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Braves 6 @ Giants 5
Polo Grounds
July 8, 1951
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Boston Braves, played on July 8, 1951 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants were bested by the visiting Braves with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateJuly 8, 1951 
Visiting Team
Boston Braves
R: 6 H: 10 E: 0 LOB: 7
Runs: 6
Hits: 10
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 5 H: 9 E: 1 LOB: 8
Runs: 5
Hits: 9
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 8
Winning Pitcher—Bob Chipman  
Losing Pitcher—Dave Koslo  
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Game Winning RBI—Sid Gordon 

Game Info

DateJuly 8, 1951 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamBoston Braves 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherDave Cole  
Home Starting PitcherSal Maglie  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance17,431 
Time of Game3 hours 6 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Babe Pinelli
1B: Lon Warneke
2B: (none)
3B: Scotty Robb

Boston Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Johnny Logan  Shortstop 
Sam Jethroe  Center Fielder 
Earl Torgeson  First Baseman 
Sid Gordon  Third Baseman 
Willard Marshall  Right Fielder 
Ebba St. Claire  Catcher 
Luis Marquez  Left Fielder 
Sibby Sisti  Second Baseman 
Dave Cole  Pitcher 
Tommy Holmes  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Eddie Stanky  Second Baseman 
Al Dark  Shortstop 
Willie Mays  Center Fielder 
Monte Irvin  First Baseman 
Don Mueller  Right Fielder 
Bobby Thomson  Left Fielder 
Hank Thompson  Third Baseman 
Wes Westrum  Catcher 
Sal Maglie  Pitcher 
Leo Durocher  Manager 

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Braves 6 @ Giants 5
Polo Grounds
July 8, 1951

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         Game of 7/8/1951 -- Boston at New York (D)

  Boston             AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Logan J, ss           4  0  0  0   Stanky E, 2b          4  0  1  1   
Jethroe S, cf         4  0  0  0   Dark A, ss            5  0  2  0   
Torgeson E, 1b        5  0  1  0   Mays W, cf            3  0  0  0   
Gordon S, 3b          5  1  1  1   Irvin M, 1b           3  1  2  0   
Marshall W, rf        4  2  3  1   Mueller D, rf         5  1  1  1   
St. Claire E, c       3  1  1  0   Schenz H, pr          0  0  0  0   
Nichols C, p          0  0  0  0   Thomson B, lf         3  2  0  0   
Chipman B, p          2  0  0  0   Thompson H, 3b        4  1  1  3   
Marquez L, lf         3  1  0  0   Hartung C, ph         1  0  0  0   
Sisti S, 2b           2  0  0  0   Westrum W, c          4  0  0  0   
Holmes T, ph          1  0  1  1   Maglie S, p           3  0  2  0   
Hartsfield R, pr-2b   1  1  1  0   Spencer G, p          0  0  0  0   
Spahn W, pr           0  0  0  0   Koslo D, p            1  0  0  0   
Kerr B, 2b            0  0  0  0                                      
Cole D, p             2  0  1  2                                      
Cooper W, ph-c        2  0  1  1                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     38  6 10  6                        36  5  9  5

Boston           000 020 300 1 --  6
New York         000 302 000 0 --  5

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Cole D                6.0  7  5  5  5  3
Nichols C*            0.0  1  0  0  2  0
Chipman B (W)         4.0  1  0  0  0  2

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Maglie S              6.1  6  5  5  2  7
Spencer G+            0.0  0  0  0  1  0
Koslo D (L)           3.2  4  1  1  1  2
  * Pitched to 3 batters in 7th
  + Pitched to 1 batter in 7th

E -- Dark A
DP -- Boston 1, New York 3
LOB -- Boston 7, New York 8
2B -- Marshall W, Holmes T, Cooper W, Dark A, Irvin M
3B -- Cole D, St. Claire E
HR -- Thompson H, Mueller D, Marshall W, Gordon S
SB -- Marquez L
CS -- Dark A
HBP -- by Maglie S (Marquez L)
T -- 3:06
A -- 17431

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