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July 3, 1952

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Bottom 9 R H E
Red Sox 3 6 0
Athletics 3 12 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Red Sox 3 6 0
Athletics 4 13 1

Billy Hitchcock Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .184
OBP .250 .225
At Bats 4 114
Hits 1 21
• Singles 1 18
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 5
RBI’s 0 8

Al Benton Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 1
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Shibe Park - July 3, 1952
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Single
Al Benton
Sammy White
Dick Gernert
Ted Lepcio
Billy Goodman
Vern Stephens
Hoot Evers
Faye Throneberry
George Schmees
Billy Hitchcock
Elmer Valo
Gus Zernial
Ferris Fain

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Boston Red Sox 3 6 0 2
Philadelphia Athletics 4 13 1 12
Winning Pitcher Carl Scheib
Losing Pitcher Ralph Brickner
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Billy Hitchcock
Attendance 2,086
Time of Game 2 hours 28 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Hitchcock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Fain scores. Zernial moves to third. Valo moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Valo is walked intentionally. Zernial moves to second.
Bottom 9 Al Benton now pitching. Zernial hits a ball on the ground towards third. Goodman fields it and throws to second for the out. Fain moves to third.
Bottom 9 Philley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Goodman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Fain moves to second.
Bottom 9 Fain hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Joost hits a fly ball into right field. Schmees settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Evers hits a fly ball into center field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Stephens hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hitchcock fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Gernert hits a fly ball into center field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Scheib hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Lepcio catches it and throws to second with Stephens covering, to double up Suder.
Bottom 8 Astroth bunts towards first. Gernert scoops it up and throws to first, with Lepcio covering, for the out. Suder moves to second.
Bottom 8 Suder takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fain fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Top 8 Throneberry hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Brickner strikes out.
Bottom 7 Hitchcock hits a line drive into center field. Throneberry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 There goes Valo. The throw from White and he is out, Stephens applying the tag.
Bottom 7 Valo takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Zernial strikes out.
Top 7 White hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hitchcock fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Lepcio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Schmees hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Suder settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Philley hits a fly ball into left field. Evers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Fain takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Joost is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Bottom 6 Scheib hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gernert fields it and throws to third for the out. Astroth moves to second.
Bottom 6 Astroth hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Suder moves to second.
Bottom 6 Suder hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Evers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Joost scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Stephens hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hitchcock fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Gernert hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 6 Goodman takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 There goes Throneberry. The throw from Astroth and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 6 Throneberry hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Brickner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Joost scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Hitchcock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephens scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Valo hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Evers. Valo reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Zernial hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lepcio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Philley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephens scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 White hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hitchcock fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Lepcio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Joost fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Evers moves to third.
Top 5 Schmees takes first base on ball four. Evers moves to second.
Top 5 Evers hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Fain hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gernert scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Fain for the out.
Bottom 4 Ralph Brickner now pitching. Joost hits a fly ball into center field. Throneberry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Suder scores.
Bottom 4 Scheib hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Delock fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Suder moves to third. Astroth moves to second.
Bottom 4 Astroth hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Valo scores. Suder moves to second.
Bottom 4 Suder is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Hitchcock strikes out.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Valo moves to third.
Bottom 4 Valo hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Schmees. Valo reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Stephens strikes out.
Top 4 There goes Gernert. The throw from Astroth and he is safe. Gernert steals second.
Top 4 Gernert hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Suder fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 4 Goodman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Throneberry hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Astroth settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Zernial hits a ball on the ground towards third. Goodman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 The umpire calls a balk on Delock Philley moves to second.
Bottom 3 Philley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Goodman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Fain hits a fly ball into center field. Throneberry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Joost is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Delock hits a fly ball into center field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 White hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Suder settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Lepcio hits a popup towards short. Joost settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Scheib is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Astroth hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Delock fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hitchcock moves to third.
Bottom 2 Suder hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lepcio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hitchcock moves to second.
Bottom 2 Hitchcock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Valo hits a fly ball into center field. Throneberry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Schmees hits a fly ball into center field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Evers hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Suder settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Stephens hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hitchcock fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Zernial hits a popup, foul, towards first. Gernert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Philley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephens fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Fain takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Joost hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Gernert is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Goodman hits a line drive into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Throneberry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fain scoops it up and throws to first, with Scheib covering, for the out.