Brooklyn Dodgers vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 1, 1951 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 1, 1951 at Forbes 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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Brooklyn Dodgers 9, Pittsburgh Pirates 12

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Furillo rf 4 1 2 2
Reese ss 4 1 2 0
Snider cf 4 1 0 0
Pafko lf 5 1 2 2
Hodges 1b 5 1 1 2
Campanella c 5 0 0 0
Cox 3b 4 2 2 0
  Walker ph 1 0 0 1
  Thompson pr 0 0 0 0
Terwilliger 2b 4 1 2 1
  Robinson ph 1 0 0 0
Branca p 1 1 1 0
  Schmitz p 0 0 0 0
  King p 1 0 0 0
  Williams ph 1 0 0 0
  Podbielan p 0 0 0 0
  Abrams ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 9 12 8
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Castiglione 3b 3 1 1 1
Nelson 1b 2 1 1 0
  Phillips ph,1b 2 0 1 2
Metkovich cf 4 1 0 1
Kiner lf 3 1 1 1
Bell rf 5 1 1 1
Garagiola c 3 2 1 1
Strickland ss 2 1 1 3
Basgall 2b 4 1 1 0
Dickson p 1 0 0 0
  Queen p 0 0 0 0
  Reiser ph 0 1 0 0
  Walsh p 0 0 0 0
  Saffell ph 0 1 0 0
  Werle p 1 1 1 1
  Wilks p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 12 9 11
Brooklyn 115 000 0029121
Pittsburgh 200 401 41x1294
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Branca   3.0 3 6 6 5 1
  Schmitz   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  King  L(10-5) 3.1 5 5 4 3 1
  Podbielan   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
12
11
9
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Dickson   2.1 10 7 6 2 1
  Queen   1.2 0 0 0 1 3
  Walsh   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Werle  W(6-3) 2.0 2 2 1 0 1
  Wilks  SV(3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
9
7
3
8

  E–Hodges (5), Phillips (3), Metkovich (2), Strickland (16), Basgall (6).  DP–Brooklyn 1. Reese-Terwilliger-Hodges.  2B–Brooklyn Cox (15,off Dickson); Reese (13,off Werle), Pittsburgh Bell (23,off King); Werle (3,off King); Castiglione (13,off King); Phillips (3,off King).  HR–Brooklyn Hodges (31,3rd inning off Dickson 1 on 0 out), Pittsburgh Strickland (9,4th inning off Branca 1 on 0 out); Kiner (27,8th inning off Podbielan 0 on 0 out).  SH–Branca (6,off Dickson); Castiglione 2 (6,off Schmitz,off King); Strickland (5,off King).  Team LOB–9.  HBP–Garagiola (1,by Branca).  IBB–Kiner (5,by King).  Team–7.  U–Jocko Conlan, Bill Stewart, Artie Gore.  T–2:54.  A–19,502.
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