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Giants 5 @ Pirates 3
Forbes Field
May 30, 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 May 30, 1956 at Forbes Field. The home team Pirates were bested by the visiting Giants with a score of 5 to 3.

Game Summary

DateMay 30, 1956 
Visiting Team
New York Giants
R: 5 H: 10 E: 0 LOB: 17
Runs: 5
Hits: 10
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 17
Home Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 3 H: 12 E: 5 LOB: 14
Runs: 3
Hits: 12
Errors: 5
Left On Base: 14
Winning PitcherJohnny Antonelli  
Losing PitcherVern Law  
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Game Winning RBIAl Dark 

Game Info

DateMay 30, 1956 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Giants 
Home TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Visiting Starting PitcherDon Liddle  
Home Starting PitcherLaurin Pepper  
BallparkForbes Field 
CityPittsburgh 
StatePA 
Attendance27,680 
Time of Game4 hours 22 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Shag Crawford
1B: Lee Ballanfant
2B: Artie Gore
3B: Bill Jackowski

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Don Mueller  Right Fielder 
Al Dark  Shortstop 
Willie Mays  Center Fielder 
Dusty Rhodes  Left Fielder 
Bill White  First Baseman 
Hank Thompson  Third Baseman 
Ray Katt  Catcher 
Daryl Spencer  Second Baseman 
Don Liddle  Pitcher 
Bill Rigney  Manager 

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Gene Freese  Third Baseman 
Dick Groat  Shortstop 
Lee Walls  Right Fielder 
Dale Long  First Baseman 
Frank Thomas  Left Fielder 
Roberto Clemente  Center Fielder 
Hank Foiles  Catcher 
Curt Roberts  Second Baseman 
Laurin Pepper  Pitcher 
Bobby Bragan  Manager 

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Giants 5 @ Pirates 3
Forbes Field
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         Game of 5/30/1956, game 2 -- New York at Pittsburgh (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI
Mueller D, rf         7  0  0  0   Freese G, 3b-2b       5  0  1  0   
Dark A, ss            6  0  1  2   Groat D, ss           6  0  1  0   
Mays W, cf            6  1  2  0   Walls L, rf           5  1  1  1   
Rhodes D, lf          4  0  1  1   Long D, 1b            7  1  1  0   
Lockman W, pr-lf      2  0  1  0   Thomas F, lf          3  0  2  0   
White B, 1b           6  0  1  0   O'Brien E, pr-lf      0  0  0  0   
Thompson H, 3b        5  2  2  1   Face R, p             2  0  2  0   
Katt R, c             6  0  0  0   O'Brien J, ph         1  0  0  0   
Gomez R, pr           0  1  0  0   Law V, p              0  0  0  0   
Westrum W, c          0  0  0  0   Clemente R, cf-lf     5  1  2  1   
Spencer D, 2b         7  0  1  1   Foiles H, c           2  0  0  0   
Liddle D, p           2  1  0  0   Skinner B, ph         1  0  0  0   
Wilhelm H, p          1  0  0  0   Shepard J, c          2  0  0  0   
Wilson G, ph          1  0  1  0   Roberts C, 2b         2  0  0  0   
Terwilliger W, pr     0  0  0  0   Cole D, ph-2b-3b      5  0  1  1   
Antonelli J, p        1  0  0  0   Pepper L, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Arroyo L, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   King N, p             0  0  0  0   
                                   Hall D, ph            1  0  1  0   
                                   Munger R, p           2  0  0  0   
                                   Virdon B, ph-cf       3  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     54  5 10  5                        52  3 12  3

New York         002 001 000 000 002 --  5
Pittsburgh       000 102 000 000 000 --  3

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Liddle D*             5.0  6  2  2  2  3
Wilhelm H             5.0  4  1  1  3  3
Antonelli J (W)       5.0  2  0  0  2  3

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Pepper L              2.1  0  2  0  4  1
Arroyo L              0.1  0  0  0  1  0
King N                0.1  0  0  0  0  0
Munger R              6.0  4  1  0  2  3
Face R                5.0  4  0  0  1  4
Law V (L)             1.0  2  2  0  2  0
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 6th

E -- Groat D 2, Long D 2, Clemente R
DP -- New York 1, Pittsburgh 1
LOB -- New York 17, Pittsburgh 14
2B -- Thompson H, Wilson G, Dark A
HR -- Walls L
SB -- Mays W
CS -- Thomas F
SH -- Liddle D, Clemente R 2, Groat D, Katt R, Antonelli J
T -- 4:22
A -- 27680

    

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