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September 15, 1951

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Bottom 7 R H E
Dodgers 3 6 0
Pirates 5 9 2
Bottom 7 R H E
Dodgers 3 6 0
Pirates 7 10 2

Jack Merson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .500
OBP .667 .500
At Bats 3 6
Hits 2 3
• Singles 1 1
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 1 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 0
RBI’s 2 2

Clyde King Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
14 6 6
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Forbes Field - September 15, 1951
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Single
Clyde King
Roy Campanella
Gil Hodges
Jackie Robinson
Billy Cox
Pee Wee Reese
Andy Pafko
Duke Snider
Carl Furillo
Jack Merson
Gus Bell
Ralph Kiner
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Merson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kiner scores. Bell scores.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Garagiola bunts towards the mound. King fields it and throws to first for the out. Kiner moves to third. Bell moves to second.
Bottom 7 Bell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Kiner hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Pafko. Kiner reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Snider hits a ball on the ground towards first. Metkovich scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Snider for the out.
Top 7 Reese hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ted Wilks now pitching. Furillo hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Garagiola settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Clyde King now pitching. Metkovich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Strickland scores. Saffell moves to third. Smith moves to second.
Bottom 6 Smith takes first base on ball four. Strickland moves to third. Saffell moves to second.
Bottom 6 Tom Saffell pinch hits for Mel Queen. Saffell takes first base on ball four. Strickland moves to second.
Bottom 6 Strickland hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Merson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Podbielan strikes out.
Top 6 Cox hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Joe Garagiola now catching. Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Joe Garagiola pinch hits for Clyde McCullough. Garagiola strikes out. There goes Kiner. The throw from Campanella to Reese, and Kiner is out.
Bottom 5 Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kiner takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Campanella takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Robinson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Snider strikes out.
Top 5 Reese is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Furillo hits a line drive to center field. That will be extra bases. Thomas chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards Strickland. Strickland fumbles the ball. That's a triple and an error on Strickland. Furillo moves all the way to home.
Bottom 4 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Metkovich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Bud Podbielan now pitching. Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Jim Russell pinch hits for Ralph Branca. Russell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Merson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Cox hits a line drive towards short. Strickland reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hodges takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Queen strikes out.
Bottom 3 Strickland hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bell scores. Merson moves to second.
Bottom 3 Merson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thomas scores. Bell moves to second.
Bottom 3 McCullough is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Bell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out. Thomas moves to second.
Bottom 3 Thomas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Pafko hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Campanella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Robinson moves to second.
Top 3 Robinson takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Snider hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Reese strikes out.
Bottom 2 Metkovich hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Merson scores. Strickland moves to second.
Bottom 2 Queen strikes out.
Bottom 2 Strickland takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Merson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Snider who is chasing the ball. Merson reaches third base with a triple. McCullough goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 McCullough takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 There goes Bell. The throw from Campanella and he is out, Robinson applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Branca strikes out.
Top 2 Cox hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hodges hits a line drive into left field. Kiner picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Kiner. Hodges moves to second.
Bottom 1 Kiner hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Thomas hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Furillo. Thomas reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Metkovich hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Smith hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Pafko is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Campanella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Robinson moves to second.
Top 1 Robinson takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Snider hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out.