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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1952-06-19 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 6369 · 2:40

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated New York Giants 8–1. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 5 in the 3rd. Murry Dickson earned the win. Joe Garagiola went 1-for-5 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	1	1	8	12
NY1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5

W: Murry Dickson L: Larry Jansen SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Babe Pinelli · 1B: Bill Engeln · 2B: Lou Jorda · 3B: Dusty Boggess · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Castiglione	5	1	3	0	0	0
George Metkovich	4	1	2	2	1	0
Gus Bell	5	0	0	1	0	3
Ralph Kiner	2	1	1	0	2	1
Joe Garagiola	5	1	1	1	0	1
Dick Groat	4	1	2	2	0	0
George Strickland	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Bartirome	4	0	0	0	0	1
Murry Dickson	4	3	3	0	0	1

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	BB	SO
Davey Williams	4	0	0	0	0
Whitey Lockman	4	1	2	0	0
Bobby Thomson	4	0	1	0	0
Hank Thompson	4	0	0	0	0
Bob Elliott	3	0	0	1	0
George Wilson	4	0	2	0	0
Al Dark	4	0	0	0	0
Wes Westrum	1	0	0	0	1
Bill Rigney	1	0	0	0	0
Sal Yvars	2	0	0	1	0
Hoyt Wilhelm	1	0	0	0	1
Bill Howerton	1	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Murry Dickson	9.0	5	2	2

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Larry Jansen	3.0	6	1	4
Hoyt Wilhelm	4.0	3	1	2
George Spencer	2.0	3	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Castiglione: 6/L
George Metkovich: S9
Gus Bell: K
Ralph Kiner: S8.1-3
Joe Garagiola: 9

Bot 1

Davey Williams: 2/FL
Whitey Lockman: S7
Bobby Thomson: 7
Hank Thompson: 13

Top 2

Dick Groat: 6/P
George Strickland: 9
Tony Bartirome: K/C

Bot 2

Bob Elliott: 63
George Wilson: S7
Al Dark: 9
Wes Westrum: K/C

Top 3

Murry Dickson: S1
Pete Castiglione: S3.1-2
George Metkovich: D7.2-H;1-3
Gus Bell: K
Ralph Kiner: W
Joe Garagiola: K/C
Dick Groat: S8.3-H;2-H;1-2
George Strickland: E4/P.2-H(NR)(UR);1-H(NR)(UR)
Tony Bartirome: 3/P

Bot 3

Bill Rigney: 2/P
Davey Williams: 63
Whitey Lockman: 7

Top 4

Murry Dickson: S8
Pete Castiglione: S7.1-3(E7)
George Metkovich: CS2(24)
George Metkovich: 9.3-H(UR)
Gus Bell: K

Bot 4

Bobby Thomson: 53
Hank Thompson: 43
Bob Elliott: 53

Top 5

Ralph Kiner: W
Joe Garagiola: 46(1)3/GDP
Dick Groat: S8
George Strickland: CS2(24)

Bot 5

George Wilson: S9
Al Dark: 7
Sal Yvars: 4/P
Hoyt Wilhelm: K/C

Top 6

George Strickland: 8
Tony Bartirome: 6/P
Murry Dickson: K

Bot 6

Davey Williams: 63
Whitey Lockman: S7
Bobby Thomson: 8
Hank Thompson: E4.1-H(NR)(UR);B-2
Bob Elliott: W
George Wilson: 43

Top 7

Pete Castiglione: 8
George Metkovich: 3/FL
Gus Bell: 5/P

Bot 7

Al Dark: 9
Sal Yvars: W
Bill Howerton: 9
Davey Williams: 3/FL

Top 8

Ralph Kiner: K
Joe Garagiola: HR/9
Dick Groat: 13
George Strickland: 43

Bot 8

Whitey Lockman: 2/FL
Bobby Thomson: S8
Hank Thompson: 46(1)/FO
Bob Elliott: 43

Top 9

Tony Bartirome: 31
Murry Dickson: S9
Pete Castiglione: S8.1-2
George Metkovich: W.2-3;1-2
Gus Bell: 9.3-H;2-3
Ralph Kiner: HP.1-2
Joe Garagiola: 8

Bot 9

George Wilson: 3/G
Al Dark: 2/FL
Sal Yvars: 63

Notes & reviews

Protest=H
Wes Westrum struck on right index finger by foul ball
HP umpire Babe Pinelli called George Metkovich out but reversed the call when Wes Westrum dropped the ball; Giants manager Leo Durocher argued Westrum retrieved the ball and made the tag before Metkovich touched HP; Durocher protested the game; Westrum left with two broken bones in his right index finger
Ralph Kiner struck on left shoulder then his temple

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