Braves @ Phillies
April 18, 1952

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Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 3 4 1
Phillies 2 3 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 3 4 1
Phillies 2 3 0

Eddie Waitkus Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .083
OBP .333 .083
At Bats 3 12
Hits 1 1
• Singles 1 1
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 0
RBI’s 0 0

Lew Burdette Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 0
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Shibe Park - April 18, 1952
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Out
Lew Burdette
Ebba St. Claire
Earl Torgeson
Billy Reed
Eddie Mathews
Billy Klaus
Sid Gordon
Sam Jethroe
Willard Marshall
Eddie Waitkus
Connie Ryan

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Boston Braves 3 4 1 4
Philadelphia Phillies 2 3 0 5
Winning Pitcher Lew Burdette
Losing Pitcher Russ Meyer
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Willard Marshall
Attendance 15,911
Time of Game 2 hours 16 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Waitkus hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Ryan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Nicholson bunts towards third. Mathews catches it and throws to first to double up Ennis.
Bottom 9 Ennis takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 St. Claire is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Ken Heintzelman now pitching. Mathews is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Marshall hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 9 Gordon hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 9 Torgeson takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Jethroe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jethroe for the out.
Bottom 8 Jones hits a line drive towards third. Mathews reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ashburn 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.
Bottom 8 Hamner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Reed scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lopata moves to third.
Bottom 8 Meyer bunts towards first. Torgeson scoops it up and throws to first, with Reed covering, for the out. Lopata moves to second.
Bottom 8 Billy Klaus now playing shortstop. Lew Burdette now pitching. Lopata takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Reed strikes out.
Top 8 Jack Daniels pinch hits for Jim Wilson. Daniels hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lopata settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Billy Klaus pinch hits for Jack Cusick. Klaus hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Waitkus hits a line drive towards first. Torgeson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Ryan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cusick scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Nicholson strikes out.
Top 7 St. Claire hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Ryan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Meyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Marshall hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Ennis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Jones takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Ashburn hits a line drive towards third. Mathews reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hamner hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Torgeson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Jethroe hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Reed hits a line drive into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Meyer hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lopata hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 5 Waitkus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Ryan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Reed scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Wilson strikes out.
Top 5 Cusick hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Meyer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 St. Claire hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Ennis hits a fly ball into center field. Jethroe settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Jethroe settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Ashburn hits a fly ball into center field. Jethroe settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Mathews strikes out.
Top 4 Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus scoops it up and throws to first, with Meyer covering, for the out. Gordon moves to second.
Top 4 Gordon takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ryan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Hamner hits a line drive into center field. Jethroe settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Meyer hits a popup towards short. Cusick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Lopata strikes out.
Top 3 Jethroe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ryan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Reed hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ryan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Wilson strikes out.
Bottom 2 Waitkus hits a popup, foul, towards short. Cusick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Ryan hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Nicholson hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Cusick hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 St. Claire strikes out.
Top 2 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mathews for the out.
Bottom 1 Ennis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Jethroe settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Ashburn hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hamner bunts towards the mound. Wilson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Marshall hits a popup towards short. Hamner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Gordon takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 There goes Torgeson. The throw from Lopata and he is safe. Torgeson steals second.
Top 1 Torgeson takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Jethroe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Reed hits a line drive into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.