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Chicago Cubs @ Boston Braves

1952-06-15 · Day game · Braves Field · 86°F, sunny · 2:04

Boston Braves defeated Chicago Cubs 4–1. Boston Braves put up 2 in the 4th. Jim Wilson earned the win. Eddie Mathews went 1-for-2 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	7
BSN	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		4	7

W: Jim Wilson L: Paul Minner SV: (none)

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

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Miksis	5	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Addis	4	0	1	0	1	1
Gene Hermanski	3	0	1	0	1	0
Hank Sauer	4	1	0	0	0	2
Toby Atwell	3	0	2	0	1	1
Dee Fondy	4	0	1	1	0	0
Bill Serena	4	0	1	0	0	0
Roy Smalley	4	0	1	0	0	1
Paul Minner	1	0	0	0	1	0
Bruce Edwards	1	0	0	0	0	1
Phil Cavarretta	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sam Jethroe	4	1	2	0	0	1
Bob Thorpe	4	0	1	0	0	0
George Crowe	4	0	1	0	0	1
Sid Gordon	3	0	1	0	0	0
Paul Burris	3	0	0	0	0	1
Eddie Mathews	2	2	1	1	2	0
Sibby Sisti	3	1	1	0	0	1
Johnny Logan	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Wilson	3	0	0	1	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Paul Minner	6.0	5	1	4
Bob Kelly	2.0	2	1	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Wilson	9.0	7	4	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eddie Miksis: 5
Bob Addis: S
Gene Hermanski: W.1-2
Hank Sauer: K
Toby Atwell: K

Bot 1

Sam Jethroe: S/BG
Bob Thorpe: 9
George Crowe: SB2
George Crowe: S4.2-H(E4/TH)(NR)(UR);B-2
Sid Gordon: 6/L
Paul Burris: 1/L

Top 2

Dee Fondy: 43
Bill Serena: 53
Roy Smalley: K

Bot 2

Eddie Mathews: 8
Sibby Sisti: S
Johnny Logan: 4
Jim Wilson: 53

Top 3

Paul Minner: W
Eddie Miksis: 43.1-2
Bob Addis: W
Gene Hermanski: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Hank Sauer: 53

Bot 3

Sam Jethroe: K
Bob Thorpe: S
George Crowe: 5/FL
Sid Gordon: HP.1-2
Paul Burris: 43

Top 4

Toby Atwell: S
Dee Fondy: 9/L
Bill Serena: S.1-2#
Roy Smalley: 5/FL
Paul Minner: 7

Bot 4

Eddie Mathews: W
Sibby Sisti: E2/TH/SH.1-H(NR)(UR);B-2
Johnny Logan: 9.2-3
Jim Wilson: 8.3-H(UR)
Sam Jethroe: 4

Top 5

Eddie Miksis: 9/L
Bob Addis: 4/L
Gene Hermanski: 3/G

Bot 5

Bob Thorpe: 13
George Crowe: K
Sid Gordon: 31

Top 6

Hank Sauer: K
Toby Atwell: W
Dee Fondy: 46(1)/FO
Bill Serena: 53

Bot 6

Paul Burris: K
Eddie Mathews: HR/9
Sibby Sisti: K
Johnny Logan: 3

Top 7

Roy Smalley: D
Bruce Edwards: K
Eddie Miksis: 4
Bob Addis: 31

Bot 7

Jim Wilson: 9
Sam Jethroe: D
Bob Thorpe: 8
George Crowe: 3/G

Top 8

Gene Hermanski: S
Hank Sauer: 54(1)/FO
Toby Atwell: S.1-2#
Dee Fondy: S.2-H;1-2#
Bill Serena: 5/FL
Roy Smalley: 9

Bot 8

Sid Gordon: S
Paul Burris: 14/SH.1-2
Eddie Mathews: W
Sibby Sisti: 9
Johnny Logan: 5

Top 9

Phil Cavarretta: 31
Eddie Miksis: 7
Bob Addis: K