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Pirates
@ Dodgers
Ebbets Field
April 29, 1956
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on April 29, 1956 at Ebbets Field.
Game Summary
Date | April 29, 1956 |
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Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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Home Team |
Brooklyn Dodgers
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | April 29, 1956 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Home Team | Brooklyn Dodgers |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bob Friend |
Home Starting Pitcher | Don Drysdale |
Ballpark | Ebbets Field |
City | Brooklyn |
State | NY |
Attendance | |
Time of Game | 2 hours 26 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Frank Secory 1B: Stan Landes 2B: Larry Goetz 3B: Frank Dascoli |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
Name | Position |
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Curt Roberts | Second Baseman |
Bob Skinner | Right Fielder |
Dale Long | First Baseman |
Frank Thomas | Left Fielder |
Preston Ward | Third Baseman |
Lee Walls | Center Fielder |
Dick Cole | Shortstop |
Jack Shepard | Catcher |
Bob Friend | Pitcher |
Bobby Bragan | Manager |
Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jim Gilliam | Left Fielder |
Pee Wee Reese | Shortstop |
Duke Snider | Center Fielder |
Roy Campanella | Catcher |
Gil Hodges | First Baseman |
Jackie Robinson | Third Baseman |
Carl Furillo | Right Fielder |
Charlie Neal | Second Baseman |
Don Drysdale | Pitcher |
Walter Alston | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Pirates
@ Dodgers
Ebbets Field
April 29, 1956
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Drysdale
Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Skinner vs. Drysdale
Skinner hits a popup, foul, towards third. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Long vs. Drysdale
Long hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Drysdale
The ball gets by Campanella for a passed ball. Long moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Thomas vs. Drysdale
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drysdale fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Friend
Gilliam hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Friend
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Friend fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gilliam moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Snider vs. Friend
Snider strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Campanella vs. Friend
Campanella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cole fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Drysdale
Ward takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Walls vs. Drysdale
Walls takes first base on ball four. Ward moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Cole vs. Drysdale
Cole hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Neal fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Ward moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: --3
Shepard vs. Drysdale
Shepard strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Friend
Hodges hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Friend
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Roberts scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Friend
Furillo hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Neal vs. Friend
Neal strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Friend vs. Drysdale
Friend hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Roberts vs. Drysdale
Roberts bunts towards first. Hodges scoops it up and throws to first, with Neal covering, for the out. Friend moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Skinner vs. Drysdale
Skinner hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. Friend moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Long vs. Drysdale
Long hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Friend tags and scores. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Drysdale
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Drysdale vs. Friend
Drysdale strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Friend
Gilliam takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Friend
Reese hits a line drive into center field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Snider vs. Friend
Snider hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Cole fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Drysdale
Ward hits a fly ball into left field. Gilliam settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walls vs. Drysdale
Walls bunts towards the mound. Drysdale fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Cole vs. Drysdale
Cole hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drysdale fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Friend
Campanella takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Hodges vs. Friend
Hodges strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Friend
Robinson takes first base on ball four. Campanella moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Furillo vs. Friend
Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cole fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Shepard vs. Drysdale
Shepard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Neal scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Friend vs. Drysdale
Friend hits a popup towards short. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Drysdale
Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Neal vs. Friend
Neal hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Drysdale vs. Friend
Drysdale bunts towards the mound. Friend fields it and throws to first for the out. Neal moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Gilliam vs. Friend
Gilliam hits a line drive into center field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Reese vs. Friend
Reese strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Skinner vs. Drysdale
Skinner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Long vs. Drysdale
There's a wild pitch. Skinner moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Long vs. Drysdale
Long hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Long for the out. Skinner moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: --3
Thomas vs. Drysdale
Thomas is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Ward vs. Drysdale
Ward hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Skinner scores. Thomas moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Walls vs. Drysdale
Walls hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Thomas moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cole vs. Drysdale
Cole hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thomas scores. Ward moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Shepard vs. Hughes
Jim Hughes now pitching.
Shepard hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Friend vs. Hughes
Friend hits a popup towards short. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 6 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Friend
Roberto Clemente now playing center field. Dick Groat now playing shortstop. Lee Walls now playing right field. Dick Cole now playing third base.
Snider strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Friend
Campanella hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Friend
Hodges strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 6 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Hughes
Roberts bunts in front of the plate. Campanella fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Clemente vs. Hughes
Clemente bunts towards the right side of the infield. Neal scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Roberts moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Long vs. Hughes
Long takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thomas vs. Hughes
Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Groat vs. Hughes
Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 6 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Friend
Robinson hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Friend
Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Neal vs. Friend
Neal hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Amoros vs. Friend
Sandy Amoros pinch hits for Jim Hughes.
Amoros hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Roberts catches it and throws to first to double up Neal. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 6 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walls vs. Koufax
Sandy Koufax now pitching.
Walls hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Furillo who is chasing the ball. Walls reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: --3
Cole vs. Koufax
Cole hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. Walls scores. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Shepard vs. Koufax
Shepard hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Pirates, 9 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Friend vs. Koufax
Friend hits a popup towards third. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 9 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Koufax
Roberts strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 9 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Clemente vs. Koufax
Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 9 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Long vs. Koufax
Long hits a line drive into left field. That will be extra bases. Gilliam fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Gilliam. Clemente goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 10 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Thomas vs. Koufax
Thomas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 10 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Groat vs. Darnell
Bob Darnell now pitching.
Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 10 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Friend
Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops it up and throws to first, with Friend covering, for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 10 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Friend
Reese hits a fly ball into center field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 10 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Friend
Randy Jackson pinch hits for Duke Snider.
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 10 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Walls vs. Darnell
Gino Cimoli now playing center field.
Walls hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Neal fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 10 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Cole vs. Darnell
There goes Walls. The throw from Campanella and he is safe. Walls steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 10 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Cole vs. Darnell
Cole hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 10 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Shepard vs. Darnell
Shepard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 10 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Friend vs. Darnell
Friend hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Pirates, 10 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Friend
Campanella takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 10 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Hodges vs. Friend
Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cole fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Pirates, 10 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Friend
Robinson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Long settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 4/29/1956, game 1 -- Pittsburgh at Brooklyn (D) Pittsburgh AB R H RBI Brooklyn AB R H RBI Roberts C, 2b 4 0 1 0 Gilliam J, lf 3 0 1 0 Skinner B, rf 3 1 2 0 Reese P, ss 4 0 1 0 Clemente R, cf 1 1 1 0 Snider D, cf 3 0 0 0 Long D, 1b 3 0 2 1 Jackson R, ph 1 0 0 0 Thomas F, lf 3 1 0 0 Cimoli G, cf 0 0 0 0 Ward P, 3b 2 1 1 1 Campanella R, c 2 0 0 0 Groat D, ss 2 0 0 0 Hodges G, 1b 4 0 0 0 Walls L, cf-rf 4 1 2 0 Robinson J, 3b 3 1 1 1 Cole D, ss-3b 5 2 2 2 Furillo C, rf 3 0 1 0 Shepard J, c 5 2 2 5 Neal C, 2b 3 0 2 0 Friend B, p 5 1 1 0 Drysdale D, p 1 0 0 0 Hughes J, p 0 0 0 0 Amoros S, ph 1 0 0 0 Koufax S, p 0 0 0 0 Darnell B, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 37 10 14 9 28 1 6 1 Pittsburgh 001 005 040 -- 10 Brooklyn 000 000 100 -- 1 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO Friend B (W) 9.0 6 1 1 4 7 Brooklyn IP H R ER BB SO Drysdale D (L) 5.2 6 5 5 2 1 Hughes J 1.1 2 1 1 1 0 Koufax S 0.2 5 4 3 1 1 Darnell B 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 E -- Gilliam J DP -- Pittsburgh 4, Brooklyn 1 LOB -- Pittsburgh 8, Brooklyn 5 2B -- Long D 3B -- Walls L HR -- Shepard J 2, Robinson J SB -- Walls L SH -- Roberts C, Drysdale D, Clemente R SF -- Long D HBP -- by Drysdale D (Thomas F) WP -- Drysdale D PB -- Campanella R T -- 2:26 A -- 0
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