Brooklyn Dodgers vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 23, 1951 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1951 at Forbes Field. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Brooklyn Dodgers 11, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Abrams lf 4 1 3 0
Reese ss 4 2 1 0
Robinson 2b 5 3 3 1
Hodges 1b 4 3 3 3
Furillo rf 4 0 0 1
Campanella c 4 1 1 2
Thompson cf 5 0 2 0
Cox 3b 5 1 1 4
Newcombe p 3 0 1 0
Totals 38 11 15 11
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Castiglione ss 3 0 1 0
Metkovich cf 3 1 0 0
Reiser lf 4 1 2 0
Kiner 1b 4 0 0 0
Bell rf 3 1 1 1
  Phillips pr 0 0 0 0
Westlake 3b 4 1 2 3
Murtaugh 2b 4 0 1 0
McCullough c 2 0 0 0
  Nelson ph 1 0 0 0
  Fitz Gerald c 1 0 0 0
Queen p 1 0 0 0
  Werle p 1 0 1 0
  Long ph 1 0 0 0
  Koski p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 8 4
Brooklyn 300 060 00211153
Pittsburgh 000 200 002481
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Newcombe  W(4-2) 9.0 8 4 2 2 4
Totals
9.0
8
4
2
2
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Queen  L(3-3) 4.1 7 8 8 5 1
  Werle   3.2 5 1 1 0 1
  Koski   1.0 3 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
11
11
5
2

  E–Reese (12), Hodges (2), Campanella (2), Westlake (7).  DP–Brooklyn 4. Reese-Robinson-Hodges, Cox-Hodges, Reese-Robinson-Hodges, Robinson-Reese-Hodges, Pittsburgh 2. Westlake-Murtaugh-Kiner, Werle-Castiglione-Kiner.  2B–Brooklyn Hodges (6,off Werle).  HR–Brooklyn Hodges (14,1st inning off Queen 2 on 1 out); Cox (4,5th inning off Werle 3 on 2 out), Pittsburgh Westlake (13,4th inning off Newcombe 1 on 2 out).  SH–Furillo (5,off Koski).  IBB–Campanella (4,by Queen).  Team LOB–6.  HBP–Bell (2,by Newcombe).  Team–4.  CS–Abrams (1,2nd base by Queen/McCullough).  U–Frank Dascoli, Larry Goetz, Lou Jorda.  T–2:25.  A–15,759.
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