Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 24, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 24, 1956 at Forbes Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
"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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Chicago Cubs 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Miksis cf 5 0 0 0
Baker 2b 3 1 0 0
Fondy 1b 4 1 2 1
Banks ss 4 0 0 0
Moryn rf 4 1 1 1
Irvin lf 2 1 1 0
  Whisenant lf 0 0 0 0
Hoak 3b 4 1 2 1
Landrith c 4 0 1 0
Rush p 2 0 0 0
  King ph 1 0 0 1
  Valentinetti p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 7 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Jacobs 2b 3 1 0 0
Virdon cf 4 1 0 0
Walls rf 3 0 0 0
Thomas lf 4 1 2 3
Long 1b 4 0 0 0
Freese 3b 3 0 1 0
Foiles c 2 0 1 0
  Shepard c 2 0 0 0
O'Brien ss 1 0 0 0
  Lynch ph 1 0 0 0
  Groat ss 1 0 0 0
Law p 2 0 0 0
  King p 1 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 4 3
Chicago 011 000 120–572
Pittsburgh 200 001 000–341
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Rush   6.0 4 3 2 2 1
  Valentinetti  W(5-1) 3.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
3
2
2
1
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Law   6.1 5 3 3 2 3
  King   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Face  L(5-4) 1.2 2 2 2 1 2
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
3
5
  E–Baker (7), Fondy (6), Freese (3).  2B–Chicago Fondy (5); Hoak (3); Landrith (6).  3B–Chicago Fondy (1).  HR–Chicago Moryn (7,8th inning off Face 0 on), Pittsburgh Thomas (12,6th inning off Rush 0 on).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Walls (5).  Team–4.  CS–Jacobs (1).  U-HP–Babe Pinelli, 1B–Dusty Boggess, 2B–Hal Dixon, 3B–Tom Gorman.
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