BOXSCORE: 1952 Washington Nationals At 1952 New York-AL Yankees 8/4/1952 Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Yankees AB R H RBI AVG B.Adams 3B 4 3 2 1 .231 M.Minoso LF 5 2 1 0 .243 J.Adcock LF 4 2 1 0 .254 R.Ashburn CF 5 2 3 0 .268 J.Garagiola C 4 0 1 0 .209 M.Mantle RF 5 1 2 3 .315 L.Easter 1B 4 1 2 5 .251 S.Gordon 3B 5 2 3 4 .270 G.Bell RF 4 1 1 2 .256 A.Seminick C 4 1 2 1 .258 J.Rivera CF 5 0 2 0 .104 B.Souchock 1B 5 1 1 1 .221 R.Boone SS 5 0 1 0 .234 B.Goodman 2B 4 0 1 0 .271 J.Temple 2B 4 0 1 0 .200 G.Hamner SS 4 0 1 0 .220 W.Spahn P 1 1 1 0 .101 S.Rogovin P 1 0 0 0 .167 H.Newhouser P 3 0 2 0 .200 C.Erskine P 2 0 0 0 .131 H.Byrd P 0 0 0 0 .048 S.Paige P 0 0 0 0 .133 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 38 8 14 8 Totals 40 9 14 9 Nationals....... 1 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 - 8 14 1 Yankees......... 3 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 - 9 14 0 Nationals (48-81) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET W.Spahn 2 2/3 6 5 5 0 2 3 51 3.76 A1 B5 H.Newhouser 6 7 3 2 1 2 1 92 3.86 B6 E4 H.Byrd LOSS(3-10) 0 1/3 1 1 1 0 0 1 5 2.84 E5 Totals 9 14 9 8 1 4 5 Yankees (77-54) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET S.Rogovin 3 1/3 7 4 4 2 0 0 65 3.21 A1 B9 C.Erskine 4 2/3 6 4 4 1 3 2 71 2.72 C1 E1 S.Paige WIN(9-5) 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 19 2.29 E2 Totals 10 14 8 8 3 5 2 ATTENDANCE- 43,291 DATE- Wednesday, August 4th 1952 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good T- 2:58 LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 5 Yankees: 6 DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 1 Yankees: 2 ERRORS- B.Adams DOUBLES- B.Adams(11th), W.Spahn, M.Mantle(27th) HOME RUNS- L.Easter(29th), G.Bell(17th), M.Mantle(23rd), S.Gordon-2(31st), A.Seminick(12th), B.Souchock(5th) RBIs- B.Adams(31st), L.Easter-5(65th), G.Bell-2(47th), M.Mantle-3(91st), S.Gordon-4(96th), A.Seminick(28th), B.Souchock(14th) CAUGHT STEALING- J.Rivera SACRIFICE HITS- C.Erskine SACRIFICE FLIES- L.Easter, G.Bell WALKS- B.Adams, J.Adcock, J.Garagiola, A.Seminick STRIKE OUTS- J.Adcock-2, L.Easter, G.Bell, J.Rivera, R.Ashburn, M.Mantle, S.Gordon, G.Hamner GIDP- J.Garagiola, R.Boone, B.Souchock 2-out RBI- S.Gordon-4, A.Seminick, L.Easter-3, G.Bell RLISP 2-out- R.Boone-2, J.Adcock, R.Ashburn-2, B.Souchock, A.Seminick-2 TEAM RISP- Nationals: 4 for 9 Yankees: 1 for 7 Third baseman Sid Gordon ripped 2 homeruns and had 4 RBI as the New York-AL Yankees defeated the Washington Nationals in 10 innings by the score of 9 to 8 at Yankee Stadium. The game was deadlocked at 8 after nine full innings. Finally, New York-AL pulled the game out in the 10th inning. Bud Souchock hit a bases-empty home run resulting in a mighty exciting win for New York-AL and the 43,291 home town fans in attendance. It was roller coaster of a game as the lead change hands 6 times. The winning pitcher was Satchel Paige(9-5) who allowed no runs in 2 innings. Harry Byrd(3-10) took the loss in relief. He gave up 1 run and 1 hit in 1/3 of an inning. Wth the win New York-AL now has a record of a league leading 77-54. With the loss, the Washington ballclub's record is 48-81. SCORESHEET: 1952 Washington Nationals at 1952 New York-AL Yankees B.Adams-A1 A1:W>b1 B1:Do>2# C1:G/13>2 D1:Si>12 E1:G/63 3 J.Adcock-A1 A2:F/7 B2:Si>23 C2:K D2:W>23 1 *9*:K 2 b1 J.Garagi-A1 A3:Si>13 B3:W>12 b *5*:F/8 D3:G-DP/4 E3:G/53 1 23>3o 23 12 L.Easter-A1 A4:SF/8>3 B4:Si>3# C4:K D4:HR>3# E4:G/63 # 23 12 2# b# G.Bell-A1 A5:F/8 B5:SF/7>3 C5:F/8 D5:HR>b# *10*:K # 23 12 J.Rivera-A1 *2*:G/43 B6:G/53 *6*:Si D6:K E6:Si R.Boone-A1 A7:P/3 B7:G/63 C7:G-DP/6 *8*:Si E7:CS/24> 43>1o 1o G/63 J.Temple-A1 A8:G/43 *4*:Si C8:L/4 D8:L/6 W.Spahn-A1 *3*:Do B9:Si>1o *7*:Si D9:F/9 H.Newhou-B8 H.Byrd-E5 M.Minoso-A1 A1:G/43 *3*:Si C1:G/63 *7*:E/5 *9*:G/43 R.Ashbur-A1 A2:Si B2:K C2:G/31 D2:Si>13 E2:Si M.Mantle-A1 A3:F/9 B3:K *5*:Do D3:HR>3# E3:P/5 1# b# S.Gordon-A1 A4:HR>1# B4:HR>1# C4:G/43>2 D4:K E4:Si>13 b# b# 3 A.Semini-A1 A5:HR>b# B5:Si C5:P/6 D5:W>b1 E5:G/43 B.Soucho-A1 A6:F/9 B6:F/8 C6:L/3 D6:G-DP/6 *10*:HR>b 43>1o # B.Goodma-A1 *2*:G/63 *4*:Si *6*:G/31 *8*:L/6 G.Hamner-A1 A8:L/4 B8:Si>12 C8:K D8:P/2 S.Rogovi-A1 A9:P/6 B9:Sac/14 C9:F/8 D9:P/6 C.Erskin-B7 >23 12 S.Paige-E1