Pittsburgh Pirates vs Brooklyn Dodgers
May 17, 1952 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1952 at Ebbets Field. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 7, Brooklyn Dodgers 12

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Castiglione 3b 4 1 2 1
Bartirome 1b 5 0 1 0
Metkovich lf 0 0 0 0
  Davis lf 3 1 1 0
Bell rf 4 2 2 3
Garagiola c 4 0 0 0
Merson 2b 5 1 1 0
Del Greco cf 3 0 0 0
  Carlsen p 1 0 0 0
Strickland ss 1 0 0 0
  Smith ss 2 1 0 0
Kline p 0 0 0 0
  LaPalme p 2 0 0 0
  Dusak ph,cf 2 1 2 3
Totals 36 7 9 7
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Cox 3b 2 1 0 0
  Morgan 3b 2 0 1 0
Reese ss 2 2 2 2
  Bridges pr,ss 2 1 0 0
Robinson 2b 3 2 1 0
Campanella c 1 1 0 1
  Walker c 3 0 2 2
Pafko rf 4 0 1 0
Snider cf 5 1 1 3
Hodges 1b 3 1 0 0
Williams lf 4 2 2 2
Wade p 3 1 1 1
Totals 34 12 11 11
Pittsburgh 000 000 601790
Brooklyn 192 000 00x12110
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kline  L(0-4) 1.2 4 9 9 6 1
  LaPalme   4.1 5 3 3 2 2
  Carlsen   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
12
12
8
3
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Wade  W(2-1) 9.0 9 7 7 6 11
Totals
9.0
9
7
7
6
11

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Merson-Smith-Bartirome.  2B–Brooklyn Reese (3,off Kline); Robinson (3,off LaPalme).  3B–Brooklyn Snider (1,off Kline); Williams (1,off LaPalme).  HR–Pittsburgh Dusak (1,7th inning off Wade 2 on 1 out); Castiglione (1,7th inning off Wade 0 on 1 out); G. Bell 2 (3,7th inning off Wade 1 on 2 out,9th inning off Wade 0 on 1 out).  Team LOB–8.  HBP–Campanella (2,by Kline).  IBB–Robinson (2,by Kline).  Team–7.  SB–Robinson (2,2nd base off Kline/Garagiola).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Lee Ballanfant, 3B–Al Barlick.  T–2:35.  A–11,067.
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