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 Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Brooklyn Dodgers 4

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Castiglione 3b 4 0 0 0
Phillips 1b 5 1 2 0
  Saffell pr 0 0 0 0
  Nelson 1b 0 0 0 0
Thomas cf 5 1 2 1
Kiner lf 5 0 2 1
Bell rf 5 0 1 0
McCullough c 5 0 2 0
Strickland ss 4 1 1 0
Cole 2b 3 0 0 0
Friend p 4 0 1 1
  Wilks p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 3 11 3
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Furillo rf 3 0 1 1
Reese ss 4 1 0 0
Snider cf 5 0 1 0
Robinson 2b 5 1 3 2
Hodges 1b 3 0 0 0
Campanella c 4 0 0 0
Pafko lf 3 2 1 1
Cox 3b 4 0 2 0
Roe p 3 0 1 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Pittsburgh 200 000 100 03111
Brooklyn 000 010 011 1490
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Friend   8.2 8 3 3 5 4
  Wilks  L(2-5) 0.2 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.1
9
4
4
5
4
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Roe  W(17-2) 10.0 11 3 3 1 6
Totals
10.0
11
3
3
1
6

  E–Cole (3).  DP–Pittsburgh 2. Strickland-Cole-Phillips, Strickland-Phillips.  2B–Pittsburgh Kiner (27,off Roe); Friend (2,off Roe), Brooklyn Cox (19,off Friend).  3B–Pittsburgh Thomas (2,off Roe).  HR–Brooklyn Pafko (20,9th inning off Friend 0 on 1 out); Robinson (15,10th inning off Wilks 0 on 1 out).  SH–Cole (4,off Roe); Roe (5,off Friend).  Team LOB–9.  Team–8.  U–Larry Goetz, Lou Jorda, Lon Warneke.  T–2:40.  A–30,189.
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