Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Redlegs
July 23, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 23, 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 3, Cincinnati Redlegs 4

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 4 0 0 0
Skinner lf 4 0 1 0
Walls rf 2 1 1 0
  Clemente rf 2 0 0 0
Long 1b 4 0 1 0
Thomas 3b 4 1 1 0
  O'Brien J. pr 0 0 0 0
Shepard c 4 1 2 0
O'Brien E. ss 3 0 2 2
  Lynch ph 1 0 0 0
Mazeroski 2b 3 0 1 0
  Cole ph 1 0 0 0
Pepper p 1 0 0 0
  Waters p 2 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 2
Cincinnati Redlegs ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 4 2 3 1
Robinson lf 4 0 2 0
Bell cf 3 0 0 0
Kluszewski 1b 3 0 0 0
Bailey c 4 0 0 0
Thurman rf 4 2 2 1
Jablonski 3b 3 0 0 0
  Bridges 3b 0 0 0 0
McMillan ss 2 0 0 0
Fowler p 2 0 0 0
  Edwards ph 1 0 0 0
  Lawrence p 0 0 0 0
  Burgess ph 1 0 0 0
  Jeffcoat pr 0 0 0 0
  Gross p 0 0 0 0
  Freeman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 7 2
Pittsburgh 100 200 000392
Cincinnati 101 001 01x471
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Pepper   2.1 2 2 0 3 1
  Waters   4.0 3 1 1 3 3
  Face  L(8-6) 1.2 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
8.0
7
4
2
6
6
  Cincinnati Redlegs IP H R ER BB SO
Fowler   6.0 7 3 3 0 4
  Lawrence  W(14-1) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Gross   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Freeman  SV(9) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
0
8

  E–Long (11), Mazeroski (1), Bridges (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 2. Mazeroski-E. O'Brien-Long, Mazeroski-E. O'Brien-Long, Cincinnati 1. Thurman-Jablonski.  2B–Pittsburgh Skinner (4,off Fowler); E. O'Brien (1,off Fowler).  HR–Cincinnati Thurman (4,6th inning off Waters 0 on 1 out).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Jablonski (1,off Face).  Team–10.  U-HP–Bill Engeln, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Jocko Conlan, 3B–Vic Delmore.  T–2:25.  A–11,318.
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