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Boston Braves @ Chicago Cubs

1952-06-06 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 7572 · 90°F · 2:14

Chicago Cubs defeated Boston Braves 7–2. Chicago Cubs put up 3 in the 2nd. Turk Lown earned the win. Gene Hermanski went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BSN	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	4
CHN	0	3	2	0	0	2	0	0		7	12

W: Turk Lown L: Vern Bickford SV: (none)

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

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sam Jethroe	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Thorpe	4	0	1	0	0	1
Eddie Mathews	4	2	2	1	0	1
Sid Gordon	3	0	1	0	1	0
Walker Cooper	3	0	0	1	0	0
George Crowe	2	0	0	0	0	0
Roy Hartsfield	3	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Logan	2	0	0	0	1	0
Vern Bickford	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Daniels	1	0	0	0	0	0
Earl Torgeson	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ebba St. Claire	1	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Whisenant	1	0	0	0	0	1

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Miksis	4	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Baumholtz	4	2	1	0	1	0
Gene Hermanski	4	2	3	2	1	0
Hank Sauer	4	0	3	2	1	1
Toby Atwell	3	1	1	0	0	0
Dee Fondy	3	1	1	0	2	0
Bill Serena	3	1	0	0	1	2
Roy Smalley	4	0	2	3	0	2
Turk Lown	4	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Pramesa	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vern Bickford	2.0	6	1	1
Sheldon Jones	3.0	3	2	3
Dave Cole	2.0	3	1	1
Dick Donovan	1.0	0	2	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Turk Lown	9.0	4	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Sam Jethroe: 23
Bob Thorpe: K
Eddie Mathews: K

Bot 1

Eddie Miksis: 63
Frank Baumholtz: 43
Gene Hermanski: 53

Top 2

Sid Gordon: W
Walker Cooper: 3/F
George Crowe: 8
Roy Hartsfield: 43

Bot 2

Hank Sauer: K23
Toby Atwell: S/BG
Dee Fondy: DGR/8.1-3
Bill Serena: IW
Roy Smalley: D.3-H;2-H;1-H
Turk Lown: 43.2-2
Eddie Miksis: 63

Top 3

Johnny Logan: 8
Vern Bickford: 3
Sam Jethroe: 3/G

Bot 3

Frank Baumholtz: D8
Gene Hermanski: HR/9.2-H
Hank Sauer: D7/7L
Toby Atwell: 6
Dee Fondy: W
Bill Serena: 3/FL
Roy Smalley: K

Top 4

Bob Thorpe: S1
Eddie Mathews: 3/G.1-2
Sid Gordon: 9
Walker Cooper: 53

Bot 4

Turk Lown: S9
Eddie Miksis: 8
Frank Baumholtz: 64(1)/FO
Gene Hermanski: CS2(26)

Top 5

George Crowe: 13
Roy Hartsfield: 6
Johnny Logan: 53

Bot 5

Gene Hermanski: S7
Hank Sauer: S8.1-2
Toby Atwell: 3/BG/SH.2-3;1-2
Dee Fondy: IW
Bill Serena: K
Roy Smalley: K

Top 6

Jack Daniels: 9
Sam Jethroe: 9
Bob Thorpe: 3/G

Bot 6

Turk Lown: 43
Eddie Miksis: 7
Frank Baumholtz: W
Gene Hermanski: S7.1-2
Hank Sauer: PB.2-3;1-2
Hank Sauer: S7.3-H;2-H(UR)
Toby Atwell: 8

Top 7

Eddie Mathews: S/G
Sid Gordon: S8.1-2
Walker Cooper: WP.2-3;1-2
Walker Cooper: 8.3-H
Earl Torgeson: 8
Roy Hartsfield: 63

Bot 7

Dee Fondy: 43
Bill Serena: K
Roy Smalley: S
Turk Lown: 5

Top 8

Johnny Logan: W
Ebba St. Claire: 3/FL
Sam Jethroe: 36(1)/FO
Bob Thorpe: 43

Bot 8

Eddie Miksis: HP
Frank Baumholtz: 8
Gene Hermanski: W.1-2
Hank Sauer: SB3;SB2
Hank Sauer: IW
Johnny Pramesa: 52(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Dee Fondy: 8

Top 9

Eddie Mathews: HR/9
Sid Gordon: 8/L
Pete Whisenant: K
Earl Torgeson: 4

Notes & reviews

Dee Fondy's drive bounced out of Sam Jethroe's glove and got stuck in the ivy
George Crowe ejected by 2B umpire Bill Stewart arguing that Gene Hermanski was out at 2B on the PB

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