9:G/13 D9:F/7 E9:Force/
M.Drabow-D6 >12 36>1o b1
R.Jablon-D9+
F.Robins-A1 A1:HR>b# B1:F/9 C1:Si>3# D1:W>23 1 E1:Do>1o F1:F/7
M.Grisso-E3 2# 2 b1
W.Moon-F1
J.Logan-A1 A2:Si *3*:P/6 C2:Si>13 D2:Si>3# E2:G/3 F2:Si
23 12
M.Mantle-A1 A3:F/9>12 B3:W>b1 C3:SF/8>3 D3:G/53 *8*:G/63 F3:W>12 b
# 1
K.Boyer-A1 A4:G/53 B4:Si>12 C4:E/6>13 *6*:G/43 E4:G/63 F4:Si>2#
b2 13
D.Gerner-A1 A5:F/7 B5:L/5 C5:G/63 D5:Do E5:L/6
G.Hodges-D6
D.Willia-A1 *2*:Si B6:G/43 *5*:Do D6:P/6 *9*:G/53
G.Triand-A1 A7:P/5 *4*:E/4 C7:W>b1 D7:F/9 E7:F/8
F.Bollin-A1 A8:K B8:Si>12 C8:L/5 *7*:G/31 E8:K
D.Blasin-D8
L.Burdet-A1 A9:Si>12 B9:Sac/34 C9:P/6 D9:Si *10*:G/13
C.Maxwel-D9 >23 12
J.Piersa-E1