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New York Giants @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1952-06-06 · Night game · Forbes Field · Att: 20163 · 2:51

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated New York Giants 8–1. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 2nd. Murry Dickson earned the win. Bobby Thomson went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NY1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7
PIT	0	3	0	2	0	1	2	0		8	11

W: Murry Dickson L: Sal Maglie SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Augie Donatelli · 1B: Lee Ballanfant · 2B: Al Barlick · 3B: Tom Gorman · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Davey Williams	5	0	1	0	0	1
Whitey Lockman	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bobby Thomson	3	1	2	1	1	0
Hank Thompson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Don Mueller	4	0	3	0	0	0
Al Dark	4	0	0	0	0	1
Wes Westrum	4	0	0	0	0	2
Chuck Diering	2	0	0	0	1	1
Sal Maglie	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Rigney	1	0	0	0	0	0
George Wilson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Howerton	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Elliott	1	0	1	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Castiglione	5	1	2	3	0	0
Bobby Del Greco	5	0	1	0	0	3
George Metkovich	4	0	2	0	1	0
Ralph Kiner	4	1	1	0	0	1
Joe Garagiola	3	0	0	0	1	0
Jack Merson	3	2	1	0	1	0
George Strickland	2	2	0	0	2	2
Tony Bartirome	3	2	3	2	0	0
Murry Dickson	4	0	1	1	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sal Maglie	4.0	6	3	3
George Spencer	2.0	2	2	1
Hoyt Wilhelm	2.0	3	0	2

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Murry Dickson	9.0	7	3	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Davey Williams: 5/P
Whitey Lockman: 7
Bobby Thomson: S/89
Hank Thompson: 3/P

Bot 1

Pete Castiglione: 7
Bobby Del Greco: S7
George Metkovich: S6.1-2
Ralph Kiner: K
Joe Garagiola: 43

Top 2

Don Mueller: S
Al Dark: 53.1-2
Wes Westrum: 63
Chuck Diering: W
Sal Maglie: 63

Bot 2

Jack Merson: W
George Strickland: K
Tony Bartirome: D7/7L.1-3
Murry Dickson: 3/P
Pete Castiglione: S8.3-H;2-H;B-H(E3/TH)(UR)
Bobby Del Greco: 53

Top 3

Davey Williams: K
Whitey Lockman: 8
Bobby Thomson: HR/7
Hank Thompson: 43

Bot 3

George Metkovich: 31
Ralph Kiner: 6/L
Joe Garagiola: W
Jack Merson: 4/P

Top 4

Don Mueller: S4
Al Dark: K
Wes Westrum: K
Chuck Diering: K

Bot 4

George Strickland: W
Tony Bartirome: S9.1-H(E9/TH);B-3
Murry Dickson: S7.3-H(UR)
Pete Castiglione: 54(1)/FO
Bobby Del Greco: CS2(26)
Bobby Del Greco: K/C

Top 5

Bill Rigney: 3/G
Davey Williams: 63
Whitey Lockman: 8

Bot 5

George Metkovich: S8
Ralph Kiner: 7
Joe Garagiola: 7
Jack Merson: 4(1)/FO

Top 6

Bobby Thomson: W
Hank Thompson: 9
Don Mueller: S8.1-2
Al Dark: 6/P
Wes Westrum: 5/FL

Bot 6

George Strickland: W
Tony Bartirome: E2/SH.1-2
Murry Dickson: 5/FL
Pete Castiglione: S1.2-H;1-3
Bobby Del Greco: K/C
George Metkovich: W+PO3(2525).1-2

Top 7

Chuck Diering: 53
George Wilson: 9
Davey Williams: T/78
Whitey Lockman: W
Bobby Thomson: 2/FL

Bot 7

Ralph Kiner: S/BG
Joe Garagiola: 8
Jack Merson: PB.1-2
Jack Merson: S7.2-3
George Strickland: K
Tony Bartirome: D/78.3-H;1-H
Murry Dickson: 5/FL

Top 8

Hank Thompson: 8
Don Mueller: 4/L
Al Dark: 53

Bot 8

Pete Castiglione: 7
Bobby Del Greco: K
George Metkovich: 8

Top 9

Wes Westrum: K
Bill Howerton: K/C
Bob Elliott: S7
Davey Williams: 64(1)/FO