Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Redlegs
July 20, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 1956 at Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Redlegs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Cincinnati Redlegs 6

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Clemente rf 6 1 3 0
Groat ss 4 1 1 0
  O'Brien J. 2b 1 0 0 0
Walls lf 5 0 0 0
Thomas 3b 4 0 2 1
Long 1b 5 0 1 0
Shepard c 5 0 1 0
Virdon cf 4 1 0 0
Mazeroski 2b 3 1 0 0
  Skinner ph 1 0 0 0
  O'Brien E. ss 1 0 1 0
Kline p 3 0 0 0
  Lynch ph 1 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
  Cole ph 1 0 0 0
  Waters p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 4 9 1
Cincinnati Redlegs ab   r   h rbi
Grammas 2b 4 1 2 0
  Crowe ph 1 0 1 0
  Jeffcoat pr 0 0 0 0
  Klippstein p 1 0 0 0
Post rf 6 1 1 1
Bell cf 5 1 2 0
Kluszewski 1b 6 1 2 3
Robinson lf 6 1 1 0
Burgess c 6 1 2 2
Jablonski 3b 2 0 0 0
  Bridges pr,3b 1 0 1 0
McMillan ss 5 0 0 0
Gross p 1 0 1 0
  Fowler p 0 0 0 0
  Thurman ph 1 0 0 0
  Acker p 1 0 0 0
  Bailey ph 1 0 1 0
  Temple pr,2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 48 6 14 6
Pittsburgh 200 200 000 000493
Cincinnati 000 030 100 0026142
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kline   8.0 8 4 4 3 7
  Face   3.0 4 0 0 0 2
  Waters  L(0-1) 0.2 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
11.2
14
6
6
3
9
  Cincinnati Redlegs IP H R ER BB SO
Gross   3.2 6 4 2 2 4
  Fowler   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Acker   5.0 1 0 0 0 8
  Klippstein  W(8-6) 3.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
12.0
9
4
2
2
14

  E–Walls (11), Long 2 (10), Kluszewski (9), McMillan (9).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Groat-Mazeroski-Long, Cincinnati 1. Temple-McMillan-Kluszewski.  PB–Burgess (1).  2B–Pittsburgh Groat (12,off Gross); Thomas (15,off Gross).  HR–Cincinnati Kluszewski (24,5th inning off Kline 2 on 1 out); Post (17,7th inning off Kline 0 on 1 out); Burgess (7,12th inning off Waters 1 on 2 out).  Team LOB–6.  Team–10.  SB–Virdon (3,Home off Gross/Burgess).  U-HP–Bill Engeln, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Jocko Conlan, 3B–Vic Delmore.  T–3:14.  A–19,342.
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