Pirates @ Phillies
June 16, 1952

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Top 9 R H E
Pirates 4 6 1
Phillies 5 8 1
Top 9 R H E
Pirates 4 6 1
Phillies 5 8 1

George Metkovich Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .255
OBP .000 .350
At Bats 0 102
Hits 0 26
• Singles 0 18
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 14
RBI’s 0 11

Jim Konstanty Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 0 2
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Shibe Park - June 16, 1952
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Jim Konstanty
Smoky Burgess
Eddie Waitkus
Connie Ryan
Putsy Caballero
Granny Hamner
Del Ennis
Richie Ashburn
Johnny Wyrostek
George Metkovich
George Strickland

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 4 6 1 5
Philadelphia Phillies 5 8 1 7
Winning Pitcher Jim Konstanty
Losing Pitcher Paul LaPalme
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Granny Hamner
Attendance 2,210
Time of Game 2 hours 8 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

George Metkovich pinch hits for Paul LaPalme. Metkovich hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus scoops it up and throws to first, with Konstanty covering, for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Strickland hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Merson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Caballero fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Garagiola hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus scoops it up and throws to first, with Konstanty covering, for the out.
Bottom 8 Konstanty strikes out.
Bottom 8 Caballero hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castiglione fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Ryan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Merson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus scoops it up and throws to first, with Konstanty covering, for the out.
Top 8 Kiner hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Burgess settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Del Greco hits a popup towards the mound. Konstanty settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Castiglione hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Ashburn. Castiglione reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Wyrostek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Merson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Ennis strikes out. Garagiola drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Ennis out.
Bottom 7 Hamner hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Ashburn scores.
Bottom 7 Ashburn hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bell who is chasing the ball. Ashburn reaches third base with a triple.
Top 7 Bartirome hits a line drive into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 LaPalme is called out on strikes.
Top 7 There goes Strickland. The throw from Burgess and he is safe. Strickland steals second.
Top 7 Strickland hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Jim Konstanty now pitching. Merson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Caballero fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Merson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Bill Nicholson pinch hits for Ken Heintzelman. Paul LaPalme now pitching. Nicholson hits a line drive into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Wyrostek scores.
Bottom 6 Caballero takes first base on ball four. Wyrostek moves to third. Ryan moves to second.
Bottom 6 Ryan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Burgess scores. Wyrostek moves to second.
Bottom 6 Wyrostek takes first base on ball four. Burgess moves to second.
Bottom 6 Burgess takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Ennis hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Garagiola hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Garagiola for the out.
Top 6 Ken Heintzelman now pitching. Bell hits a line drive towards right. Wyrostek catches it and throws to second to double up Del Greco.
Top 6 Kiner takes first base on ball four. Del Greco moves to second.
Top 6 Del Greco takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Hamner hits a popup towards short. Strickland settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Ashburn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Waitkus moves to second.
Bottom 5 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bartirome fields the ball and throws to Kline covering. Safe. Ridzik scores.
Bottom 5 Ridzik hits a line drive into right field. Bell picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Bell. Ridzik moves to third.
Bottom 5 Caballero hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castiglione fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Ryan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Merson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 There goes Castiglione. The throw from Burgess and he is out, Ryan applying the tag.
Top 5 Castiglione takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Bartirome 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 5 Kline strikes out.
Top 5 Strickland hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Wyrostek hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Burgess hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Merson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Ennis hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Merson hits a line drive towards third. Caballero reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Garagiola hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kiner hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Hamner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kline fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Merson fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Ridzik scores.
Bottom 3 Waitkus hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ridzik moves to third.
Bottom 3 Ridzik takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Del Greco strikes out.
Top 3 Castiglione takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Bartirome hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kline 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 2 Caballero hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castiglione fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Ryan hits a popup towards short. Strickland settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Wyrostek is hit by the pitch.
Top 2 Strickland hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Merson hits a fly ball into right field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bell scores. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Garagiola hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ryan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bell moves to third.
Top 2 Bell hits a line drive into right field. Wyrostek picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Wyrostek. Kiner goes all the way around to score. Bell moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Kiner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Merson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Ennis hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hamner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bartirome scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ashburn for the out. Waitkus moves to second.
Bottom 1 Waitkus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Del Greco hits a fly ball into right field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Castiglione hits a fly ball into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bartirome hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Ryan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.