Boston Red Sox vs St. Louis Browns
May 16, 1952 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1952 at Sportsman's Park III. The St. Louis Browns 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 1, St. Louis Browns 2

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Piersall ss 5 0 0 0
Pesky 3b 3 0 0 0
  Hatfield 3b 1 0 0 0
Vollmer cf 3 1 0 0
Dropo 1b 4 0 2 1
Goodman lf 3 0 0 0
Throneberry rf 3 0 0 0
  Wood rf 1 0 0 0
Lepcio 2b 3 0 0 0
Niarhos c 3 0 0 0
McDermott p 4 0 0 0
  Kinder p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 2 1
St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 2 1 0 0
Marion ss 4 0 0 0
Rivera cf 3 0 0 0
Nieman rf 5 1 3 2
Dyck lf 3 0 1 0
Michaels 3b 3 0 0 0
Courtney c 3 0 0 0
Goldsberry 1b 2 0 0 0
  Moss ph 1 0 0 0
  Arft 1b 1 0 0 0
Harrist p 2 0 0 0
  Rapp ph 1 0 0 0
  Paige p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 4 2
Boston 000 001 000 0121
St. Louis 000 000 010 1242
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
McDermott  L(1-2) 9.1 3 2 2 7 11
  Kinder   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.1
4
2
2
8
11
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Harrist   7.0 2 1 0 2 4
  Paige  W(2-1) 3.0 0 0 0 2 4
Totals
10.0
2
1
0
4
8

  E–Piersall (9), Michaels 2 (5).  DP–Boston 1. Throneberry-Dropo.  2B–Boston Dropo (4,off Harrist), St. Louis Nieman (3,off Kinder).  HR–St. Louis Nieman (3,8th inning off McDermott 0 on 2 out).  IBB–Goodman (1,by Paige); Rivera (1,by Kinder).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Marion (2,off McDermott).  Team–10.  U–Eddie Rommel, Johnny Stevens, Hank Soar.  T–2:52.  A–8,124.
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