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Giants
@ Dodgers
Ebbets Field
September 8, 1951
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants, played on September 8, 1951 at Ebbets Field.
Game Summary
Date | September 8, 1951 |
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Visiting Team |
New York Giants
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Home Team |
Brooklyn Dodgers
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 8, 1951 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | New York Giants |
Home Team | Brooklyn Dodgers |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jim Hearn |
Home Starting Pitcher | Don Newcombe |
Ballpark | Ebbets Field |
City | Brooklyn |
State | NY |
Attendance | 23,171 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 49 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Dusty Boggess 1B: Artie Gore 2B: Scotty Robb 3B: Babe Pinelli |
New York Giants Lineup
Name | Position |
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Eddie Stanky | Second Baseman |
Al Dark | Shortstop |
Don Mueller | Right Fielder |
Monte Irvin | Left Fielder |
Whitey Lockman | First Baseman |
Bobby Thomson | Third Baseman |
Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
Wes Westrum | Catcher |
Jim Hearn | Pitcher |
Leo Durocher | Manager |
Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Carl Furillo | Right Fielder |
Pee Wee Reese | Shortstop |
Duke Snider | Center Fielder |
Jackie Robinson | Second Baseman |
Roy Campanella | Catcher |
Andy Pafko | Left Fielder |
Gil Hodges | First Baseman |
Billy Cox | Third Baseman |
Don Newcombe | Pitcher |
Chuck Dressen | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Giants
@ Dodgers
Ebbets Field
September 8, 1951
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Newcombe
Stanky hits a popup towards third. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Newcombe
Dark strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Newcombe
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops it up and throws to first, with Newcombe covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Hearn
Furillo hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stanky settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Hearn
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Hearn
Snider takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Hearn
There goes Snider. The throw from Westrum and he is safe. Snider steals second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Robinson vs. Hearn
Robinson hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Newcombe
Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Newcombe
Lockman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Newcombe
Thomson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lockman moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mays vs. Newcombe
Mays takes first base on ball four. Lockman moves to third. Thomson moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Westrum vs. Newcombe
Westrum hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hearn vs. Newcombe
Hearn strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Hearn
Campanella takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pafko vs. Hearn
Pafko hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hodges vs. Hearn
Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cox vs. Hearn
There goes Hodges. The throw from Westrum and he is out, Stanky applying the tag. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Newcombe
Stanky hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Newcombe
Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Newcombe
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mueller for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Hearn
Cox hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newcombe vs. Hearn
Newcombe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Furillo vs. Hearn
Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Hearn
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Newcombe
Irvin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Newcombe
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Newcombe
Thomson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mays vs. Newcombe
Mays strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Hearn
Snider takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Hearn
Robinson bunts towards the mound. Hearn fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Snider moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Campanella vs. Hearn
Campanella hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hearn fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Snider moves to third. Robinson moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Pafko vs. Hearn
Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Snider scores. Robinson moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hodges vs. Hearn
There's a wild pitch. Robinson scores. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Hearn
Hodges takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cox vs. Hearn
Cox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Newcombe
Westrum takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hearn vs. Newcombe
Hearn bunts in front of the plate. Campanella fields it and throws to first for the out. Westrum moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Stanky vs. Newcombe
Stanky hits a fly ball into left field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dark vs. Newcombe
Dark is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newcombe vs. Hearn
Newcombe takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Furillo vs. Hearn
Furillo bunts towards the mound. Hearn fields it and throws to first for the out. Newcombe moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Reese vs. Hearn
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snider vs. Hearn
There goes Reese. The throw from Westrum and he is out, Dark applying the tag. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Newcombe
Mueller hits a fly ball into left field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Newcombe
Irvin strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Newcombe
Lockman hits a fly ball into left field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Hearn
Snider hits a ball on the ground towards first. The ball bounces off Lockman, and towards Stanky, who fields it and throws to first, with the pitcher covering, for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Hearn
Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Campanella vs. Hearn
Campanella hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pafko vs. Hearn
Pafko hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays. Pafko reaches second base with a double. Robinson goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hodges vs. Hearn
Hodges hits a line drive into left field. Irvin picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Irvin. Pafko scores. Hodges moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cox vs. Jones
Sheldon Jones now pitching.
Cox is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Newcombe
Thomson strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Newcombe
Mays is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Newcombe
Westrum hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newcombe vs. Jones
Newcombe is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Jones
Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Jones
Reese takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snider vs. Jones
Snider takes first base on ball four. Reese moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Robinson vs. Jones
Robinson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays. Robinson reaches second base with a double. Reese scores. Snider moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Campanella vs. Jones
Campanella is walked intentionally. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Pafko vs. Jones
Pafko is hit by the pitch. Snider scores. Robinson moves to third. Campanella moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hodges vs. Spencer
George Spencer now pitching.
Hodges takes first base on ball four. Robinson scores. Campanella moves to third. Pafko moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Cox vs. Spencer
Cox hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Campanella scores. Pafko scores. Hodges moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Newcombe vs. Spencer
Newcombe takes first base on ball four. Hodges moves to third. Cox moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Furillo vs. Spencer
Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomson fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Newcombe
Hank Thompson pinch hits for George Spencer.
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops it up and throws to first, with Newcombe covering, for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Newcombe
Stanky hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox juggles the ball. That's an error on Cox. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Newcombe
Dark hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Newcombe
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mueller for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Konikowski
Alex Konikowski now pitching.
Reese is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Konikowski
Snider hits a popup towards third. Thomson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Konikowski
Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Newcombe
Irvin hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Newcombe
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese misplays the ball. That's an error on Reese. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Newcombe
Thomson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Campanella settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mays vs. Newcombe
Mays hits a fly ball into left field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/8/1951 -- New York at Brooklyn (D) New York AB R H RBI Brooklyn AB R H RBI Stanky E, 2b 4 0 0 0 Furillo C, rf 4 0 0 0 Dark A, ss 4 0 0 0 Reese P, ss 4 1 0 0 Mueller D, rf 4 0 0 0 Snider D, cf 2 2 0 0 Irvin M, lf 3 0 0 0 Robinson J, 2b 5 3 3 1 Lockman W, 1b 4 0 1 0 Campanella R, c 2 1 1 0 Thomson B, 3b 3 0 1 0 Pafko A, lf 3 2 1 2 Mays W, cf 3 0 0 0 Hodges G, 1b 2 0 1 2 Westrum W, c 2 0 0 0 Cox B, 3b 4 0 1 2 Hearn J, p 1 0 0 0 Newcombe D, p 2 0 1 0 Jones S, p 0 0 0 0 Spencer G, p 0 0 0 0 Thompson H, ph 1 0 0 0 Konikowski A, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 29 0 2 0 28 9 8 7 New York 000 000 000 -- 0 Brooklyn 000 202 50x -- 9 New York IP H R ER BB SO Hearn J (L) 5.2 6 4 4 5 0 Jones S 1.0 1 5 5 3 2 Spencer G 0.1 1 0 0 2 0 Konikowski A 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Brooklyn IP H R ER BB SO Newcombe D (W) 9.0 2 0 0 4 7 E -- Irvin M, Cox B, Reese P DP -- New York 1, Brooklyn 1 LOB -- New York 7, Brooklyn 7 2B -- Pafko A, Robinson J SB -- Snider D CS -- Hodges G, Reese P SH -- Hearn J, Furillo C HBP -- by Jones S (Pafko A) WP -- Hearn J T -- 2:49 A -- 23171
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