BOXSCORE: 1952 Washington Nationals At 1952 Philadelphia-AL Athleti 8/30/1952 Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG B.Adams 3B 4 0 1 0 .244 J.Piersall CF 5 0 1 0 .345 J.Adcock LF 4 0 0 0 .250 B.Avila 2B 3 0 0 0 .231 J.Garagiola C 4 0 1 0 .211 G.Hodges 1B 4 0 0 0 .235 L.Easter 1B 4 0 0 0 .248 H.Sauer LF 4 0 0 0 .249 G.Bell RF 3 0 0 0 .256 B-S.Mele LF 0 0 0 0 .167 J.Rivera CF 3 0 0 0 .098 E-H.Simpson PH 0 0 0 0 .234 C-B.Addis CF 0 0 0 0 .212 W.Jones 3B 4 0 2 0 .264 H.Kuenn SS 4 0 1 0 .400 F-R.Sullivan PH 1 0 1 1 .238 B.Young 2B 3 1 0 0 .293 S.White C 4 0 1 0 .239 W.Spahn P 4 0 0 0 .097 J.Dyck RF 4 1 2 1 .198 H.Byrd P 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Logan SS 4 0 1 0 .265 H.Newhouser P 0 0 0 0 .000 V.Bickford P 2 0 0 0 .133 A-G.Woodling PH 1 0 0 0 .329 F.Dorish P 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Kuzava P 0 0 0 0 .179 D-E.Stanky PH 0 1 0 0 .125 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 33 1 3 0 Totals 36 2 8 2 A-Pinch Hit For Bickford In 7th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Sauer In 9th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Rivera In 9th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Kuzava In 10th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Mele In 10th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Jones In 10th Inning INJURY: Jim Rivera INJURED (for 0 more games) in 9th inning Nationals....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 3 0 Athletics....... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 8 1 Nationals (43-74) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET W.Spahn LOSS(10-16) 9 2/3 7 2 2 2 10 1 150 3.75 A1 E3 H.Byrd 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2.94 E4 E4 H.Newhouser 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.68 E5 Totals 9 2/3 8 2 2 3 10 1 Athletics (66-47) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET V.Bickford 7 2 0 0 1 2 0 72 4.10 A1 C6 F.Dorish BS(3rd) 2 1/3 1 1 1 2 2 0 40 2.54 C7 D7 B.Kuzava WIN(7-8) 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 4.45 D8 Totals 10 3 1 1 3 4 0 ATTENDANCE- 19,811 DATE- Monday, August 30th 1952 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good T- 2:26 LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 5 Athletics: 9 DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 0 Athletics: 1 ERRORS- B.Avila DOUBLES- J.Dyck(8th) TRIPLES- W.Jones(3rd) HOME RUNS- J.Dyck(6th) RBIs- R.Sullivan(7th), J.Dyck(21st) SACRIFICE HITS- B.Avila WALKS- G.Bell, J.Rivera, B.Young, G.Hodges, H.Simpson, E.Stanky HIT BY PITCH- B.Avila STRIKE OUTS- J.Adcock, J.Garagiola, L.Easter, W.Spahn, J.Piersall-3, B.Avila, G.Hodges, S.White, J.Dyck-2, V.Bickford, G.Woodling BALKS- F.Dorish WILD PITCHES- W.Spahn PASSED BALLS- S.White 2-out RBI- J.Dyck, R.Sullivan RLISP 2-out- H.Sauer, S.White, W.Spahn, J.Piersall, G.Woodling, J.Adcock TEAM RISP- Nationals: 0 for 4 Athletics: 1 for 8 WEB GEMS- Top 6th: Bobby Avila robbed Joe Adcock of a base hit. Vern Bickford went 7 strong innings as the sizzling Philadelphia-AL Athletics defeated the reeling Washington Nationals in 10 innings by a score of 2 to 1 at Shibe Park. The score was tied at 1 after nine. Finally, Philadelphia-AL pulled the game out in the 10th inning. Eddie Stanky drew a walk. Jim Piersall came next and he stroked a single. Bobby Avila then laid down a sacrifice bunt. After another out, Harry Simpson stepped in and he was walked intentionally to load the bases. Russ Sullivan came up to bat and banged out a single giving Philadelphia-AL the victory as 19,811 happy fans celebrated wildly. Philadelphia-AL had 8 hits for the game and Washington had 3. Bob Kuzava(7-8) went 2/3 of an inning allowing no runs for the win. Warren Spahn(10-16) was hit with the loss. He allowed 7 hits and 2 walks in 9 and 2/3 innings. SCORESHEET: 1952 Washington Nationals at 1952 Philadelphia-AL Athletics B.Adams-A1 A1:G/63 *4*:G/53 *6*:F/8 D1:Si>13 J.Adcock-A1 A2:K B2:G/63 C2:G/43 D2:Bk>3# 23 F/9 J.Garagi-A1 A3:K B3:Si C3:G/43 *9*:E/4 L.Easter-A1 *2*:L/4 B4:L/4 *7*:L/4 D4:K G.Bell-A1 A5:F/8 *5*:G/43 C5:F/7 D5:W>12 b 1 J.Rivera-A1 A6:G/63 B6:W>b1 C6:G/31 D6:PB>23 B.Addis-D7 12 L-DP/5 >3o H.Kuenn-A1 *3*:G/63 B7:Si>12 *8*:F/8 *10*:F/7 B.Young-A1 A8:G/63 B8:L/6 C8:W>b1 D8:L/4 W.Spahn-A1 A9:G/13 B9:G/63 C9:K D9:F/9 H.Byrd-E1 H.Newhou-E1 J.Piersa-A1 A1:K B1:G/43 C1:K *8*:K E1:Si>12 B.Avila-A1 A2:K B2:G/63 *6*:G/63 D2:HBP E2:Sac/54 >23 12 G.Hodges-A1 A3:W>b1 *4*:F/8 C3:K D3:L/6 E3:G/31 H.Sauer-A1 A4:WP>12 B4:G/63 C4:G/63 D4:F/8 E4:IW>b1 S.Mele-D5 G/63 H.Simpso-E4 W.Jones-A1 *2*:L/6 B5:Tr *7*:L/6 *9*:Si E5:Si>3# R.Sulliv-E5 23 12 S.White-A1 A6:F/8 B6:L/4 C6:Si D6:K J.Dyck-A1 A7:HR>b# *5*:Do C7:K D7:K J.Logan-A1 A8:G/63 B8:P/2 C8:Si>12 D8:F/7 V.Bickfo-A1 *3*:K B9:G/3>23 C9:K *10*:W>b1 G.Woodli-C9 F.Dorish-D1+