BOXSCORE: 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1956 Chicago-NL Cubs 9/5/1956
Pirates AB R H RBI AVG Cubs AB R H RBI AVG
M.Minoso LF 2 1 1 1 .272 N.Siebern LF 4 2 2 1 .194
F-L.Skizas PH 1 0 0 0 .270 H.Freeman P 1 0 0 0 .000
B.Skowron 1B 5 0 1 1 .299 P.Ward 1B 5 3 1 0 .255
S.Amoros CF 4 0 1 1 .276 E.Mathews 3B 5 1 2 2 .297
Y.Berra C 2 0 0 0 .272 D.Snider CF 4 3 2 3 .285
W.Post RF 4 1 2 1 .250 S.Lopata C 2 3 0 1 .244
P.Runnels 2B 4 0 1 1 .283 J.Lemon RF 4 3 3 7 .283
H.Lopez 3B 4 1 2 0 .261 D-B.Del Greco LF 0 0 0 0 .239
A.Dark SS 4 1 2 0 .337 E.Banks SS 4 0 2 1 .315
B.Friend P 1 1 1 0 .141 C-W.Cooper PH 1 0 0 0 .000
A-H.Plews PH 1 0 0 0 .000 E-A.Grammas SS 0 0 0 0 .234
B.Turley P 1 0 0 0 .200 T.Lepcio 2B 4 1 1 2 .215
M.Garcia P 3 0 1 0 .148
V.Valentinetti P 0 0 0 0 .067
W.Ford P 0 0 0 0 .119
B-C.Furillo PH,RF 1 1 0 0 .308
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Totals 33 5 11 5 Totals 38 17 14 17
A-Pinch Hit For Friend In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Ford In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Banks In 7th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Lemon In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Cooper In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Minoso In 9th Inning
Pirates......... 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 11 3
Cubs............ 0 2 1 1 4 3 6 0 - 17 14 0
Pirates (75-66) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Friend LOSS(14-10) 5 10 8 5 1 3 4 114 3.87 A1 C9
B.Turley 3 4 9 6 6 3 1 75 4.54 D1
Totals 8 14 17 11 7 6 5
Cubs (72-75) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
M.Garcia WIN(13-11) 5 11 5 5 2 1 0 107 4.95 A1 C8
V.Valentinet HOLD(3rd) 1 2/3 0 0 0 2 1 0 30 4.46 C9 D5
W.Ford 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4.37 D6 D6
H.Freeman 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 26 2.75 D7
Totals 9 11 5 5 4 4 0
ATTENDANCE- 8,285 DATE- Sunday, September 5th 1956 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 3:01
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 7 Cubs: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 1 Cubs: 1
ERRORS- B.Skowron, Y.Berra, H.Lopez
DOUBLES- P.Ward(7th)
TRIPLES- P.Runnels(6th), N.Siebern(6th), J.Lemon(7th)
HOME RUNS- E.Mathews(42nd), D.Snider(31st), J.Lemon-2(26th), T.Lepcio(15th)
RBIs- M.Minoso(57th), B.Skowron(50th), S.Amoros(52nd), W.Post(59th),
P.Runnels(50th), N.Siebern(11th), E.Mathews-2(99th), D.Snider-3(73rd),
S.Lopata(86th), J.Lemon-7(62nd), E.Banks(75th), T.Lepcio-2(38th)
CAUGHT STEALING- B.Skowron
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Friend
SACRIFICE FLIES- M.Minoso, J.Lemon, T.Lepcio
WALKS- M.Minoso, S.Amoros, Y.Berra-2, N.Siebern, P.Ward, D.Snider, S.Lopata-3,
C.Furillo
STRIKE OUTS- L.Skizas, S.Amoros, W.Post, H.Lopez, N.Siebern, H.Freeman,
D.Snider, T.Lepcio-3
GIDP- M.Minoso, M.Garcia
WILD PITCHES- V.Valentinetti
PASSED BALLS- Y.Berra
2-out RBI- W.Post, B.Skowron, P.Runnels, S.Amoros, E.Banks
RLISP 2-out- P.Runnels-3, H.Lopez, J.Lemon, T.Lepcio
TEAM RISP- Pirates: 3 for 10 Cubs: 5 for 12
WEB GEMS- Top 1st: Norm Siebern robbed Bill Skowron of an extra base hit.
Jim Lemon blasted 2 homeruns and had 7 RBI as the Chicago-NL Cubs clobbered
the outmatched Pittsburgh Pirates, 17 to 5.
Lemon had a great day at the plate. He had the crowd cheering his every move.
He tripled scoring a run in the 2nd inning, blasted a two-run home run in
the 5th inning and rifled a three-run blast in the 7th inning. Chicago-NL
kept the scorekeepers busy in the 5th inning when they had 4 runs on 4 hits
and the 7th inning which saw them plate 6 runs on 3 hits. Chicago-NL simply
wore out the Pittsburgh pitching staff, scoring in 6 different innings.
The win went to Mike Garcia(13-11) who allowed 5 runs in 5 innings. Bob
Friend(14-10) took the loss. He allowed 4 homeruns in 5 innings of work.
SCORESHEET: 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1956 Chicago-NL Cubs
M.Minoso-A1 A1:W>b1 B1:SF/7>3 C1:Si>12 D1:G-DP/6 *9*:K
L.Skizas-E1 # 23 43>1o
B.Skowro-A1 A2:F/7 B2:Si>3# C2:Force/ *7*:G/63 E2:L/5
CS/26>1o 54>23 1o
b1
S.Amoros-A1 A3:K *3*:F/8 C3:Si>3# D3:W>b1 E3:G/31
1o
Y.Berra-A1 A4:W>12 b B4:F/8 *5*:G/13 D4:W>12 b
1 1
W.Post-A1 A5:Si>2# B5:Si C5:P/5 D5:WP>23
12 12 K
P.Runnel-A1 A6:G/43 B6:Tr>1# C6:F/9 D6:P/4
H.Lopez-A1 *2*:Si B7:G/53 *6*:Si *8*:K
A.Dark-A1 A8:Si>12 *4*:G/63 C8:Si>12 D8:G/63
B.Friend-A1 A9:Sac/54 B9:Si C9:P/4 D9:L/5
H.Plews-C9 >23 12
B.Turley-D2
N.Sieber-A1 A1:Si *3*:F/9 C1:K *6*:W>b1 E1:Tr>1# F1:K
H.Freema-E9
P.Ward-A1 A2:F/7 B2:Do C2:F/8 D2:E/2>12 E2:W>b1 F2:G/31
E.Mathew-A1 A3:F/7 B3:Si>23 *5*:HR>b# D3:G/43>2 E3:G/13>3
3 12 # 12
D.Snider-A1 A4:K B4:E/3>3# C4:HR>b# D4:W>b1 E4:PB>23
12 Si>3#
S.Lopata-A1 *2*:E/5>b B5:F/7 C5:W>b1 D5:W>3# 2 E5:W>12 b
2 3 12 b1 1
J.Lemon-A1 A6:Tr>2# B6:F/7 C6:HR>1# D6:SF/7>3 E6:HR>2#
B.Del Gr-E9 b# # 1# b#
E.Banks-A1 A7:G/13 *4*:G/3 C7:Si D7:Si>2# E7:F/8
W.Cooper-E7 13
A.Gramma-E9
T.Lepcio-A1 A8:SF/7>3 B8:HR>b# C8:K D8:K E8:K
#
M.Garcia-A1 A9:G/13 B9:Si C9:G-DP/6 *7*:W>b1 *8*:G/53
V.Valent-D1 43>1o
W.Ford-D9+