Brooklyn Dodgers vs New York Giants
August 15, 1951 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 1951 at Polo Grounds V. The New York Giants defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Brooklyn Dodgers 1, New York Giants 3

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Furillo rf 4 0 1 0
Reese ss 4 1 1 0
Snider cf 4 0 0 0
Pafko lf 4 0 0 0
Campanella c 3 0 1 1
Hodges 1b 3 0 0 0
Cox 3b 3 0 2 0
Terwilliger 2b 2 0 0 0
  Robinson ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Branca p 3 0 1 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Stanky 2b 3 0 1 0
Dark ss 4 1 1 0
Mueller rf 3 0 0 0
Irvin lf 3 0 1 1
Lockman 1b 3 0 0 0
Mays cf 3 1 1 0
Thomson 3b 3 0 0 0
Westrum c 3 1 1 2
Hearn p 3 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 5 3
Brooklyn 000 000 100160
New York 100 000 02x350
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Branca  L(10-4) 8.0 5 3 3 1 5
Totals
8.0
5
3
3
1
5
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Hearn  W(11-7) 9.0 6 1 1 0 5
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
0
5

  E–None.  DP–Brooklyn 1. Branca-Reese-Hodges, New York 1. Mays-Westrum.  2B–New York Dark (29,off Branca).  HR–New York Westrum (16,8th inning off Branca 1 on 1 out).  Team LOB–3.  Team–2.  CS–Cox (4,2nd base by Hearn/Westrum).  U-HP–Lon Warneke, 1B–Larry Goetz, 2B–Lou Jorda, 3B–Frank Dascoli.  T–2:10.  A–21,007.
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