New York Giants vs Brooklyn Dodgers
August 9, 1951 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 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 5, Brooklyn Dodgers 6

New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Williams 2b 4 1 2 2
Dark ss 3 0 1 0
Mueller rf 5 1 0 0
Irvin lf 3 1 1 2
Lockman 1b 3 0 0 0
Mays cf 4 0 2 0
Thomson 3b 3 0 0 0
Westrum c 1 1 0 0
Jansen p 2 1 0 0
  Spencer p 0 0 0 0
  Corwin p 0 0 0 0
  Thompson ph 1 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 6 4
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Furillo rf 4 1 0 0
Reese ss 5 0 1 1
Snider cf 3 0 1 1
Robinson 2b 2 0 0 0
Pafko lf 3 1 0 0
Campanella c 4 3 3 3
Hodges 1b 3 0 0 0
Cox 3b 1 0 0 0
  Bridges 3b 3 1 2 0
Branca p 0 0 0 0
  Podbielan p 1 0 0 0
  Walker ph 1 0 0 0
  Palica p 0 0 0 0
  Thompson ph 1 0 0 0
  Haugstad p 0 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 7 5
New York 210 200 000561
Brooklyn 020 102 10x670
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Jansen   4.2 3 3 3 5 2
  Spencer   1.0 3 2 2 2 0
  Corwin   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Jones  L(2-9) 2.0 1 1 1 2 2
Totals
8.0
7
6
6
9
5
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Branca   1.2 1 3 3 5 1
  Podbielan   2.1 1 2 2 2 0
  Palica   2.0 2 0 0 4 1
  Haugstad   0.0 0 0 0 2 0
  King  W(12-5) 3.0 2 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
6
5
5
15
2

  E–Dark (29).  DP–Brooklyn 3. Robinson-Reese-Hodges, Reese-Robinson-Hodges, Bridges-Robinson-Hodges.  2B–New York Mays (16,off King).  HR–New York Irvin (14,1st inning off Branca 1 on 2 out); Williams (2,4th inning off Podbielan 1 on 1 out), Brooklyn Campanella 2 (22,2nd inning off Jansen 1 on 1 out,7th inning off Jones 0 on 0 out).  IBB–Thomson (4,by King); Robinson (4,by Spencer).  Team LOB–12.  Team–10.  CS–Snider (7,2nd base by Jones/Westrum).  U–Artie Gore, Jocko Conlan, Bill Stewart.  T–3:30.  A–15,838.
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