Brooklyn Dodgers vs Boston Braves
July 5, 1952 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 1952 at Braves Field. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Boston Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Brooklyn Dodgers 5, Boston Braves 3

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Cox 3b 5 2 2 0
Reese ss 5 0 2 0
Robinson 2b 5 0 1 1
Campanella c 1 1 0 0
Shuba lf 4 1 2 3
  Williams pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Snider cf 4 0 1 0
Furillo rf 5 0 1 0
Hodges 1b 4 1 1 0
Erskine p 3 0 1 1
Totals 36 5 11 5
Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Jethroe cf 3 1 1 1
Dittmer 2b 4 0 1 1
Torgeson 1b 3 1 0 0
Gordon lf 4 0 1 1
Cooper c 3 0 0 0
  Sisti ph 1 0 0 0
Mathews 3b 4 0 0 0
Logan ss 2 0 1 0
Daniels rf 4 1 1 0
Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Cole p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  St. Claire ph 1 0 0 0
  Jester p 0 0 0 0
  Crowe ph 1 0 0 0
  Burdette p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 5 3
Brooklyn 300 110 0005110
Boston 101 001 000350
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Erskine  W(8-2) 9.0 5 3 3 4 9
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
4
9
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  L(2-1) 0.2 3 3 3 1 1
  Cole   1.1 1 0 0 3 0
  Jones   3.0 5 2 2 1 0
  Jester   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Burdette   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
6
3

  E–None.  DP–Brooklyn 2. Logan-Dittmer, Dittmer-Torgeson, Boston 2. Logan-Dittmer, Dittmer-Torgeson.  2B–Brooklyn Hodges (12,off Jones), Boston Gordon (11,off Erskine); Logan (6,off Erskine).  HR–Brooklyn Shuba (3,1st inning off Johnson 2 on 2 out), Boston Jethroe (8,1st inning off Erskine 0 on 0 out).  HBP–Erskine (1,by Cole).  IBB–Campanella (2,by Jones).  Team LOB–11.  SH–Jones (1,off Erskine).  Team–5.  SB–Cox (5,2nd base off Johnson/Cooper).  U-HP–Jocko Conlan, 1B–Bill Stewart, 2B–Augie Guglielmo, 3B–Artie Gore.  T–2:46.  A–13,405.
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