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Pirates 3 @ Giants 8
Polo Grounds
July 15, 1951

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on July 15, 1951 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants beat the visiting Pirates with a score of 8 to 3.

Game Summary

DateJuly 15, 1951 
Visiting Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 3 H: 10 E: 2 LOB: 10
Runs: 3
Hits: 10
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 8 H: 15 E: 1 LOB: 8
Runs: 8
Hits: 15
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 8
Winning PitcherJim Hearn  
Losing PitcherBill Werle  
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Game Winning RBIAl Dark 

Game Info

DateJuly 15, 1951 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherBill Werle  
Home Starting PitcherJim Hearn  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance17,945 
Time of Game2 hours 31 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Lee Ballanfant
1B: Al Barlick
2B: (none)
3B: Augie Donatelli

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Pete Castiglione  Third Baseman 
George Metkovich  First Baseman 
Gus Bell  Right Fielder 
Ralph Kiner  Left Fielder 
Bill Howerton  Center Fielder 
Clyde McCullough  Catcher 
Erv Dusak  Second Baseman 
George Strickland  Shortstop 
Bill Werle  Pitcher 
Billy Meyer  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Davey Williams  Second Baseman 
Al Dark  Shortstop 
Bobby Thomson  Left Fielder 
Monte Irvin  Right Fielder 
Whitey Lockman  First Baseman 
Willie Mays  Center Fielder 
Ray Noble  Catcher 
Bill Rigney  Third Baseman 
Jim Hearn  Pitcher 
Leo Durocher  Manager 

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Pirates 3 @ Giants 8
Polo Grounds
July 15, 1951

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         Game of 7/15/1951, game 2 -- Pittsburgh at New York (D)

  Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Castiglione P, 3b     5  1  2  0   Williams D, 2b        4  1  2  0   
Metkovich G, 1b       5  1  3  0   Dark A, ss            5  2  2  1   
Bell G, rf            5  0  2  2   Thomson B, lf         5  1  3  2   
Kiner R, lf           3  0  0  0   Irvin M, rf           5  0  0  0   
Howerton B, cf        4  0  0  0   Lockman W, 1b         4  2  1  0   
McCullough C, c       3  0  0  0   Mays W, cf            4  2  2  3   
Dusak E, 2b           4  0  1  0   Noble R, c            4  0  2  1   
Strickland G, ss      4  0  1  0   Rigney B, 3b          3  0  2  1   
Werle B, p            2  0  0  0   Hearn J, p            4  0  1  0   
Walsh J, p            0  0  0  0                                      
Nelson R, ph          1  1  1  1                                      
LaPalme P, p          0  0  0  0                                      
Wilks T, p            0  0  0  0                                      
Garagiola J, ph       1  0  0  0                                      
Friend B, p           0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     37  3 10  3                        38  8 15  8

Pittsburgh       000 021 000 --  3
New York         010 130 30x --  8

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Werle B (L)*          4.0 10  5  5  0  1
Walsh J               1.0  0  0  0  0  0
LaPalme P             1.2  5  3  0  1  0
Wilks T               0.1  0  0  0  0  1
Friend B              1.0  0  0  0  1  0

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hearn J (W)           9.0 10  3  3  3  5
  * Pitched to 3 batters in 5th

E -- Dark A, Strickland G, Dusak E
DP -- Pittsburgh 2, New York 1
LOB -- Pittsburgh 10, New York 8
2B -- Thomson B, Williams D, Dark A
3B -- Bell G, Mays W
HR -- Mays W, Thomson B, Nelson R
WP -- Friend B
T -- 2:31
A -- 17945

    

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