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Boston Braves @ Philadelphia Phillies

1952-08-13 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 11280 · 2:31

Boston Braves defeated Philadelphia Phillies 9–3. Boston Braves put up 3 in the 4th. Max Surkont earned the win. Sam Jethroe went 3-for-3 with 2 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BSN	1	0	1	3	0	0	3	1	0	9	12
PHI	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	10

W: Max Surkont L: Curt Simmons SV: (none)

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

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sam Jethroe	3	4	3	4	2	0
Johnny Logan	4	1	1	0	1	0
Earl Torgeson	4	1	2	0	1	1
Sid Gordon	5	0	2	3	0	0
Bob Thorpe	5	0	1	0	0	3
Paul Burris	4	0	1	0	1	1
Eddie Mathews	4	2	2	1	0	1
Jack Dittmer	4	0	0	0	0	0
Max Surkont	4	1	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Connie Ryan	5	0	1	0	0	1
Richie Ashburn	5	0	1	0	0	1
Johnny Wyrostek	4	0	0	0	1	0
Del Ennis	5	0	0	0	0	0
Granny Hamner	5	2	2	0	0	1
Willie Jones	3	1	1	0	0	0
Stan Lopata	3	0	2	1	1	1
Eddie Waitkus	4	0	1	0	0	1
Curt Simmons	1	0	0	0	0	1
Andy Hansen	1	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Nicholson	0	0	0	0	1	0
Smoky Burgess	1	0	1	1	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Max Surkont	9.0	10	3	6

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Curt Simmons	4.0	6	3	4
Andy Hansen	2.1	3	2	0
Steve Ridzik	0.2	0	0	2
Jim Konstanty	1.0	2	0	0
Ken Heintzelman	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Sam Jethroe: HR/7
Johnny Logan: W
Earl Torgeson: S9.1-3
Sid Gordon: 4(B)3(1)/LDP
Bob Thorpe: K

Bot 1

Connie Ryan: K
Richie Ashburn: 7/78
Johnny Wyrostek: W
Del Ennis: 53

Top 2

Paul Burris: D8
Eddie Mathews: K23
Jack Dittmer: FC6.2X3(65)
Max Surkont: 9/FL

Bot 2

Granny Hamner: D7
Willie Jones: 14/SH.2-3
Stan Lopata: S7.3-H
Eddie Waitkus: K
Curt Simmons: K

Top 3

Sam Jethroe: W
Johnny Logan: SB2
Johnny Logan: 8
Earl Torgeson: K
Sid Gordon: D7.2-H
Bob Thorpe: K

Bot 3

Connie Ryan: 63
Richie Ashburn: 1/L
Johnny Wyrostek: E4/TH.B-2
Del Ennis: 13

Top 4

Paul Burris: W
Eddie Mathews: S2/BG.1-2
Jack Dittmer: 5/FL/BL
Max Surkont: 15(2)/FO/BG.1-2
Sam Jethroe: HR/7.2-H;1-H
Johnny Logan: 7

Bot 4

Granny Hamner: 6/L
Willie Jones: 53
Stan Lopata: K

Top 5

Earl Torgeson: S9
Sid Gordon: 7/78
Bob Thorpe: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Eddie Waitkus: S9
Andy Hansen: S8.1-2
Connie Ryan: 9
Richie Ashburn: K
Johnny Wyrostek: 5/FL

Top 6

Paul Burris: 63
Eddie Mathews: 43
Jack Dittmer: 13

Bot 6

Del Ennis: 4/P
Granny Hamner: 4/P
Willie Jones: 9/89

Top 7

Max Surkont: 63
Sam Jethroe: W
Johnny Logan: S9.1-H(E9)(NR);B-2
Earl Torgeson: W
Sid Gordon: T8.2-H;1-H
Bob Thorpe: K
Paul Burris: K

Bot 7

Stan Lopata: S7
Eddie Waitkus: 5/FL
Bill Nicholson: W.1-2
Connie Ryan: S7.2-3;1-2
Richie Ashburn: 9
Johnny Wyrostek: 6/P

Top 8

Eddie Mathews: HR/7
Jack Dittmer: 7
Max Surkont: 8
Sam Jethroe: D9
Johnny Logan: 2/FL

Bot 8

Del Ennis: 13
Granny Hamner: S6
Willie Jones: S9/89.1-2
Stan Lopata: W.2-3;1-2
Eddie Waitkus: PB.3-H;2-3;1-2
Eddie Waitkus: 8
Smoky Burgess: S6.3-H(UR);2-3#
Connie Ryan: 43

Top 9

Earl Torgeson: 13
Sid Gordon: 7
Bob Thorpe: S
Paul Burris: 64(1)/FO

Bot 9

Richie Ashburn: S7
Johnny Wyrostek: 43.1-2
Del Ennis: 63
Granny Hamner: K

Notes & reviews

Double hit top of right field wall and bounded high into air where a fan grabbed it; it was ruled a ground-rule double. Braves argued it should have been HR which would have been third HR of the game by Jethroe.

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