Brooklyn Dodgers vs Boston Braves
August 17, 1951 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1951 at Braves Field. The Boston Braves defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Brooklyn Dodgers 3, Boston Braves 4

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Furillo rf 4 1 2 0
Reese ss 4 0 0 0
Snider cf 5 0 3 2
Robinson 2b 4 1 1 0
Pafko lf 4 0 1 1
Campanella c 5 0 0 0
Hodges 1b 4 0 2 0
Cox 3b 5 0 1 0
Schmitz p 0 0 0 0
  Labine p 2 1 1 0
  Thompson ph 1 0 0 0
  Haugstad p 0 0 0 0
  Abrams ph 1 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 3 11 3
Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Sisti ss 4 1 2 0
Jethroe cf 3 1 0 0
Torgeson 1b 2 1 0 1
Elliott 3b 4 0 0 0
Gordon lf 2 0 0 1
Marshall rf 4 0 2 2
Hartsfield 2b 3 0 1 0
Mueller c 4 0 0 0
Sain p 3 1 1 0
  Wilson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 6 4
Brooklyn 000 020 1003111
Boston 310 000 00x464
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Schmitz  L(2-6) 0.0 1 3 3 2 0
  Labine   5.0 3 1 1 2 2
  Haugstad   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  King   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
6
4
4
6
3
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Sain  W(5-13) 6.1 8 3 3 4 5
  Wilson  SV(1) 2.2 3 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
5
6

  E–Campanella (10), Sisti (9), Torgeson 2 (11), Gordon (5).  DP–Brooklyn 1. Reese-Hodges.  2B–Brooklyn Hodges 2 (20,off Sain,off Wilson); Pafko (11,off Sain), Boston Sisti (14,off Schmitz); Marshall (15,off Haugstad).  Team LOB–14.  Team–7.  SB–Furillo (5,2nd base off Sain/Mueller); Jethroe (26,2nd base off Labine/Campanella).  U–Bill Stewart, Artie Gore, Jocko Conlan.  T–2:24.  A–15,448.
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