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Dodgers
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
September 8, 1952
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers, played on September 8, 1952 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | September 8, 1952 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Brooklyn Dodgers
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| Home Team |
New York Giants
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 8, 1952 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Billy Loes |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Al Corwin |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 35,420 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 37 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jocko Conlan 1B: Bill Stewart 2B: Al Barlick 3B: Lee Ballanfant |
Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Billy Cox | Third Baseman |
| Pee Wee Reese | Shortstop |
| Jackie Robinson | Second Baseman |
| George Shuba | Left Fielder |
| Duke Snider | Center Fielder |
| Roy Campanella | Catcher |
| Gil Hodges | First Baseman |
| Andy Pafko | Right Fielder |
| Billy Loes | Pitcher |
| Chuck Dressen | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Don Mueller | Right Fielder |
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Whitey Lockman | First Baseman |
| Monte Irvin | Left Fielder |
| Bobby Thomson | Center Fielder |
| Hank Thompson | Third Baseman |
| Sal Yvars | Catcher |
| Bobby Hofman | Second Baseman |
| Al Corwin | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Dodgers
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
September 8, 1952
Top 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Corwin
Cox hits a popup towards third. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Corwin
Reese strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Corwin
Robinson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Shuba vs. Corwin
Shuba hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Yvars settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Loes
Mueller hits a fly ball into left field. Shuba settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Loes
Dark hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Shuba. Dark reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Lockman vs. Loes
Lockman strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Irvin vs. Loes
Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Loes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Corwin
Snider strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Corwin
Campanella hits a popup towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Corwin
Hodges hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Pafko vs. Corwin
Pafko strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Loes
Thomson hits a popup towards short. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Loes
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Thompson for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yvars vs. Loes
Yvars hits a line drive into left field. Shuba settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Loes vs. Corwin
Loes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hofman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Corwin
Cox hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Corwin
Reese hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hofman vs. Loes
Hofman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Corwin vs. Loes
Corwin bunts in front of the plate. Campanella fields it and throws to first for the out. Hofman moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Mueller vs. Loes
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hofman moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Dark vs. Loes
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Corwin
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shuba vs. Corwin
Shuba hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hofman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Corwin
Snider hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Loes
Lockman hits a fly ball into right field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Loes
Irvin hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Loes
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Loes
Thompson hits a line drive into right field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Corwin
Campanella hits a popup, foul, towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Corwin
Hodges takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Pafko vs. Corwin
Pafko hits a line drive into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Loes vs. Corwin
Loes hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hodges moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Cox vs. Corwin
Cox takes first base on ball four. Hodges moves to third. Loes moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 123
Reese vs. Corwin
Reese hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Yvars settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Yvars vs. Loes
Yvars hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Campanella settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Hofman vs. Loes
Hofman hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Corwin vs. Loes
Corwin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Corwin
Robinson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Yvars settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Shuba vs. Corwin
Shuba hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Yvars settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Corwin
Snider hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Corwin
Campanella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Loes
Mueller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Loes
Dark hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Loes
Lockman hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Loes
Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Loes
Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Loes
Thompson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Irvin moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Yvars vs. Loes
Yvars hits a line drive into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Corwin
Hodges hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pafko vs. Corwin
Pafko hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomson who is chasing the ball. Pafko reaches third base with a triple. Hodges goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Loes vs. Maglie
Sal Maglie now pitching.
Loes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hofman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: --3
Cox vs. Maglie
Cox strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: --3
Reese vs. Maglie
Reese takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Robinson vs. Maglie
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hofman vs. Loes
Hofman hits a line drive towards third. Cox reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Maglie vs. Loes
Maglie hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Loes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Loes
Mueller hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Pafko. Mueller reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dark vs. Loes
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Shuba vs. Maglie
Shuba hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Shuba for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Maglie
Snider hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hofman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Maglie
Campanella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Hodges vs. Maglie
Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Loes
Lockman hits a popup towards short. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Loes
Irvin strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Loes
Thomson hits a fly ball into left field. Shuba settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pafko vs. Maglie
Pafko hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Loes vs. Maglie
Loes strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Maglie
Cox hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Maglie
Reese takes first base on ball four. Cox moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 12-
Robinson vs. Maglie
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Hofman fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Loes
Thompson hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yvars vs. Loes
Yvars bunts towards first. Hodges scoops it up and throws to first, with Robinson covering, for the out. Thompson moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Rhodes vs. Loes
Dusty Rhodes pinch hits for Bobby Hofman.
Rhodes is walked intentionally. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Wilson vs. Loes
George Wilson pinch hits for Sal Maglie. Carl Furillo now playing right field. Andy Pafko now playing left field.
Wilson hits a line drive into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Mueller vs. Loes
Mueller hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Pafko. Mueller reaches second base with a double. Thompson scores. Rhodes moves to third. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/8/1952, game 2 -- Brooklyn at New York (N)
Brooklyn AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Cox B, 3b 4 0 1 0 Mueller D, rf 5 1 3 1
Reese P, ss 3 0 0 0 Dark A, ss 4 1 2 2
Robinson J, 2b 4 0 0 0 Lockman W, 1b 4 0 0 0
Shuba G, lf 4 0 0 0 Irvin M, lf 4 0 2 0
Furillo C, rf 0 0 0 0 Thomson B, cf 4 0 0 0
Snider D, cf 4 1 1 1 Thompson H, 3b 4 1 2 0
Campanella R, c 4 0 1 0 Yvars S, c 3 0 0 0
Hodges G, 1b 3 1 2 0 Hofman B, 2b 2 0 0 0
Pafko A, rf-lf 4 0 1 1 Rhodes D, ph 0 0 0 0
Loes B, p 4 0 1 0 Corwin A, p 1 0 0 0
Maglie S, p 1 0 0 0
Wilson G, ph 1 0 0 0
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34 2 7 2 33 3 9 3
Brooklyn 000 001 100 -- 2
New York 000 002 001 -- 3
2 outs when winning run was scored.
Brooklyn IP H R ER BB SO
Loes B (L) 8.2 9 3 3 2 2
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Corwin A* 6.0 5 2 2 3 3
Maglie S (W) 3.0 2 0 0 2 2
* Pitched to 2 batters in 7th
LOB -- Brooklyn 10, New York 8
2B -- Dark A, Mueller D 2
3B -- Pafko A
HR -- Snider D, Dark A
SH -- Corwin A, Yvars S
T -- 2:37
A -- 35420
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