Cardinals @ Braves
June 8, 1951

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 2 8 0
Braves 1 6 3
Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 2 8 0
Braves 1 6 3

Sid Gordon Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .279
OBP .333 .402
At Bats 3 165
Hits 1 46
• Singles 0 29
• Doubles 1 9
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 0 32
RBI’s 0 24

Joe Presko Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 2 2
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Braves Field - June 8, 1951
Out
Joe Presko
Del Rice
Nippy Jones
Red Schoendienst
Billy Johnson
Stan Rojek
Stan Musial
Peanuts Lowrey
Bill Howerton
Sid Gordon

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 2 8 0 9
Boston Braves 1 6 3 5
Winning Pitcher Joe Presko
Losing Pitcher Max Surkont
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI (none)
Attendance 10,697
Time of Game 1 hour 58 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Gordon hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Cooper hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 9 Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Presko fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Torgeson hits a fly ball into center field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Schoendienst hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Lowrey hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Bob Chipman now pitching. Presko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Marshall hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Addis hits a line drive into right field. Howerton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Sam Jethroe pinch hits for Max Surkont. Jethroe hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Rice hits a popup towards short. Kerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Rojek hits a popup towards short. Kerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Johnson is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Jones takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Kerr hits a line drive into center field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Sisti hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rojek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Cooper hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Howerton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Howerton for the out.
Top 7 Musial hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Schoendienst hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Lowrey hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Elliott hits a fly ball into center field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Torgeson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Marshall hits a fly ball into center field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Addis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rojek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Presko hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sisti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 The ball gets by Cooper for a passed ball. Rice moves to second.
Top 6 Rice hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Rojek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 There goes Johnson. The throw from Cooper and he is out, Kerr applying the tag.
Top 6 Johnson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Surkont strikes out.
Bottom 5 Kerr hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Sisti hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Howerton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gordon moves to third.
Bottom 5 Gordon hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Musial. Gordon reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 There go the runners. The throw from Cooper to Kerr covering second. The throw back to home, and Howerton is out at the plate.
Top 5 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott juggles the ball. That's an error on Elliott. Musial scores. Howerton moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Howerton takes first base on ball four. Musial moves to second.
Top 5 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Schoendienst for the out.
Top 5 Lowrey hits a popup in front of the plate. Cooper settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rojek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rojek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Torgeson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Presko hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sisti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott juggles the ball. That's an error on Elliott. Howerton moves to third. Rojek moves to second.
Top 4 Rojek is hit by the pitch.
Top 4 Johnson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sisti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Jones strikes out.
Top 4 Howerton hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gordon. Howerton reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Marshall hits a popup, foul, towards third. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Addis hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Surkont hits a popup, foul, towards first. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Kerr hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Musial hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lowrey moves to second.
Top 3 Lowrey hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Presko bunts towards third. Elliott catches it for the out, and throws it away. That's an error on Elliott. Rojek scores. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Rice hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Cooper settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rojek hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Addis who is chasing the ball. Rojek reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 2 Sisti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Gordon hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Cooper hits a line drive into center field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson scoops it up and throws to first, with Surkont covering, for the out.
Top 2 Howerton strikes out.
Bottom 1 Elliott strikes out.
Bottom 1 Torgeson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Rice settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Addis moves to second.
Bottom 1 Addis hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Musial hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Cooper settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Schoendienst hits a fly ball into center field. Addis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.