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Philadelphia Phillies @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1952-07-17 · Day game · Forbes Field · night · 2:06

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Philadelphia Phillies 2–1. Cal Hogue earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Cal Hogue L: Russ Meyer SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Connie Ryan	2	0	0	0	2	0
Richie Ashburn	2	1	0	0	2	0
Johnny Wyrostek	4	0	2	0	0	0
Del Ennis	4	0	1	1	0	0
Granny Hamner	4	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Jones	3	0	0	0	0	0
Smoky Burgess	3	0	0	0	1	0
Eddie Waitkus	3	0	1	0	1	0
Russ Meyer	2	0	0	0	0	2
Bill Nicholson	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Clem Koshorek	4	0	2	0	1
Dick Groat	4	1	2	1	0
George Metkovich	4	0	2	1	1
Ralph Kiner	4	0	0	0	0
Gus Bell	4	0	1	0	0
Bobby Del Greco	3	0	1	0	0
Pete Castiglione	3	0	1	0	0
Clyde McCullough	3	1	1	0	0
Cal Hogue	3	0	1	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Russ Meyer	8.0	11	0	3

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cal Hogue	9.0	4	6	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Connie Ryan: 6/P
Richie Ashburn: W
Johnny Wyrostek: S9.1-3
Del Ennis: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Clem Koshorek: S3
Dick Groat: 9/F
George Metkovich: 54(1)/FO
Ralph Kiner: 63

Top 2

Granny Hamner: 8/F
Willie Jones: HP
Smoky Burgess: 8/F
Eddie Waitkus: S9.1-2
Russ Meyer: K

Bot 2

Gus Bell: 3/L
Bobby Del Greco: 23
Pete Castiglione: S5
Clyde McCullough: 146(1)/FO

Top 3

Connie Ryan: E5/TH
Richie Ashburn: CS2(26)
Richie Ashburn: W
Johnny Wyrostek: D7.1-3
Del Ennis: 8/F.3-H
Granny Hamner: 3/P

Bot 3

Cal Hogue: K
Clem Koshorek: K
Dick Groat: D7
George Metkovich: S8.2-H
Ralph Kiner: 3/G

Top 4

Willie Jones: 8/F
Smoky Burgess: W
Eddie Waitkus: 9/F
Russ Meyer: K

Bot 4

Gus Bell: 6/P
Bobby Del Greco: 5/L
Pete Castiglione: 2/P

Top 5

Connie Ryan: W
Richie Ashburn: 9/L
Johnny Wyrostek: 6(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Clyde McCullough: D8
Cal Hogue: 34/BG.2-2
Clem Koshorek: 63.2-3
Dick Groat: S9.3-H
George Metkovich: K

Top 6

Del Ennis: 7/F
Granny Hamner: 8/F
Willie Jones: 7/L

Bot 6

Ralph Kiner: 2/FL
Gus Bell: S9
Bobby Del Greco: CS2(26)
Bobby Del Greco: D7
Pete Castiglione: 8/L

Top 7

Smoky Burgess: 3/G
Eddie Waitkus: W
Russ Meyer: 14/SH.1-2
Connie Ryan: W
Richie Ashburn: 63

Bot 7

Clyde McCullough: 8/F
Cal Hogue: S7
Clem Koshorek: S9.1-3
Dick Groat: 6(B)3(1)/LDP

Top 8

Johnny Wyrostek: 4/P
Del Ennis: S8
Granny Hamner: 4/P
Willie Jones: 5/FL

Bot 8

George Metkovich: S8
Ralph Kiner: 54(1)3/GDP
Gus Bell: 3/G

Top 9

Smoky Burgess: 8/F
Eddie Waitkus: 4/P
Bill Nicholson: K/C