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Philadelphia Phillies vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 12, 1956 Box Score
The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1956 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981) |
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| Game played on Saturday, May 12, 1956 at Forbes Field |
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| Philadelphia |
0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 3 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | 12 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh |
0 | 0 | 2 | | 0 | 0 | 4 | | 0 | 0 | x | – | 6 | 13 | 2 |
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| Philadelphia Phillies |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Roberts L(3-3) |
5.2 |
10 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
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Pillette |
2.1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Totals |
8.0 |
13 |
6 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Friend W(4-2) |
8.0 |
10 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
5 |
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Littlefield |
0.1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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King SV(2) |
0.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
12 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
6 |
E–J. O'Brien (3), Groat (5), J. O'Brien (3), Groat (5). DP–Philadelphia 2. Groat-Freese-Long, Groat-J. O'Brien-Long, Pittsburgh 2. Groat-Freese-Long, Groat-J. O'Brien-Long. 2B–Philadelphia Hamner (3,off Friend), Pittsburgh Freese 2 (4,off Roberts,off Pillette). HR–Pittsburgh Freese (2,3rd inning off Roberts 1 on 1 out); Ward (1,6th inning off Roberts 1 on 1 out). SF–Blaylock (1,off Friend); Ennis (1,off King).. Team LOB–9. SH–Friend (1,off Roberts). Team–7. CS–Thomas (1,2nd base by Pillette/Seminick); Thomas (1,2nd base by Pillette/Seminick). U-HP–Lee Ballanfant, 1B–Artie Gore, 2B–Bill Jackowski, 3B–Shag Crawford. T–2:23. A–20,115. |
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| Game played on Saturday, May 12, 1956 at Forbes Field |
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Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."
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