Cincinnati Redlegs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 29, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 29, 1956 at Forbes 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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Cincinnati Redlegs 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

Cincinnati Redlegs ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 4 1 2 0
Thurman rf 5 1 3 0
Robinson lf 3 0 1 1
Kluszewski 1b 4 0 0 0
Bell cf 5 1 2 0
Burgess c 4 0 1 1
Jablonski 3b 3 0 0 1
  Bailey ph 1 0 0 0
  Bridges 3b 0 0 0 0
McMillan ss 5 0 1 0
Gross p 2 0 0 0
  Crowe ph 1 0 1 0
  Jeffcoat pr 0 0 0 0
  Freeman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 11 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 4 1 1 0
Cole ss 4 0 2 2
Walls lf 3 0 0 0
Thomas 3b 4 0 2 0
Clemente rf 3 0 1 0
Long 1b 4 0 0 0
Shepard c 4 0 0 0
O'Brien 2b 3 1 1 0
  Skinner ph 1 0 0 0
Law p 3 0 0 0
  Pollet p 0 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
  Lynch ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
Cincinnati 000 020 0013111
Pittsburgh 000 010 100271
  Cincinnati Redlegs IP H R ER BB SO
Gross   7.0 7 2 1 1 7
  Freeman  W(8-3) 2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
1
2
8
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Law  L(3-12) 8.1 11 3 3 5 4
  Pollet   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  King   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
5
5

  E–McMillan (12), Cole (2).  2B–Cincinnati Burgess (5,off Law), Pittsburgh Thomas (18,off Gross).  3B–Pittsburgh Virdon (5,off Gross).  SH–Robinson (5,off Law); Temple (13,off Law); Virdon (3,off Gross).  IBB–Kluszewski (12,by Law).  Team LOB–14.  Team–8.  U-HP–Bill Jackowski, 1B–Vic Delmore, 2B–Jocko Conlan, 3B–Artie Gore.  T–2:42.  A–30,429.
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