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July 31, 1952

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 8 11 0
Braves 3 13 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 8 11 0
Braves 3 13 2

Bob Thorpe Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .262
OBP .500 .272
At Bats 4 210
Hits 2 55
• Singles 2 43
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 2
RBI’s 0 19

Vinegar Bend Mizell Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 4 0
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Braves Field - July 31, 1952
Vinegar Bend Mizell
Les Fusselman
Dick Sisler
Red Schoendienst
Billy Johnson
Solly Hemus
Hal Rice
Stan Musial
Enos Slaughter
Bob Thorpe
George Crowe
Sid Gordon

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 8 11 0 6
Boston Braves 3 13 2 13
Winning Pitcher Vinegar Bend Mizell
Losing Pitcher Vern Bickford
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Les Fusselman
Attendance 2,543
Time of Game 2 hours 28 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Thorpe is called out on strikes.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Crowe hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gordon moves to second.
Bottom 9 Gordon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Logan scores.
Bottom 9 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mizell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 That is defensive interference on unknown player with unknown particulars. Logan moves to third.
Bottom 9 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mizell fields it and throws to first for the out. Logan moves to second.
Bottom 9 Logan takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Slaughter strikes out.
Top 9 Musial hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Schoendienst scores. That run is unearned.
Top 9 Schoendienst is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way. Schoendienst moves to second.
Top 9 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Dave Cole now pitching. Hemus takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Jethroe strikes out.
Bottom 8 Burris hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Dittmer moves to third.
Bottom 8 Paul Burris pinch hits for Virgil Jester. The ball gets by Fusselman for a passed ball. Dittmer moves to second.
Bottom 8 Dittmer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Thorpe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Crowe hits a popup towards short. Hemus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Mizell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jester fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Fusselman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Sisler strikes out.
Bottom 7 Gordon hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Mathews hits a line drive into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Johnson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Rice hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Jethroe. Rice reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Slaughter hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Virgil Jester now pitching. Musial hits a fly ball into right field. Thorpe settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Jethroe takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Sibby Sisti pinch hits for Bob Chipman. Sisti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Thorpe moves to third.
Bottom 6 Dittmer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Crowe scores. Thorpe moves to second.
Bottom 6 Thorpe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Crowe moves to third.
Bottom 6 Crowe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Schoendienst hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hemus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Crowe scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hemus for the out.
Top 6 Mizell bunts towards first. Crowe scoops it up and throws to first, with Dittmer covering, for the out. Fusselman moves to third.
Top 6 Fusselman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Mathews. Fusselman moves to second.
Bottom 5 Gordon hits a line drive into center field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Logan moves to third. Mathews moves to second.
Bottom 5 Mathews takes first base on ball four. Logan moves to second.
Bottom 5 Logan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Jethroe strikes out.
Top 5 Bob Chipman now pitching. Sisler hits a ball on the ground towards first. Crowe scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Sisler for the out.
Top 5 Johnson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Slaughter scores. Rice moves to third.
Top 5 Rice hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Schoendienst scores. Slaughter moves to third.
Top 5 Slaughter hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Fusselman scores. Hemus scores. Schoendienst moves to third.
Top 5 Musial hits a popup towards first. Crowe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Schoendienst bunts towards the mound. Bickford fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Fusselman moves to third. Hemus moves to second.
Top 5 Hemus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Sisler scores. Fusselman moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 5 Mizell strikes out.
Top 5 Fusselman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Johnson scores. Sisler moves to third.
Top 5 Sisler takes first base on ball four. Johnson moves to second.
Top 5 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Bickford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Dittmer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Thorpe hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 There goes Musial. The throw from Cooper and he is out, Dittmer applying the tag.
Top 4 Rice hits a fly ball into right field. Thorpe settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Slaughter hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Cooper settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Musial hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Crowe hits a line drive into center field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Gordon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cooper moves to second.
Bottom 3 Cooper hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mathews takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Logan hits a line drive into center field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Jethroe hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Schoendienst hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hemus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Mizell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Bickford strikes out.
Bottom 2 Dittmer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Thorpe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sisler scoops it up and throws to first, with Mizell covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 Crowe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Fusselman hits a popup towards first. Crowe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Sisler hits a fly ball into right field. Thorpe settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mizell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Cooper strikes out.
Bottom 1 Mathews strikes out.
Bottom 1 Logan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jethroe moves to third.
Bottom 1 There goes Jethroe. The throw from Fusselman and he is safe. Jethroe steals second.
Bottom 1 Jethroe takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Slaughter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Musial trying to get to second. Thorpe throws the ball in to Dittmer who relays the ball to Logan who tags Musial for the out.
Top 1 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields it and throws to second for the out. Hemus scores.
Top 1 Schoendienst hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hemus moves to third.
Top 1 Hemus takes first base on ball four.