Pittsburgh Pirates vs Brooklyn Dodgers
July 18, 1951 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 18, 1951 at Ebbets Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 13, Brooklyn Dodgers 12

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Castiglione 3b 6 1 1 0
Metkovich 1b 3 2 2 0
  Phillips 1b 2 0 0 0
Bell rf 5 3 4 2
Kiner lf 6 3 3 7
Howerton cf 2 0 0 0
  Dusak cf 2 1 2 0
Garagiola c 4 1 1 1
Strickland ss 5 1 1 0
Basgall 2b 3 1 1 1
Dickson p 4 0 1 1
  Queen p 0 0 0 0
  Walsh p 0 0 0 0
  Reiser ph 1 0 1 1
  Wilks p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 13 17 13
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Furillo rf 6 1 2 4
Reese ss 5 0 0 0
Snider cf 3 1 1 0
Robinson 2b 5 1 2 3
Hodges 1b 3 1 0 0
Campanella c 5 2 2 2
Thompson lf 4 2 1 0
Cox 3b 3 2 0 1
Haugstad p 0 0 0 0
  Bankhead p 1 0 0 0
  Edwards ph 1 1 1 1
  Palica p 0 1 0 0
  Walker ph 0 0 0 0
  Bridges pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 12 9 11
Pittsburgh 400 610 02013174
Brooklyn 020 406 0001290
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Dickson   5.0 5 10 5 5 3
  Queen   1.0 2 2 2 1 1
  Walsh  W(1-2) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Wilks  SV(2) 2.0 2 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
9
12
7
9
5
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Haugstad   0.0 3 4 4 3 0
  Bankhead   4.0 8 6 6 3 2
  Palica  L(2-4) 5.0 6 3 3 3 2
Totals
9.0
17
13
13
9
4

  E–Strickland 2 (14), Basgall (4), Dickson (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 3. Strickland-Basgall-Metkovich, Basgall-Strickland-Phillips, Castiglione-Phillips, Brooklyn 1. Reese-Robinson-Hodges.  PB–Garagiola (7).  2B–Pittsburgh Dusak (3,off Palica), Brooklyn H. Edwards (3,off Dickson); Furillo (21,off Dickson); Robinson (22,off Wilks).  3B–Pittsburgh Bell (8,off Bankhead); Basgall (1,off Bankhead).  HR–Pittsburgh Kiner 3 (23,1st inning off Haugstad 3 on 0 out,4th inning off Bankhead 1 on 1 out,8th inning off Palica 0 on 0 out); Garagiola (5,4th inning off Bankhead 0 on 2 out); Bell (10,5th inning off Palica 0 on 1 out), Brooklyn Campanella (12,2nd inning off Dickson 1 on 0 out); Robinson (13,6th inning off Queen 2 on 1 out).  Team LOB–12.  SH–Palica (1,off Dickson).  IBB–Hodges (10,by Wilks).  Team–7.  U–Artie Gore, Jocko Conlan, Bill Stewart.  T–3:09.  A–7,083.
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