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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Boston Braves

1952-06-25 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 1414 · 80°F, cloudy · 2:03

Boston Braves defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–2. Max Surkont earned the win. Sid Gordon went 3-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	5
BSN	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1		5	11

W: Max Surkont L: Howie Pollet SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Stewart · 1B: Augie Guglielmo · 2B: Artie Gore · 3B: Jocko Conlan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Del Greco	4	0	0	0	0	2
Dick Groat	4	0	1	0	0	1
George Metkovich	4	1	1	0	0	0
Ralph Kiner	3	1	2	0	1	1
Gus Bell	3	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Garagiola	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Merson	4	0	1	1	0	1
George Strickland	3	0	0	0	0	1
Howie Pollet	2	0	0	0	0	1
Clem Koshorek	1	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sam Jethroe	4	0	2	1	0	0
Bob Thorpe	4	0	0	0	0	0
Earl Torgeson	4	2	2	0	0	1
Sid Gordon	3	1	3	2	1	0
Paul Burris	4	0	1	1	0	0
Sibby Sisti	2	0	0	0	1	0
Eddie Mathews	4	1	1	0	0	1
Johnny Logan	3	1	2	1	0	0
Max Surkont	2	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Howie Pollet	7.0	9	1	2
Ted Wilks	1.0	2	1	1

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Max Surkont	9.0	5	1	9

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bobby Del Greco: K
Dick Groat: K
George Metkovich: 31

Bot 1

Sam Jethroe: S/G
Bob Thorpe: 46(1)/FO
Earl Torgeson: K+OA/DP.1X2(26)

Top 2

Ralph Kiner: W
Gus Bell: 13/SH.1-2
Joe Garagiola: 63
Jack Merson: S9.2-H
George Strickland: K

Bot 2

Sid Gordon: W
Paul Burris: 43.1-2
Sibby Sisti: 3/G.2-3
Eddie Mathews: 43

Top 3

Howie Pollet: 4/P
Bobby Del Greco: K/C
Dick Groat: 6E3
George Metkovich: 7

Bot 3

Johnny Logan: S7
Max Surkont: K/C
Sam Jethroe: D7/7D.1-H
Bob Thorpe: 9(B)6(2)/FDP

Top 4

Ralph Kiner: S8
Gus Bell: 9/9D
Joe Garagiola: 7
Jack Merson: 13

Bot 4

Earl Torgeson: S8
Sid Gordon: SB2
Sid Gordon: S4.2-3
Paul Burris: S9.3-H;1-2
Sibby Sisti: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Eddie Mathews: 1(B)6(2)/LDP

Top 5

George Strickland: 53
Howie Pollet: K
Bobby Del Greco: 4/P

Bot 5

Johnny Logan: 8
Max Surkont: 13
Sam Jethroe: 7/L

Top 6

Dick Groat: S7
George Metkovich: 36(1)/FO
Ralph Kiner: WP.1-2
Ralph Kiner: K
Gus Bell: SB3
Gus Bell: WP.3-H
Gus Bell: K

Bot 6

Bob Thorpe: 63
Earl Torgeson: 13
Sid Gordon: HR/7
Paul Burris: 7/L

Top 7

Joe Garagiola: 9/9D
Jack Merson: 53
George Strickland: 2/FL

Bot 7

Sibby Sisti: 5/P
Eddie Mathews: S5/BG.B-3(E5/TH)
Johnny Logan: S7.3-H(UR)
Max Surkont: 1/BG/SH.1-2
Sam Jethroe: 5/FL

Top 8

Clem Koshorek: K
Bobby Del Greco: 4/P
Dick Groat: 63

Bot 8

Bob Thorpe: 4/P
Earl Torgeson: D/89
Sid Gordon: D7/7D.2-H
Paul Burris: 8
Sibby Sisti: W
Eddie Mathews: K

Top 9

George Metkovich: S9
Ralph Kiner: S7.1-2
Gus Bell: 8
Joe Garagiola: 4/F
Jack Merson: K/C