Pirates @ Giants
September 9, 1952

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Top 9 R H E
Pirates 6 8 5
Giants 11 12 0
Top 9 R H E
Pirates 6 8 5
Giants 11 12 0

Dick Groat Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .275
OBP .500 .312
At Bats 4 247
Hits 2 68
• Singles 1 62
• Doubles 1 4
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 12
RBI’s 0 21

George Spencer Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 4 2
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Polo Grounds - September 9, 1952
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Out
George Spencer
Sal Yvars
Whitey Lockman
Bobby Hofman
Bob Elliott
Al Dark
Clint Hartung
Dusty Rhodes
Don Mueller
Dick Groat

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 6 8 5 5
New York Giants 11 12 0 7
Winning Pitcher Bill Connelly
Losing Pitcher Cal Hogue
Save George Spencer
Game Winning RBI Don Mueller
Attendance 2,894
Time of Game 2 hours 30 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Groat hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Hall strikes out.
Top 9 Koshorek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Senerchia fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Rhodes hits a fly ball into center field. Hall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hartung hits a ball on the ground towards third. Senerchia fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Senerchia.
Bottom 8 Woody Main now pitching. Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Metkovich scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lockman for the out.
Top 8 Joe Garagiola pinch hits for Ron Kline. Garagiola strikes out.
Top 8 Senerchia hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Fitz Gerald hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 George Spencer now pitching. Bell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bell for the out.
Top 8 Kiner hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 8 Metkovich hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Groat moves to third.
Top 8 Groat hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rhodes. Groat reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Mueller hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Connelly hits a ball on the ground towards third. Senerchia fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Ron Kline now pitching. Clem Koshorek now playing second base. Hofman strikes out.
Top 7 Hall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Clem Koshorek pinch hits for Bill Bell. Koshorek strikes out.
Top 7 Berardino hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hofman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Senerchia hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 7 Dusty Rhodes now playing center field. Bob Elliott now playing third base. Fitz Gerald takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Yvars hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Dusty Rhodes pinch runs for Bobby Thomson. Bob Elliott pinch hits for Hank Thompson. Elliott hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Fitz Gerald settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat misplays the ball. That's an error on Groat. Hartung moves to second.
Bottom 6 Ed Fitz Gerald now catching. Hartung hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Bell strikes out.
Top 6 Kiner takes first base on ball four. Metkovich moves to second.
Top 6 Metkovich takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Groat hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hall hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Metkovich scoops it up and throws to first, with Bell covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Dark hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 5 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Metkovich juggles the ball. That's an error on Metkovich. Connelly scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Connelly hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Hall, who is chasing the ball. Connelly reaches third base with a triple. Hofman goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Hofman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Yvars hits a ball on the ground towards first. Metkovich scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Yvars for the out.
Bottom 5 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Bell strikes out.
Top 5 Berardino hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Senerchia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Thomson hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hartung hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Lockman hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Berardino reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Dark hits a popup towards third. Senerchia settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 McCullough hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McCullough for the out.
Top 4 Bell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hofman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Clint Hartung now playing left field. Kiner hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Connelly strikes out.
Bottom 3 Hofman hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Metkovich hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Hall takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Yvars hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Thompson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Berardino settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Hall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Lockman scores.
Bottom 2 There's a wild pitch. Lockman moves to third. Irvin moves to second.
Bottom 2 Irvin hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lockman moves to second.
Bottom 2 Bill Bell now pitching. Lockman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Lee Walls pinch hits for Jim Waugh. Walls strikes out.
Top 2 Berardino hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomson. Berardino reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Senerchia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 McCullough hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Dark hits a popup towards third. Senerchia settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Jim Waugh now pitching. Mueller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thompson scores. Yvars scores. Connelly moves to second. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 1 Connelly takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Hofman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Yvars hits a line drive into center field. Hall picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Hall. Thompson moves to third. Yvars moves to second.
Bottom 1 Thompson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Thomson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Irvin hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 1 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Metkovich juggles the ball. That's an error on Metkovich. Dark moves to third. Lockman moves to second.
Bottom 1 Dark hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Mueller hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Kiner strikes out.
Top 1 Metkovich takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 There goes Groat. The throw from Yvars and he is out, Dark applying the tag.
Top 1 Groat hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Hall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.