BOXSCORE: 1952 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1952 New York-AL Yankees 8/21/1952 Pirates AB R H RBI AVG Yankees AB R H RBI AVG D.Mitchell LF 5 1 1 0 .302 M.Minoso LF 5 1 0 0 .239 R.Schoendienst 2B 4 0 1 0 .243 R.Ashburn CF 4 2 3 1 .264 D.Ennis RF 4 1 1 2 .276 M.Mantle RF 2 0 1 1 .323 Y.Berra C 4 0 1 0 .257 S.Gordon 3B 4 1 2 1 .256 B.Thomson CF 3 0 2 0 .264 E.Robinson 1B 4 1 1 2 .257 B.Serena 3B 4 0 2 0 .239 A.Seminick C 3 1 1 1 .290 M.Vernon 1B 4 0 0 0 .244 B.Goodman 2B 4 0 1 0 .272 A.Dark SS 4 0 2 0 .287 G.Hamner SS 4 0 2 0 .201 V.Mizell P 1 0 0 0 .147 V.Trucks P 3 0 1 0 .121 A-D.Fondy PH 1 0 0 0 .241 C.Erskine P 1 0 0 0 .136 B.Friend P 0 0 0 0 .000 B-H.Evers PH 1 0 0 0 .282 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 35 2 10 2 Totals 34 6 12 6 A-Pinch Hit For Mizell In 7th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Friend In 9th Inning Pirates......... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 10 0 Yankees......... 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 - 6 12 0 Pirates (53-56) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET V.Mizell LOSS(7-8) 6 7 4 4 2 4 2 95 3.92 A1 C8 B.Friend 2 5 2 2 1 0 0 35 5.62 C9 Totals 8 12 6 6 3 4 2 Yankees (65-44) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET V.Trucks WIN(5-3) 7 2/3 9 2 2 1 1 1 116 3.82 A1 D5 C.Erskine SAVE(1st) 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 2 0 14 2.62 D6 Totals 9 10 2 2 1 3 1 ATTENDANCE- 15,942 DATE- Saturday, August 21st 1952 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad T- 2:21 LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 8 Yankees: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 2 Yankees: 1 DOUBLES- Y.Berra(19th), R.Ashburn-3(20th) HOME RUNS- D.Ennis(12th), E.Robinson(12th), A.Seminick(9th) RBIs- D.Ennis-2(45th), R.Ashburn(35th), M.Mantle(78th), S.Gordon(77th), E.Robinson-2(41st), A.Seminick(23rd) SACRIFICE HITS- V.Mizell WALKS- B.Thomson, M.Mantle-2, A.Seminick STRIKE OUTS- B.Serena, V.Mizell, H.Evers, M.Minoso, A.Seminick-2, V.Trucks GIDP- M.Vernon, S.Gordon, E.Robinson RLISP 2-out- R.Schoendienst, M.Mantle, M.Vernon, B.Serena, M.Minoso-2 TEAM RISP- Pirates: 0 for 5 Yankees: 3 for 7 At Yankee Stadium the New York-AL Yankees easily handled the Pittsburgh Pirates by the score of 6 to 2. New York-AL took the lead for good in the bottom of the 6th inning when they tallied 2 runs on 2 hits. The highlight belonged to Eddie Robinson who brought the crowd to their feet when he smashed a two-run homer. New York-AL totaled 12 hits on the afternoon. The winning pitcher was Virgil Trucks(5-3) who allowed 2 runs in 7 and 2/3 innings. Trucks was helped out by Carl Erskine who recorded his 1st save. Vinegar Bend Mizell(7-8) was tagged with the loss. He pitched 6 innings allowing 7 hits and 2 walks. SCORESHEET: 1952 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1952 New York-AL Yankees D.Mitche-A1 A1:Si B1:F/9 C1:G/3>23 D1:F/7 E1:F/7 R.Schoen-A1 A2:L/3 B2:Si C2:G/3 *8*:F/9 D.Ennis-A1 A3:HR>1# B3:G/43 *6*:G/43 D3:L/4 b# Y.Berra-A1 A4:FO/2 *4*:F/9 C4:F/7 D4:Do B.Thomso-A1 A5:G/53 B5:Si C5:Si D5:W>b1 B.Serena-A1 *2*:L/5 B6:Si>12 C6:Si>12 D6:K M.Vernon-A1 A7:L/4 B7:G-DP/6 C7:F/8 *9*:F/9 43>1o A.Dark-A1 A8:G/53 *5*:Si *7*:G/53 D8:Si V.Mizell-A1 *3*:K B9:Sac/14 C9:G/13 D9:K D.Fondy-C9 >12 B.Friend-D2+ M.Minoso-A1 A1:F/9 *3*:F/9 C1:K D1:Force/ E1:P/6 64>1o b1 R.Ashbur-A1 A2:Do B2:G/53 C2:Do D2:Do>1# M.Mantle-A1 A3:W>b1 B3:W>b1 C3:P/6 D3:Si>3# S.Gordon-A1 A4:Si>2# B4:G/53 *6*:Si D4:G-DP/6 12 43>1o E.Robins-A1 A5:G-DP/6 *4*:G/3 C5:HR>1# *8*:P/6 43>1o b# A.Semini-A1 *2*:K B6:HR>b# C6:K D6:W>b1 B.Goodma-A1 A7:L/5 B7:L/3 C7:F/7 D7:Si>12 G.Hamner-A1 A8:Si B8:P/5 C8:G/53 D8:Si>23 12 V.Trucks-A1 A9:K *5*:P/2 *7*:Si D9:P/1 C.Erskin-D5