Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
July 14, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 14, 1956 at Wrigley 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Chicago Cubs 6

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 5 0 2 0
Groat ss 4 0 0 0
Walls lf 3 2 2 0
Thomas 3b 5 0 1 0
Long 1b 5 1 2 2
Clemente rf 5 1 3 0
Foiles c 3 0 1 1
Mazeroski 2b 2 0 0 0
  Shepard ph 1 0 0 0
  O'Brien J. 2b 0 0 0 0
  Skinner ph 1 1 1 2
  O'Brien E. 2b 0 0 0 0
Munger p 2 0 0 0
  Cole ph 1 0 0 0
  Waters p 1 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 12 5
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hoak 3b 4 1 2 0
Baker 2b 5 1 2 3
Fondy 1b 5 1 2 1
Banks ss 5 1 1 0
Moryn rf 5 0 2 0
King lf 5 0 2 1
Miksis cf 4 1 1 1
Chiti c 3 1 1 0
Davis p 3 0 1 0
  Lown p 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 6 14 6
Pittsburgh 000 000 004 15120
Chicago 010 000 300 26140
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Munger   7.0 9 4 4 1 5
  Waters   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Face  L(7-5) 1.1 4 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.1
14
6
6
2
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Davis   8.1 7 2 2 2 4
  Lown  W(4-3) 1.2 5 3 3 0 2
Totals
10.0
12
5
5
2
6

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 2. Hoak-Baker-Fondy, Baker-Banks-Fondy.  PB–Chiti (3).  2B–Pittsburgh Long (12).  HR–Pittsburgh Skinner (3,9th inning off Lown 1 on), Chicago Baker (8,7th inning off Munger 2 on); Fondy (3,10th inning off Face 0 on); Miksis (9,2nd inning off Munger 0 on).  SH–Groat (10).  SF–Foiles (2).  Team LOB–7.  Team–8.  CS–Hoak (2).  U-HP–Dusty Boggess, 1B–Hal Dixon, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Babe Pinelli.
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