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Dodgers
@ Braves
Braves Field
August 17, 1951
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Braves and the Brooklyn Dodgers, played on August 17, 1951 at Braves Field.
Game Summary
| Date | August 17, 1951 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Brooklyn Dodgers
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| Home Team |
Boston Braves
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 17, 1951 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| Home Team | Boston Braves |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Carl Erskine |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Max Surkont |
| Ballpark | Braves Field |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 4 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jocko Conlan 1B: Bill Stewart 2B: (none) 3B: Artie Gore |
Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Carl Furillo | Right Fielder |
| Pee Wee Reese | Shortstop |
| Duke Snider | Center Fielder |
| Jackie Robinson | Second Baseman |
| Andy Pafko | Left Fielder |
| Roy Campanella | Catcher |
| Gil Hodges | First Baseman |
| Billy Cox | Third Baseman |
| Carl Erskine | Pitcher |
| Chuck Dressen | Manager |
Boston Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Sibby Sisti | Second Baseman |
| Sam Jethroe | Center Fielder |
| Earl Torgeson | First Baseman |
| Bob Elliott | Third Baseman |
| Sid Gordon | Left Fielder |
| Willard Marshall | Right Fielder |
| Ebba St. Claire | Catcher |
| Johnny Logan | Shortstop |
| Max Surkont | Pitcher |
| Tommy Holmes | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Dodgers
@ Braves
Braves Field
August 17, 1951
Top 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Surkont
Furillo hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Surkont
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Surkont
Snider hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Sisti vs. Erskine
Sisti hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Jethroe vs. Erskine
Jethroe hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Torgeson vs. Erskine
Torgeson hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Elliott vs. Erskine
Elliott hits a popup towards short. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Surkont
Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Pafko vs. Surkont
Pafko hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Surkont
Campanella takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Hodges vs. Surkont
Hodges hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Erskine
Gordon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Erskine
Marshall hits a fly ball into left field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
St. Claire vs. Erskine
St. Claire strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Surkont
Cox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Erskine vs. Surkont
Erskine bunts towards the mound. Surkont fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Surkont
Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sisti scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Logan vs. Erskine
Logan hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Surkont vs. Erskine
Surkont takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sisti vs. Erskine
Sisti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Jethroe vs. Erskine
Jethroe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Surkont
Reese hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snider vs. Surkont
Snider hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Reese moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Robinson vs. Surkont
Robinson hits a popup, foul, towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Pafko vs. Surkont
Pafko strikes out. There goes Snider. The throw from St. Claire to second, and Snider is out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Torgeson vs. Erskine
Torgeson strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Erskine
Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Erskine
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Erskine fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Surkont
Campanella strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Surkont
Hodges hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Surkont
Cox hits a fly ball into center field. Jethroe settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Erskine vs. Surkont
Erskine hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Surkont fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Dodgers, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Erskine
Marshall hits a fly ball into left field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
St. Claire vs. Erskine
St. Claire strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Logan vs. Erskine
Logan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Surkont vs. Erskine
Surkont strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Dodgers, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Surkont
Furillo hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Surkont
Reese bunts towards third. Elliott juggles the ball. That's an error on Elliott. Furillo moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Snider vs. Surkont
Snider bunts towards the pitcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Furillo moves to third. Reese moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 123
Robinson vs. Surkont
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields it and throws to home to get Furillo. Reese moves to third. Snider moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 123
Pafko vs. Surkont
Pafko hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Reese scores. There goes Snider trying to get to home. Jethroe throws the ball in to Sisti who relays the ball to St. Claire who tags Snider who's trying to score from second, for the out. Robinson moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Campanella vs. Surkont
Campanella hits a popup, foul, towards first. Torgeson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Dodgers, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sisti vs. Erskine
Sisti hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Jethroe vs. Erskine
Jethroe hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torgeson vs. Erskine
Torgeson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Dodgers, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Surkont
Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Surkont
Cox hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Surkont fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Erskine vs. Surkont
Erskine hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Surkont, and towards Sisti, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Dodgers, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Erskine
Elliott hits a fly ball into left field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Erskine
Gordon hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Campanella settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Erskine
Marshall hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Dodgers, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Surkont
Furillo takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Surkont
Reese hits a line drive into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Snider vs. Surkont
Snider hits a popup towards third. Elliott settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Surkont
Robinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Furillo moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Pafko vs. Surkont
There's a wild pitch. Furillo moves to third. Robinson moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -23
Pafko vs. Surkont
Pafko takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 123
Campanella vs. Surkont
Campanella hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Dodgers, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
St. Claire vs. Erskine
St. Claire hits a line drive towards the mound. Erskine reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Addis vs. Erskine
Bob Addis pinch hits for Johnny Logan.
Addis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Holmes vs. Erskine
Tommy Holmes pinch hits for Max Surkont.
Holmes strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Sisti vs. Erskine
Sisti strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Dodgers, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Estock
Sibby Sisti now playing shortstop. Roy Hartsfield now playing second base. George Estock now pitching.
Hodges takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cox vs. Estock
Cox bunts in front of the plate. St. Claire fields it and throws to first for the out. Hodges moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Erskine vs. Estock
Erskine hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Furillo vs. Estock
Furillo hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hodges scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Estock
Reese takes first base on ball four. Furillo moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Snider vs. Paine
Phil Paine now pitching.
There's a wild pitch. Furillo moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Snider vs. Paine
Snider takes first base on ball four. Reese moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Robinson vs. Paine
Robinson hits a line drive into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jethroe vs. Erskine
Jethroe hits a fly ball into left field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Torgeson vs. Erskine
Torgeson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Elliott vs. Erskine
Elliott hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Pafko. Elliott reaches second base with a double. Torgeson moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -23
Gordon vs. Erskine
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Torgeson scores. Elliott moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Marshall vs. Erskine
Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops it up and throws to first, with Erskine covering, for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/17/1951, game 1 -- Brooklyn at Boston (N)
Brooklyn AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Furillo C, rf 4 0 2 1 Sisti S, 2b-ss 4 0 0 0
Reese P, ss 3 1 1 0 Jethroe S, cf 4 0 1 0
Snider D, cf 3 0 1 0 Torgeson E, 1b 3 1 0 0
Robinson J, 2b 5 0 1 0 Elliott B, 3b 4 0 1 0
Pafko A, lf 3 0 1 1 Gordon S, lf 4 0 0 1
Campanella R, c 3 0 0 0 Marshall W, rf 4 0 0 0
Hodges G, 1b 3 2 1 1 St. Claire E, c 3 0 0 0
Cox B, 3b 3 0 0 0 Logan J, ss 1 0 0 0
Erskine C, p 4 0 0 0 Addis B, ph 1 0 1 0
Hartsfield R, 2b 0 0 0 0
Surkont M, p 1 0 0 0
Holmes T, ph 1 0 0 0
Estock G, p 0 0 0 0
Paine P, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
31 3 7 3 30 1 3 1
Brooklyn 000 011 001 -- 3
Boston 000 000 001 -- 1
Brooklyn IP H R ER BB SO
Erskine C (W) 9.0 3 1 1 3 6
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Surkont M (L) 8.0 6 2 1 3 2
Estock G 0.2 1 1 1 2 0
Paine P 0.1 0 0 0 1 0
E -- Elliott B
DP -- Boston 1
LOB -- Brooklyn 10, Boston 5
2B -- Elliott B
HR -- Hodges G
CS -- Snider D
SH -- Reese P, Snider D, Cox B
WP -- Surkont M, Paine P
T -- 2:04
A -- 0
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