Brooklyn Dodgers vs New York Giants
September 8, 1952 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 1952 at Polo Grounds V. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the New York Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Brooklyn Dodgers 10, New York Giants 2

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Cox 3b 5 1 1 1
Reese ss 5 2 2 0
Robinson 2b 6 1 2 2
Campanella c 5 1 3 0
Pafko lf 3 1 1 0
Hodges 1b 2 1 0 0
Furillo rf 5 1 1 2
Snider cf 4 2 2 4
Lehman p 1 0 0 0
  Black p 4 0 0 0
Totals 40 10 12 9
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Mueller rf 1 0 0 0
  Elliott ph 0 0 0 0
  Wilson ph,rf 4 0 1 0
Dark ss 5 1 2 0
Lockman 1b 4 0 1 0
Irvin lf 4 1 2 2
Thomson cf 4 0 1 0
Thompson 3b 3 0 0 0
Rigney 2b 2 0 1 0
  Hofman 2b 1 0 1 0
Westrum c 4 0 0 0
Lanier p 0 0 0 0
  Wilhelm p 2 0 0 0
  Kennedy p 0 0 0 0
  Rhodes ph 1 0 0 0
  Jansen p 0 0 0 0
  Koslo p 0 0 0 0
  Hartung ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 9 2
Brooklyn 500 001 21110121
New York 200 000 000293
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Lehman   1.1 3 2 2 1 0
  Black  W(13-3) 7.2 6 0 0 2 6
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
3
6
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Lanier  L(7-12) 0.0 4 4 4 0 0
  Wilhelm   6.0 4 2 1 3 6
  Kennedy   1.0 1 2 2 1 1
  Jansen   1.2 2 2 1 1 0
  Koslo   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
10
8
5
7

  E–Reese (20), Dark (25), Westrum (11), Wilhelm (1).  DP–Brooklyn 1. Black-Robinson-Hodges, New York 1. Dark-Rigney-Lockman.  PB–Westrum (13).  2B–Brooklyn Snider (22,off Wilhelm); Campanella (16,off Jansen), New York Dark (24,off Lehman); Lockman (15,off Black).  3B–Brooklyn Reese (7,off Lanier).  HR–Brooklyn Cox (5,1st inning off Lanier 0 on 0 out); Furillo (8,7th inning off Kennedy 1 on 1 out); Snider (16,9th inning off Jansen 0 on 1 out), New York Irvin (2,1st inning off Lehman 1 on 2 out).  HBP–Hodges (2,by Wilhelm); Pafko (4,by Jansen); Cox (2,by Jansen).  Team LOB–11.  Team–10.  SB–Reese (27,2nd base off Wilhelm/Westrum).  U-HP–Lee Ballanfant, 1B–Jocko Conlan, 2B–Bill Stewart, 3B–Al Barlick.  T–3:12.  A–21,226.
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