New York Giants vs Brooklyn Dodgers
August 8, 1951 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1951 at Ebbets Field. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the New York Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Giants 2, Brooklyn Dodgers 7

New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Williams 2b 4 0 1 0
Dark ss 2 1 1 0
Mays cf 2 0 1 0
Irvin lf 3 0 0 0
Thomson 3b 4 0 1 1
Lockman 1b 4 1 2 0
Westrum c 3 0 1 1
Hartung rf 1 0 0 0
  Mueller ph,rf 2 0 1 0
Hearn p 1 0 0 0
  Stanky ph 1 0 0 0
  Spencer p 0 0 0 0
  Thompson ph 1 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Rigney ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 8 2
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Furillo rf 3 1 1 2
Reese ss 4 1 2 1
Snider cf 4 1 2 1
Robinson 2b 3 1 0 0
Pafko lf 4 1 1 0
  Thompson pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Campanella c 3 1 0 0
Hodges 1b 4 1 1 1
Cox 3b 3 0 1 0
Roe p 0 0 0 0
  Williams ph 1 0 0 0
  Erskine p 2 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 8 5
New York 100 100 000282
Brooklyn 011 200 30x780
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Hearn  L(10-6) 4.0 5 4 2 3 3
  Spencer   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Jones   2.0 3 3 2 1 2
Totals
8.0
8
7
4
4
7
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Roe   2.0 3 1 1 3 0
  Erskine  W(12-8) 7.0 5 1 1 3 4
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
6
4

  E–Lockman (12), Westrum (6).  DP–Brooklyn 4. Furillo-Robinson-Reese, Reese-Robinson-Hodges, Robinson-Reese-Hodges, Cox-Robinson-Hodges.  PB–Campanella (4).  2B–New York Westrum (10,off Erskine).  HR–Brooklyn Hodges (32,2nd inning off Hearn 0 on 2 out); Snider (23,3rd inning off Hearn 0 on 2 out); Furillo (12,7th inning off Jones 0 on 1 out).  HBP–Irvin (6,by Erskine).  Team LOB–7.  IBB–Cox (7,by Hearn).  Team–4.  CS–Williams (1,2nd base by Roe/Campanella); Thompson (7,2nd base by Jones/Westrum).  SB–Reese 2 (14,2nd base off Jones/Westrum,3rd base off Jones/Westrum); Robinson (18,2nd base off Jones/Westrum).  U–Jocko Conlan, Bill Stewart, Artie Gore.  T–2:30.  A–19,208.
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