BOXSCORE: 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1956 Washington Nationals 7/30/1956
Pirates AB R H RBI AVG Nationals AB R H RBI AVG
M.Minoso LF 5 0 1 0 .305 J.Temple 2B 4 0 1 0 .298
B.Skowron 1B 4 0 2 0 .287 G.Bell CF 3 0 0 0 .303
W.Mays CF 4 2 1 0 .283 R.Campanella C 3 0 0 0 .231
Y.Berra C 4 2 2 2 .248 J.Adcock 1B 2 0 0 0 .323
W.Post RF 5 2 2 4 .241 H.Kuenn SS 3 0 1 0 .274
P.Runnels 2B 5 0 2 0 .275 H.Simpson RF 3 0 0 0 .275
A-R.Schoendienst 2B 0 0 0 0 .355 R.Sievers LF 3 0 0 0 .250
H.Lopez 3B 4 0 0 0 .249 R.Boone 3B 3 0 0 0 .259
B-A.Carey 3B 0 0 0 0 .385 D.Larsen P 2 0 0 0 .143
A.Dark SS 5 0 2 0 .338 J.Nuxhall P 1 0 0 0 .077
B.Pierce P 2 0 0 0 .156
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Totals 38 6 12 6 Totals 27 0 2 0
A-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Runnels In 9th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Lopez In 9th Inning
Pirates......... 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 6 12 1
Nationals....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 2
Pirates (42-43) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Pierce WIN(6-7) 9 2 0 0 1 7 0 109 4.86 A1
Totals 9 2 0 0 1 7 0
Nationals (45-40) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
D.Larsen LOSS(6-8) 6 1/3 9 6 6 4 4 2 115 5.99 A1 D5
J.Nuxhall 2 2/3 3 0 0 0 1 0 47 4.22 D6
Totals 9 12 6 6 4 5 2
ATTENDANCE- 11,262 DATE- Friday, July 30th 1956 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:17
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates:11 Nationals: 1
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 2 Nationals: 0
ERRORS- Y.Berra, R.Campanella, H.Kuenn
DOUBLES- B.Skowron(12th), W.Mays(18th), Y.Berra(12th)
TRIPLES- B.Skowron(6th), J.Temple(3rd)
HOME RUNS- W.Post-2(16th)
RBIs- Y.Berra-2(54th), W.Post-4(35th)
STOLEN BASES- W.Mays(13th)
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Pierce-2
WALKS- B.Skowron, W.Mays, Y.Berra, H.Lopez, J.Adcock
STRIKE OUTS- W.Mays-3, W.Post, B.Pierce, G.Bell, R.Campanella, H.Simpson-3,
R.Sievers, D.Larsen
GIDP- H.Kuenn-2
2-out RBI- Y.Berra, W.Post-2
RLISP 2-out- M.Minoso-2, W.Post, B.Pierce-2, P.Runnels-2, Y.Berra, A.Dark
TEAM RISP- Pirates: 3 for 16 Nationals: 0 for 0
WEB GEMS- Bot 1st: Willie Mays robbed Johnny Temple of a Homerun!
Wally Post slammed 2 homeruns and had 4 RBI and Billy Pierce held Washington
scoreless on just 2 hits as the Pittsburgh Pirates bested the Washington
Nationals 6 to 0 at Griffith Stadium.
Post had a good day at the plate. He blasted a two-run home run in the 1st
inning and cracked a two-run shot in the 7th inning. Pittsburgh finished
with 12 hits in the victory.
Pierce(6-7) was credited with the shutout, his first of the year. Don
Larsen(6-8) took the loss. He got hammered, allowing 9 hits and 4 walks in 6
and 1/3 innings.
SCORESHEET: 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1956 Washington Nationals
M.Minoso-A1 A1:G/53 B1:L/5 *5*:Si D1:F/8 *8*:P/6
B.Skowro-A1 A2:F/9 *3*:Do C2:W>12 b *7*:G/53 E2:E(foul
1 )/2 Tr
W.Mays-A1 A3:W>b1 B3:K C3:K D3:Do E3:K
Y.Berra-A1 A4:SB>12 B4:G/3>23 C4:W>23 1 D4:Si>2# E4:G/43
Do>2# 2 b1
W.Post-A1 A5:HR>2# B5:L/6 C5:K D5:HR>1# *9*:L/5
b# b#
P.Runnel-A1 A6:F/7 *4*:F/8 C6:Force/ D6:Si E6:Si
R.Schoen-E9 64>1o b1
H.Lopez-A1 *2*:F/8 B7:W>b1 *6*:L/6 D7:Force/ E7:G/63>1
A.Carey-E9 54>1o b1 2
A.Dark-A1 A8:Si B8:G/43>1 C8:Si D8:E/6>12 E8:G/43
2
B.Pierce-A1 A9:Sac/24 B9:K C9:Sac/54 D9:G/43
>12 >12
J.Temple-A1 A1:Tr *4*:L/6 *7*:F/8 D1:G/63
G.Bell-A1 A2:G/43 B2:F/7 C2:K
R.Campan-A1 A3:G/63 B3:L/6 C3:K
J.Adcock-A1 *2*:W>b1 *5*:E/2 *8*:F/7
H.Kuenn-A1 A5:G-DP/6 B5:G-DP/6 C5:Si
43>1o 43>1o
H.Simpso-A1 A6:K B6:K C6:K
R.Siever-A1 *3*:K *6*:F/8 C7:F/8
R.Boone-A1 A8:F/7 B8:P/5 *9*:F/8
D.Larsen-A1 A9:L/5 B9:K C9:G/43
J.Nuxhal-C1