1956 NL Game of Note: Pit. at N.Y. Gomez throws one-hitter

April 18, 1956

New York Giant pitcher Ruben Gomez pitched a 1-hit complete game shutout today against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Giants won the game 1-0 on a homer hit by Willie Mays in the 1st inning.

BOXSCORE: 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1956 New York Giants           4/18/1956
 
  Pirates            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Giants             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  R.Clemente RF       3  0  0  0 .000     D.Mueller RF        4  0  1  0 .375  
  D.Groat SS          2  0  0  0 .167     A.Dark SS           3  0  0  0 .286  
B-L.Walls PH          1  0  0  0 .000     W.Mays CF           3  1  1  1 .286  
  J.McMahan P         0  0  0  0 ----     D.Rhodes LF         3  0  0  0 .167  
E-J.Shepard PH        0  0  0  0 .000     D.Spencer 2B        3  0  1  0 .167  
  D.Long 1B           3  0  0  0 .000     F.Castleman 3B      3  0  0  0 .000  
  F.Thomas LF         4  0  0  0 .250     G.Harris 1B         3  0  0  0 .000  
  D.Kravitz C         3  0  1  0 .200     W.Westrum C         2  0  1  0 .250  
  G.Freese 3B,2B      3  0  0  0 .286     R.Gomez P           2  0  0  0 .000  
  B.Del Greco CF      3  0  0  0 .200                                          
  J.O'Brien 2B        1  0  0  0 .000                                          
D-P.Ward PH,3B        1  0  0  0 .000                                          
  D.Littlefield P     1  0  0  0 .000                                          
A-B.Skinner PH        1  0  0  0 .000                                          
C-E.O'Brien SS        1  0  0  0 .000                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      27  0  1  0                 Totals      26  1  4  1
 
A-Pinch Hit For Littlefield In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Groat In 6th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Skinner In 6th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For O'Brien In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For McMahan In 9th Inning
 
Pirates......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  1  0
Giants.......... 1 0 0  0 0 0  0 0    -  1  4  0
 
Pirates (0-2)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
D.Littlefiel LOSS(0-1)    5       2   1   1   1   3   1   1.80
J.McMahan                 3       2   0   0   0   1   0   0.00
Totals                    8       4   1   1   1   4   1
 
Giants (2-0)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
R.Gomez WIN(1-0)          9       1   0   0   4   8   0   0.00
Totals                    9       1   0   0   4   8   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 6,488 DATE- Wednesday, April 18th 1956 TIME- Day 
T- 2:18
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 4  Giants: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 0  Giants: 1
HOME RUNS- W.Mays(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- A.Dark, R.Gomez
WALKS- R.Clemente, J.Shepard, D.Long, J.O'Brien, W.Westrum
STRIKE OUTS- F.Thomas, D.Kravitz, G.Freese-2, B.Del Greco-2, D.Littlefield,
             B.Skinner, A.Dark, D.Rhodes, D.Spencer, G.Harris
GIDP- D.Kravitz
WILD PITCHES- J.McMahan
2-out RBI- W.Mays
RLISP 2-out- W.Westrum, R.Gomez, D.Rhodes, A.Dark, F.Thomas
 
Ruben Gomez allowed only 1 hit resulting in a big goose egg on the scoreboard
for Pittsburgh as the New York Giants defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates by the
score of 1 to 0 at Polo Grounds.
 
Gomez(1-0) was simply too much for the Pittsburgh batters.  He allowed just 1
hit and 4 walks in 9 innings.  New York had only 4 hits for the game.  
 
Dick Littlefield(0-1) was hit with the loss.  He pitched 5 innings and
surrendered just 2 hits and 1 walk.