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Pirates 4 @ Reds 6
Crosley Field
July 20, 1956

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on July 20, 1956 at Crosley Field. The home team Reds beat the visiting Pirates with a score of 6 to 4.

Game Summary

DateJuly 20, 1956 
Visiting Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 4 H: 9 E: 3 LOB: 6
Runs: 4
Hits: 9
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 6
Home Team
Cincinnati Reds
R: 6 H: 14 E: 2 LOB: 10
Runs: 6
Hits: 14
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherJohnny Klippstein  
Losing PitcherFred Waters  
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Game Winning RBISmoky Burgess 

Game Info

DateJuly 20, 1956 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Home TeamCincinnati Reds 
Visiting Starting PitcherRon Kline  
Home Starting PitcherDon Gross  
BallparkCrosley Field 
CityCincinnati 
StateOH 
Attendance19,342 
Time of Game3 hours 14 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill Engeln
1B: Augie Donatelli
2B: Jocko Conlan
3B: Vic Delmore

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

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

Cincinnati Reds Lineup 

Name  Position 
Alex Grammas  Second Baseman 
Wally Post  Right Fielder 
Gus Bell  Center Fielder 
Ted Kluszewski  First Baseman 
Frank Robinson  Left Fielder 
Smoky Burgess  Catcher 
Ray Jablonski  Third Baseman 
Roy McMillan  Shortstop 
Don Gross  Pitcher 
Birdie Tebbetts  Manager 

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Pirates 4 @ Reds 6
Crosley Field
July 20, 1956

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         Game of 7/20/1956 -- Pittsburgh at Cincinnati (N)

  Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI    Cincinnati         AB  R  H RBI
Clemente R, rf        6  1  3  0   Grammas A, 2b         4  1  2  0   
Groat D, ss           4  1  1  0   Crowe G, ph           1  0  1  0   
O'Brien J, 2b         1  0  0  0   Jeffcoat H, pr        0  0  0  0   
Walls L, lf           5  0  0  0   Klippstein J, p       1  0  0  0   
Thomas F, 3b          4  0  2  1   Post W, rf            6  1  1  1   
Long D, 1b            5  0  1  0   Bell G, cf            5  1  2  0   
Shepard J, c          5  0  1  0   Kluszewski T, 1b      6  1  2  3   
Virdon B, cf          4  1  0  0   Robinson F, lf        6  1  1  0   
Mazeroski B, 2b       3  1  0  0   Burgess S, c          6  1  2  2   
Skinner B, ph         1  0  0  0   Jablonski R, 3b       2  0  0  0   
O'Brien E, ss         1  0  1  0   Bridges R, pr-3b      1  0  1  0   
Kline R, p            3  0  0  0   McMillan R, ss        5  0  0  0   
Lynch J, ph           1  0  0  0   Gross D, p            1  0  1  0   
Face R, p             0  0  0  0   Fowler A, p           0  0  0  0   
Cole D, ph            1  0  0  0   Thurman B, ph         1  0  0  0   
Waters F, p           0  0  0  0   Acker T, p            1  0  0  0   
                                   Bailey E, ph          1  0  1  0   
                                   Temple J, pr-2b       1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     44  4  9  1                        48  6 14  6

Pittsburgh       200 200 000 000 --  4
Cincinnati       000 030 100 002 --  6
  2 outs when winning run was scored.

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Kline R               8.0  8  4  4  3  7
Face R                3.0  4  0  0  0  2
Waters F (L)          0.2  2  2  2  0  0

  Cincinnati           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Gross D               3.2  6  4  2  2  4
Fowler A              0.1  0  0  0  0  1
Acker T               5.0  1  0  0  0  8
Klippstein J (W)      3.0  2  0  0  0  1

E -- Long D 2, Kluszewski T, McMillan R, Walls L
DP -- Pittsburgh 1, Cincinnati 1
LOB -- Pittsburgh 6, Cincinnati 10
2B -- Groat D, Thomas F
HR -- Kluszewski T, Post W, Burgess S
SB -- Virdon B
PB -- Burgess S
T -- 3:14
A -- 19342

    

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