Pirates @ Dodgers
June 21, 1952

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Top 9 R H E
Pirates 4 5 1
Dodgers 14 16 2
Top 9 R H E
Pirates 4 5 1
Dodgers 14 16 2

George Metkovich Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .264
OBP .250 .364
At Bats 3 121
Hits 0 32
• Singles 0 21
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 1 18
RBI’s 0 15

Carl Erskine Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 1 0
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Ebbets Field - June 21, 1952
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Out
Carl Erskine
Roy Campanella
Gil Hodges
Rocky Bridges
Bobby Morgan
Pee Wee Reese
Andy Pafko
Duke Snider
Carl Furillo
George Metkovich
Harry Fisher
Ed Fitz Gerald

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 4 5 1 7
Brooklyn Dodgers 14 16 2 9
Winning Pitcher Billy Loes
Losing Pitcher Woody Main
Save Carl Erskine
Game Winning RBI Gil Hodges
Attendance 13,335
Time of Game 2 hours 52 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Metkovich hits a ball on the ground towards second. Bridges scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Castiglione hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Harry Fisher pinch hits for Joe Muir. Fisher hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Fitz Gerald moves to second.
Top 9 Carl Erskine now pitching. Rocky Bridges now playing second base. Ed Fitz Gerald pinch hits for Tony Bartirome. Fitz Gerald takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Reese hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bartirome settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Morgan takes first base on ball four. Hodges scores. Pafko moves to third. Shuba moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 8 Shuba takes first base on ball four. Hodges moves to third. Pafko moves to second.
Bottom 8 Pafko hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Furillo scores. Snider scores. Hodges moves to second. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 8 Hodges takes first base on ball four. Snider moves to second.
Bottom 8 Joe Muir now pitching. Snider hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Robinson scores. Campanella scores. Furillo moves to third. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 8 Furillo takes first base on ball four. Robinson moves to third. Campanella moves to second.
Bottom 8 Ron Kline now pitching. Campanella takes first base on ball four. Robinson moves to second.
Bottom 8 Robinson is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 8 Reese hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 8 Morgan hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Garagiola settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 George Shuba pinch hits for Joe Black. Shuba hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bell who is chasing the ball. Shuba reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 8 Pafko hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 8 Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Strickland misplays the ball. That's an error on Strickland.
Bottom 8 Ted Wilks now pitching. Snider hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Strickland hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bell scores. There goes Kiner trying to get to home. Furillo throws the ball in to Campanella who tags Kiner who's trying to score from second, for the out. Garagiola moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Groat hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Joe Black now pitching. Garagiola hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Metkovich scores. Bell moves to third. Kiner moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Kiner takes first base on ball four. Metkovich moves to third. Bell moves to second.
Top 8 Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Castiglione scores. Metkovich moves to second.
Top 8 Metkovich hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges juggles the ball. That's an error on Hodges. Del Greco scores. Castiglione moves to third.
Top 8 Castiglione takes first base on ball four. Del Greco moves to second.
Top 8 Bobby Del Greco pinch hits for Paul LaPalme. Del Greco takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Bartirome hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morgan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castiglione fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Campanella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Strickland hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morgan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Garagiola hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Kiner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. LaPalme fields the ball and can't make a play. That's a base hit. Snider scores. There goes Pafko trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. Morgan moves to second.
Bottom 6 Morgan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Loes bunts towards the mound. LaPalme fields it and throws to first for the out. Snider moves to third. Pafko moves to second.
Bottom 6 Pafko takes first base on ball four. Snider moves to second.
Bottom 6 Hodges hits a line drive into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Snider hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Metkovich hits a popup towards short. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Castiglione hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Furillo strikes out.
Bottom 5 Campanella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Paul LaPalme now pitching. Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Jack Merson pinch hits for Woody Main. Merson hits a line drive into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bartirome takes first base on ball four. Garagiola moves to second.
Top 5 Strickland hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Groat hits a line drive into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Garagiola takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Morgan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Pafko scores.
Bottom 4 Loes bunts towards first. Bartirome scoops it up and throws to first, with Strickland covering, for the out. Pafko moves to second.
Bottom 4 Pafko hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Hodges hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Metkovich takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Castiglione hits a popup, foul, towards third. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Snider hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it and throws to second for the out. Reese scores. Robinson scores.
Bottom 3 Campanella is walked intentionally.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Robinson moves to second.
Bottom 3 Robinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Reese moves to third.
Bottom 3 Reese hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Morgan strikes out.
Top 3 Main strikes out.
Top 3 Bartirome hits a line drive into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Strickland strikes out.
Bottom 2 Loes hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Main fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Pafko hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Hodges hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Snider hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castiglione fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Garagiola hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morgan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Campanella hits a line drive into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Robinson hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Reese hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kiner. Reese reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castiglione fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Metkovich hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Castiglione hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Loes fields it and throws to first for the out.