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Dodgers 4 @ Giants 5
Polo Grounds
June 28, 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 June 28, 1951 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants beat the visiting Dodgers with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateJune 28, 1951 
Visiting Team
Brooklyn Dodgers
R: 4 H: 9 E: 0 LOB: 9
Runs: 4
Hits: 9
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 5 H: 8 E: 4 LOB: 7
Runs: 5
Hits: 8
Errors: 4
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherSheldon Jones  
Losing PitcherRalph Branca  
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Game Winning RBIMonte Irvin 

Game Info

DateJune 28, 1951 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamBrooklyn Dodgers 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherRalph Branca  
Home Starting PitcherDave Koslo  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance27,756 
Time of Game2 hours 24 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Al Barlick
1B: Augie Donatelli
2B: (none)
3B: Lee Ballanfant

Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Dick Williams  Left Fielder 
Pee Wee Reese  Shortstop 
Duke Snider  Center Fielder 
Gil Hodges  First Baseman 
Carl Furillo  Right Fielder 
Jackie Robinson  Second Baseman 
Roy Campanella  Catcher 
Rocky Bridges  Third Baseman 
Ralph Branca  Pitcher 
Chuck Dressen  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Eddie Stanky  Second Baseman 
Al Dark  Shortstop 
Willie Mays  Center Fielder 
Don Mueller  Right Fielder 
Whitey Lockman  First Baseman 
Wes Westrum  Catcher 
Monte Irvin  Left Fielder 
Hank Thompson  Third Baseman 
Dave Koslo  Pitcher 
Leo Durocher  Manager 

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Dodgers 4 @ Giants 5
Polo Grounds
June 28, 1951

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 6/28/1951 -- Brooklyn at New York (D)

  Brooklyn           AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Williams D, lf        3  0  0  0   Stanky E, 2b          4  0  0  0   
Abrams C, ph          1  0  0  0   Dark A, ss            4  1  2  0   
Thompson D, lf        0  0  0  0   Mays W, cf            3  0  0  0   
Edwards H, ph         1  0  1  0   Mueller D, rf         4  0  2  0   
Reese P, ss           4  1  1  0   Thomson B, lf         0  0  0  0   
Snider D, cf          5  0  1  0   Lockman W, 1b         4  1  2  1   
Hodges G, 1b          5  1  1  0   Westrum W, c          4  1  0  0   
Furillo C, rf         4  0  1  0   Irvin M, lf-rf        4  2  2  4   
Robinson J, 2b        3  1  1  0   Thompson H, 3b        2  0  0  0   
Campanella R, c       3  1  1  1   Koslo D, p            1  0  0  0   
Bridges R, 3b         4  0  2  1   Jones S, p            2  0  0  0   
Branca R, p           3  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     36  4  9  2                        32  5  8  5

Brooklyn         100 003 000 --  4
New York         100 100 03x --  5

  Brooklyn             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Branca R (L)          8.0  8  5  5  4  6

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Koslo D               5.1  6  4  2  2  3
Jones S (W)           3.2  3  0  0  0  1

E -- Thompson H 3, Stanky E
LOB -- Brooklyn 9, New York 7
HR -- Irvin M 2
SH -- Branca R, Reese P
T -- 2:24
A -- 27756

    

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