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Pirates
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 19, 1956
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on August 19, 1956 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | August 19, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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| Home Team |
New York Giants
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 19, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Roy Face |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jim Hearn |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 30 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Hal Dixon 1B: Augie Donatelli 2B: Tom Gorman 3B: Babe Pinelli |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dale Long | First Baseman |
| Bill Virdon | Center Fielder |
| Frank Thomas | Third Baseman |
| Lee Walls | Left Fielder |
| Roberto Clemente | Right Fielder |
| Dick Groat | Shortstop |
| Roy Face | Pitcher |
| Bill Mazeroski | Second Baseman |
| Jack Shepard | Catcher |
| Bobby Bragan | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jackie Brandt | Right Fielder |
| Red Schoendienst | Second Baseman |
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Dusty Rhodes | Left Fielder |
| Bill White | First Baseman |
| Bill Sarni | Catcher |
| Foster Castleman | Third Baseman |
| Daryl Spencer | Shortstop |
| Jim Hearn | Pitcher |
| Bill Rigney | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Pirates
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 19, 1956
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Long vs. Hearn
Long hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Hearn
Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops it up and throws to first, with Hearn covering, for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Hearn
Thomas strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brandt vs. Face
Brandt hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Face
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Face
Mays hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rhodes vs. Face
Rhodes hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walls vs. Hearn
Walls hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clemente vs. Hearn
Clemente hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Brandt. Clemente reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Groat vs. Hearn
Groat hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Face vs. Hearn
Face hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Clemente scores. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mazeroski vs. Hearn
Mazeroski hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shepard vs. Littlefield
Dick Littlefield now pitching.
Shepard takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Long vs. Littlefield
Long hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Face
White hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sarni vs. Face
Sarni strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castleman vs. Face
Castleman hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Littlefield
Virdon hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays who is chasing the ball. Virdon reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Thomas vs. Littlefield
Thomas hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. Virdon tags and scores. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walls vs. Littlefield
Walls strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clemente vs. Littlefield
Clemente hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Face
Spencer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Littlefield vs. Face
Littlefield hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brandt vs. Face
Brandt hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Face
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mays vs. Face
Mays hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rhodes vs. Face
Rhodes hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Littlefield
Groat hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Face vs. Littlefield
Face hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazeroski vs. Littlefield
Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Face
White hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Virdon who is chasing the ball. White reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Sarni vs. Face
Sarni hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Castleman vs. Face
Castleman hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Hall
Dick Hall now pitching.
Spencer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Littlefield vs. Hall
Littlefield bunts for an out with unknown description. Spencer moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brandt vs. Hall
Brandt hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shepard vs. Littlefield
Shepard hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Long vs. Littlefield
Long hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Littlefield
Virdon hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Hall
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Hall
Mays hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rhodes vs. Hall
Rhodes hits a popup towards third. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Littlefield
Thomas strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walls vs. Littlefield
Walls hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clemente vs. Littlefield
Clemente hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays who is chasing the ball. Clemente reaches third base with a triple. Walls goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Groat vs. Littlefield
Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hall vs. Littlefield
Hall takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mazeroski vs. Wilhelm
Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching.
Mazeroski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Clemente scores. Hall moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Shepard vs. Wilhelm
Shepard hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 6 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Hall
White hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sarni vs. Hall
Sarni hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castleman vs. Hall
Castleman hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 6 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Long vs. Wilhelm
Long hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Wilhelm
Virdon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Wilhelm
Thomas hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walls vs. Wilhelm
That's a pickoff. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 6 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Hall
Spencer hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilhelm vs. Hall
Wilhelm hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brandt vs. Hall
Brandt strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 6 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walls vs. Wilhelm
Walls hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clemente vs. Wilhelm
Clemente hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Groat vs. Wilhelm
Groat hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hall vs. Wilhelm
Hall takes first base on ball four. Walls moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mazeroski vs. Wilhelm
Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 6 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Hall
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long fields the ball and throws to Hall covering. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mays vs. Hall
Mays strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rhodes vs. Hall
Rhodes hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long juggles the ball. That's an error on Long. Schoendienst goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Hall
White hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 6 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shepard vs. Wilhelm
Jackie Brandt now playing left field. Don Mueller now playing right field.
Shepard hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Long vs. Wilhelm
Long hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Virdon vs. Wilhelm
Eddie O'Brien pinch runs for Dale Long.
Virdon hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Wilhelm
Thomas strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/19/1956, game 1 -- Pittsburgh at New York (D)
Pittsburgh AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Long D, 1b 5 0 1 0 Brandt J, rf-lf 4 1 1 1
O'Brien E, pr 0 0 0 0 Schoendienst R, 2b 4 2 2 0
Virdon B, cf 5 1 2 0 Mays W, cf 4 1 1 2
Thomas F, 3b 4 0 0 1 Rhodes D, lf 4 0 0 0
Walls L, lf 4 1 2 0 Mueller D, rf 0 0 0 0
Clemente R, rf 4 2 2 1 White B, 1b 4 1 1 0
Groat D, ss 4 0 0 0 Sarni B, c 3 0 0 0
Face R, p 2 1 1 1 Castleman F, 3b 3 1 1 2
Hall D, p 0 0 0 0 Spencer D, ss 2 1 1 1
Mazeroski B, 2b 4 1 2 3 Hearn J, p 0 0 0 0
Shepard J, c 3 0 0 0 Littlefield D, p 1 0 0 0
Wilhelm H, p 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 6 10 6 30 7 7 6
Pittsburgh 031 002 000 -- 6
New York 103 200 01x -- 7
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Face R 3.1 6 6 6 0 1
Hall D (L) 4.2 1 1 0 1 2
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Hearn J 1.2 3 3 3 0 1
Littlefield D 4.0 3 3 3 2 2
Wilhelm H (W) 3.1 4 0 0 1 1
E -- Long D
LOB -- Pittsburgh 6, New York 1
2B -- Clemente R
3B -- Virdon B, White B, Clemente R
HR -- Brandt J, Mazeroski B, Spencer D, Mays W, Castleman F
SH -- Littlefield D
SF -- Thomas F
T -- 2:30
A -- 0
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