BOXSCORE: 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1956 Chicago-NL Cubs 9/4/1956
Pirates AB R H RBI AVG Cubs AB R H RBI AVG
M.Minoso LF 4 0 1 0 .271 C.Furillo RF 6 1 2 0 .309
B.Skowron 1B 1 1 0 0 .300 B.Del Greco CF,LF 4 0 1 0 .239
A-R.Schoendienst PR,2 3 0 0 0 .317 M.Irvin LF 4 0 0 1 .213
W.Mays CF 5 2 1 0 .283 D-D.Snider CF 1 0 1 0 .283
Y.Berra C 4 0 1 2 .273 E.Banks SS 5 0 2 0 .314
W.Post RF 6 0 1 0 .247 E.Mathews 3B 6 1 1 1 .296
P.Runnels 2B,1B 6 0 1 1 .283 S.Lopata C 5 0 0 0 .245
H.Lopez 3B 4 0 0 0 .259 A.Grammas 2B 3 0 0 0 .234
C-A.Carey 3B 2 0 0 0 .320 P.Ward 1B 4 0 0 0 .258
A.Dark SS 4 0 1 0 .336 E-T.Lepcio PH 0 0 0 0 .215
H.Score P 2 0 0 0 .284 F-V.Wertz PH 1 0 0 0 .245
B-H.Plews PH 0 0 0 0 ---- S.Maglie P 3 0 0 0 .051
J.Harshman P 1 0 1 0 .158 V.Valentinetti P 2 0 0 0 .067
T.Acker P 0 0 0 0 .000
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Totals 42 3 7 3 Totals 44 2 7 2
A-Pinch Ran For Skowron In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Score In 9th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Lopez In 9th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Irvin In 11th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Ward In 13th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Lepcio In 13th Inning
INJURY: Bill Skowron INJURED (for 0 more games) in 5th inning
Pirates......... 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 7 0
Cubs............ 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 0
Pirates (75-65) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
H.Score 8 4 2 2 7 11 1 139 2.84 A1 D7
J.Harshman WIN(5-7) 4 2/3 3 0 0 1 4 0 69 3.27 D8 F7
T.Acker SAVE(17th) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.60 F8
Totals 13 7 2 2 8 15 1
Cubs (71-75) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
S.Maglie 8 1/3 3 2 2 6 5 0 113 3.90 A1 D6
V.Valentinet LOSS(8-4) 4 2/3 4 1 1 2 1 0 68 4.56 D7
Totals 13 7 3 3 8 6 0
ATTENDANCE- 9,387 DATE- Saturday, September 4th 1956 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 3:09
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates:10 Cubs:12
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 0 Cubs: 4
DOUBLES- Y.Berra(27th), P.Runnels(23rd), B.Del Greco(13th)
HOME RUNS- E.Mathews(41st)
RBIs- Y.Berra-2(97th), P.Runnels(49th), M.Irvin(10th), E.Mathews(97th)
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Del Greco
WALKS- M.Minoso, B.Skowron, W.Mays, Y.Berra-2, A.Dark, H.Score, H.Plews,
B.Del Greco, M.Irvin, E.Banks, S.Lopata, A.Grammas-3, P.Ward
HIT BY PITCH- M.Minoso, B.Skowron
STRIKE OUTS- M.Minoso, W.Post, H.Lopez-2, H.Score-2, B.Del Greco, M.Irvin,
E.Mathews-4, S.Lopata-2, A.Grammas-3, P.Ward, S.Maglie-2,
V.Valentinetti
GIDP- R.Schoendienst-2, W.Mays, W.Post
WILD PITCHES- H.Score, V.Valentinetti
2-out RBI- P.Runnels
RLISP 2-out- S.Maglie-2, H.Score-2, W.Post, E.Banks, A.Grammas, M.Minoso,
A.Carey, V.Wertz-2
TEAM RISP- Pirates: 3 for 12 Cubs: 0 for 7
Herb Score mowed down 11 Chicago-NL batters as the Pittsburgh Pirates topped
the Chicago-NL Cubs in 13 innings by a score of 3 to 2 at Wrigely
Field.
Both teams were tied at 2 runs apiece after nine innings. Pittsburgh was
victorious in the 13th inning. Willie Mays delivered a base-hit. Yogi Berra
followed next and he drew a walk. Wally Post then grounded into a double
play. Pete Runnels stepped in and he doubled scoring the run. Both teams
ended up with 7 hits on the night.
The win went to Jack Harshman(5-7) who allowed no runs in 4 and 2/3 innings.
Tom Acker earned the save, his 17th. Vito Valentinetti(8-4) was the losing
pitcher in relief.
SCORESHEET: 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1956 Chicago-NL Cubs
M.Minoso-A1 A1:P/6 B1:K *5*:Si D1:W>b1 E1:F/9 F1:HBP>12
B.Skowro-A1 A2:G/63 *4*:W>b1 C2:HBP>12 D2:G-DP/4 *10*:F/7 F2:G-DP/4
R.Schoen-C3 63>1o 63>1o
W.Mays-A1 A3:G/53 B3:W>12 b C3:G-DP/6 *8*:G/63 E3:L/6 *13*:Si
1 43>23 1o
Y.Berra-A1 *2*:G/63 B4:Do>2# C4:W>b1 D4:L/4 E4:P/6 F4:W>12 b
1# 1
W.Post-A1 A5:G/63 B5:Si>23 C5:F/8 D5:F/8 *11*:K F5:G-DP/6
43>23 1o
P.Runnel-A1 A6:G/53 B6:G/43>1 *6*:G/43 *9*:G/43 E6:G/13 F6:Do>3#
2
H.Lopez-A1 *3*:K B7:K C7:F/7 D7:F/8 E7:G/63 F7:F/7
A.Carey-E2
A.Dark-A1 A8:G/53 B8:IW>b1 C8:P/6 D8:Si *12*:F/9
H.Score-A1 A9:W>b1 B9:K *7*:K D9:WP>12 E9:Si
H.Plews-D9 W>b1
J.Harshm-E2+
C.Furill-A1 A1:G/63 *3*:Si *5*:G/13 D1:Si E1:F/8 F1:L/6
B.Del Gr-A1 A2:K B2:WP>12 C2:W>b1 D2:Do>1o *10*:F/8 F2:G/53
Sac/54>23
M.Irvin-A1 A3:K B3:G/63>3 C3:G/3>12 *8*:W>b1 E3:F/8 *13*:Si
D.Snider-E6 #
E.Banks-A1 *2*:W>b1 B4:F/9 C4:G/63 D4:L/6 E4:Si F4:Si>13
E.Mathew-A1 A5:K *4*:HR>b# *6*:G/13 D5:K E5:K F5:K
S.Lopata-A1 A6:K B6:G/63 C6:K D6:W>12 b *11*:P/6 F6:G/53>1
1 2
A.Gramma-A1 A7:W>12 b B7:W>b1 C7:K D7:K E7:K F7:W>b1
1
P.Ward-A1 A8:W>23 1 B8:K *7*:G/63 *9*:G/3 E8:G/13 F8:FO/4
T.Lepcio-F8 2 b1
V.Wertz-F8
S.Maglie-A1 A9:G/43 B9:K C9:K D9:G/23 *12*:K
V.Valent-D8