BOXSCORE: 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1956 Kansas City Athletics 7/16/1956
Pirates AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
M.Minoso LF 6 1 0 0 .287 F.Robinson LF 5 2 2 3 .296
B.Skowron 1B 6 1 2 0 .286 M.Grissom P 0 0 0 0 ----
W.Mays CF 6 1 1 1 .292 H-M.Vernon PH 1 0 0 0 .355
Y.Berra C 6 3 3 3 .266 L.Jackson P 0 0 0 0 .500
W.Post RF 5 2 3 3 .248 K-S.Hemus PH 1 0 0 0 .294
P.Runnels 2B 4 0 1 0 .276 J.Logan SS 5 1 2 0 .330
B-R.Schoendienst 2B 2 0 1 1 .348 M.Mantle CF,RF 7 0 0 0 .359
H.Lopez 3B 0 0 0 1 .248 K.Boyer 3B 5 1 2 0 .330
A-A.Carey PR,3B 4 0 1 0 .333 D.Gernert 1B 3 1 1 3 .231
A.Dark SS 4 0 0 0 .329 E-G.Hodges 1B 1 0 0 0 .273
H.Score P 4 1 1 0 .304 D.Williams RF 2 0 0 0 .387
M.Drabowsky P 0 0 0 0 .000 F-E.Bailey PH,C 2 0 0 0 .277
G.Conley P 0 0 0 01.000 G.Triandos C 4 0 1 0 .319
I-L.Skizas PH 1 0 0 0 .250 G-W.Moon RF 0 0 0 0 .278
J.Harshman P 1 0 0 0 .077 J-J.Piersall PH,CF 0 0 0 0 .238
F.Bolling 2B 5 0 0 0 .280
B.Lemon P 0 0 0 0 .291
C-D.Blasingame PH 1 1 1 0 .316
B.Grim P 0 0 0 0 .000
D-C.Maxwell PH,LF 3 0 0 0 .317
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Totals 49 9 13 9 Totals 45 6 9 6
A-Pinch Ran For Lopez In 4th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Runnels In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Lemon In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Grim In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Gernert In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Williams In 9th Inning
G-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Triandos In 10th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Grissom In 10th Inning
I-Pinch Hit For Conley In 11th Inning
J-Pinch Hit For Moon In 11th Inning
K-Pinch Hit For Jackson In 12th Inning
INJURY: Hector Lopez INJURED (for 0 more games) in 4th inning
Pirates......... 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 - 9 13 1
Athletics....... 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 - 6 9 2
Pirates (46-46) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
H.Score 8 8 6 6 6 9 3 142 3.28 A1 E2
M.Drabowsky 1 2/3 1 0 0 2 3 0 33 3.38 E3 F2
G.Conley 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.38 F3 F3
J.Harshman WIN(3-4) 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 38 2.53 F4
Totals 12 9 6 6 11 13 3
Athletics (66-26) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Lemon 7 7 6 3 3 3 1 128 3.43 A1 D6
B.Grim 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 2.33 D7 E1
M.Grissom 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 22 1.80 E2 E7
L.Jackson LOSS(0-1) 2 5 3 3 1 2 1 43 5.05 E8
Totals 12 13 9 6 4 7 2
ATTENDANCE- 27,924 DATE- Friday, July 16th 1956 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 3:22
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates:10 Athletics:15
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 0 Athletics: 1
ERRORS- A.Dark, B.Lemon-2
DOUBLES- Y.Berra(16th), W.Post(11th), P.Runnels(14th)
HOME RUNS- Y.Berra(14th), W.Post(17th), F.Robinson-2(16th), D.Gernert(4th)
RBIs- W.Mays(62nd), Y.Berra-3(62nd), W.Post-3(38th), R.Schoendienst(25th),
H.Lopez(40th), F.Robinson-3(52nd), D.Gernert-3(14th)
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Lemon
SACRIFICE FLIES- H.Lopez
WALKS- M.Minoso, W.Post, A.Dark-2, J.Logan-2, K.Boyer, D.Gernert, G.Hodges,
D.Williams-2, W.Moon, J.Piersall, F.Bolling, B.Lemon
HIT BY PITCH- H.Lopez
STRIKE OUTS- M.Minoso, B.Skowron-2, W.Post, H.Score-2, J.Harshman, F.Robinson,
M.Mantle-4, D.Gernert, G.Hodges, E.Bailey, G.Triandos, F.Bolling-3,
C.Maxwell
2-out RBI- D.Gernert-3, W.Post, F.Robinson
RLISP 2-out- H.Score, M.Mantle-3, A.Dark, F.Robinson, G.Triandos-2, C.Maxwell-2,
M.Minoso-2
TEAM RISP- Pirates: 4 for 11 Athletics: 1 for 6
The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Kansas City Athletics in 12 innings by a
score of 9 to 6 at Municipal Stadium.
The score was knotted at 6 after nine innings. Finally, Pittsburgh pulled the
game out in the 12th inning. Bill Skowron led off the inning for Pittsburgh
when he banged out a single. After an out was recorded, Yogi Berra stepped
up to the plate and he cracked a two-run shot. Wally Post then doubled. Red
Schoendienst came up and he delivered a one-base hit scoring the final run of
the inning. Kansas City was out-hit by Pittsburgh, 13 hits to 9.
The win was credited to Jack Harshman(3-4) who went 2 innings allowing no
runs. Larry Jackson(0-1) was the loser in relief. By giving up 3 runs in 2
innings his ERA increased from 4.54 to 5.05.
SCORESHEET: 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1956 Kansas City Athletics
M.Minoso-A1 A1:G/63 *3*:F/7 C1:G/43 D1:W>12 b E1:G/43 F1:P/6
1
B.Skowro-A1 A2:G/53 B2:G/63 C2:Si D2:K *9*:K *12*:Si
W.Mays-A1 A3:F/8 B3:G/43 C3:G/63 D3:Si>2# E3:G/53 F3:L/5
13
Y.Berra-A1 *2*:Si *4*:G/43 *6*:Do D4:G/43>3 E4:G/43 F4:HR>1#
# 23 b#
W.Post-A1 A5:W>12 b B5:G/53 C5:HR>2# D5:Si>3# *10*:K F5:Do
1 b#
P.Runnel-A1 A6:E/1>23 B6:Do C6:G/13 D6:G/3 E6:G/3 F6:Si>2#
R.Schoen-D7 12
H.Lopez-A1 A7:SF-DP/ B7:HBP C7:F/7 *8*:F/8 E7:G/43 F7:Si>12
A.Carey-B8 735>3# 2o
12
A.Dark-A1 A8:IW>b1 B8:G/43 C8:F/9 D8:F/8 *11*:G/63 F8:W>23 1
2 b1
H.Score-A1 A9:K *5*:K *7*:E/1 D9:Si E9:F/7 F9:K
M.Drabow-E5
G.Conley-E8+
F.Robins-A1 A1:G/53 B1:K C1:G/63 D1:HR>1# E1:HR>b# F1:E/6>12
M.Grisso-E3 b#
M.Vernon-F1+
J.Logan-A1 A2:Si B2:Si>13 *5*:W>b1 D2:F/9 E2:G/43 F2:W>23 1
2 b1
M.Mantle-A1 A3:K B3:K C3:K D3:G/23 *9*:K F3:F/8
K.Boyer-A1 A4:W>12 b *3*:G/63 C4:F/9 D4:Si E4:Si *11*:F/7
1
D.Gerner-A1 A5:HR>2# B5:K C5:F/9 D5:W>12 b E5:K F5:W>b1
G.Hodges-E3 1# b# 1
D.Willia-A1 A6:W>b1 B6:F/8 *6*:G/63 D6:W>23 1 E6:K F6:Force/
E.Bailey-E6 2 b1 64>1o b1
G.Triand-A1 A7:K *4*:Si C7:L/5 D7:G/63 *10*:W>b1 F7:W>12 b
W.Moon-E7 1
J.Piersa-F7
F.Bollin-A1 *2*:K B8:K C8:K *8*:G/43 E8:P/1 F8:W>23 1
2 b1
B.Lemon-A1 A9:W>b1 B9:Sac/24 *7*:Si D9:F/7 E9:Force/ F9:K
D.Blasin-C9 >12 64>1o b1
B.Grim-D8+
SCORESHEET: 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1956 Kansas City Athletics
M.Minoso-A1 G1:K
B.Skowro-A1
W.Mays-A1
Y.Berra-A1
W.Post-A1
P.Runnel-A1
R.Schoen-D7
H.Lopez-A1
A.Carey-B8
A.Dark-A1
H.Score-A1
M.Drabow-E5
G.Conley-E8+
F.Robins-A1 *12*:G/43
M.Grisso-E3
M.Vernon-F1+
J.Logan-A1 G2:F/9
M.Mantle-A1 G3:G/31
K.Boyer-A1
D.Gerner-A1
G.Hodges-E3
D.Willia-A1
E.Bailey-E6
G.Triand-A1
W.Moon-E7
J.Piersa-F7
F.Bollin-A1
B.Lemon-A1
D.Blasin-C9
B.Grim-D8+