BOXSCORE: 1956 New York-AL Yankees At 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates 9/15/1956
Yankees AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG
G.Woodling LF 3 1 1 1 .240 M.Minoso LF 4 1 0 0 .271
E.Yost 3B 4 0 1 0 .205 R.Schoendienst 2B 5 1 2 0 .320
R.Ashburn RF 5 1 1 0 .260 S.Amoros CF 4 0 1 1 .277
V.Power 1B 3 0 1 1 .285 Y.Berra C 3 1 1 1 .274
A-H.Aaron PH 1 0 0 0 .310 W.Post RF 4 2 2 2 .249
B-E.Torgeson 1B 1 0 0 0 .222 P.Runnels 1B 4 1 1 1 .285
L.Walls CF 4 0 0 0 .221 H.Lopez 3B 2 1 1 0 .262
B.Goodman 2B 4 0 1 1 .294 D-A.Carey 3B 0 0 0 0 .348
J.Hegan C 4 1 0 0 .130 A.Dark SS 4 0 3 2 .337
E-H.Naragon PH 1 0 0 0 .250 B.Friend P 3 0 1 0 .129
P.Reese SS 4 0 1 0 .254 M.Drabowsky P 0 0 0 0 .000
F-B.Nieman PH 0 0 0 0 .290
B.Lawrence P 1 0 0 0 .141
S.Koufax P 1 0 0 0 .000
C-S.Burgess PH 0 0 0 0 .305
H.Wehmeier P 0 0 0 0 .125
G-R.Jackson PH 1 0 0 0 .231
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Totals 37 3 6 3 Totals 33 7 12 7
A-Pinch Hit For Power In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Aaron In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Koufax In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Lopez In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Hegan In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Reese In 9th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Wehmeier In 9th Inning
Yankees......... 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 3 6 0
Pirates......... 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 - 7 12 5
Yankees (50-98) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Lawrence LOSS(5-21) 2 4 2 2 3 1 0 48 6.42 A1 B3
S.Koufax 5 8 5 5 1 1 1 96 7.15 B4 D9
H.Wehmeier 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 5.06 E1
Totals 8 12 7 7 4 3 1
Pirates (74-65) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Friend WIN(14-9) 7 3 1 1 4 3 0 125 3.75 A1 D4
M.Drabowsky 2 3 2 2 4 2 0 57 3.50 D5
Totals 9 6 3 3 8 5 0
ATTENDANCE- 4,570 DATE- Wednesday, September 15th 1956 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:40
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees:15 Pirates: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 1 Pirates: 1
ERRORS- A.Dark-5
DOUBLES- G.Woodling(11th), B.Goodman(28th), S.Amoros(4th), W.Post(19th),
P.Runnels(22nd), A.Dark(17th)
TRIPLES- H.Lopez(1st)
HOME RUNS- W.Post(25th)
RBIs- G.Woodling(26th), V.Power(53rd), B.Goodman(38th), S.Amoros(51st),
Y.Berra(95th), W.Post-2(58th), P.Runnels(48th), A.Dark-2(45th)
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Friend
SACRIFICE FLIES- Y.Berra
WALKS- G.Woodling-2, E.Yost, L.Walls, B.Goodman, B.Nieman, S.Koufax, S.Burgess,
M.Minoso, S.Amoros, H.Lopez-2
STRIKE OUTS- E.Yost-2, L.Walls, J.Hegan, P.Reese, M.Minoso, W.Post-2
GIDP- L.Walls
2-out RBI- G.Woodling, B.Goodman
RLISP 2-out- P.Runnels-2, B.Lawrence, V.Power, S.Amoros-2, H.Aaron-2, B.Friend,
E.Yost-2, R.Jackson-2
TEAM RISP- Yankees: 1 for 15 Pirates: 3 for 14
WEB GEMS- Bot 2nd: Jim Hegan blocked the plate, saving a run!
Bot 7th: Lee Walls robbed Pete Runnels of an extra base hit.
The Pittsburgh Pirates readily handled reeling New York-AL Yankees by a score
of 7 to 3 at Forbes Field.
New York-AL never recovered after Pittsburgh took the lead in the 3rd inning
scoring one runner on 2 base hits. Pittsburgh had 12 hits overall, while New
York-AL had 6.
The winning pitcher was Bob Friend(14-9) who allowed 1 run in 7 innings. The
loss was charged to Brooks Lawrence(5-21). He allowed 2 runs and 4 hits in 2
innings.
SCORESHEET: 1956 New York-AL Yankees at 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates
G.Woodli-A1 A1:L/4 *3*:Do C1:W>12 b D1:F/9 E1:W>3# 2
1 3 12 b1
E.Yost-A1 A2:Si B2:E/6>23 C2:K D2:W>12 b E2:K
1
R.Ashbur-A1 A3:F/7 B3:F/7 C3:L/4 D3:E/6>23 *9*:Si
12
V.Power-A1 A4:G/13 B4:Si>3# C4:P/6 D4:G/43 E4:L/4
H.Aaron-D4 13
E.Torges-D5
L.Walls-A1 *2*:E/6 B5:G-DP/6 *6*:L/6 *8*:W>b1 E5:K
43>1o
B.Goodma-A1 A6:W>12 b *4*:G/63 C6:F/8 D6:F/7 E6:Do>1#
1
J.Hegan-A1 A7:K B7:G/43 C7:L/4 D7:Force/ E7:E/6>23
H.Narago-E7 16>1o b1
P.Reese-A1 A8:Force/ B8:G/63 *7*:K D8:Si>12 E8:W>12 b
B.Nieman-E8 5>2o 12 b 1
1
B.Lawren-A1 A9:L/5 *5*:W>b1 C9:E/6 D9:W>23 1 E9:F/8
S.Koufax-B6 2 b1
S.Burges-D9+
M.Minoso-A1 A1:W>b1 B1:F-DP/8 C1:FO/2 D1:L/6 *8*:K
2>3o 23
R.Schoen-A1 A2:Si>13 *3*:Si *5*:F/7 D2:G/53>1 E2:G/23
2
S.Amoros-A1 A3:W>12 b B3:Do>1# C3:F/8 D3:F/8 E3:F/8
1
Y.Berra-A1 A4:SF/8>3 B4:G/13 C4:F/9 *7*:Si
#
W.Post-A1 A5:K B5:K *6*:Do D5:HR>1#
b#
P.Runnel-A1 A6:G/43 B6:G/3 C6:Do>2# D6:F/8
H.Lopez-A1 *2*:W>b1 *4*:F/8 C7:W>b1 D7:Tr
A.Carey-E4
A.Dark-A1 A8:Si>13 B8:Si C8:Do>2# D8:G/53
1#
B.Friend-A1 A9:Sac/54 B9:P/3 C9:Si>23 D9:FO/5
M.Drabow-E1 >12