BOXSCORE: 1952 Boston-AL Red Sox At 1952 Pittsburgh Pirates 4/11/1952
Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG
E.Waitkus 1B 5 1 2 1 .259 D.Mitchell LF 4 1 1 0 .325
D.Philley CF 5 1 1 1 .205 R.Schoendienst 2B 3 0 1 0 .178
G.Zernial LF 2 0 0 0 .176 Y.Berra C 3 0 0 1 .244
B-J.Groth LF 2 0 0 0 .235 B.Thomson CF 4 1 1 0 .100
G.Kell 3B 4 0 1 1 .333 D.Ennis RF 4 0 0 0 .267
C.Courtney C 5 1 2 0 .295 B.Serena 3B 2 0 0 0 .233
C.Michaels 2B 4 1 0 0 .325 M.Vernon 1B 4 0 0 0 .103
D.Groat SS 3 1 1 1 .250 A.Dark SS 3 0 1 0 .116
C-C.Carrasquel SS 1 1 1 0 .243 E.Wynn P 2 0 1 0 .222
J.Busby RF 3 0 2 2 .342 D-D.Fondy PH 1 0 0 0 .250
J.Klippstein P 2 0 0 0 .000 B.Friend P 0 0 0 0 ----
A-B.Nicholson PH 1 0 0 0 .087
H.Wilhelm P 1 1 1 0 .250
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Totals 38 7 11 6 Totals 30 2 5 1
A-Pinch Hit For Klippstein In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Zernial In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Groat In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Wynn In 8th Inning
Red Sox......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 - 7 11 2
Pirates......... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 2 5 2
Red Sox (9-12) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
J.Klippstein WIN(2-1) 6 4 1 1 2 1 0 80 3.16 A1 C5
H.Wilhelm SAVE(2nd) 3 1 1 0 0 4 0 41 1.71 C6
Totals 9 5 2 1 2 5 0
Pirates (4-8) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
E.Wynn LOSS(0-4) 8 7 3 2 2 4 0 123 4.18 A1 D6
B.Friend 1 4 4 3 0 0 0 30 15.43 D7
Totals 9 11 7 5 2 4 0
ATTENDANCE- 28,649 DATE- Sunday, April 11th 1952 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:15
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 7 Pirates: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 2 Pirates: 1
ERRORS- G.Kell, C.Carrasquel, R.Schoendienst, A.Dark
DOUBLES- E.Waitkus(6th), D.Mitchell(3rd), B.Thomson(3rd)
TRIPLES- A.Dark(1st)
RBIs- E.Waitkus(4th), D.Philley(4th), G.Kell(12th), D.Groat(6th),
J.Busby-2(7th), Y.Berra(7th)
CAUGHT STEALING- A.Dark
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Busby
SACRIFICE FLIES- Y.Berra
WALKS- G.Zernial, G.Kell, R.Schoendienst, B.Serena
HIT BY PITCH- B.Serena
STRIKE OUTS- E.Waitkus, G.Kell, C.Michaels, B.Nicholson, B.Thomson, D.Ennis,
B.Serena, M.Vernon, D.Fondy
GIDP- C.Courtney, Y.Berra, M.Vernon
WILD PITCHES- J.Klippstein-2
2-out RBI- G.Kell
RLISP 2-out- D.Mitchell-2, D.Philley, C.Courtney
TEAM RISP- Red Sox: 6 for 13 Pirates: 1 for 5
The Boston-AL Red Sox had very little trouble at Forbes Field downing the
Pittsburgh Pirates. The score was 7 to 2.
Boston-AL jumped on top of Pittsburgh in the 7th inning as they scored 3 runs
on 4 base hits. The key at-bat was by Jim Busby who silenced Forbes Field as
he banged out a single bringing home two baserunners. For the game Boston-AL
out-hit Pittsburgh 11 to 5.
Johnny Klippstein(2-1) went 6 innings allowing 1 run for the victory.
Klippstein was helped out by Hoyt Wilhelm who recorded his 2nd save. Early
Wynn(0-4) was charged with the loss.
SCORESHEET: 1952 Boston-AL Red Sox at 1952 Pittsburgh Pirates
E.Waitku-A1 A1:K B1:G/43 *6*:F/7 D1:Si>23 E1:Do>3#
13
D.Phille-A1 A2:G/53 *4*:Si C2:G/53 D2:G/31 E2:FC/62>
3# 23
G.Zernia-A1 A3:G/63 B3:W>12 b C3:F/7 *8*:F/7 E3:P/5
J.Groth-D3 1
G.Kell-A1 *2*:W>b1 B4:K *7*:F/9 D4:G/43 E4:Si+E/4
>3# 1#
C.Courtn-A1 A5:F/8 B5:G-DP/3 C5:Si D5:Si E5:F/9
63>1o
C.Michae-A1 A6:K *5*:L/5 C6:E/6>12 D6:F/8
D.Groat-A1 A7:L/4 B7:G/63 C7:Si>2# *9*:Si
C.Carras-D3 13
J.Busby-A1 *3*:F/9 B8:Si C8:Si>3# D8:Sac/34
2# >12
J.Klipps-A1 A9:F/8 B9:G/3 C9:K D9:Si>23
B.Nichol-C9
H.Wilhel-D3
D.Mitche-A1 A1:G/13 *4*:F/7 C1:P/4 D1:Do
R.Schoen-A1 A2:W>b1 B2:G/3 *6*:Si D2:E/6>23
Y.Berra-A1 A3:G-DP/4 B3:G/31 C3:L/3 D3:SF/9>3
63>1o #
B.Thomso-A1 *2*:F/8 *5*:Do C4:L/3 D4:K
D.Ennis-A1 A5:G/63 B5:WP>23 C5:K *9*:F/8
G/63
B.Serena-A1 A6:F/7 B6:WP>3# *7*:HBP D6:K
W>b1
M.Vernon-A1 *3*:G/53 B7:E/5>12 C7:G-DP/6 D7:K
43>1o
A.Dark-A1 A8:Tr B8:L/3 C8:F/7
E.Wynn-A1 A9:CS/2>3 B9:Si>23 *8*:K
D.Fondy-C9 o F/9 12
B.Friend-D5