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Boston Braves @ St. Louis Cardinals

1952-08-21 · Night game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 7826 · night, wet · 2:11

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Boston Braves 3–2. St. Louis Cardinals put up 3 in the 5th. Vinegar Bend Mizell earned the win. Sid Gordon went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BSN	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5
SLN	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0		3	10

W: Vinegar Bend Mizell L: Warren Spahn 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	3	0	0	0	1	2
Johnny Logan	4	1	2	0	0	0
Earl Torgeson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Sid Gordon	3	1	1	2	1	0
Bob Thorpe	4	0	1	0	0	1
Eddie Mathews	3	0	1	0	1	1
Sibby Sisti	3	0	0	0	0	2
Paul Burris	3	0	0	0	0	1
Warren Spahn	2	0	0	0	0	2
Walker Cooper	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Solly Hemus	4	1	1	1	0
Red Schoendienst	4	1	2	1	0
Stan Musial	3	0	2	0	1
Enos Slaughter	3	0	0	0	1
Peanuts Lowrey	4	0	1	1	0
Del Rice	4	0	1	0	0
Tommy Glaviano	4	0	1	0	0
Dick Sisler	3	1	2	0	1
Vinegar Bend Mizell	4	0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Warren Spahn	6.0	7	2	0
Virgil Jester	2.0	3	1	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vinegar Bend Mizell	9.0	5	3	9

Play-by-play

Top 1

Sam Jethroe: K
Johnny Logan: S
Earl Torgeson: 43.1-2
Sid Gordon: HR/78XD.2-H
Bob Thorpe: 63

Bot 1

Solly Hemus: 63
Red Schoendienst: 8
Stan Musial: W
Enos Slaughter: 13

Top 2

Eddie Mathews: W
Sibby Sisti: K
Paul Burris: K
Warren Spahn: K

Bot 2

Peanuts Lowrey: 8
Del Rice: S
Tommy Glaviano: 64(1)/FO
Dick Sisler: W.1-2
Vinegar Bend Mizell: 43

Top 3

Sam Jethroe: W
Johnny Logan: S/BG.1-2
Earl Torgeson: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Sid Gordon: 14(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Solly Hemus: 9
Red Schoendienst: 7
Stan Musial: S
Enos Slaughter: 9

Top 4

Bob Thorpe: K#
Eddie Mathews: 3/G
Sibby Sisti: 4

Bot 4

Peanuts Lowrey: 53
Del Rice: 43
Tommy Glaviano: 63

Top 5

Paul Burris: 4
Warren Spahn: K
Sam Jethroe: K

Bot 5

Dick Sisler: D9
Vinegar Bend Mizell: 1/BP
Solly Hemus: S8.2-H;B-2(TH)
Red Schoendienst: D9.2-H
Stan Musial: S5/G.2-2
Enos Slaughter: 13.2-3;1-2
Peanuts Lowrey: S/G.3-H;2-3
Del Rice: 9

Top 6

Johnny Logan: 9
Earl Torgeson: 5
Sid Gordon: W
Bob Thorpe: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Tommy Glaviano: 7
Dick Sisler: 6
Vinegar Bend Mizell: 8

Top 7

Eddie Mathews: S/78
Sibby Sisti: 14/SH.1-2
Paul Burris: 63
Walker Cooper: 4

Bot 7

Solly Hemus: 3/G
Red Schoendienst: S
Stan Musial: 7
Enos Slaughter: SB2
Enos Slaughter: BK.2-3
Enos Slaughter: IW
Peanuts Lowrey: 3

Top 8

Sam Jethroe: 7/7D
Johnny Logan: 8
Earl Torgeson: 8/L

Bot 8

Del Rice: 7
Tommy Glaviano: S
Dick Sisler: S.1-2#
Vinegar Bend Mizell: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Sid Gordon: 4
Bob Thorpe: S7
Eddie Mathews: K
Sibby Sisti: K

Notes & reviews

7 minute rain delay before start of game
Virgil Jester called for the balk on ball three of an intentional walk to Enos Slaughter; HP umpire Larry Goetz ruled that Jester was not coming to a stop

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