4/17/1952, HOO52-BRK52, game 1, Ebbets Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1952 Thunderbolts 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 6 12 1 11 1 1952 Royal Giants 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 9 0 6 0 Thunderbolts AB R H BI AVG Royal Giants AB R H BI AVG Atwell c 5 0 2 1 .311 DiMaggio rf 4 0 1 1 .059 Black,J p 0 0 0 0 .000 Ashburn cf 4 2 3 2 .231 Easter 1b 4 1 2 0 .290 Torgeson 1b 3 1 0 0 .255 Irvin cf 5 1 1 0 .286 Kiner lf 4 0 0 0 .246 Slaughter rf 3 1 1 0 .340 McCullough c 3 1 2 2 .238 Hartung lf 3 0 1 1 .222 Woodling ph 1 0 0 0 .366 Hofman ph 1 1 1 1 .167 Kline p 0 0 0 0 .000 Martin,B 2b 1 0 0 0 .231 Dyck 3b 3 1 1 0 .152 Majeski 2b 3 0 0 0 .171 Hemus ss 3 0 1 1 .217 Souchock ph 1 1 1 3 .500 Ryan pr 0 1 0 0 .217 Borkowski cf 1 0 1 0 .304 Merson 2b 3 0 1 1 .250 Elliott 3b 4 0 0 0 .095 Cavarretta ph 0 1 0 0 .333 DeMaestri ss 2 0 0 0 .167 Jansen p 3 0 0 0 .000 Rhodes ph 1 0 0 0 .250 Harrist p 0 0 0 0 .000 Wade p 0 0 0 0 .000 Rossi c 0 0 0 0 .462 Nieman ph 0 1 0 0 .324 Campos ph 0 0 0 0 .333 Batts c 1 0 0 0 .333 31 7 9 7 Lopat p 1 0 1 0 .286 Koslo p 1 0 1 0 .250 Joost ph 2 0 0 0 .244 39 6 12 6 Thunderbolts INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Lopat 2.1 7 5 5 3 1 68 40 4.00 Koslo 3.2 0 0 0 0 1 40 27 0.00 Wade 1.0 1 0 0 0 3 16 11 20.65 Black,J BS 2, L 0-1 1.1 1 2 1 1 0 26 14 5.14 8.1 9 7 6 4 5 150 92 Royal Giants INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Jansen 7.0 8 4 4 2 9 127 82 3.28 Harrist BS 1 1.0 3 2 2 1 2 29 17 2.66 Kline W 2-0 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 15 9 0.00 9.0 12 6 6 4 11 171 108 HOO: Rhodes batted for DeMaestri in the 7th Joost batted for Koslo in the 7th Joost moved to ss in the 7th Hofman batted for Hartung in the 8th Souchock batted for Majeski in the 8th Nieman batted for Wade in the 8th Martin,B inserted at 2b in the 8th Borkowski inserted at cf in the 8th Batts inserted at c in the 8th Irvin moved to lf in the 8th BRK: Woodling batted for McCullough in the 8th Rossi inserted at c in the 9th Cavarretta batted for Merson in the 9th Ryan ran for Hemus in the 9th Campos batted for Rossi in the 9th E-Easter. 2B-Atwell(2), Ashburn(3). HR-Souchock(2), Ashburn(1). RBI-Atwell(5), Hartung(1), Hofman(1), Souchock 3(4), DiMaggio(2), Ashburn 2(5), McCullough 2(4), Hemus(7), Merson(2). SB-Slaughter(1). K-Easter, Hartung 2, Majeski 2, Elliott 2, DeMaestri, Rhodes, Joost 2, DiMaggio 2, Torgeson, McCullough, Jansen. BB-Easter, Slaughter, Elliott, Nieman, Ashburn, Torgeson, Dyck, Cavarretta. SH-DiMaggio, Campos. HBP-Slaughter, Hemus. HB-Black,J, Jansen. WP-Kline. GWRBI: Ashburn Temperature: 59, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 11 MPH. 4/17/1952, HOO52-BRK52, game 1, Ebbets Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1952 Thunderbolts 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 6 12 1 11 1 1952 Royal Giants 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 9 0 6 0 Thunderbolts -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Atwell c 1>63 3/fl 54/f.B-1 S D.1-H Black,J p Easter 1b S 3>W 7 k S.2-3 Irvin cf 53.1-2 63.1-2 7 8>S 53 Slaughter rf IW 8 6>HBP S.1-3 9>Kline 63 Hartung lf S.2-H;1-3 k k Hofman ph S.3-H;1-2 Martin,B 2b 8 Majeski 2b 7 4>k SB2 Harrist k Souchock ph HR.2-H;1-H Borkowski cf S Elliott 3b 2>k 8 9 k wp.1-2 W DeMaestri ss k 8 Rhodes ph 7>k Wade p Nieman ph W Batts c 54/f Lopat p S Koslo p 5>S Joost ph k k Royal Giants -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ DiMaggio rf 1>k 3>S 53 k note 1 Ashburn cf HR W.1-2 13 D S.3-H;1-2 Torgeson 1b 5/fl W.2-3;1-2 5>43 k Kiner lf 2/fl note 2 63 8>Black,J 63 McCullough c 2>S note 3 k Woodling ph 2/fl Kline p Dyck 3b S.1-2 W.2-3;1-2 6>5/L 43 Hemus ss note 4 Koslo 3/g 9>HBP 9 Ryan pr Merson 2b S.3-H 8 63 Cavarretta ph W.1-2 Jansen p 543/gdp 4>53 7>Wade k Harrist p Rossi c Campos ph note 5 1: e3/SH.3-H;2-3;B-1 2: 32/f.2-3;1-2;B-1 3: S.3-H;2-H;1-2 4: S.2-H;1-3;Bx2(96) 5: 14/SH.2-3;1-2 Thunderbolts IN OUT ER Royal Giants IN OUT ER Lopat A1 B6 5 Jansen A1 D5 4 Koslo B7 C8 0 Harrist D6 E3 2 BS 1 Wade C9 D3 0 Kline E4 E8 0 W 2-0 Black,J D4 E2 1 BS 2, L 0-1 4/17/1952, HOO52-BRK52, game 1, Ebbets Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1952 Thunderbolts 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 6 12 1 11 1 1952 Royal Giants 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 9 0 6 0 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Thunderbolts batting 0-0 0 --- 10 Atwell grounded out to short (BX) 0-0 1 --- 11 Easter lined a single down the right field line (SBX) 0-0 1 1-- 00 Irvin grounded out to third, Easter to second (X) 0-0 2 -2- 30 Slaughter was walked intentionally (IIII) 0-0 2 12- 00 Hartung singled to left center, Easter scored, Slaughter to third (X) 1-0 2 1-3 22 Majeski flied out to left (BFFBX) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Royal Giants batting 1-0 0 --- 22 DiMaggio struck out (BFCFBS) 1-0 1 --- 21 Ashburn homered deep to right (BBFX) 1-1 1 --- 12 Torgeson popped out to third (CBCFX) 1-1 2 --- 32 Kiner popped out to the catcher (BCFBBX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Thunderbolts batting 1-1 0 --- 12 Elliott struck out (BFSFFS) 1-1 1 --- 32 DeMaestri struck out (BCBCBS) 1-1 2 --- 01 Lopat reached on an infield single to second (CX) 1-1 2 1-- 30 Atwell popped out to first (BBBX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Royal Giants batting 1-1 0 --- 12 McCullough lined a single between first and second (FBFFFX) 1-1 0 1-- 12 Dyck lined a single to center, McCullough to second (SCBX) 1-1 0 12- 00 Hemus singled to right center, McCullough scored, Dyck to third, Hemus out at second (X) 1-2 1 --3 00 Merson lined a single to right, Dyck scored (X) 1-3 1 1-- 10 Jansen grounded into a double play, Elliott to Majeski to Easter (BbX) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Thunderbolts batting 1-3 0 --- 30 Easter walked (BBBB) 1-3 0 1-- 02 Irvin grounded out to short, Easter to second (CFX) 1-3 1 -2- 11 Slaughter flied out to center (BFX) 1-3 2 -2- 12 Hartung struck out (FBFFS) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Royal Giants batting 1-3 0 --- 21 DiMaggio lined a single to right center (BBCX) 1-3 0 1-- 32 Ashburn walked, DiMaggio to second (BBBSSFFFB) 1-3 0 12- 31 Torgeson walked, DiMaggio to third, Ashburn to second (BBBFB) 1-3 0 123 11 Kiner grounded to first, forcing DiMaggio at home, Ashburn to third, Torgeson to second, Kiner to first (BCX) 1-3 1 123 22 McCullough grounded a single up the middle, Ashburn scored, Torgeson scored, Kiner to second (CFBBX) 1-5 1 12- 32 Dyck walked, Kiner to third, McCullough to second (BFBBFFB) Koslo now pitching 1-5 1 123 22 Hemus flied out to right (FBBFX) 1-5 2 123 12 Merson flied out to center (FBFFX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Thunderbolts batting 1-5 0 --- 12 Majeski struck out (CBFFS) 1-5 1 --- 22 Elliott flied out to center (BSBFX) 1-5 2 --- 12 DeMaestri flied out to center (BFFFFX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Royal Giants batting 1-5 0 --- 11 Jansen grounded out to third (BFX) 1-5 1 --- 30 DiMaggio grounded out to third (BBBX) 1-5 2 --- 11 Ashburn grounded out to the mound (SBX) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Thunderbolts batting 1-5 0 --- 12 Koslo lined a single to shallow left (FSBX) 1-5 0 1-- 10 Atwell grounded to third, forcing Koslo at second, Atwell to first (BX) 1-5 1 1-- 01 Easter flied out to left (FX) 1-5 2 1-- 21 Irvin flied out to left (SBBX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Royal Giants batting 1-5 0 --- 12 Torgeson grounded out to second (BCFX) 1-5 1 --- 00 Kiner grounded out to short (X) 1-5 2 --- 12 McCullough struck out (FBFS) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Thunderbolts batting 1-5 0 --- 22 Slaughter was hit by a pitch (CBFBFH) 1-5 0 1-- 12 Hartung struck out (CSBS) 1-5 1 1-- 00 Slaughter stole second (1>S) 1-5 1 -2- 22 Majeski struck out (1>S.BFBS) 1-5 2 -2- 32 Elliott popped out to right (CFBBBFFFX) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Royal Giants batting 1-5 0 --- 12 Dyck lined out to third (CBCX) 1-5 1 --- 22 Hemus grounded out to first (BSFBX) 1-5 2 --- 01 Merson grounded out to short (FX) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Thunderbolts batting Rhodes pinch hitting for DeMaestri 1-5 0 --- 12 Rhodes struck out (CSBS) Joost pinch hitting for Koslo 1-5 1 --- 22 Joost struck out (BBFSS) 1-5 2 --- 01 Atwell lined a single to shallow left (FX) 1-5 2 1-- 12 Easter struck out (BSFS) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Royal Giants batting Wade now pitching Joost moved to shortstop 1-5 0 --- 12 Jansen struck out (CCBC) 1-5 1 --- 02 DiMaggio struck out (FSS) 1-5 2 --- 31 Ashburn doubled deep to right (BBBSX) 1-5 2 -2- 12 Torgeson struck out (BSCS) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Thunderbolts batting 1-5 0 --- 22 Irvin lined a single to shallow center (FBBFFX) 1-5 0 1-- 01 Slaughter lined a single down the right field line, Irvin to third (FX) Hofman pinch hitting for Hartung 1-5 0 1-3 11 Hofman lined a single to shallow left, Irvin scored, Slaughter to second (BCX) Harrist now pitching Souchock pinch hitting for Majeski 2-5 0 12- 11 Souchock homered deep down the left-field line, Slaughter scored, Hofman scored (SBX) 5-5 0 --- 12 Elliott struck out (CSBS) Nieman pinch hitting for Wade 5-5 1 --- 32 Nieman walked (BBBCFB) 5-5 1 1-- 12 Joost struck out (BSSC) 5-5 2 1-- 21 Atwell lined a double to left center, Nieman scored (BCBX) 6-5 2 -2- 11 Easter reached on an infield single to second, Atwell to third (BCX) 6-5 2 1-3 22 Irvin grounded out to third (BFFBX) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Royal Giants batting Martin,B now playing second base Borkowski now playing center field Batts now playing catcher Black,J now pitching Irvin moved to left field 6-5 0 --- 12 Kiner grounded out to short (CBFX) Woodling pinch hitting for McCullough 6-5 1 --- 10 Woodling popped out to the catcher (BX) 6-5 2 --- 32 Dyck grounded out to second (CBCBFBX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Thunderbolts batting Rossi now playing catcher Kline now pitching 6-5 0 --- 00 Slaughter grounded out to short (X) 6-5 1 --- 02 Martin,B flied out to center (CCX) 6-5 2 --- 12 Borkowski lined a single to right center (BCSX) 6-5 2 1-- 20 Kline threw a wild pitch, Borkowski to second (BBB) 6-5 2 -2- 30 Elliott walked (BBB.B) 6-5 2 12- 11 Batts grounded to third, forcing Elliott at second (BCX) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Royal Giants batting 6-5 0 --- 11 Hemus was hit by a pitch (SBH) Cavarretta pinch hitting for Merson Ryan pinch running for Hemus 6-5 0 1-- 30 Cavarretta walked, Ryan to second (BBBB) Campos pinch hitting for Rossi 6-5 0 12- 00 Campos sacrifice bunted to the mound, Ryan to third, Cavarretta to second (Xb) 6-5 1 -23 00 Ryan scored, Cavarretta to third, DiMaggio to first on an error by the first baseman Easter (Xb) 6-6 1 1-3 12 Ashburn singled to left, Cavarretta scored, DiMaggio to second (SFBX)