Cincinnati Reds vs Brooklyn Dodgers
May 5, 1951 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1951 at Ebbets Field. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 8, Brooklyn Dodgers 12

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Ryan 2b 5 1 2 1
Hatton 3b 5 1 3 3
Adcock lf 5 1 2 2
Kluszewski 1b 4 0 0 0
Scheffing c 4 1 1 1
Wyrostek rf 4 2 2 1
Usher cf 3 0 0 0
McMillan ss 4 1 1 0
Raffensberger p 0 0 0 0
  Byerly p 0 0 0 0
  Adams ph 1 0 0 0
  Blackburn p 0 0 0 0
  Peterson p 0 0 0 0
  Post ph 1 1 1 0
  Blake p 0 0 0 0
  Pramesa ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 12 8
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Abrams lf 5 2 2 3
Reese ss 5 1 2 1
Snider cf 5 0 0 0
Hodges 1b 3 3 2 3
Furillo rf 5 1 1 0
Campanella c 3 2 2 3
Cox 3b 5 1 1 1
Bridges 2b 4 1 2 0
Van Cuyk p 3 1 1 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 12 13 11
Cincinnati 000 002 1238124
Brooklyn 230 000 61x12130
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Raffensberger  L(0-3) 1.2 5 5 4 1 1
  Byerly   3.1 0 0 0 2 2
  Blackburn   1.2 6 6 6 0 0
  Peterson   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Blake   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
12
11
3
3
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Van Cuyk  W(1-2) 8.1 10 8 8 1 3
  King   0.2 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
8
8
1
4

  E–Ryan (2), Scheffing (1), Wyrostek (1), Usher (3).  DP–Brooklyn 1. Bridges-Hodges.  2B–Cincinnati Ryan (3,off Van Cuyk); Wyrostek (5,off Van Cuyk), Brooklyn Bridges (3,off Raffensberger); Campanella (3,off Blake).  HR–Cincinnati Adcock (4,6th inning off Van Cuyk 1 on 2 out); Wyrostek (2,7th inning off Van Cuyk 0 on 1 out); Scheffing (1,9th inning off Van Cuyk 0 on 0 out), Brooklyn Hodges 2 (8,1st inning off Raffensberger 1 on 2 out,8th inning off Blake 0 on 1 out); Campanella (1,7th inning off Blackburn 2 on 1 out); Cox (3,7th inning off Blackburn 0 on 1 out); Abrams (1,7th inning off Blackburn 1 on 2 out).  HBP–Usher (1,by Van Cuyk); Van Cuyk (1,by Blackburn); Hodges (1,by Blackburn).  Team LOB–4.  Team–7.  U–Larry Goetz, Lou Jorda, Frank Dascoli.  T–2:17.  A–8,333.
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