St. Louis Cardinals vs Brooklyn Dodgers
May 6, 1951 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 6, 1951 at Ebbets Field. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 11, Brooklyn Dodgers 7

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Glaviano cf 3 1 1 0
Lowrey 3b,2b 3 0 0 1
Slaughter rf 4 1 1 2
Musial lf 5 2 2 1
Garagiola c 3 2 3 2
Bilko 1b 4 1 0 0
Hemus ss 4 2 2 3
Cole 2b 3 0 0 0
  Howerton ph 1 1 0 1
  Richmond 3b 1 0 0 0
Poholsky p 3 0 0 0
  Brazle p 0 0 0 0
  Boyer p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson ph 1 1 1 1
  Presko p 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 11 10 11
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Abrams lf 2 1 1 0
  Miksis ph 0 1 0 0
  Thompson lf 1 0 0 0
Reese ss 4 2 3 4
Snider cf 5 1 2 3
Robinson 2b 5 0 1 0
Hodges 1b 5 0 1 0
Furillo rf 4 0 0 0
Campanella c 4 0 0 0
Cox 3b 2 1 0 0
Newcombe p 1 0 0 0
  Hatten p 1 0 0 0
  Edwards ph 0 0 0 0
  Bankhead pr 0 1 0 0
  Branca p 0 0 0 0
  Haugstad p 0 0 0 0
  Mossor p 0 0 0 0
  Hermanski ph 1 0 0 0
  Erskine p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 8 7
St. Louis 200 300 06011101
Brooklyn 000 030 400782
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Poholsky   6.0 4 4 4 3 2
  Brazle   0.0 0 2 2 1 0
  Boyer  W(1-1) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Presko  SV(1) 2.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
7
7
5
3
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Newcombe   4.0 6 5 5 2 2
  Hatten   3.0 0 0 0 3 1
  Branca  L(1-1) 0.1 2 3 2 1 0
  Haugstad   0.0 1 3 2 2 0
  Mossor   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Erskine   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
11
9
9
4

  E–Lowrey (1), Reese (7), Robinson (1).  DP–Brooklyn 2. Robinson-Reese-Hodges, Robinson-Reese-Hodges.  2B–St. Louis Musial (2,off Newcombe); Garagiola (2,off Newcombe); Nelson (1,off Haugstad).  3B–St. Louis Musial (1,off Newcombe).  HR–St. Louis Hemus (1,4th inning off Newcombe 1 on 1 out), Brooklyn Snider (6,5th inning off Poholsky 2 on 2 out); Reese (1,7th inning off Boyer 3 on 0 out).  IBB–Garagiola (2,by Mossor).  Team LOB–7.  HBP–Miksis (1,by Brazle).  Team–7.  CS–Hemus (1,2nd base by Hatten/Campanella).  U–Bill Stewart, Jocko Conlan, Artie Gore.  T–2:56.  A–32,200.
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