Pittsburgh Pirates vs Brooklyn Dodgers
August 26, 1951 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 26, 1951 at Ebbets 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 12, Brooklyn Dodgers 11

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Castiglione 3b 4 3 3 3
Metkovich 1b 3 1 1 1
  Phillips 1b 1 0 0 0
Bell rf 5 1 1 2
Kiner lf 5 1 1 1
Howerton cf 4 2 3 3
  Dickson p 1 0 1 0
Garagiola c 3 1 0 0
  McCullough c 1 0 0 0
Strickland ss 2 2 0 0
Cole 2b 2 0 0 0
  Saffell ph 1 0 0 1
  Murtaugh 2b 0 0 0 0
Pollet p 0 0 0 0
  Law p 2 1 1 0
  Nelson ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilks p 0 0 0 0
  Thomas ph,cf 1 0 1 1
Totals 36 12 12 12
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Furillo rf 5 0 1 1
Reese ss 6 2 1 1
Snider cf 5 1 2 2
Robinson 2b 5 0 0 0
Hodges 1b 3 2 1 1
Campanella c 5 3 3 1
Pafko lf 4 1 1 0
  Thompson pr 0 0 0 0
Cox 3b 4 1 2 3
Newcombe p 2 1 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
  Walker ph 1 0 0 0
  Erskine p 0 0 0 0
  Podbielan p 0 0 0 0
  Abrams ph 0 0 0 1
Totals 40 11 11 10
Pittsburgh 002 001 81012124
Brooklyn 061 110 10111110
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Pollet   1.2 3 6 2 3 1
  Law  W(5-8) 4.1 5 3 3 0 2
  Wilks   1.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Dickson   2.0 2 1 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
11
11
6
5
6
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Newcombe   6.0 5 6 6 3 3
  King  L(14-6) 1.0 4 5 5 1 0
  Erskine   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Podbielan   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
12
12
5
3

  E–Castiglione (17), Howerton (4), Dickson (3), Strickland (26).  DP–Brooklyn 1. Reese-Robinson-Hodges.  2B–Pittsburgh Howerton (14,off Newcombe); Law (1,off Newcombe), Brooklyn Campanella 2 (24,off Pollet,off Law); Reese (16,off Law); Cox (18,off Law).  HR–Pittsburgh Castiglione 2 (6,3rd inning off Newcombe 1 on 1 out,6th inning off Newcombe 0 on 0 out); Howerton (11,7th inning off King 2 on 2 out), Brooklyn Cox (9,3rd inning off Law 0 on 1 out).  SH–Murtaugh (2,off Erskine); Cox (11,off Pollet).  Team LOB–3.  HBP–Newcombe (1,by Pollet).  Team–9.  CS–Thomas (2,2nd base by Erskine/Campanella).  U–Lon Warneke, Larry Goetz, Lou Jorda.
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