Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees
May 9, 1952 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 1952 at Yankee Stadium I. The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 4, New York Yankees 7

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
DiMaggio cf 3 1 1 1
Pesky 3b 4 1 0 0
Vollmer lf 4 0 1 0
Goodman 1b 4 0 2 0
Throneberry rf 3 1 2 1
Piersall ss 4 0 1 0
Lepcio 2b 3 1 1 0
White c 2 0 0 0
  Wood ph 1 0 0 0
Wight p 2 0 1 1
  Stephens G. ph 1 0 0 0
  Brickner p 0 0 0 0
  Stephens V. ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 9 3
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Bauer rf 4 0 0 0
Rizzuto ss 3 0 1 0
Noren cf 5 1 1 0
Berra c 4 2 2 0
Mize 1b 4 0 1 2
  Collins pr,1b 0 0 0 0
McDougald 2b 3 1 0 0
Cerv lf 2 1 0 0
  Woodling ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Carey 3b 3 1 1 0
Sain p 3 1 2 3
  Hogue p 1 0 1 0
Totals 33 7 9 5
Boston 001 010 020493
New York 002 003 20x792
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wight  L(1-1) 6.0 5 5 2 5 1
  Brickner   2.0 4 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
7
4
6
1
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Sain  W(2-1) 7.0 8 2 2 2 4
  Hogue  SV(1) 2.0 1 2 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
9
4
2
3
6

  E–Pesky (2), Piersall (5), Wight (1), McDougald (1), Hogue (1).  DP–New York 2. Carey-McDougald-Mize, Rizzuto-Mize.  2B–New York Sain (1,off Wight); Mize (4,off Brickner).  HR–New York Sain (1,3rd inning off Wight 1 on 0 out).  SH–Lepcio (1,off Sain).  IBB–White (1,by Sain); McDougald (1,by Wight); Carey (1,by Wight).  Team LOB–5.  Team–8.  CS–Throneberry (1,2nd base by Sain/Berra); DiMaggio (2,2nd base by Sain/Berra); Bauer (1,2nd base by Brickner/White).  U-HP–Bill McKinley, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Bill Summers, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–2:17.  A–17,397.
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