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Philadelphia Phillies @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1956-05-13 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 20435 · 2:40

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 7–2. Philadelphia Phillies put up 4 in the 4th. Saul Rogovin earned the win and Robin Roberts picked up the save. Stan Lopata went 4-for-5 with 2 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHI	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	7	14
PIT	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	9

W: Saul Rogovin L: Dick Hall SV: Robin Roberts

Umpires — HP: Bill Jackowski · 1B: Shag Crawford · 2B: Lee Ballanfant · 3B: Artie Gore · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Richie Ashburn	4	0	1	0	1	0
Ted Kazanski	5	0	0	0	0	0
Marv Blaylock	5	2	2	0	0	1
Del Ennis	4	1	2	1	1	1
Stan Lopata	5	3	4	4	0	1
Jim Greengrass	4	1	2	1	1	1
Willie Jones	5	0	2	1	0	0
Roy Smalley	4	0	1	0	1	0
Saul Rogovin	3	0	0	0	0	2

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gene Freese	4	0	1	0	0	1
Bob Skinner	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dale Long	4	1	2	0	0	1
Frank Thomas	3	0	1	0	1	0
Danny Kravitz	4	0	0	0	0	0
Lee Walls	3	1	1	1	1	0
Bobby Del Greco	3	0	1	0	0	0
Dick Groat	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dick Hall	1	0	1	0	0	0
Dick Cole	1	0	0	0	0	0
Roberto Clemente	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Virdon	1	0	1	0	0	0
Jack Shepard	1	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Saul Rogovin	7.0	7	2	2
Robin Roberts	2.0	2	0	2

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Hall	3.1	5	0	2
Red Swanson	0.2	3	1	0
Bob Garber	1.0	1	2	0
Red Munger	2.0	1	1	1
Ron Kline	0.2	1	0	1
Laurin Pepper	1.1	3	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Richie Ashburn: 8
Ted Kazanski: 7/7D
Marv Blaylock: 9

Bot 1

Gene Freese: K/C
Bob Skinner: 7
Dale Long: S4
Frank Thomas: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

Del Ennis: 8
Stan Lopata: HR/78
Jim Greengrass: K
Willie Jones: 53

Bot 2

Danny Kravitz: 43
Lee Walls: 7
Bobby Del Greco: 13

Top 3

Roy Smalley: 7
Saul Rogovin: K
Richie Ashburn: 7

Bot 3

Dick Groat: 9
Dick Hall: S8
Gene Freese: S6.1-2
Bob Skinner: 4/P
Dale Long: 3/G

Top 4

Ted Kazanski: 8
Marv Blaylock: S4
Del Ennis: D7.1-H
Stan Lopata: HR/7.2-H
Jim Greengrass: D9
Willie Jones: PB.2-3
Willie Jones: S7.3-H
Roy Smalley: S6.1-2
Saul Rogovin: 23/SH.2-3;1-2
Richie Ashburn: IW
Ted Kazanski: 3/P

Bot 4

Frank Thomas: 53
Danny Kravitz: 9
Lee Walls: HR/7
Bobby Del Greco: S7
Dick Groat: 43

Top 5

Marv Blaylock: D/89
Del Ennis: W
Stan Lopata: D7.2-H;1-3
Jim Greengrass: 63
Willie Jones: 2/FL
Roy Smalley: IW
Saul Rogovin: 54(1)/FO

Bot 5

Dick Cole: 43
Gene Freese: 7
Bob Skinner: 8

Top 6

Richie Ashburn: 43
Ted Kazanski: 8
Marv Blaylock: 7

Bot 6

Dale Long: T8
Frank Thomas: W
Danny Kravitz: 36(1)1/GDP.3-H(NR)
Lee Walls: W
Bobby Del Greco: 8

Top 7

Del Ennis: S7/6
Stan Lopata: SB2
Stan Lopata: K
Jim Greengrass: OA.2X3(25)
Jim Greengrass: W
Willie Jones: 4(1)/FO

Bot 7

Dick Groat: S8
Roberto Clemente: K
Gene Freese: 4/P
Bob Skinner: 43

Top 8

Roy Smalley: 6/P
Saul Rogovin: K
Richie Ashburn: S8
Ted Kazanski: 6/P

Bot 8

Dale Long: K
Frank Thomas: S9
Danny Kravitz: 36(1)1/GDP

Top 9

Marv Blaylock: K
Del Ennis: K
Stan Lopata: D/78
Jim Greengrass: S8.2-H
Willie Jones: S7/6.1-2
Roy Smalley: 64(1)/FO

Bot 9

Lee Walls: 7
Bill Virdon: S9
Dick Groat: 64(1)/FO
Jack Shepard: K

Notes & reviews

Suspend=19560703,,6,2,44
Phillies Seminick, not in game, ejected by HP umpire Jackowski for bench jockeying
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suspended,19560703,PIT06,curfew $game suspended for 7 PM Pennsylvania curfew; completed on July 3 with new umpires

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