BOXSCORE: 1952 New York-AL Yankees At 1952 Washington Nationals 5/2/1952 Yankees AB R H RBI AVG Nationals AB R H RBI AVG R.Ashburn CF 5 1 2 1 .273 B.Adams 3B 4 0 2 1 .203 B.Goodman 2B 4 0 3 1 .258 A.Pafko LF 4 1 1 1 .254 S.Burgess C 5 0 1 0 .293 R.Campanella C 3 0 0 0 .257 M.Mantle RF 4 1 2 1 .331 L.Easter 1B 3 0 0 0 .298 S.Gordon 3B 4 0 0 0 .267 G.Bell RF 4 1 1 0 .263 E.Robinson 1B 5 0 0 0 .259 F.Baumholtz CF 4 0 2 0 .343 M.Minoso LF 4 0 1 0 .238 J.Pesky SS 1 0 0 0 .295 G.Hamner SS 4 1 2 0 .237 A-R.Boone SS 2 0 0 1 .176 C.Erskine P 3 1 0 0 .000 B.Martin 2B 3 1 1 0 .294 S.Paige P 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Dickson P 3 0 0 0 .296 H.Byrd P 0 0 0 0 .000 B-J.Garagiola PH 1 0 0 0 .206 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 38 4 11 3 Totals 32 3 7 3 A-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Pesky In 3rd Inning B-Pinch Hit For Byrd In 9th Inning INJURY: Johnny Pesky INJURED (for 0 more games) in 2nd inning Yankees......... 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 4 11 2 Nationals....... 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 7 2 Yankees (17-14) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET C.Erskine WIN(5-1) 8 7 3 2 3 4 1 118 2.02 A1 D6 S.Paige SAVE(2nd) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.42 D7 Totals 9 7 3 2 3 4 1 Nationals (12-23) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET M.Dickson LOSS(4-3) 8 10 4 3 2 2 1 147 3.44 A1 E1 H.Byrd 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 21 3.67 E2 Totals 9 11 4 3 3 4 1 ATTENDANCE- 20,504 DATE- Sunday, May 2nd 1952 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good T- 2:52 LEFT ON BASE- Yankees:11 Nationals: 6 DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 2 Nationals: 0 ERRORS- B.Goodman, C.Erskine, A.Pafko, L.Easter DOUBLES- R.Ashburn(3rd), M.Minoso(3rd), G.Hamner(4th), F.Baumholtz(5th) HOME RUNS- M.Mantle(7th), A.Pafko(6th) RBIs- R.Ashburn(14th), B.Goodman(7th), M.Mantle(27th), B.Adams(10th), A.Pafko(18th), R.Boone(4th) SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Boone WALKS- B.Goodman, M.Mantle, S.Gordon, R.Campanella, L.Easter, B.Martin HIT BY PITCH- C.Erskine STRIKE OUTS- M.Mantle-2, S.Gordon, C.Erskine, B.Adams-2, G.Bell, M.Dickson GIDP- L.Easter WILD PITCHES- C.Erskine 2-out RBI- B.Goodman, A.Pafko, R.Ashburn RLISP 2-out- E.Robinson-5, S.Burgess, B.Goodman, M.Dickson, J.Garagiola TEAM RISP- Yankees: 3 for 14 Nationals: 1 for 8 The New York-AL Yankees nipped the Washington Nationals 4 to 3 at Griffith Stadium in a hard fought contest. In the 2nd inning New York-AL scored 2 runs with the help of 3 hits. Minnie Minoso led off and started the rally when he doubled. After an out was recorded, Carl Erskine came to bat and was hit by a pitch. Richie Ashburn then banged out a single to load the bases. Billy Goodman stepped in and he stroked a one-base hit, and an error was also committed, knocking home two runners. Washington threatened in the 9th but their rally came up short. Erskine(5-1) picked up the victory, allowing 3 runs in 8 innings. Satchel Paige got the save, his 2nd. Murry Dickson(4-3) was the loser. He gave up 4 runs and 10 hits in 8 innings. SCORESHEET: 1952 New York-AL Yankees at 1952 Washington Nationals R.Ashbur-A1 A1:F/9 B1:Si>2o C1:L/6 D1:Do>2# E1:F/9 13 B.Goodma-A1 A2:Si B2:Si+E/3 *5*:Si D2:F/7 *9*:W>b1 >3# 2# S.Burges-A1 A3:F/7 B3:L/6 C3:F/9 *7*:L/6 E3:Si>13 M.Mantle-A1 A4:W>12 b *3*:HR>b# C4:Si>12 D4:K E4:K 1 S.Gordon-A1 A5:W>23 1 B5:G/63 C5:L/6 D5:E/7>b2 E5:K 2 b1 E.Robins-A1 A6:L/3 B6:G/3 C6:F/9 D6:G/43 E6:F/9 M.Minoso-A1 *2*:Do B7:G/53 *6*:F/9 *8*:F/7 G.Hamner-A1 A8:G/63 *4*:P/5 C8:Do D8:Si C.Erskin-A1 A9:HBP B9:G/63 C9:K D9:P/5 S.Paige-E7 B.Adams-A1 A1:K B1:Si>2# C1:K *8*:Si A.Pafko-A1 A2:G/53 B2:HR>b# *6*:G/63 D2:Force/ 64>1o b1 R.Campan-A1 A3:F/9 B3:G/63 C3:G/13 D3:W>12 b 1 L.Easter-A1 *2*:W>b1 *4*:P/2 C4:F/9 D4:G-DP/5 43>1o G.Bell-A1 A5:E/4>12 B5:Si *7*:K *9*:E/1 F.Baumho-A1 A6:F/9 B6:Force/ C6:Si D6:Do>13 36>1o b1 J.Pesky-A1 A7:L-DP/3 B7:F/7 C7:P/3 D7:SF/8>3 R.Boone-A8 4>2o # B.Martin-A1 *3*:Si *5*:F/7 C8:W>12 b D8:L/3 1 M.Dickso-A1 A9:WP>12 B9:K C9:G/63 D9:P/5 H.Byrd-D5 F/7 J.Garagi-D9