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Cincinnati Reds @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1952-05-26 · Night game · Forbes Field · Att: 6171 · 2:23

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Cincinnati Reds 6–3. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 1st. Bob Friend earned the win. Ralph Kiner went 1-for-1 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bob Friend L: Frank Hiller SV: (none)

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

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bob Borkowski	5	0	0	0	0	2
Bobby Adams	3	1	1	0	1	0
Grady Hatton	2	1	1	0	2	0
Wally Westlake	4	0	0	0	0	1
Hank Edwards	4	1	2	2	0	0
Wally Post	4	0	1	1	0	1
Andy Seminick	1	0	0	0	0	1
Roy McMillan	4	0	0	0	0	1
Frank Hiller	1	0	0	0	2	0
Dixie Howell	3	0	1	0	0	0
Eddie Kazak	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Castiglione	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bobby Del Greco	3	2	2	0	1	0
Ralph Kiner	1	2	1	3	1	0
Gus Bell	2	0	0	1	2	0
Joe Garagiola	4	0	1	2	0	0
Jack Merson	4	0	0	0	0	1
George Strickland	3	0	0	0	1	1
Tony Bartirome	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Kline	2	0	0	0	0	2
Bob Friend	2	1	1	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Frank Hiller	8.0	6	5	4

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ron Kline	5.1	4	5	4
Bob Friend	3.2	2	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bob Borkowski: K
Bobby Adams: 43
Grady Hatton: W
Wally Westlake: 53

Bot 1

Pete Castiglione: S
Bobby Del Greco: S.1-2
Ralph Kiner: HR.2-H;1-H
Gus Bell: 9
Joe Garagiola: 13
Jack Merson: 63

Top 2

Hank Edwards: S
Wally Post: 64(1)3/GDP
Andy Seminick: K

Bot 2

George Strickland: 53
Tony Bartirome: 13
Ron Kline: K

Top 3

Roy McMillan: 53
Frank Hiller: W
Bob Borkowski: 64(1)/FO
Bobby Adams: D.1XH(942)

Bot 3

Pete Castiglione: 63
Bobby Del Greco: S
Ralph Kiner: HP.1-2
Gus Bell: W.2-3;1-2
Joe Garagiola: 6(B)3(1)/LDP

Top 4

Grady Hatton: W
Wally Westlake: WP.1-2
Wally Westlake: K
Hank Edwards: 43.2-3
Wally Post: 9

Bot 4

Jack Merson: 53
George Strickland: W
Tony Bartirome: 5
Ron Kline: K

Top 5

Dixie Howell: 3
Roy McMillan: 4
Frank Hiller: W
Bob Borkowski: K

Bot 5

Pete Castiglione: 63
Bobby Del Greco: 63
Ralph Kiner: W
Gus Bell: W.1-2
Joe Garagiola: 8

Top 6

Bobby Adams: W
Grady Hatton: S.1-2
Wally Westlake: 4
Hank Edwards: T.1-H;2-H
Wally Post: S.3-H
Dixie Howell: 9
Roy McMillan: 9

Bot 6

Jack Merson: 53
George Strickland: K
Tony Bartirome: 7

Top 7

Frank Hiller: 13
Bob Borkowski: 13
Bobby Adams: 1E3#
Grady Hatton: SB2
Grady Hatton: 7

Bot 7

Bob Friend: S
Pete Castiglione: 14/SH.1-2
Bobby Del Greco: W
Ralph Kiner: HP.2-3;1-2
Gus Bell: FC.1-2;2-3;3-H
Joe Garagiola: D.1-3;2-H;3-H
Jack Merson: K
George Strickland: 8

Top 8

Wally Westlake: 63
Hank Edwards: 6
Wally Post: K

Bot 8

Tony Bartirome: 43
Bob Friend: 8
Pete Castiglione: 9

Top 9

Dixie Howell: S
Roy McMillan: K
Eddie Kazak: 8
Bob Borkowski: 13

Notes & reviews

Ron Kline threw a pitch at Andy Seminick
Pirates Coach Bill Posedel, at 3B, and Reds coach Ben Chapman, standing on the dugout steps, started yelling at each other
Pirates coach Posedel and Reds Seminick started fighting as the teams swapped sides; both benches cleared; Posedel, Seminick, Reds Trainer Wayne Anderson and Pirates Metkovich ejected by HP umpire Conlan

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