BOXSCORE: 1956 New York-AL Yankees At 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates       7/21/1956

  Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Pirates            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  R.Ashburn CF        4  1  0  0 .266     M.Minoso LF         3  0  0  0 .297  
  L.Walls 3B          5  2  3  1 .367   D-S.Amoros PR,LF      0  0  0  0 .297  
  B.Nieman LF         5  0  1  0 .296     R.Schoendienst 2B   5  0  1  1 .354  
  H.Aaron RF          3  1  1  3 .303     W.Mays CF           5  0  1  0 .286  
  V.Power 1B          5  1  3  2 .302     Y.Berra C           5  1  2  1 .235  
  D.O'Connell 2B      4  0  1  0 .215     W.Post RF           5  2  2  1 .242  
  L.Aparicio SS       4  0  0  0 .187     B.Skowron 1B        4  1  2  1 .274  
E-B.Goodman PH        1  0  0  0 .312     R.Jablonski 3B      4  0  2  1 .228  
F-W.Miranda SS        0  0  0  0 .000     A.Dark SS           4  1  1  0 .338  
  R.Katt C            3  1  2  1 .271     H.Score P           2  0  1  0 .289  
B-S.Burgess PH        1  0  0  0 .312   A-H.Smith PH          1  0  0  0 .308  
C-J.Hegan C           0  0  0  0 .000     M.Drabowsky P       1  0  0  0 .000  
  C.Stobbs P          3  1  0  0 .109                                          
  V.Law P             0  0  0  0 .111                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      38  7 11  7                 Totals      39  5 12  5

A-Pinch Hit For Score In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Katt In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Burgess In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Minoso In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Aparicio In 9th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Goodman In 9th Inning

INJURY: Minnie Minoso INJURED (for 0 more games) in 8th inning
INJURY: Willie Mays INJURED (for 0 more games) in 9th inning

Yankees......... 0 1 4  0 0 0  0 0 2  -  7 11  0
Pirates......... 0 1 0  0 0 0  1 3 0  -  5 12  2

Yankees (38-59)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
C.Stobbs                  7       9   3   3   0   4   1 112   4.68  A1 D4
V.Law WIN(3-2) BS(2nd)    2       3   2   2   0   2   1  41   4.68  D5
Totals                    9      12   5   5   0   6   2

Pirates (39-42)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
H.Score                   7       8   5   4   3   7   2 117   3.15  A1 D5
M.Drabowsky LOSS(2-1)     2       3   2   2   1   1   0  41   3.66  D6
Totals                    9      11   7   6   4   8   2

ATTENDANCE- 18,417 DATE- Wednesday, July 21st 1956 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:56
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 9  Pirates: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 0  Pirates: 1
ERRORS- M.Minoso, Y.Berra
DOUBLES- L.Walls(6th), H.Aaron(19th), V.Power(12th), D.O'Connell(7th),
         W.Post(9th), B.Skowron(10th), R.Jablonski(4th)
TRIPLES- L.Walls(2nd), B.Skowron(5th)
HOME RUNS- V.Power(7th), R.Katt(3rd), Y.Berra(12th), W.Post(14th)
RBIs- L.Walls(9th), H.Aaron-3(73rd), V.Power-2(43rd), R.Katt(11th),
      R.Schoendienst(22nd), Y.Berra(45th), W.Post(31st), B.Skowron(22nd),
      R.Jablonski(9th)
WALKS- H.Aaron-2, D.O'Connell, C.Stobbs
HIT BY PITCH- R.Ashburn, M.Minoso-2
STRIKE OUTS- L.Walls, B.Nieman-2, V.Power, D.O'Connell, L.Aparicio, S.Burgess,
             C.Stobbs, M.Minoso, R.Schoendienst, W.Mays, Y.Berra, W.Post,
             M.Drabowsky
GIDP- C.Stobbs
WILD PITCHES- C.Stobbs
2-out RBI- H.Aaron-2, V.Power, R.Schoendienst
RLISP 2-out- A.Dark-2, W.Mays, V.Power-2, Y.Berra, C.Stobbs, R.Schoendienst,
             B.Goodman
TEAM RISP- Yankees: 2 for 12  Pirates: 3 for 13

Vic Power blasted a homerun and had 2 RBI as the New York-AL Yankees bested
the Pittsburgh Pirates 7 to 5 at Forbes Field.

New York-AL won the game with a rally in the 9th inning with 2 runs using 2
hits.  Richie Ashburn led off the inning for New York-AL when he was hit by a
pitch.  Lee Walls followed next and he doubled scoring a run.  After an out
was recorded, Hank Aaron then would ground out scoring the final run of the
inning.  New York-AL finished with 11 hits in the victory.  

The winning pitcher was Vern Law(3-2) who allowed 2 runs in 2 innings. The
loss was charged to Moe Drabowsky(2-1) in relief.  New York-AL now has a
record of 38-59.  With this loss, Pittsburgh has a 5-5 record of late, 39-42
overall.

SCORESHEET: 1956 New York-AL Yankees at 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates
R.Ashbur-A1  A1:G/63    B1:F/8     *5*:G/31   *7*:F/9    *9*:HBP
                                                         
                                                         
L.Walls-A1   A2:G/43    B2:Si>12   C2:K       D2:Tr      E2:Do>1#
                                                         
                                                         
B.Nieman-A1  A3:F/9     B3:K       C3:Si      D3:K       E3:G/43>2
                                                         3
                                                         
H.Aaron-A1   *2*:F/7    B4:Do+E/7  C4:W>12 b  D4:IW>b1   E4:G/13>3
                        >2# 1# b3  1                     #
                                                         
V.Power-A1   A5:HR>b#   B5:Si>3#   C5:K       D5:G/43    E5:Do
                                                         
                                                         
D.O'Conn-A1  A6:F/8     B6:K       *6*:G/13   *8*:Do     E6:W>b1
                                                         
                                                         
L.Aparic-A1  A7:F/7     *4*:E/2    C7:K       D7:F/9     E7:G/31
B.Goodma-E7                                              
W.Mirand-E8                                              
R.Katt-A1    *3*:HR>b#  B8:F/7     C8:Si      D8:K
S.Burges-D8                                   
J.Hegan-E1                                    
C.Stobbs-A1  A9:W>b1    B9:G-DP/4  C9:K       D9:G/31
V.Law-E1                63>1o                 
                                              

M.Minoso-A1  A1:P/6     B1:G/43>1  C1:HBP     D1:K       E1:HBP
S.Amoros-E2             2                                
                                                         
R.Schoen-A1  A2:K       B2:G/53>2  C2:Force/  D2:Si>2#   E2:F/9
                        3          54>1o b1              
                                                         
W.Mays-A1    A3:F/8     B3:G/53    C3:Si>13   D3:K       *9*:F/9
                                                         
                                                         
Y.Berra-A1   *2*:K      *4*:Si     C4:F/8     *8*:HR>b#  E4:G/3
                                                         
                                                         
W.Post-A1    A5:Do      B5:F/8     *6*:G/53   D5:HR>b#   E5:K
                                                         
                                                         
B.Skowro-A1  A6:Do>2#   B6:P/5     C6:G/13    D6:Tr
                                              
                                              
R.Jablon-A1  A7:WP>23   B7:Si>12   C7:L/4     D7:Do>3#
             P/5                              
                                              
A.Dark-A1    A8:G/63    B8:P/6     *7*:Si     D8:G/53
                                              
                                              
H.Score-A1   *3*:Si     *5*:G/3    C9:G/3>12  D9:K
H.Smith-C9                                    
M.Drabow-D4