Brooklyn Dodgers vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 31, 1951 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 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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Brooklyn Dodgers 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Furillo rf 6 1 3 2
Reese ss 5 2 2 3
Snider cf 6 2 3 2
Robinson 2b 3 0 2 1
  Terwilliger 2b 1 0 0 0
Hodges 1b 4 0 0 0
Pafko lf 5 0 1 0
  Thompson lf 0 0 0 0
Campanella c 3 0 1 0
Cox 3b 3 1 1 0
Newcombe p 5 2 3 0
Totals 41 8 16 8
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Castiglione 3b 4 1 1 0
Nelson 1b 4 0 1 0
Bell rf 4 0 1 1
Kiner lf 4 0 1 1
Howerton cf 4 0 0 0
  LaPalme p 0 0 0 0
Garagiola c 3 0 0 0
Strickland ss 3 1 1 0
Basgall 2b 3 0 1 1
  Reiser ph 1 0 0 0
Pollet p 1 0 0 0
  Werle p 0 0 0 0
  Saffell ph 1 0 0 0
  Walsh p 0 0 0 0
  Metkovich ph,cf 2 1 1 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
Brooklyn 011 330 0008160
Pittsburgh 001 000 020370
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Newcombe  W(15-4) 9.0 7 3 3 2 6
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
6
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Pollet  L(4-7) 3.1 10 5 5 3 1
  Werle   1.2 3 3 3 2 0
  Walsh   3.0 2 0 0 1 1
  LaPalme   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
16
8
8
6
3

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Basgall-Strickland-Nelson.  2B–Brooklyn Robinson (24,off Pollet); Campanella (21,off Walsh), Pittsburgh Bell (22,off Newcombe); Castiglione (12,off Newcombe).  3B–Brooklyn Snider (6,off Pollet); Newcombe (1,off Pollet), Pittsburgh Strickland (6,off Newcombe).  HR–Brooklyn Snider (22,4th inning off Pollet 1 on 1 out); Reese (8,5th inning off Werle 2 on 0 out).  SH–Cox (9,off Walsh).  HBP–Robinson (5,by Werle).  IBB–Campanella 2 (11,by Pollet,by Werle).  Team LOB–14.  Team–6.  U–Artie Gore, Jocko Conlan, Bill Stewart.  T–2:32.  A–26,132.
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