BOXSCORE: 1952 Boston-AL Red Sox At 1952 Pittsburgh Pirates 8/4/1952 Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG D.Philley CF 4 0 0 0 .252 D.Mitchell LF 4 0 0 0 .295 D.Groat SS 4 1 1 0 .259 R.Schoendienst 2B 4 1 3 0 .257 G.Kell 3B 4 0 2 0 .279 D.Ennis RF 4 0 0 0 .274 G.Zernial LF 3 0 1 1 .240 Y.Berra C 4 0 0 0 .258 J.Tipton C 3 0 1 0 .242 B.Thomson CF 4 0 0 0 .278 J.Groth RF 4 0 0 0 .255 B.Serena 3B 3 2 2 1 .259 D.Lenhardt 1B 2 0 0 0 .167 M.Vernon 1B 2 1 1 2 .251 C-E.Waitkus PH,1B 1 0 0 0 .270 A.Dark SS 2 0 1 0 .309 C.Michaels 2B 3 0 1 0 .249 V.Mizell P 2 0 0 0 .150 J.Presko P 1 0 0 0 .100 B-M.Irvin PH 1 0 0 0 .284 A-B.Del Greco PH 1 0 0 0 .231 B.Friend P 0 0 0 0 .000 W.Masterson P 0 0 0 0 .000 D-M.Hoderlein PH 1 0 0 0 .286 M.McDermott P 0 0 0 0 .000 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 31 1 6 1 Totals 30 4 7 3 A-Pinch Hit For Presko In 6th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Mizell In 6th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Lenhardt In 8th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Masterson In 8th Inning Red Sox......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 6 1 Pirates......... 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 - 4 7 1 Red Sox (41-80) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET J.Presko LOSS(5-10) 5 5 2 1 2 4 1 72 3.94 A1 C4 W.Masterson 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 28 5.05 C5 D3 M.McDermott 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 4.39 D4 Totals 8 7 4 3 3 6 2 Pirates (70-63) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET V.Mizell WIN(8-9) 6 3 0 0 5 7 0 116 3.68 A1 C9 B.Friend SAVE(6th) 3 3 1 1 2 3 0 49 5.17 D1 Totals 9 6 1 1 7 10 0 ATTENDANCE- 25,529 DATE- Wednesday, August 4th 1952 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good T- 1:57 LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox:12 Pirates: 5 DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 2 Pirates: 0 ERRORS- D.Groat, B.Serena DOUBLES- G.Kell(18th), B.Serena(15th) TRIPLES- R.Schoendienst-2(5th) HOME RUNS- B.Serena(8th), M.Vernon(15th) RBIs- G.Zernial(59th), B.Serena(44th), M.Vernon-2(57th) SACRIFICE HITS- C.Michaels, J.Presko WALKS- D.Philley, D.Groat, G.Kell, G.Zernial-2, J.Tipton, D.Lenhardt, B.Serena, M.Vernon, A.Dark STRIKE OUTS- D.Philley, D.Groat, G.Kell, G.Zernial, J.Tipton-2, J.Groth, E.Waitkus, J.Presko, B.Del Greco, R.Schoendienst, B.Thomson-2, B.Serena, V.Mizell-2 GIDP- A.Dark, M.Irvin RLISP 2-out- J.Groth-4, Y.Berra-3, D.Philley, J.Tipton TEAM RISP- Red Sox: 1 for 8 Pirates: 0 for 6 Third baseman Bill Serena left the yard as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Boston-AL Red Sox by a score of 4 to 1 at Forbes Field. Pittsburgh took the lead for keeps in the bottom of the 2nd inning plating one baserunner. After an out was recorded, Serena smashed a bases-empty 'big-fly'. Pittsburgh finished with 7 hits in the victory. Vinegar Bend Mizell(8-9) went 6 innings allowing no runs for the win. Bob Friend got the save, his 6th. The losing pitcher was Joe Presko(5-10). He surrendered 5 hits and 2 walks in 5 innings. SCORESHEET: 1952 Boston-AL Red Sox at 1952 Pittsburgh Pirates D.Phille-A1 A1:W>b1 B1:G/63 *5*:F/7 *7*:G/53 *9*:K D.Groat-A1 A2:K *3*:F/7 C2:W>b1 D2:Si E2:L/6 G.Kell-A1 A3:Si>12 B3:K C3:E/5>12 D3:Do>13 E3:W>b1 G.Zernia-A1 A4:W>23 1 B4:W>b1 C4:F/8 D4:Si>3# E4:K 2 b1 2o J.Tipton-A1 A5:K B5:Si>12 C5:K D5:W>12 b 1 J.Groth-A1 A6:G/53 B6:G/53 *6*:K D6:G/43 D.Lenhar-A1 *2*:W>b1 *4*:G/43 C7:F/8 *8*:K E.Waitku-D7 C.Michae-A1 A8:Sac/54 B8:F/8 C8:Si D8:G/63 >12 J.Presko-A1 A9:Sac/54 B9:K C9:K D9:G/63 B.Del Gr-C9 >23 W.Master-D1+ D.Mitche-A1 A1:F/8 *3*:F/9 C1:F/8 *7*:G/63 R.Schoen-A1 A2:Si B2:Tr C2:Tr D2:K D.Ennis-A1 A3:G/43>1 B3:L/5 C3:E/6>3# D3:G/43 2 b2 Y.Berra-A1 A4:F/9 B4:F/9 C4:G/13 *8*:F/8 B.Thomso-A1 *2*:K *4*:K *6*:L/4 D5:F/7 B.Serena-A1 A6:HR>b# B6:Do C6:W>b1 D6:K M.Vernon-A1 A7:G/3 B7:IW>b1 C7:HR>1# b# A.Dark-A1 A8:W>b1 B8:G-DP/5 C8:Si 43>1o V.Mizell-A1 A9:K *5*:K C9:G-DP/4 M.Irvin-C9 63>1o B.Friend-D1