Giants @ Pirates
July 10, 1952

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Bottom 12 R H E
Giants 4 14 2
Pirates 4 13 2
Bottom 12 R H E
Giants 4 14 2
Pirates 6 14 2

Gus Bell Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .225
OBP .200 .298
At Bats 4 173
Hits 0 39
• Singles 0 24
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 10
Walks 1 17
RBI’s 1 28

George Spencer Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 2 2
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Forbes Field - July 10, 1952
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Home Run
George Spencer
Sal Yvars
Whitey Lockman
Davey Williams
Bobby Thomson
Al Dark
George Wilson
Hank Thompson
Don Mueller
Gus Bell
Dick Groat

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Giants 4 14 2 11
Pittsburgh Pirates 6 14 2 9
Winning Pitcher Ted Wilks
Losing Pitcher George Spencer
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Gus Bell
Attendance 15,226
Time of Game 3 hours 38 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Bell hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 12 Kiner strikes out.
Bottom 12 Metkovich bunts between the mound and first base. Spencer scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Metkovich for the out. Groat moves to second.
Bottom 12 Groat hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 12 Spencer hits a line drive towards first. Bartirome reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 12 Thompson hits a line drive into center field. Metkovich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 12 Wilson hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Bartirome hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Wilks hits a line drive into center field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Strickland hits a fly ball into center field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Thomson hits a popup towards third. Castiglione settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Lockman hits a fly ball into center field. Metkovich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Williams hits a popup towards first. Bartirome settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 George Spencer now pitching. Castiglione hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Garagiola hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kiner moves to second.
Bottom 10 Bell hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Kiner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 10 George Wilson now playing left field. Dave Koslo now pitching. Sal Yvars now catching. Metkovich hits a line drive towards first. Lockman reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Sal Yvars pinch hits for Hoyt Wilhelm. Yvars hits a popup towards third. Castiglione settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it and throws to home to get Wilson. Thompson moves to third. Rigney moves to second.
Top 10 Dark hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Bill Rigney pinch hits for Wes Westrum. Rigney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat misplays the ball. That's an error on Groat. Thompson moves to second.
Top 10 Thompson hits a fly ball towards left. Kiner settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Kiner. Wilson moves to third.
Top 10 Pete Castiglione now playing third base. Ted Wilks now pitching. George Wilson pinch hits for Chuck Diering. Wilson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bell. Wilson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 9 Groat hits a line drive towards first. Lockman reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching. That's a pickoff. Bartirome moves to second.
Bottom 9 Bartirome hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Koshorek scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 9 Harry Fisher pinch hits for Howie Pollet. Fisher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Koshorek moves to third.
Bottom 9 Clem Koshorek pinch runs for Jack Merson. Strickland bunts towards third. Thomson fields it and throws to first for the out. Garagiola scores. Koshorek moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 9 Merson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 9 Garagiola hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Thompson who is chasing the ball. Garagiola reaches third base with a triple. Bell goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 9 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Williams. Kiner scores.
Bottom 9 There goes Kiner. The throw from Westrum and he is safe. Kiner steals third.
Bottom 9 Kiner hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Diering. Kiner reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Thomson strikes out.
Top 9 Lockman takes first base on ball four. Williams moves to second.
Top 9 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pollet fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Dark moves to third.
Top 9 Hearn strikes out.
Top 9 Mueller bunts towards the mound. Pollet fields it and throws to first for the out. Dark moves to second.
Top 9 Dark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Metkovich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Groat hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Chuck Diering now playing left field. Bartirome hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 There goes Thompson. The throw from Garagiola and he is out, Groat applying the tag.
Top 8 Westrum hits a popup, foul, towards third. Merson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Chuck Diering pinch runs for Bob Elliott. Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Strickland fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Elliott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Pollet hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops it up and throws to first, with Hearn covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Strickland strikes out.
Bottom 7 Merson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Thomson strikes out.
Top 7 Lockman hits a line drive towards short. Groat reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Williams hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bartirome settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Garagiola hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Bell takes first base on ball four. Kiner moves to second.
Bottom 6 Kiner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Metkovich hits a line drive into center field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Hearn hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Garagiola settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Garagiola fires to first and picks off Mueller.
Top 6 Mueller hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Dark hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bartirome hits a line drive towards short. Dark reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Pollet hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Strickland moves to second.
Bottom 5 Strickland hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Merson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Garagiola hits a popup, foul, towards third. Thomson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Westrum strikes out.
Top 5 There goes Thomson. The throw from Garagiola and he is out, Merson applying the tag.
Top 5 Thompson takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Elliott hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Thomson hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Kiner. Thomson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Bell hits a popup towards third. Thomson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kiner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Metkovich strikes out.
Bottom 4 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Lockman hits a fly ball into center field. Metkovich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Merson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Hearn strikes out.
Bottom 3 Bartirome hits a fly ball into left field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Pollet hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Strickland strikes out. Westrum drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Strickland out.
Bottom 3 Merson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Mueller strikes out.
Top 3 Dark hits a popup, foul, towards third. Merson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Westrum hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Elliott scores. Thompson moves to second.
Top 3 Thompson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Elliott moves to second.
Top 3 Elliott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Thomson scores.
Top 3 Thomson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Metkovich. Thomson reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Lockman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Strickland settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Garagiola hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Kiner hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bartirome scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Williams for the out.
Top 2 Hearn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dark scores. Mueller moves to third.
Top 2 Mueller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thompson scores. Dark moves to third.
Top 2 Dark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thompson moves to second.
Top 2 Westrum hits a fly ball into center field. Metkovich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Thompson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Elliott strikes out.
Bottom 1 Metkovich hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Groat hits a fly ball towards right. Mueller catches it and throws to first to double up Bartirome.
Bottom 1 Bartirome hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Thomson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Strickland settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bartirome scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lockman for the out.
Top 1 Williams strikes out.