BOXSCORE: 1956 Kansas City Athletics At 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates 8/15/1956
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG
J.Piersall CF 5 2 3 2 .254 M.Minoso LF 4 0 0 0 .272
F.Bolling 2B 6 3 2 1 .282 R.Schoendienst 2B 4 0 1 0 .320
M.Mantle RF 3 2 0 0 .342 W.Mays CF 2 0 0 0 .289
C-D.Williams PH,RF 1 1 1 0 .354 B-S.Amoros PH,CF 1 0 0 0 .282
F.Robinson LF 5 1 1 2 .312 Y.Berra C 4 0 0 0 .263
G.Hodges 1B 6 0 3 4 .274 W.Post RF 3 1 0 0 .242
E.Bailey C 4 1 1 1 .286 P.Runnels 1B 4 1 3 1 .294
A-G.Triandos PH,C 2 0 1 0 .317 H.Lopez 3B 4 1 2 2 .264
K.Boyer 3B 5 2 3 0 .330 A.Dark SS 4 0 1 0 .340
J.Logan SS 3 1 0 0 .310 D.Donovan P 2 0 0 0 .200
F.Lary P 3 0 0 0 .230 J.Harshman P 1 0 0 0 .059
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Totals 43 13 15 10 Totals 33 3 7 3
A-Pinch Hit For Bailey In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Mays In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Mantle In 9th Inning
Athletics....... 3 0 0 3 1 1 1 2 2 - 13 15 3
Pirates......... 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 3 7 4
Athletics (87-32) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
F.Lary WIN(13-8) 9 7 3 3 2 5 1 135 5.02 A1
Totals 9 7 3 3 2 5 1
Pirates (62-61) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
D.Donovan LOSS(8-13) 6 9 8 4 2 5 2 123 4.87 A1 D6
J.Harshman 3 6 5 5 3 0 1 63 3.31 D7
Totals 9 15 13 9 5 5 3
ATTENDANCE- 31,282 DATE- Sunday, August 15th 1956 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:52
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics:11 Pirates: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 3 Pirates: 0
ERRORS- E.Bailey, J.Logan-2, M.Minoso, W.Mays, H.Lopez, D.Donovan
DOUBLES- G.Hodges(16th), G.Triandos(11th), A.Dark(16th)
TRIPLES- P.Runnels(4th)
HOME RUNS- F.Bolling(3rd), F.Robinson(20th), E.Bailey(19th), H.Lopez(12th)
RBIs- J.Piersall-2(20th), F.Bolling(28th), F.Robinson-2(62nd), G.Hodges-4(84th),
E.Bailey(49th), P.Runnels(43rd), H.Lopez-2(53rd)
STOLEN BASES- F.Bolling(2nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- F.Lary-2
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Piersall
WALKS- M.Mantle-2, F.Robinson, J.Logan-2, W.Mays, W.Post
STRIKE OUTS- J.Piersall, F.Bolling, F.Robinson, E.Bailey, F.Lary, M.Minoso,
W.Post, A.Dark, D.Donovan, J.Harshman
GIDP- R.Schoendienst, P.Runnels, H.Lopez
WILD PITCHES- D.Donovan
2-out RBI- F.Bolling, E.Bailey, G.Hodges-3
RLISP 2-out- J.Logan-3, D.Donovan, F.Lary, W.Mays, E.Bailey, F.Bolling,
G.Triandos-2
TEAM RISP- Athletics: 3 for 15 Pirates: 1 for 3
First baseman Gil Hodges had 3 base hits and 4 RBI and Frank Lary went the
distance as the Kansas City Athletics man-handled the Pittsburgh Pirates -
the final score was 13 to 3.
Lary(13-8) pitched a fine game. He surrendered 7 hits and 2 walks in 9
innings. The Kansas City offense was great, scoring in 7 of the 9 innings.
Dick Donovan(8-13) was charged with the loss. He got hit hard, allowing 9
hits and 2 walks in 6 innings.
SCORESHEET: 1956 Kansas City Athletics at 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates
J.Piersa-A1 A1:Si B1:Si C1:SF/8>3 *6*:K E1:G/43>3 F1:Si
# 23 # 23
F.Bollin-A1 A2:E/8>13 B2:K C2:WP>3# D2:Si E2:F/8 F2:L/5
b2 HR>b#
M.Mantle-A1 A3:W>b1 B3:L/3 C3:F/8 D3:L/3 *8*:W>b1 F3:Si>12
D.Willia-F3
F.Robins-A1 A4:K *3*:L/5 *5*:L/6 D4:SB>12 E4:HR>1# F4:W>23 1
E/5>23 b# 2 b1
G.Hodges-A1 A5:Si>3# B5:G/13 C5:F/8 D5:Si>3# E5:P/6 F5:Do>3#
23 12 12 2# 13
E.Bailey-A1 A6:K B6:G/3 C6:HR>b# D6:F/7 E6:Do F6:P/6
G.Triand-E6
K.Boyer-A1 A7:E/7>3# *4*:Si C7:Si *7*:Si E7:G/53
2# 13 b2
J.Logan-A1 A8:P/6 B8:W>12 b C8:E/1>12 D8:W>12 b E8:P/6
1 1
F.Lary-A1 *2*:K B9:Sac/54 C9:G/63 D9:Sac/14 *9*:G/13
>23 12 >23 12
M.Minoso-A1 A1:F/8 *3*:E/2 C1:F/8 D1:K
R.Schoen-A1 A2:P/2 B2:G-DP/4 C2:Si>12 *8*:G/43
63>1o
W.Mays-A1 A3:F/9 B3:W>b1 C3:G/43 D3:P/3
S.Amoros-D3
Y.Berra-A1 *2*:P/3 B4:P/3 *6*:E/6 D4:F/9
W.Post-A1 A5:W>b1 *4*:F/8 C5:Force/ *9*:K
54>1o b1
P.Runnel-A1 A6:Tr>1# B6:Si C6:G-DP/3 D6:Si
63>1o
H.Lopez-A1 A7:Si>3# B7:G-DP/1 *7*:HR>b# D7:Force/
63>1o 54>1o b1
A.Dark-A1 A8:Do>1o *5*:G/63 C8:K D8:L/5
D.Donova-A1 A9:K B9:E/6 C9:K
J.Harshm-C7