Philadelphia Phillies vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 4, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 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."
"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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Philadelphia Phillies 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn cf 4 1 1 1
Hamner ss 4 0 1 0
Blaylock 1b 4 0 1 0
Ennis lf 4 1 2 2
Valo rf 4 0 2 0
Jones 3b 4 0 1 0
Seminick c 4 1 0 0
Kazanski 2b 4 0 0 0
Miller S. p 1 0 0 0
  Greengrass ph 1 1 1 1
  Miller B. p 0 0 0 0
  Hemus ph 1 0 0 0
  Negray p 0 0 0 0
  Baumholtz ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 9 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 3 2 2 1
Groat ss 4 2 3 0
Walls lf 4 1 2 2
Thomas 3b 4 1 1 0
Clemente rf 4 1 0 0
Long 1b 3 1 0 0
Cole 2b 1 0 0 0
  O'Brien 2b 3 0 0 0
Shepard c 4 0 0 0
Munger p 2 0 1 2
  Face p 1 0 1 0
Totals 33 8 10 5
Philadelphia 000 130 000–492
Pittsburgh 600 200 00x–8102
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Miller S.  L(4-5) 4.0 8 8 3 2 4
  Miller B.   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Negray   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
8
3
2
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Munger   4.2 7 4 2 0 2
  Face  W(6-4) 4.1 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
2
0
3
  E–Blaylock 2 (3), Thomas (3), J. O'Brien (6).  DP–Philadelphia 1. Hamner-Blaylock, Pittsburgh 2. Shepard-Cole, Groat-J. O'Brien-Long.  2B–Philadelphia Blaylock (7); Valo (5).  3B–Philadelphia Greengrass (2).  HR–Philadelphia Ennis (14,4th inning off Munger 0 on).  Team LOB–5.  IBB–Long (8).  Team–3.  CS–Jones (3).  U-HP–Bill Engeln, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Jocko Conlan, 3B–Vic Delmore.
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