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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Milwaukee Braves

1956-07-16 · Day game · County Stadium · Att: 20124 · 1:56

Milwaukee Braves defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 2–1. Bob Buhl earned the win. Hank Aaron went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7
ML1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		2	6

W: Bob Buhl L: Ron Kline SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Stan Landes · 1B: Larry Goetz · 2B: Frank Dascoli · 3B: Frank Secory · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Bill Virdon	4	0	2	0	0
Dick Groat	3	0	1	0	0
Lee Walls	4	0	0	0	0
Dale Long	4	0	0	0	1
Frank Thomas	4	1	2	1	0
Roberto Clemente	4	0	1	0	0
Hank Foiles	4	0	0	0	1
Bill Mazeroski	3	0	1	0	1
Ron Kline	2	0	0	0	1
Jerry Lynch	1	0	0	0	0

Milwaukee Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Danny O'Connell	4	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Logan	4	1	1	0	0	0
Eddie Mathews	4	0	1	1	0	0
Hank Aaron	4	1	2	1	0	1
Wes Covington	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Bruton	3	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Adcock	3	0	0	0	0	0
Del Rice	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Buhl	2	0	0	0	1	2

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ron Kline	7.0	6	1	2
Roy Face	1.0	0	0	1

Milwaukee Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Buhl	9.0	7	0	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bill Virdon: S9
Dick Groat: 13/SH.1-2
Lee Walls: 63.2-3
Dale Long: 5/FL

Bot 1

Danny O'Connell: 63
Johnny Logan: S8
Eddie Mathews: D/89.1-H
Hank Aaron: 63
Wes Covington: 6/P

Top 2

Frank Thomas: HR/7
Roberto Clemente: 8
Hank Foiles: K
Bill Mazeroski: D7
Ron Kline: 3/G

Bot 2

Bill Bruton: S/78
Joe Adcock: 9/89
Del Rice: 7
Bob Buhl: K/C

Top 3

Bill Virdon: 3/G
Dick Groat: 9
Lee Walls: 43

Bot 3

Danny O'Connell: 31
Johnny Logan: 7
Eddie Mathews: 5/P

Top 4

Dale Long: 8/8D
Frank Thomas: 53
Roberto Clemente: S8
Hank Foiles: 53

Bot 4

Hank Aaron: HR/8
Wes Covington: 63
Bill Bruton: 43
Joe Adcock: 43

Top 5

Bill Mazeroski: K/C
Ron Kline: K/C
Bill Virdon: 43

Bot 5

Del Rice: 7
Bob Buhl: W
Danny O'Connell: S9.1-2
Johnny Logan: 2/FL
Eddie Mathews: WP.2-3;1-2
Eddie Mathews: 3/G

Top 6

Dick Groat: 13
Lee Walls: 53
Dale Long: 7/FL

Bot 6

Hank Aaron: S8
Wes Covington: 6/P
Bill Bruton: 9
Joe Adcock: 53

Top 7

Frank Thomas: S7
Roberto Clemente: 64(1)/FO
Hank Foiles: 8
Bill Mazeroski: 4(1)/FO

Bot 7

Del Rice: 8/8D
Bob Buhl: K
Danny O'Connell: 53

Top 8

Jerry Lynch: 7
Bill Virdon: S8
Dick Groat: S8.1-3
Lee Walls: 4/P
Dale Long: K

Bot 8

Johnny Logan: 53
Eddie Mathews: 3/G
Hank Aaron: K

Top 9

Frank Thomas: 6/L
Roberto Clemente: 1/L
Hank Foiles: 8

Notes & reviews

Dale Long dropped the ball as he was moving to step on 1B and Ron Kline dove on the ball and touched the bag while lying on the ground; Danny O'Connell had not run
Rain began with Joe Adcock batting
Rain stopped

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