The Philadelphia Phillies came up just a bit short against the Pittsburgh Pirates, 5 to 4, on September 8, 1956.

1956 Philadelphia Phillies

Final

PIT

Pirates

59-77

5

PHI

Phillies

62-71

4

PIT

PHI

1

0

0

2

2

0

3

0

0

4

1

0

5

0

4

6

0

0

7

0

0

8

1

0

9

1

0

R

5

4

H

12

8

E

3

1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Bill Virdon CF 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Roberto Clemente RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Lee Walls LF 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1
Frank Thomas 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dale Long 1B 3 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 6
Dick Groat SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Mazeroski 2B 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Hank Foiles C 3 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 5
Vern Law P 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Cholly Naranjo P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Cole PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Howie Pollet P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roy Face P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Skinner PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dick Hall P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 12 5 2 3 2 0 0 19

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Vern Law 4.1 4 4 1 1 1 0
Cholly Naranjo 1.2 2 0 0 0 1 0
Howie Pollet 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roy Face (W) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Dick Hall (S) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 8 4 1 1 3 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Richie Ashburn CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Solly Hemus 2B 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Marv Blaylock 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Stan Lopata C 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 2
Del Ennis LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Willie Jones 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Elmer Valo RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Granny Hamner SS 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Saul Rogovin P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harvey Haddix PH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ben Flowers P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Frank Baumholtz PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 3 0 1 3 0 0 11

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Saul Rogovin 5.0 6 3 3 2 2 1
Ben Flowers (L) 4.0 6 2 2 1 0 1
Totals 9.0 12 5 5 3 2 2

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