BOXSCORE: 1952 Boston-AL Red Sox At 1952 Philadelphia-AL Athletics 5/26/1952 Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG E.Waitkus 1B 3 0 1 0 .289 J.Piersall CF 2 0 0 0 .340 D.Philley CF,LF,CF 2 0 1 1 .237 E-G.Woodling PH,CF 1 1 0 0 .302 G.Kell 3B 4 0 0 0 .330 B.Avila 2B 4 0 0 0 .180 G.Zernial LF 3 0 1 0 .200 G.Hodges 1B 4 1 1 2 .257 B-B.Del Greco PR,CF 0 0 0 0 ---- H.Sauer LF 4 0 0 0 .244 F-J.Groth PH,LF 1 0 0 0 .237 W.Jones 3B 0 1 0 0 .274 T.Brown 2B 2 0 1 0 .375 H.Thompson RF 3 0 1 0 .258 A-C.Michaels 2B 1 0 0 0 .292 B.Cox SS 4 0 1 1 .211 J.Tipton C 4 0 1 0 .286 J.Hegan C 3 0 2 0 .286 C.Carrasquel SS 4 0 1 0 .234 J.Nuxhall P 1 0 0 0 .000 J.Busby RF 4 1 1 0 .296 C-J.Logan PH 1 0 0 0 .183 M.Lanier P 2 0 0 0 .000 B.Kuzava P 0 0 0 0 ---- M.Fornieles P 0 0 0 0 ---- H-J.Greengrass PH 1 0 0 0 .455 D-D.Groat PH 0 0 0 0 .222 H.Wilhelm P 0 0 0 0 .250 G-S.Robertson PH 1 0 0 0 .182 L.Brissie P 0 0 0 0 ---- S.Consuegra P 0 0 0 0 ---- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 31 1 7 1 Totals 28 3 5 3 A-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Brown In 5th Inning B-Pinch Ran For Zernial In 6th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Nuxhall In 6th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Fornieles In 7th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Piersall In 7th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Del Greco In 8th Inning G-Pinch Hit For Wilhelm In 9th Inning H-Pinch Hit For Kuzava In 9th Inning Red Sox......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 7 1 Athletics....... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 - 3 5 0 Red Sox (10-15) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET M.Lanier 5 2/3 4 1 1 5 3 0 100 1.59 A1 C8 M.Fornieles 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 C9 C9 H.Wilhelm 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 30 1.48 D1 D8 L.Brissie LOSS(0-1) 0 1/3 0 1 1 1 0 0 10 1.98 D9 E1 S.Consuegra 0 1/3 1 1 1 0 0 1 4 5.91 E2 Totals 8 2/3 5 3 3 8 3 1 Athletics (26-19) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET J.Nuxhall 6 5 0 0 2 1 0 97 1.69 A1 C7 B.Kuzava WIN(1-0) BS(1st) 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 39 6.60 C8 Totals 9 7 1 1 2 1 0 ATTENDANCE- 3,189 DATE- Wednesday, May 26th 1952 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad T- 2:30 LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 8 Athletics:10 DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 1 Athletics: 0 ERRORS- G.Kell DOUBLES- E.Waitkus(8th), C.Carrasquel(2nd) HOME RUNS- G.Hodges(10th) RBIs- D.Philley(6th), G.Hodges-2(24th), B.Cox(11th) SACRIFICE HITS- D.Philley, C.Michaels, D.Groat, B.Avila, H.Thompson, J.Nuxhall WALKS- E.Waitkus, D.Philley, J.Piersall, G.Woodling, G.Hodges, W.Jones-4, J.Hegan STRIKE OUTS- J.Busby, J.Piersall, B.Cox, J.Nuxhall GIDP- G.Hodges 2-out RBI- B.Cox, D.Philley, G.Hodges-2 RLISP 2-out- G.Zernial, J.Busby-2, B.Cox, G.Kell, B.Avila, C.Carrasquel, J.Logan-2, J.Hegan TEAM RISP- Red Sox: 1 for 11 Athletics: 2 for 9 Philadelphia-AL Athletics won a dramatic crowd-pleaser over Boston-AL Red Sox at Shibe Park pulling it out in their last at bats, 3 to 1. Philadelphia-AL came up with the deciding runs in the 9th inning plating 2 runs. After an out was recorded, Gene Woodling kicked off the action when he drew a walk. Bobby Avila stepped into the batter's box and he laid down a sacrifice bunt. Gil Hodges then smashed a two-run homer giving Philadelphia-AL the victory and sending the 3,189 home-town fans home happy. The game was a scoreless duel until the 6th inning. Bob Kuzava(1-0) picked up the victory, allowing 1 run in 3 innings. Lou Brissie(0-1) took the loss in relief. He allowed 1 run and no hits in 1/3 of an inning. SCORESHEET: 1952 Boston-AL Red Sox at 1952 Philadelphia-AL Athletics E.Waitku-A1 A1:W>b1 B1:F/9 C1:Do D1:G/3>23 D.Phille-A1 A2:Sac/24 B2:W>b1 C2:F/9>23 D2:Si>3# >12 G.Kell-A1 A3:F/7 B3:Force/ C3:F/7 D3:P/5 64>1o b1 G.Zernia-A1 A4:G/43 *4*:G/63 *6*:Si *8*:F/9 B.Del Gr-C6 J.Groth-D4 T.Brown-A1 *2*:F/8 B5:Si C5:Sac/14 D5:L/5 C.Michae-C4 >12 J.Tipton-A1 A6:G/23 B6:Si>12 C6:F/8 D6:FO/2 C.Carras-A1 A7:Do B7:L/6 C7:F/8 *9*:G/63 J.Busby-A1 A8:G/43 B8:K *7*:Si D8:G/63 M.Lanier-A1 *3*:G/23 *5*:F/9 C9:Sac/54 D9:F/8 M.Fornie-C8 >12 D.Groat-C9+ J.Piersa-A1 A1:W>b1 B1:F/7 C1:K *7*:F/9 E1:W>b1 G.Woodli-D1 B.Avila-A1 A2:F/8 B2:Force/ C2:L/6 D2:F/7 E2:Sac/24 64>1o b1 >12 G.Hodges-A1 A3:G-DP/4 *4*:L/5 *6*:G/63 D3:W>b1 E3:HR>2# 63>1o b# H.Sauer-A1 *2*:F/7 B4:E/5 C4:F/8 D4:G/63 W.Jones-A1 A5:W>b1 B5:W>12 b C5:W>b1 *8*:W>b1 1 H.Thomps-A1 A6:L/3 B6:P/3 C6:Si>12 D6:Sac/14 >12 B.Cox-A1 A7:K B7:L/3 C7:Si>2# D7:G/63 13 J.Hegan-A1 *3*:Si *5*:Si C8:IW>b1 D8:L/6 J.Nuxhal-A1 A9:K B9:Sac/54 C9:P/3 *9*:P/2 J.Logan-C9 >12 B.Kuzava-D1+