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Philadelphia Phillies @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1952-08-20 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 2755 · 2:24

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 3–1. Russ Meyer earned the win. Connie Ryan went 1-for-2 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

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

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

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Clem Koshorek	5	0	2	0	0	0
Dick Groat	4	0	2	1	0	0
Brandy Davis	3	0	1	0	1	0
Ralph Kiner	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Garagiola	4	0	2	0	0	0
Lee Walls	4	0	1	0	0	0
Sonny Senerchia	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Bartirome	2	0	0	0	0	0
Cal Hogue	2	0	0	0	0	0
George Metkovich	2	1	1	0	0	1
Gus Bell	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Russ Meyer	9.0	9	1	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cal Hogue	9.0	5	8	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Connie Ryan: W
Richie Ashburn: 6/P
Johnny Wyrostek: SB2.1-3(E2/TH2)
Johnny Wyrostek: 63.3-H(UR)
Del Ennis: K

Bot 1

Clem Koshorek: S8.B-2(E7)
Dick Groat: 63.2-3
Brandy Davis: 9
Ralph Kiner: 8

Top 2

Granny Hamner: K/C
Willie Jones: W
Stan Lopata: K/C
Eddie Waitkus: 6/P

Bot 2

Joe Garagiola: S8
Lee Walls: 64(1)/FO
Sonny Senerchia: 7
Tony Bartirome: 6/P

Top 3

Russ Meyer: 13
Connie Ryan: W
Richie Ashburn: CS2(26)
Richie Ashburn: 9

Bot 3

Cal Hogue: 2/FL
Clem Koshorek: S7
Dick Groat: S8.1-2
Brandy Davis: 64(1)5(2)/DP

Top 4

Johnny Wyrostek: K/C
Del Ennis: 2/FL
Granny Hamner: S8
Willie Jones: 43

Bot 4

Ralph Kiner: 4/P
Joe Garagiola: S8
Lee Walls: S7.1-2
Sonny Senerchia: 9
Tony Bartirome: 9/L

Top 5

Stan Lopata: 9
Eddie Waitkus: S9
Russ Meyer: 14/SH.1-2
Connie Ryan: 4/P

Bot 5

Cal Hogue: 13
Clem Koshorek: 4/P
Dick Groat: S4
Brandy Davis: S8.1-2
Ralph Kiner: 63

Top 6

Richie Ashburn: 3/P
Johnny Wyrostek: S7
Del Ennis: K
Granny Hamner: 7/L

Bot 6

Joe Garagiola: 43
Lee Walls: 9
Sonny Senerchia: 53

Top 7

Willie Jones: 8
Stan Lopata: 7
Eddie Waitkus: W
Russ Meyer: 8

Bot 7

George Metkovich: D9
Cal Hogue: E1/SH.2-3
Clem Koshorek: 54(1)/FO
Dick Groat: 63.1-2;3-H(UR)
Brandy Davis: PB.2-3
Brandy Davis: W
Ralph Kiner: 43

Top 8

Connie Ryan: W
Richie Ashburn: 2/G/SH.1-2
Johnny Wyrostek: SB3
Johnny Wyrostek: IW
Del Ennis: S7.1-2;3-H
Granny Hamner: W.2-3;1-2
Willie Jones: 7
Stan Lopata: 8

Bot 8

Joe Garagiola: 13
Lee Walls: 53
Sonny Senerchia: 13

Top 9

Eddie Waitkus: 9
Russ Meyer: K/C
Connie Ryan: HR/7
Richie Ashburn: W
Johnny Wyrostek: CS2(26)

Bot 9

George Metkovich: K
Gus Bell: 9
Clem Koshorek: 63

Notes & reviews

Joe Garagiola's throw hit Johnny Wyrostek's bat; Pirates Manager Billy Meyer ejected by HP umpire Artie Gore claiming that Wyrostek interfered with Garagiola

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