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Boston Braves @ St. Louis Cardinals

1952-07-18 · Night game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 8535 · night · 2:06

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Boston Braves 7–2. St. Louis Cardinals put up 4 in the 5th. Harry Brecheen earned the win. Billy Johnson went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BSN	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	6
SLN	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	0		7	11

W: Harry Brecheen L: Max Surkont SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Larry Goetz · 1B: Frank Dascoli · 2B: Frank Secory · 3B: Lon Warneke · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Braves — batting

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Solly Hemus	5	0	1	0	0	1
Red Schoendienst	5	0	0	0	0	1
Stan Musial	3	3	3	0	1	0
Enos Slaughter	4	0	2	2	0	1
Hal Rice	4	1	2	1	0	0
Del Rice	4	0	0	0	0	1
Dick Sisler	3	1	0	0	1	0
Billy Johnson	4	1	2	4	0	0
Harry Brecheen	4	1	1	0	0	1

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Max Surkont	5.0	9	2	5
Bob Chipman	3.0	2	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Harry Brecheen	9.0	6	1	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Sam Jethroe: K
Johnny Logan: 53
Earl Torgeson: W
Walker Cooper: 4

Bot 1

Solly Hemus: K/C
Red Schoendienst: 63
Stan Musial: S/G
Enos Slaughter: T8.1-H
Hal Rice: 63

Top 2

Sid Gordon: S
Eddie Mathews: S/BG.1-2
Sibby Sisti: 7
Jack Dittmer: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Max Surkont: 3

Bot 2

Del Rice: 9
Dick Sisler: 9/L
Billy Johnson: 63

Top 3

Sam Jethroe: S
Johnny Logan: 9
Earl Torgeson: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Harry Brecheen: S
Solly Hemus: 8
Red Schoendienst: K
Stan Musial: W.1-2
Enos Slaughter: S.2-H;1-2#
Hal Rice: D.2-H;1-3
Del Rice: K

Top 4

Walker Cooper: 43
Sid Gordon: HR/78XD
Eddie Mathews: 9/FL
Sibby Sisti: S5.B-2(E5/TH)
Jack Dittmer: S8.2-H(UR)
Max Surkont: K

Bot 4

Dick Sisler: 41
Billy Johnson: S
Harry Brecheen: FC4.1-2(E4/TH)
Solly Hemus: 8
Red Schoendienst: 43

Top 5

Sam Jethroe: K
Johnny Logan: K
Earl Torgeson: 8

Bot 5

Stan Musial: S
Enos Slaughter: K
Hal Rice: D.1-3
Del Rice: 6
Dick Sisler: IW
Billy Johnson: HR/7.3-H;2-H;1-H
Harry Brecheen: K

Top 6

Walker Cooper: 13
Sid Gordon: 63
Eddie Mathews: K

Bot 6

Solly Hemus: 63
Red Schoendienst: 8
Stan Musial: S
Enos Slaughter: 5

Top 7

Sibby Sisti: K
Jack Dittmer: 9
Bob Chipman: 13

Bot 7

Hal Rice: 43
Del Rice: 53
Dick Sisler: 31

Top 8

Sam Jethroe: 8/L
Johnny Logan: 53
Earl Torgeson: K/C

Bot 8

Billy Johnson: 9
Harry Brecheen: 53
Solly Hemus: S
Red Schoendienst: 8

Top 9

Paul Burris: 9
Sid Gordon: E6/G
Eddie Mathews: 36(1)1(B)/GDP

Notes & reviews

Earl Torgeson was so mad at taking a called third strike that when someone in the Braves dugout tossed him the infield warm-up ball, he threw it over the grandstand

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