Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Giants
August 3, 1952 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 3, 1952 at Polo Grounds V. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the New York Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 7, New York Giants 0

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Koshorek 3b 4 2 2 0
Groat ss 3 2 1 1
Bell rf 5 1 3 2
Kiner lf 4 1 1 0
Merson 2b 5 0 2 2
McCullough c 5 0 2 2
Del Greco cf 3 0 0 0
Bartirome 1b 4 1 1 0
LaPalme p 1 0 0 0
  Dickson p 3 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 12 7
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Williams 2b 4 0 2 0
Dark ss 4 0 1 0
Lockman 1b 3 0 0 0
Thomson cf 4 0 2 0
Thompson 3b 3 0 1 0
Elliott rf 1 0 0 0
  Mueller ph,rf 3 0 0 0
Rhodes lf 4 0 1 0
Westrum c 4 0 0 0
Lanier p 0 0 0 0
  Corwin p 2 0 0 0
  Rigney ph 1 0 0 0
  Spencer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 0 7 0
Pittsburgh 005 100 0017120
New York 000 000 000070
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
LaPalme   2.1 4 0 0 1 0
  Dickson  W(9-16) 6.2 3 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
7
0
0
2
4
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Lanier  L(5-7) 2.2 5 5 5 2 1
  Corwin   4.1 5 1 1 2 2
  Spencer   2.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
12
7
7
5
3

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Koshorek-Bartirome.  2B–Pittsburgh G. Bell (15,off Lanier), New York Thomson (20,off Dickson).  3B–Pittsburgh G. Bell (1,off Corwin).  SH–Groat (7,off Corwin).  Team LOB–9.  Team–8.  CS–Bartirome (2,3rd base by Corwin/Westrum).  U-HP–Lon Warneke, 1B–Larry Goetz, 2B–Frank Dascoli, 3B–Frank Secory.
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