BOXSCORE: 1952 New York-AL Yankees At 1952 Philadelphia-AL Athletic 8/17/1952 Yankees AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG M.Minoso LF 4 0 0 0 .239 G.Woodling CF,LF 4 0 2 0 .323 R.Ashburn CF 2 0 0 0 .267 B.Avila 2B 4 1 3 0 .239 M.Mantle RF 4 0 0 0 .311 G.Hodges 1B 3 0 0 0 .241 S.Gordon 3B 4 1 1 1 .263 H.Sauer LF 3 0 0 0 .243 E.Robinson 1B 3 0 2 0 .253 A-J.Piersall PR,CF 0 0 0 0 .357 D-J.Greengrass PH 1 0 0 0 .367 H.Thompson RF 4 0 2 1 .274 S.Burgess C 3 0 0 0 .279 F.Dorish P 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Goodman 2B 3 0 0 0 .267 W.Jones 3B 4 0 0 0 .264 F-M.Clark PH 1 0 0 0 .217 S.White C 3 0 0 0 .240 G.Hamner SS 2 0 0 0 .210 B-R.Sullivan PH 1 0 0 0 .227 R.Roberts P 3 0 0 0 .075 C-J.Hegan C 0 0 0 0 .256 J.Logan SS 4 1 2 1 .284 V.Bickford P 3 0 0 0 .129 J.Schmitz P 0 0 0 0 ---- E-J.Dyck RF 0 0 0 0 .189 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 30 1 3 1 Totals 33 2 9 2 A-Pinch Ran For Sauer In 8th Inning B-Pinch Hit For White In 8th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Sullivan In 9th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Robinson In 9th Inning E-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Schmitz In 9th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Goodman In 9th Inning Yankees......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 3 0 Athletics....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 2 9 0 Yankees (69-48) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET R.Roberts LOSS(12-9) 8 9 2 2 1 3 1 130 2.17 A1 Totals 8 9 2 2 1 3 1 Athletics (64-49) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET V.Bickford WIN(6-8) 8 1/3 3 1 1 3 1 1 119 4.13 A1 D4 J.Schmitz HOLD(6th) 0 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 3.13 D5 D6 F.Dorish SAVE(23rd) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.76 D7 Totals 9 3 1 1 4 1 1 ATTENDANCE- 12,264 DATE- Tuesday, August 17th 1952 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good T- 2:04 LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 6 Athletics: 9 DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 0 Athletics: 0 DOUBLES- E.Robinson(15th), J.Logan(11th) HOME RUNS- S.Gordon(28th), J.Logan(6th) RBIs- S.Gordon(88th), H.Thompson(40th), J.Logan(29th) STOLEN BASES- R.Ashburn-2(20th), G.Hamner(2nd) WALKS- R.Ashburn-2, S.Burgess, G.Hamner, H.Sauer HIT BY PITCH- G.Hodges STRIKE OUTS- R.Roberts, G.Hodges-2, W.Jones RLISP 2-out- S.Gordon-2, R.Roberts-2, G.Hodges, G.Woodling, W.Jones, J.Logan-2 TEAM RISP- Yankees: 0 for 7 Athletics: 1 for 8 WEB GEMS- Top 3rd: Bobby Avila robbed Richie Ashburn of a base hit. At Shibe Park, the Philadelphia-AL fans witnessed a great pitcher's duel. Vern Bickford(6-8) finally bested his New York-AL opposite, Robin Roberts(12-9), by the score of 2 to 1. New York-AL was unable to claim the lead after Philadelphia-AL went ahead in the bottom of the 7th inning scoring one runner. The game was a scoreless duel until the 7th inning. Fritz Dorish was credited with his 23rd save. The losing pitcher was Roberts. He gave up 2 runs and 9 hits in 8 innings. SCORESHEET: 1952 New York-AL Yankees at 1952 Philadelphia-AL Athletics M.Minoso-A1 A1:F/7 *3*:G/43 *6*:F/8 D1:F/7 R.Ashbur-A1 A2:W>b1 B2:G/43 C2:W>b1 D2:L/6 M.Mantle-A1 A3:SB>12 B3:F/8 C3:SB>12 *9*:F/8 G/63>23 G/43>23 S.Gordon-A1 A4:F/7 *4*:G/43 C4:P/6 D4:HR>b# E.Robins-A1 *2*:Do B5:G/13 *7*:Si D5:F/7 J.Greeng-D5 S.Burges-A1 A6:G/63 B6:G/43 C6:Force/ D6:W>b1 46>1o b1 B.Goodma-A1 A7:F/9>23 *5*:G/63 C7:L/4 D7:L/6 M.Clark-D7 G.Hamner-A1 A8:IW>b1 B8:FO/3 C8:G/43 R.Robert-A1 A9:SB>12 B9:G/3 *8*:K G/43 G.Woodli-A1 A1:Si B1:Si C1:G/31 D1:F/8 B.Avila-A1 A2:F/7 B2:Si>13 *6*:Si *8*:Si G.Hodges-A1 A3:K B3:G/63 C3:K D3:HBP>12 H.Sauer-A1 A4:FO/2 *4*:G/63 C4:F/7 D4:W>23 1 J.Piersa-D6 2 b1 H.Thomps-A1 *2*:F/8 B5:F/8 C5:Si>12 D5:Si>3# F.Dorish-D9 23 12 W.Jones-A1 A6:F/8 B6:K C6:G/63 D6:Force/ 62>3o 23 12 b1 S.White-A1 A7:G/43 *5*:F/8 *7*:G/43 D7:FO/2 R.Sulliv-D7 J.Hegan-D9 J.Logan-A1 *3*:G/53 B8:Do C8:HR>b# D8:F/7 V.Bickfo-A1 A9:G/23 B9:P/5 C9:P/5 J.Schmit-D9 J.Dyck-D9