The Philadelphia Phillies were defeated by the Pittsburgh Pirates, 8 to 5, on May 25, 1956.

1956 Philadelphia Phillies

Final

PIT

Pirates

17-14

8

PHI

Phillies

11-20

5

PIT

PHI

1

0

0

2

0

3

3

0

0

4

2

0

5

2

0

6

0

0

7

2

0

8

1

2

9

1

0

R

8

5

H

10

10

E

0

5

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Johnny O'Brien 2B 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Dick Groat SS 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
Lee Walls RF 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Dale Long 1B 5 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 6
Frank Thomas LF 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Gene Freese 3B 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Hank Foiles C 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Bob Skinner PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Shepard C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Virdon CF 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Ron Kline P 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Dick Cole PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Nellie King P 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Roy Face P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Red Munger P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 10 6 1 6 7 1 0 16

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ron Kline 3.0 6 3 3 0 2 1
Nellie King (W) 4.2 4 2 2 2 1 0
Roy Face 0.0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Red Munger (S) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 10 5 5 4 3 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Richie Ashburn CF 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Solly Hemus 2B 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
Stan Lopata 1B 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Del Ennis LF 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
Elmer Valo RF 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Willie Jones 3B 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Granny Hamner SS 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Andy Seminick C 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
Mack Burk PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Lonnett C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Curt Simmons P 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Ben Flowers P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marv Blaylock PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Miller P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank Baumholtz PH 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Ron Negray P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 5 1 4 3 0 0 19

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Curt Simmons (L) 6.0 6 6 4 6 5 1
Ben Flowers 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Bob Miller 1.0 2 1 0 0 0 0
Ron Negray 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 10 8 5 6 7 1

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