Phenoms Barnstorming Tour

GM# 120. AT 1956 PITTSBURGH PIRATES. FORBES FIELD, PITTSBURGH, PA.

TOUR RECORD: 1956 PHASE (3-5) OVERALL (82-38)

FERNANDEZ AIDED BY PIRATE ERRORS IN 6-4 PHENOMS WIN

PHENOMS 6

PIRATES 4

WP- JOSE FERNANDEZ (14-5) LP-LUIS ARROYO

HR- BILL VIRDON, FRANK THOMAS

After a fifteen-inning marathon in game 119, several bench players gave several starters a much-needed rest. Coupled with seven solid innings from starter, Jose Fernandez, the Phenoms defeated the ’56 Pittsburgh Pirates, 6-4.

Pittsburgh got the first tallies of the game in the bottom of the fourth, on a two-run home run by Frank Thomas. The Phenoms would score three runs in the top of the sixth, thanks to back-to-back errors by Thomas and Dick Groat. The team would add three more runs in the very next inning, sparked by a two-run triple by Shonei Ohtani, the designated hitter. Ohtani added a pair of singles, for a great day replacing, Eddie Murray. Willie Mays (0-4, two strikeouts and a walk) and Johnny Bench (0-3, sacrifice fly and two strikeouts), continue to be huge disappointments.

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