BOXSCORE: 1952 Philadelphia-AL Athletics At 1952 New York-AL Yankee 7/15/1952 Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Yankees AB R H RBI AVG G.Woodling CF 4 0 1 0 .328 R.Ashburn CF 5 1 2 1 .262 B.Avila 2B 4 1 3 0 .227 M.Minoso LF 4 0 0 0 .233 G.Hodges 1B 4 0 1 0 .245 M.Mantle RF 4 1 2 1 .345 H.Sauer LF 3 0 0 0 .260 S.Gordon 3B 4 0 0 0 .244 H.Thompson RF 4 1 2 1 .283 E.Robinson 1B 4 1 1 0 .246 W.Jones 3B 3 0 1 0 .268 S.Burgess C 4 0 2 2 .290 S.White C 4 0 1 0 .245 B.Goodman 2B 4 0 1 0 .251 B.Cox SS 4 0 0 0 .251 G.Hamner SS 2 2 2 1 .215 B.Lemon P 3 0 0 0 .194 C.Erskine P 2 0 0 0 .160 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 33 2 9 1 Totals 33 5 10 5 Athletics....... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 9 3 Yankees......... 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 5 10 1 Athletics (54-45) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET B.Lemon LOSS(14-8) 8 10 5 4 2 5 1 113 2.71 A1 Totals 8 10 5 4 2 5 1 Yankees (50-33) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET C.Erskine WIN(12-3) 9 9 2 1 2 4 0 128 2.19 A1 Totals 9 9 2 1 2 4 0 ATTENDANCE- 39,319 DATE- Thursday, July 15th 1952 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good T- 2:46 LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 6 Yankees: 8 DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 0 Yankees: 3 ERRORS- B.Avila-2, W.Jones, C.Erskine DOUBLES- S.Burgess(18th) HOME RUNS- G.Hamner(5th) RBIs- H.Thompson(36th), R.Ashburn(27th), M.Mantle(63rd), S.Burgess-2(31st), G.Hamner(39th) STOLEN BASES- R.Ashburn(10th) SACRIFICE HITS- C.Erskine-2 WALKS- H.Sauer, W.Jones, G.Hamner-2 STRIKE OUTS- G.Hodges, H.Sauer-2, B.Cox, M.Minoso, S.Gordon, S.Burgess, C.Erskine-2 GIDP- G.Hodges, S.White, B.Cox PASSED BALLS- S.Burgess 2-out RBI- H.Thompson, S.Burgess-2 RLISP 2-out- W.Jones, M.Mantle, H.Sauer-2, C.Erskine-2, B.Goodman, R.Ashburn TEAM RISP- Athletics: 1 for 7 Yankees: 3 for 9 WEB GEMS- Top 1st: Minnie Minoso robbed Willie Jones of a Homerun! Carl Erskine completed the game without help from the bullpen as the New York-AL Yankees defeated the Philadelphia-AL Athletics by a score of 5 to 2 at Yankee Stadium. Erskine(12-3) earned his pay with a solid performance for New York-AL. He went 9 innings surrendering 9 hits and 2 walks. New York-AL finished with 10 hits in the victory. Bob Lemon(14-8) took the loss. This win by New York-AL continues their recent hot streak. In their last ten games, they have a record of 9-1. For the season, they are a league leading 50-33. With the loss Philadelphia-AL now has a record of 54-45. SCORESHEET: 1952 Philadelphia-AL Athletics at 1952 New York-AL Yankees G.Woodli-A1 A1:F/8 *3*:Si C1:F/9 D1:G/31 B.Avila-A1 A2:Si B2:Si>12 C2:Si D2:G/53 G.Hodges-A1 A3:K B3:G-DP/4 C3:Si>13 *8*:F/7 63>23 1o H.Sauer-A1 A4:W>12 b B4:K C4:K D4:F/9 1 H.Thomps-A1 A5:Si>2# *4*:G/23 *6*:Si+E/ D5:P/3 12 1 W.Jones-A1 A6:F/7 B6:Si C6:F/9>23 *9*:W>b1 S.White-A1 *2*:G/53 B7:Si>13 C7:PB>3# D7:G-DP/4 G/23 63>1o B.Cox-A1 A8:K B8:G-DP/4 C8:P/5 D8:F/7 63>1o B.Lemon-A1 A9:F/9 *5*:F/9 *7*:F/8 R.Ashbur-A1 A1:Si B1:Si>2# *4*:L/3 D1:E/4 E1:P/4 M.Minoso-A1 A2:SB>12 B2:G/63 C2:K D2:PkOff/ L/4 13>1o FO/ 5 M.Mantle-A1 A3:Si>2# B3:G/3 C3:G/43 *7*:Si S.Gordon-A1 A4:F/9 *3*:E/5 *5*:K D4:F/8 E.Robins-A1 A5:Si+E/4 B5:Force/ C5:P/4 D5:F/8 >13 36>1o b1 S.Burges-A1 A6:Si>3# B6:K C6:Do D6:G/3 2# B.Goodma-A1 A7:Force/ B7:Si>13 C7:G/63 *8*:G/23 46>1o b1 G.Hamner-A1 *2*:Si B8:IW>b1 *6*:HR>b# D8:W>b1 C.Erskin-A1 A9:Sac/14 B9:K C9:K D9:Sac/54 >12 >12