New York Giants vs Pittsburgh Pirates
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 Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the New York Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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New York Giants 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 7

New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Stanky 2b 4 1 1 0
Dark ss 3 0 1 0
Thomson cf 4 1 1 2
Noble c 4 1 2 1
Lockman lf 4 0 1 0
Irvin 1b 4 0 2 0
Maguire rf 1 0 1 0
  Jorgensen rf 2 0 0 0
Thompson 3b 4 0 0 0
Spencer p 1 0 0 0
  Kennedy p 0 0 0 0
  Lohrke ph 1 0 0 0
  Gettel p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson ph 1 0 0 0
  Koslo p 0 0 0 0
  Mueller ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Castiglione ss 4 0 2 1
Metkovich cf 4 0 1 0
Bell rf 4 0 2 0
Kiner 1b 3 1 0 0
Westlake 3b 4 1 1 0
Beard lf 2 2 0 0
Strickland 2b 4 3 3 5
McCullough c 3 0 0 0
Werle p 1 0 1 1
  Law p 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 7 10 7
New York 000 003 000390
Pittsburgh 020 230 00x7100
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Spencer  L(1-1) 3.1 7 4 4 2 3
  Kennedy   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Gettel   2.0 3 3 3 1 1
  Koslo   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
4
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Werle  W(2-0) 5.1 7 3 3 2 3
  Law   3.2 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
2
5

  E–None.  DP–New York 4. Lockman-Dark-Stanky-Irvin, Stanky-Dark-Irvin, Thompson-Stanky-Irvin, Dark-Stanky-Irvin, Pittsburgh 2. Westlake-Strickland-Kiner, McCullough-Strickland-Kiner.  2B–New York Noble (1), Pittsburgh Westlake (2).  HR–New York Thomson (6,6th inning off Werle 1 on), Pittsburgh Strickland 2 (3,2nd inning off Spencer 1 on,5th inning off Gettel 2 on).  Team LOB–6.  HBP–Beard (1).  Team–4.  U–Jocko Conlan, Artie Gore, Bill Stewart.
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