Brooklyn Dodgers vs Chicago Cubs
May 15, 1951 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 1951 at Wrigley Field. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Brooklyn Dodgers 8, Chicago Cubs 4

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Abrams lf 4 0 2 0
  Thompson pr,lf 1 1 0 0
Reese ss 4 1 1 1
Snider cf 5 1 1 4
Robinson 2b 4 1 1 1
Hodges 1b 5 2 2 2
Furillo rf 4 0 2 0
Campanella c 3 0 2 0
Cox 3b 4 0 0 0
Newcombe p 2 1 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
  Hermanski ph 0 0 0 0
  Miksis pr 0 1 0 0
  Branca p 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 11 8
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Terwilliger 2b 5 1 3 2
Jackson 3b 4 0 1 0
Baumholtz rf 4 0 1 2
Sauer lf 5 0 0 0
Pafko cf 3 0 0 0
Fondy 1b 3 0 0 0
Owen c 3 1 1 0
  Ramazzotti pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Cusick ss 2 1 0 0
  Cavarretta ph 1 0 0 0
  Leonard p 0 0 0 0
Rush p 1 0 0 0
  Burgess ph 0 0 0 0
  Jeffcoat pr 0 1 0 0
  Lown p 0 0 0 0
  McLish p 0 0 0 0
  Borkowski ph 1 0 0 0
  Kelly p 0 0 0 0
  Walker ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 6 4
Brooklyn 010 110 5008111
Chicago 000 040 000461
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Newcombe   4.0 2 3 3 2 2
  King  W(3-1) 2.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Branca  SV(1) 3.0 2 0 0 4 3
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
6
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Rush   5.0 6 3 3 0 5
  Lown   0.2 2 0 0 1 0
  McLish  L(1-2) 1.1 3 5 5 3 1
  Kelly   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Leonard   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
8
8
4
7

  E–Cox (5), Owen (1).  DP–Brooklyn 1. Robinson-Reese-Hodges, Chicago 1. Terwilliger-Cusick-Fondy.  3B–Chicago Baumholtz (2,off King).  HR–Brooklyn Hodges 2 (11,2nd inning off Rush 0 on 1 out,7th inning off McLish 0 on 1 out); Robinson (5,4th inning off Rush 0 on 1 out); Snider (8,7th inning off McLish 3 on 0 out).  Team LOB–6.  HBP–Pafko (3,by Newcombe).  Team–9.  U-HP–Lon Warneke, 1B–Babe Pinelli, 2B–Dusty Boggess, 3B–Scotty Robb.  T–2:24.  A–17,835.
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