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Giants 7 @ Pirates 6
Forbes Field
July 1, 1956

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Giants, played on July 1, 1956 at Forbes Field. The home team Pirates were bested by the visiting Giants with a score of 7 to 6.

Game Summary

DateJuly 1, 1956 
Visiting Team
New York Giants
R: 7 H: 12 E: 5 LOB: 10
Runs: 7
Hits: 12
Errors: 5
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 6 H: 8 E: 1 LOB: 6
Runs: 6
Hits: 8
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 6
Winning PitcherWindy McCall  
Losing PitcherLuis Arroyo  
SaveMarv Grissom  
Game Winning RBIWillie Mays 

Game Info

DateJuly 1, 1956 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Giants 
Home TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Visiting Starting PitcherDick Littlefield  
Home Starting PitcherLaurin Pepper  
BallparkForbes Field 
CityPittsburgh 
StatePA 
Attendance23,459 
Time of Game3 hours 11 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Stan Landes
1B: Larry Goetz
2B: Frank Dascoli
3B: Frank Secory

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Eddie Bressoud  Shortstop 
Bill White  First Baseman 
Willie Mays  Center Fielder 
Dusty Rhodes  Left Fielder 
Bob Lennon  Right Fielder 
Foster Castleman  Third Baseman 
Daryl Spencer  Second Baseman 
Wes Westrum  Catcher 
Dick Littlefield  Pitcher 
Bill Rigney  Manager 

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Spook Jacobs  Second Baseman 
Dick Cole  Third Baseman 
Lee Walls  Center Fielder 
Frank Thomas  Left Fielder 
Roberto Clemente  Right Fielder 
Dick Groat  Shortstop 
Hank Foiles  Catcher 
Jack Shepard  First Baseman 
Laurin Pepper  Pitcher 
Bobby Bragan  Manager 

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Giants 7 @ Pirates 6
Forbes Field
July 1, 1956

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 7/1/1956, game 2 -- New York at Pittsburgh (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI
Bressoud E, ss        5  2  2  0   Jacobs S, 2b          3  1  1  0   
White B, 1b-rf        3  3  2  0   Friend B, p           0  0  0  0   
Mays W, cf            3  0  2  4   Long D, ph            1  0  1  0   
Rhodes D, lf          4  0  1  1   O'Brien E, pr         0  0  0  0   
Wilhelm H, p          0  0  0  0   Cole D, 3b            2  0  0  0   
Grissom M, p          0  0  0  0   Virdon B, ph-cf       3  0  0  0   
Lennon B, rf          2  0  0  1   Walls L, cf-lf        5  2  2  3   
Hofman B, ph-1b       1  0  0  0   Thomas F, lf-3b       4  1  1  0   
Castleman F, 3b       5  1  2  0   Clemente R, rf        4  0  1  1   
Spencer D, 2b         4  0  2  0   Groat D, ss           3  0  1  0   
Westrum W, c          1  0  0  0   Foiles H, c           0  0  0  0   
Mueller D, ph         1  0  0  0   Skinner B, 1b         4  0  0  0   
Sarni B, c            2  0  1  0   Shepard J, 1b-c       4  1  1  1   
Littlefield D, p      2  0  0  1   Pepper L, p           1  1  0  0   
Ridzik S, p           0  0  0  0   Face R, p             1  0  0  0   
Wilson G, ph          1  0  0  0   Munger R, p           0  0  0  0   
McCall W, p           0  0  0  0   Arroyo L, p           0  0  0  0   
Schoendienst R, ph    1  1  0  0   O'Brien J, 2b         1  0  0  0   
Brandt J, lf          0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     35  7 12  7                        36  6  8  5

New York         110 010 130 --  7
Pittsburgh       200 040 000 --  6

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Littlefield D*        4.0  4  4  3  3  3
Ridzik S              1.0  2  2  1  0  0
McCall W (W)          2.0  0  0  0  0  1
Wilhelm H             1.0  1  0  0  0  2
Grissom M (S)         1.0  1  0  0  0  0

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Pepper L              5.0  6  3  2  4  1
Face R                1.1  1  1  1  4  0
Munger R              1.1  2  2  2  0  0
Arroyo L (L)          0.1  2  1  1  0  1
Friend B              1.0  1  0  0  0  0
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 5th

E -- Rhodes D, Thomas F, Ridzik S, Bressoud E, White B, Spencer D
DP -- Pittsburgh 2
LOB -- New York 10, Pittsburgh 6
2B -- Spencer D, Mays W
3B -- Rhodes D
HR -- Walls L, Shepard J
SB -- White B, Mays W
CS -- Jacobs S
SF -- Lennon B
PB -- Sarni B
T -- 3:11
A -- 23459

    

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