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Giants
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
June 6, 1952
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Giants, played on June 6, 1952 at Forbes Field.
Game Summary
| Date | June 6, 1952 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Giants
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| Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 6, 1952 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | New York Giants |
| Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Sal Maglie |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Murry Dickson |
| Ballpark | Forbes Field |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 20,163 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 51 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Augie Donatelli 1B: Lee Ballanfant 2B: Al Barlick 3B: Tom Gorman |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Davey Williams | Second Baseman |
| Whitey Lockman | First Baseman |
| Bobby Thomson | Third Baseman |
| Hank Thompson | Left Fielder |
| Don Mueller | Right Fielder |
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Wes Westrum | Catcher |
| Chuck Diering | Center Fielder |
| Sal Maglie | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Pete Castiglione | Third Baseman |
| Bobby Del Greco | Center Fielder |
| George Metkovich | Right Fielder |
| Ralph Kiner | Left Fielder |
| Joe Garagiola | Catcher |
| Jack Merson | Second Baseman |
| George Strickland | Shortstop |
| Tony Bartirome | First Baseman |
| Murry Dickson | Pitcher |
| Billy Meyer | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
June 6, 1952
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Dickson
Williams hits a popup towards third. Castiglione settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Dickson
Lockman hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Dickson
Thomson hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Dickson
Thompson hits a popup towards first. Bartirome settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castiglione vs. Maglie
Castiglione hits a fly ball into left field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Del Greco vs. Maglie
Del Greco hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Metkovich vs. Maglie
Metkovich hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Del Greco moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kiner vs. Maglie
Kiner strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Garagiola vs. Maglie
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. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Dickson
Mueller hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Dickson
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castiglione fields it and throws to first for the out. Mueller moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Westrum vs. Dickson
Westrum hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Diering vs. Dickson
Diering takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Maglie vs. Dickson
Maglie hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merson vs. Maglie
Merson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Strickland vs. Maglie
Strickland strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bartirome vs. Maglie
Bartirome hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thompson. Bartirome reaches second base with a double. Merson moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Dickson vs. Maglie
Dickson hits a popup towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Castiglione vs. Maglie
Castiglione hits a line drive to center field. Diering throws towards first. Lockman fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Lockman. Merson scores. Bartirome scores. Castiglione moves all the way to home. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Del Greco vs. Maglie
Del Greco hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Dickson
Williams strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Dickson
Lockman hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Dickson
Thomson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Dickson
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Merson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metkovich vs. Maglie
Metkovich hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops it up and throws to first, with Maglie covering, for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kiner vs. Maglie
Kiner hits a line drive towards short. Dark reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garagiola vs. Maglie
Garagiola takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Merson vs. Maglie
Merson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Dickson
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Merson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Dickson
Dark strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Westrum vs. Dickson
Westrum strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Diering vs. Dickson
Diering strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strickland vs. Maglie
Strickland takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bartirome vs. Maglie
Bartirome hits a line drive into right field. Mueller picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Mueller. Strickland goes all the way around to score. Bartirome moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Dickson vs. Maglie
Dickson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bartirome scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Castiglione vs. Maglie
Castiglione hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Del Greco vs. Maglie
There goes Castiglione. The throw from Westrum and he is out, Dark applying the tag. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Del Greco vs. Maglie
Del Greco is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Dickson
Bill Rigney pinch hits for Sal Maglie.
Rigney hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bartirome scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rigney for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Dickson
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Dickson
Lockman hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metkovich vs. Spencer
George Spencer now pitching.
Metkovich hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kiner vs. Spencer
Kiner hits a fly ball into left field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garagiola vs. Spencer
Garagiola hits a fly ball into left field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Merson vs. Spencer
Merson hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Williams fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Dickson
Thomson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Dickson
Thompson hits a fly ball into right field. Metkovich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Dickson
Mueller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thomson moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dark vs. Dickson
Dark hits a popup towards short. Strickland settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Westrum vs. Dickson
Westrum hits a popup, foul, towards third. Castiglione settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strickland vs. Spencer
Strickland takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bartirome vs. Spencer
Bartirome bunts in front of the plate. Westrum juggles the ball. That's an error on Westrum. Strickland moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dickson vs. Spencer
Dickson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Thomson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Castiglione vs. Spencer
Castiglione hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Spencer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Strickland scores. Bartirome moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Del Greco vs. Spencer
Del Greco is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Metkovich vs. Spencer
Metkovich takes first base on ball four. Castiglione moves to second. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 1 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Diering vs. Dickson
Diering hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castiglione fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Dickson
George Wilson pinch hits for George Spencer.
Wilson hits a fly ball into right field. Metkovich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Dickson
Williams hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Del Greco, who is chasing the ball. Williams reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Lockman vs. Dickson
Lockman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Thomson vs. Dickson
Thomson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Garagiola settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 1 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kiner vs. Wilhelm
Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching.
Kiner bunts towards the mound. Wilhelm fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garagiola vs. Wilhelm
Garagiola hits a fly ball into center field. Diering settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Merson vs. Wilhelm
The ball gets by Westrum for a passed ball. Kiner moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Merson vs. Wilhelm
Merson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kiner moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Strickland vs. Wilhelm
Strickland strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bartirome vs. Wilhelm
Bartirome hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Diering. Bartirome reaches second base with a double. Kiner scores. Merson goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dickson vs. Wilhelm
Dickson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Thomson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 1 - Pirates, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Dickson
Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Dickson
Mueller hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Merson reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Dickson
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castiglione fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 1 - Pirates, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castiglione vs. Wilhelm
Castiglione hits a fly ball into left field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Del Greco vs. Wilhelm
Del Greco strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metkovich vs. Wilhelm
Metkovich hits a fly ball into center field. Diering settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 1 - Pirates, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Dickson
Erv Dusak now playing left field.
Westrum strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howerton vs. Dickson
Bill Howerton pinch hits for Chuck Diering.
Howerton is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Dickson
Bob Elliott pinch hits for Hoyt Wilhelm.
Elliott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Dickson
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/6/1952 -- New York at Pittsburgh (N)
New York AB R H RBI Pittsburgh AB R H RBI
Williams D, 2b 5 0 1 0 Castiglione P, 3b 5 1 2 3
Lockman W, 1b 3 0 0 0 Del Greco B, cf 5 0 1 0
Thomson B, 3b 3 1 2 1 Metkovich G, rf 4 0 2 0
Thompson H, lf 4 0 0 0 Kiner R, lf 4 1 1 0
Mueller D, rf 4 0 3 0 Dusak E, lf 0 0 0 0
Dark A, ss 4 0 0 0 Garagiola J, c 3 0 0 0
Westrum W, c 4 0 0 0 Merson J, 2b 3 2 1 0
Diering C, cf 2 0 0 0 Strickland G, ss 2 2 0 0
Howerton B, ph 1 0 0 0 Bartirome T, 1b 3 2 3 2
Maglie S, p 1 0 0 0 Dickson M, p 4 0 1 1
Rigney B, ph 1 0 0 0
Spencer G, p 0 0 0 0
Wilson G, ph 1 0 0 0
Wilhelm H, p 0 0 0 0
Elliott B, ph 1 0 1 0
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34 1 7 1 33 8 11 6
New York 001 000 000 -- 1
Pittsburgh 030 201 20x -- 8
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Maglie S (L) 4.0 6 5 3 3 3
Spencer G 2.0 2 1 1 2 1
Wilhelm H 2.0 3 2 2 0 2
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Dickson M (W) 9.0 7 1 1 3 6
E -- Lockman W, Mueller D, Westrum W
LOB -- New York 9, Pittsburgh 7
2B -- Bartirome T 2
3B -- Williams D
HR -- Thomson B
CS -- Castiglione P
SH -- Bartirome T
PB -- Westrum W
T -- 2:51
A -- 20163
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