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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Boston Braves

1952-09-12 · Day game · Braves Field · 2:00

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Boston Braves 8–1. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 6 in the 2nd. Bob Friend earned the win. Ralph Kiner went 2-for-4 with 2 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bob Friend L: Virgil Jester SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Lon Warneke · 1B: Larry Goetz · 2B: Frank Dascoli · 3B: Frank Secory · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tony Bartirome	4	2	1	1	1	0
Dick Groat	5	1	1	1	0	0
Gus Bell	4	1	3	1	1	0
Ralph Kiner	4	2	2	4	0	0
Joe Garagiola	5	0	1	0	0	0
Dick Hall	4	1	2	0	0	0
Sonny Senerchia	3	0	0	0	1	1
Clem Koshorek	4	1	1	1	0	0
Bob Friend	4	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sam Jethroe	4	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Logan	3	0	2	0	1	0
Eddie Mathews	4	0	0	0	0	0
Walker Cooper	4	0	1	0	0	2
Sid Gordon	4	0	1	0	0	0
Earl Torgeson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jack Daniels	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jack Dittmer	4	1	2	1	0	0
Dave Cole	3	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Friend	9.0	7	1	5

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Virgil Jester	1.2	8	0	0
Dave Cole	7.1	3	3	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tony Bartirome: 43
Dick Groat: 43
Gus Bell: S
Ralph Kiner: HP.1-2
Joe Garagiola: 3/FL

Bot 1

Sam Jethroe: 8/L
Johnny Logan: S
Eddie Mathews: 9
Walker Cooper: K

Top 2

Dick Hall: S
Sonny Senerchia: 8/L
Clem Koshorek: D7.1-H
Bob Friend: 9
Tony Bartirome: D.2-H
Dick Groat: S8.2-H;B-2(E8/TH)
Gus Bell: D.2-H
Ralph Kiner: HR/L7D.2-H
Joe Garagiola: S
Dick Hall: 5/FL

Bot 2

Sid Gordon: 7
Earl Torgeson: 43
Jack Daniels: 6

Top 3

Sonny Senerchia: W
Clem Koshorek: CS2(24)
Clem Koshorek: 63
Bob Friend: K

Bot 3

Jack Dittmer: S
Dave Cole: K
Sam Jethroe: 7
Johnny Logan: 8

Top 4

Tony Bartirome: W
Dick Groat: 163.1-2
Gus Bell: 63
Ralph Kiner: HR/7D.2-H
Joe Garagiola: 8

Bot 4

Eddie Mathews: 3
Walker Cooper: S
Sid Gordon: S.1-2#
Earl Torgeson: 8
Jack Daniels: K

Top 5

Dick Hall: S
Sonny Senerchia: 8
Clem Koshorek: 6(B)3(1)/LDP

Bot 5

Jack Dittmer: HR/9D
Dave Cole: 63
Sam Jethroe: 43
Johnny Logan: D
Eddie Mathews: 43

Top 6

Bob Friend: 63
Tony Bartirome: 43
Dick Groat: 6

Bot 6

Walker Cooper: K
Sid Gordon: 8
Earl Torgeson: K

Top 7

Gus Bell: W
Ralph Kiner: 4
Joe Garagiola: 43.1-2
Dick Hall: E6.2-3
Sonny Senerchia: K

Bot 7

Jack Daniels: 9
Jack Dittmer: 43
Dave Cole: 9

Top 8

Clem Koshorek: 53
Bob Friend: 53
Tony Bartirome: 5/L

Bot 8

Sam Jethroe: S
Johnny Logan: W.1-2
Eddie Mathews: 2/FL
Walker Cooper: 6/F
Sid Gordon: 6(1)/G/FO

Top 9

Dick Groat: 63
Gus Bell: S
Ralph Kiner: 53.1-2
Joe Garagiola: 3/G

Bot 9

Earl Torgeson: 8
Jack Daniels: 8
Jack Dittmer: 43

Notes & reviews

Sam Jethroe's throw home struck Dick Groat as he was running to 2B
the ball became embedded in the scoreboard

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