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Dodgers 4 @ Giants 5
Polo Grounds
October 3, 1951
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers, played on October 3, 1951 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants beat the visiting Dodgers with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateOctober 3, 1951 
Visiting Team
Brooklyn Dodgers
R: 4 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 7
Runs: 4
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 5 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 3
Runs: 5
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 3
Winning Pitcher—Larry Jansen  
Losing Pitcher—Ralph Branca  
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Game Winning RBI—Bobby Thomson 

Game Info

DateOctober 3, 1951 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamBrooklyn Dodgers 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherDon Newcombe  
Home Starting PitcherSal Maglie  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance34,320 
Time of Game2 hours 28 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Lou Jorda
1B: Jocko Conlan
2B: Bill Stewart
3B: Larry Goetz

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 
Gil Hodges  First Baseman 
Billy Cox  Third Baseman 
Rube Walker  Catcher 
Don Newcombe  Pitcher 
Chuck Dressen  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
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 
Sal Maglie  Pitcher 
Leo Durocher  Manager 

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1 Re: New York Giants versus Brooklyn Dodgers - October 3, 1951 - Regular Season Lineup and other Game Information
Posted by Danny Lehrman – 08/30/2011 at 4:46 PM — View this game ►
My family immigrated to America in the mid-forties. We learned to be American thru baseball. My Uncle Sol will never forget watching Bobby Thompson's home run on Oct. 3, 1951, on Broadway + 100th Street thru the window of a TV/appliance store. Many did not yet have TVs. It broke his heart.

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Dodgers 4 @ Giants 5
Polo Grounds
October 3, 1951

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         Game of 10/3/1951 -- Brooklyn at New York (D)

  Brooklyn           AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Furillo C, rf         5  0  0  0   Stanky E, 2b          4  0  0  0   
Reese P, ss           4  2  1  0   Dark A, ss            4  1  1  0   
Snider D, cf          3  1  2  0   Mueller D, rf         4  0  1  0   
Robinson J, 2b        2  1  1  1   Hartung C, pr         0  1  0  0   
Pafko A, lf           4  0  1  1   Irvin M, lf           4  1  1  0   
Hodges G, 1b          4  0  0  0   Lockman W, 1b         3  1  2  1   
Cox B, 3b             4  0  2  1   Thomson B, 3b         4  1  3  4   
Walker R, c           4  0  1  0   Mays W, cf            3  0  0  0   
Newcombe D, p         4  0  0  0   Westrum W, c          0  0  0  0   
Branca R, p           0  0  0  0   Rigney B, ph          1  0  0  0   
                                   Noble R, c            0  0  0  0   
                                   Maglie S, p           2  0  0  0   
                                   Thompson H, ph        1  0  0  0   
                                   Jansen L, p           0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     34  4  8  3                        30  5  8  5

Brooklyn         100 000 030 --  4
New York         000 000 104 --  5
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Brooklyn             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Newcombe D            8.1  7  4  4  2  2
Branca R (L)          0.0  1  1  1  0  0

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Maglie S              8.0  8  4  4  4  6
Jansen L (W)          1.0  0  0  0  0  0

DP -- Brooklyn 2
LOB -- Brooklyn 7, New York 3
2B -- Thomson B, Irvin M, Lockman W
HR -- Thomson B
CS -- Snider D
SH -- Lockman W
WP -- Maglie S
T -- 2:28
A -- 34320

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