Brooklyn Dodgers vs Boston Braves
May 13, 1951 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 13, 1951 at Braves Field. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Boston Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Brooklyn Dodgers 12, Boston Braves 6

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Thompson lf 4 2 0 0
Reese ss 4 3 3 1
Snider cf 4 2 3 3
Robinson 2b 4 1 2 2
  Bridges 2b 0 0 0 0
Hodges 1b 4 1 2 2
Furillo rf 5 1 2 4
Edwards c 5 1 1 0
Cox 3b 4 0 0 0
Erskine p 0 0 0 0
  Van Cuyk p 0 0 0 0
  Hatten p 0 0 0 0
  Abrams ph 1 0 1 0
  Bankhead pr 0 1 0 0
  Palica p 3 0 0 0
Totals 38 12 14 12
Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Hartsfield 2b 4 2 0 0
Jethroe cf,lf 4 2 2 0
Torgeson 1b 4 1 1 1
Elliott 3b 4 1 1 2
St. Claire c 4 0 2 2
Addis lf 0 0 0 0
  Marquez ph,lf,cf 2 0 0 0
Marshall rf 3 0 0 0
Kerr ss 0 0 0 0
  Mauch ss 3 0 0 0
Surkont p 2 0 0 0
  Cole p 1 0 0 0
  Estock p 0 0 0 0
  Cooper ph 1 0 0 0
  Donovan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 6 5
Brooklyn 002 304 03012144
Boston 330 000 000661
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Erskine   0.1 3 3 3 1 0
  Van Cuyk   1.1 1 3 0 2 1
  Hatten   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Palica  W(1-1) 7.0 2 0 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
6
6
3
6
4
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Surkont   3.2 7 5 5 3 0
  Cole  L(0-1) 2.1 5 4 4 2 2
  Estock   2.0 2 3 3 1 0
  Donovan   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
14
12
12
7
2

  E–Thompson (1), Reese (10), Van Cuyk (1), Hatten (1), Jethroe (3).  DP–Brooklyn 2. Van Cuyk-Reese-Hodges, Hodges-Reese, Boston 1. Hartsfield-Kerr-Torgeson.  2B–Brooklyn Robinson (6,off Surkont); Abrams (4,off Surkont); Snider (5,off Surkont), Boston St. Claire 2 (5,off Erskine,off Palica).  HR–Brooklyn Furillo (5,6th inning off Cole 2 on 2 out).  SH–Robinson (2,off Estock); Torgeson (2,off Erskine).  HBP–Reese (1,by Surkont); Marquez (1,by Van Cuyk); Kerr (1,by Van Cuyk).  Team LOB–8.  IBB–Elliott (2,by Van Cuyk).  Team–8.  CS–Thompson (2,2nd base by Cole/St. Claire).  U–Bill Stewart, Jocko Conlan, Artie Gore.  T–3:00.  A–15,633.
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