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Pirates 5 @ Phillies 6
Connie Mack Stadium
September 9, 1956

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on September 9, 1956 at Connie Mack Stadium. The home team Phillies beat the visiting Pirates with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 9, 1956 
Visiting Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 5 H: 10 E: 3 LOB: 11
Runs: 5
Hits: 10
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 11
Home Team
Philadelphia Phillies
R: 6 H: 14 E: 2 LOB: 8
Runs: 6
Hits: 14
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 8
Winning PitcherRobin Roberts  
Losing PitcherCholly Naranjo  
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Game Winning RBIElmer Valo 

Game Info

DateSeptember 9, 1956 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Home TeamPhiladelphia Phillies 
Visiting Starting PitcherBob Friend  
Home Starting PitcherHarvey Haddix  
BallparkConnie Mack Stadium 
CityPhiladelphia 
StatePA 
Attendance11,104 
Time of Game2 hours 24 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Tom Gorman
1B: Babe Pinelli
2B: Hal Dixon
3B: Augie Donatelli

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Frank Thomas  Third Baseman 
Lee Walls  Left Fielder 
Roberto Clemente  Right Fielder 
Dale Long  First Baseman 
Jack Shepard  Catcher 
Dick Groat  Shortstop 
Bill Virdon  Center Fielder 
Bill Mazeroski  Second Baseman 
Bob Friend  Pitcher 
Bobby Bragan  Manager 

Philadelphia Phillies Lineup 

Name  Position 
Richie Ashburn  Center Fielder 
Solly Hemus  Second Baseman 
Willie Jones  Third Baseman 
Stan Lopata  Catcher 
Del Ennis  Left Fielder 
Marv Blaylock  First Baseman 
Elmer Valo  Right Fielder 
Granny Hamner  Shortstop 
Harvey Haddix  Pitcher 
Mayo Smith  Manager 

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Pirates 5 @ Phillies 6
Connie Mack Stadium
September 9, 1956

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 9/9/1956, game 2 -- Pittsburgh at Philadelphia (N)

  Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI    Philadelphia       AB  R  H RBI
Thomas F, 3b          6  1  1  0   Ashburn R, cf         5  2  2  0   
Walls L, lf           5  1  2  0   Hemus S, 2b           5  0  1  0   
Clemente R, rf        5  1  1  1   Jones W, 3b           4  0  2  1   
Long D, 1b            2  0  1  0   Lopata S, c           5  1  1  1   
Shepard J, c          2  1  1  0   Ennis D, lf           5  1  2  0   
Skinner B, ph         1  0  0  0   Blaylock M, 1b        5  1  3  0   
Foiles H, c           2  0  0  0   Valo E, rf            4  0  1  1   
Groat D, ss           3  0  0  1   Hamner G, ss          3  0  1  1   
Virdon B, cf          5  0  3  2   Haddix H, p           1  0  0  0   
Mazeroski B, 2b       3  1  0  0   Negray R, p           0  0  0  0   
Friend B, p           2  0  0  0   Baumholtz F, ph       1  1  1  0   
Cole D, ph            1  0  0  0   Meyer J, p            0  0  0  0   
Kline R, p            0  0  0  0   Greengrass J, ph      1  0  0  0   
Hall D, ph            1  0  1  0   Roberts R, p          1  0  0  0   
Face R, p             0  0  0  0                                      
O'Brien J, ph         1  0  0  0                                      
Naranjo C, p          0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     39  5 10  4                        40  6 14  4

Pittsburgh       020 030 000 0 --  5
Philadelphia     100 210 100 1 --  6
  2 outs when winning run was scored.

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Friend B              5.0  9  4  3  0  2
Kline R               2.0  3  1  0  1  0
Face R                2.0  1  0  0  1  1
Naranjo C (L)         0.2  1  1  0  0  0

  Philadelphia         IP  H  R ER BB SO
Haddix H*             4.0  6  5  4  3  1
Negray R              1.0  1  0  0  0  1
Meyer J               1.0  0  0  0  0  1
Roberts R (W)         4.0  3  0  0  2  4
  * Pitched to 4 batters in 5th

E -- Blaylock M, Jones W, Thomas F, Clemente R, Foiles H
DP -- Pittsburgh 2
LOB -- Pittsburgh 11, Philadelphia 8
2B -- Long D
3B -- Ashburn R, Virdon B
HR -- Lopata S
SB -- Blaylock M
SH -- Mazeroski B
SF -- Groat D, Valo E
T -- 2:24
A -- 11104

    

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