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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Milwaukee Braves

1956-08-30 · Day game · County Stadium · Att: 17783 · rain · 1:58

Pittsburgh Pirates and Milwaukee Braves played to a 1–1 tie. Bill Virdon 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
ML1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	6

SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bob Skinner	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Virdon	4	1	2	1	0	0
Dale Long	4	0	0	0	0	0
Roberto Clemente	4	0	0	0	0	1
Dick Groat	2	0	0	0	2	0
Frank Thomas	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bob Friend	3	0	2	0	0	0
Jack Shepard	2	0	0	0	1	0
Bill Mazeroski	3	0	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	0	1	0	0	1
Hank Aaron	4	1	0	0	0	1
Eddie Mathews	2	0	1	0	2	0
Joe Adcock	3	0	1	1	0	0
Bobby Thomson	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Bruton	3	0	0	0	1	0
Del Rice	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Buhl	3	0	0	0	0	0
Wes Covington	3	0	2	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Friend	8.0	6	3	3

Milwaukee Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Buhl	8.1	4	4	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bob Skinner: 9
Bill Virdon: HR/9
Dale Long: 43
Roberto Clemente: 43

Bot 1

Danny O'Connell: 53
Johnny Logan: 53
Hank Aaron: K/C

Top 2

Dick Groat: 9
Frank Thomas: 8
Bob Friend: D
Jack Shepard: W
Bill Mazeroski: 8

Bot 2

Eddie Mathews: 6
Joe Adcock: 43
Bobby Thomson: HP
Bill Bruton: 6/FL

Top 3

Bob Skinner: 9
Bill Virdon: 43
Dale Long: 7

Bot 3

Del Rice: 7
Bob Buhl: 43
Danny O'Connell: 9

Top 4

Roberto Clemente: K/C
Dick Groat: 9
Frank Thomas: W
Bob Friend: S.1-2
Jack Shepard: 2/FL

Bot 4

Johnny Logan: 7
Hank Aaron: E6
Eddie Mathews: W.1-2
Joe Adcock: S.2-H(UR);1-2
Wes Covington: 3/G.2-3;1-2
Bill Bruton: IW
Del Rice: K

Top 5

Bill Mazeroski: 53
Bob Skinner: 43
Bill Virdon: 43

Bot 5

Bob Buhl: 63
Danny O'Connell: S
Johnny Logan: K/C
Hank Aaron: 64(1)/FO

Top 6

Dale Long: 31
Roberto Clemente: 8
Dick Groat: W
Frank Thomas: 7

Bot 6

Eddie Mathews: W
Joe Adcock: 13/SH.1-2
Wes Covington: S3.2-3
Bill Bruton: 7
Del Rice: 4

Top 7

Bob Friend: 7
Jack Shepard: 7
Bill Mazeroski: 63

Bot 7

Bob Buhl: 9
Danny O'Connell: 63
Johnny Logan: S
Hank Aaron: 8

Top 8

Bob Skinner: 3/G
Bill Virdon: S6
Dale Long: 8
Roberto Clemente: 43

Bot 8

Eddie Mathews: S7
Joe Adcock: 5/BP/FL
Wes Covington: S4.1-2
Bill Bruton: E3/DP.2XH(62);B-2;1XH(242)#

Top 9

Dick Groat: W
Frank Thomas: 8

Notes & reviews

Bobby Thomson was hit on the head by the pitch
Dale Long muffed Bill Bruton's grounder and the ball caromed Dick Groat near 2B; Groat threw out Eddie Mathews trying to score from 2B; Jack Shepard threw to Bill Mazeroski covering in an unsuccessful attempt to get Bruton; Wes Covington, who started the play at 1B, then tried to score and Mazeroski threw from a sitting position
Game called due to rain

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