BOXSCORE: 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1956 Washington Nationals 9/20/1956
Pirates AB R H RBI AVG Nationals AB R H RBI AVG
M.Minoso LF 4 0 1 0 .275 F.Malzone 3B 5 1 1 0 .125
B.Skowron 1B 5 0 1 0 .298 J.Temple 2B 5 0 2 0 .302
W.Mays CF 5 1 3 1 .285 R.Sievers LF 5 0 1 0 .252
Y.Berra C 5 0 2 0 .272 B.White 1B 4 0 0 0 .262
W.Post RF 5 0 3 0 .248 G.Bell CF 5 0 2 0 .306
P.Runnels 2B 5 1 1 0 .285 E.Slaughter RF 5 0 1 0 .333
A-R.Schoendienst 2B 0 0 0 0 .305 R.Campanella C 5 0 0 0 .239
H.Lopez 3B 3 0 0 1 .262 C.Carrasquel SS 5 0 1 0 .286
T.Acker P 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Newcombe P 3 0 2 0 .277
A.Dark SS 5 0 2 0 .335 R.Face P 0 0 0 0 .161
B.Friend P 3 0 0 0 .119
B-A.Carey 3B 0 0 0 0 .318
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Totals 40 2 13 2 Totals 42 1 10 0
A-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Runnels In 11th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Friend In 11th Inning
Pirates......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 13 2
Nationals....... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 10 1
Pirates (70-65) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Friend WIN(13-9) 10 9 1 0 2 9 0 139 3.83 A1 E5
T.Acker SAVE(16th) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 3.63 E6
Totals 11 10 1 0 2 9 0
Nationals (67-68) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
D.Newcombe 10 12 1 1 2 3 1 141 4.82 A1 E4
R.Face LOSS(5-13) 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 17 5.46 E5
Totals 11 13 2 2 2 3 1
ATTENDANCE- 1,661 DATE- Monday, September 20th 1956 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
T- 3:22
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 9 Nationals:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 2 Nationals: 3
ERRORS- Y.Berra, P.Runnels, J.Temple
DOUBLES- W.Post(18th)
TRIPLES- P.Runnels(5th), F.Malzone(1st)
HOME RUNS- W.Mays(21st)
RBIs- W.Mays(89th), H.Lopez(59th)
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Friend
SACRIFICE FLIES- H.Lopez
WALKS- M.Minoso, H.Lopez, B.White, D.Newcombe
STRIKE OUTS- B.Skowron, W.Post, P.Runnels, F.Malzone, J.Temple, R.Sievers-4,
B.White, E.Slaughter, D.Newcombe
GIDP- W.Mays, Y.Berra, H.Lopez, F.Malzone, R.Campanella
2-out RBI- W.Mays
RLISP 2-out- P.Runnels-2, E.Slaughter-2, J.Temple-2, B.Skowron, H.Lopez-2,
G.Bell
TEAM RISP- Pirates: 1 for 11 Nationals: 0 for 10
WEB GEMS- Bot 3rd: Willie Mays robbed Gus Bell of a Homerun!
Bot 11th: Andy Carey robbed Roy Campanella of a base hit.
The Pittsburgh Pirates nipped the Washington Nationals in 11 innings 2 to 1 at
Griffith Stadium in a hard fought contest.
The score was knotted at 1 after nine innings. Pittsburgh won the hard fought
contest in the 11th inning. After an out was recorded, Pete Runnels tripled.
Hector Lopez next to the plate and he hit a deep fly scoring the run.
Pittsburgh totaled 13 hits on the afternoon.
Bob Friend(13-9) went 10 innings allowing 1 run for the victory. Friend was
helped out by Tom Acker who recorded his 16th save. Roy Face(5-13) absorbed
the loss in relief. He pitched 1 inning giving up 1 hit and no walks.
SCORESHEET: 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1956 Washington Nationals
M.Minoso-A1 A1:G/31 *3*:W>b1 C1:Si>12 D1:F/8 E1:G/43
B.Skowro-A1 A2:F/8 B2:Si>1o C2:F/9 D2:G/63 *10*:K
W.Mays-A1 A3:HR>b# B3:Si>23 C3:G-DP/6 *8*:Si E3:F/9
43>1o
Y.Berra-A1 A4:Si B4:G-DP/6 *6*:Si D4:Force/ E4:G/63
43>1o 46>1o b1
W.Post-A1 A5:Do>13 *4*:K C5:Si>12 D5:Si>13 *11*:L/6
P.Runnel-A1 A6:K B6:L/3 C6:FO/2 D6:G/31>1 E6:Tr
R.Schoen-E9 2
H.Lopez-A1 *2*:F/8 B7:W>b1 C7:G-DP/6 D7:L/6 E7:SF/9>3
T.Acker-E9 43>1o #
A.Dark-A1 A8:G/63 B8:Si>1o *7*:Si *9*:G/13 E8:G/53
B.Friend-A1 A9:G/43 *5*:E/4 C9:Sac/34 D9:G/63
A.Carey-E9 >12
F.Malzon-A1 A1:Tr B1:G/53>1 C1:F/8 D1:G-DP/6 *10*:K
2 43>1o
J.Temple-A1 A2:G/53 B2:K C2:F/8 *8*:Si E2:Si
R.Siever-A1 A3:E(foul *3*:K C3:K D3:Si>12 E3:K
)/2 K
B.White-A1 A4:E/4>3# B4:K *6*:G/43 D4:FO/2 E4:W>12 b
1
G.Bell-A1 A5:Si>13 B5:F/8 C5:Si D5:F/9 E5:G/3
E.Slaugh-A1 A6:F/9 *4*:K C6:Force/ D6:G/43 *11*:Si
46>1o b1
R.Campan-A1 *2*:F/8 B7:G/3 C7:G/63 *9*:G/43 E7:G-DP/5
43>1o
C.Carras-A1 A8:Si B8:G/13 *7*:G/63 D8:G/53 E8:F/7
D.Newcom-A1 A9:Si>13 *5*:Si C9:W>b1 D9:K
R.Face-E6