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Pirates 4 @ Cubs 5
Wrigley Field
May 26, 1951
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on May 26, 1951 at Wrigley Field. The home team Cubs beat the visiting Pirates with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateMay 26, 1951 
Visiting Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 4 H: 5 E: 2 LOB: 9
Runs: 4
Hits: 5
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Chicago Cubs
R: 5 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 11
Runs: 5
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 11
Winning Pitcher—Johnny Schmitz  
Losing Pitcher—Junior Walsh  
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Game Winning RBI—Frank Baumholtz 

Game Info

DateMay 26, 1951 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Home TeamChicago Cubs 
Visiting Starting PitcherVern Law  
Home Starting PitcherJohnny Klippstein  
BallparkWrigley Field 
CityChicago 
StateIL 
Attendance9,006 
Time of Game2 hours 45 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Augie Donatelli
1B: Lee Ballanfant
2B: (none)
3B: Al Barlick

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Pete Castiglione  Shortstop 
George Metkovich  Center Fielder 
Pete Reiser  Left Fielder 
Ralph Kiner  First Baseman 
Gus Bell  Right Fielder 
Wally Westlake  Third Baseman 
Danny Murtaugh  Second Baseman 
Clyde McCullough  Catcher 
Vern Law  Pitcher 
Billy Meyer  Manager 

Chicago Cubs Lineup 

Name  Position 
Wayne Terwilliger  Second Baseman 
Randy Jackson  Third Baseman 
Bob Borkowski  Right Fielder 
Hank Sauer  Left Fielder 
Andy Pafko  Center Fielder 
Dee Fondy  First Baseman 
Smoky Burgess  Catcher 
Jack Cusick  Shortstop 
Johnny Klippstein  Pitcher 
Frankie Frisch  Manager 

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Pirates 4 @ Cubs 5
Wrigley Field
May 26, 1951

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         Game of 5/26/1951 -- Pittsburgh at Chicago (D)

  Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI    Chicago            AB  R  H RBI
Castiglione P, ss     5  0  0  1   Terwilliger W, 2b     2  1  0  0   
Metkovich G, cf       4  1  1  0   Jackson R, 3b         3  1  1  0   
Reiser P, lf          4  0  0  1   Borkowski B, rf       4  1  1  0   
Kiner R, 1b           5  0  1  1   Sauer H, lf           5  0  1  2   
Bell G, rf            3  1  2  0   Pafko A, cf           4  0  1  0   
Westlake W, 3b        5  0  0  0   Jeffcoat H, pr        0  1  0  0   
Murtaugh D, 2b        4  1  1  1   Fondy D, 1b           5  0  0  0   
McCullough C, c       1  0  0  0   Burgess S, c          4  1  3  1   
Fitz Gerald E, pr-c   0  1  0  0   Cusick J, ss          4  0  0  0   
Law V, p              2  0  0  0   Baumholtz F, ph       1  0  1  1   
Nelson R, ph          0  0  0  0   Klippstein J, p       3  0  0  0   
Werle B, p            0  0  0  0   Leonard D, p          0  0  0  0   
Restelli D, ph        0  0  0  0   Cavarretta P, ph      0  0  0  0   
Walsh J, p            0  0  0  0   Schmitz J, p          0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     33  4  5  4                        35  5  8  4

Pittsburgh       011 000 101 0 --  4
Chicago          002 100 100 1 --  5
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Law V                 6.0  5  3  2  4  2
Werle B               2.0  1  1  1  1  1
Walsh J (L)           1.1  2  1  1  2  1

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Klippstein J          8.2  4  4  4  5  4
Leonard D             0.1  0  0  0  0  0
Schmitz J (W)         1.0  1  0  0  0  1

E -- Castiglione P 2
DP -- Pittsburgh 1, Chicago 1
LOB -- Pittsburgh 9, Chicago 11
2B -- Murtaugh D, Metkovich G, Bell G, Pafko A
HR -- Burgess S
SB -- Burgess S
SH -- McCullough C, Nelson R, Jackson R, Terwilliger W
HBP -- by Klippstein J (Bell G), by Klippstein J (Fitz Gerald E), by Klippstein J (Metkovich G)
T -- 2:45
A -- 9006

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