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Dodgers
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
April 20, 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 April 20, 1951 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | April 20, 1951 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Brooklyn Dodgers
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| Home Team |
New York Giants
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 20, 1951 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Don Newcombe |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Sheldon Jones |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 30,870 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 47 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Al Barlick 1B: Augie Donatelli 2B: (none) 3B: Lee Ballanfant |
Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Don Thompson | Left Fielder |
| Carl Furillo | Right Fielder |
| Duke Snider | Center Fielder |
| Jackie Robinson | Second Baseman |
| Gil Hodges | First Baseman |
| Roy Campanella | Catcher |
| Pee Wee Reese | Shortstop |
| Rocky Bridges | Third Baseman |
| Don Newcombe | Pitcher |
| Chuck Dressen | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Eddie Stanky | Second Baseman |
| Whitey Lockman | Left Fielder |
| Hank Thompson | Third Baseman |
| Monte Irvin | First Baseman |
| Bobby Thomson | Center Fielder |
| Don Mueller | Right Fielder |
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Wes Westrum | Catcher |
| Sheldon Jones | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Dodgers
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
April 20, 1951
Top 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Jones
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jones fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Furillo vs. Jones
Furillo hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Snider vs. Jones
There goes Thompson. The throw from Westrum and he is out, Dark applying the tag. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Jones
Snider strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Newcombe
Stanky hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Campanella settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Newcombe
Lockman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Newcombe
Thompson takes first base on ball four. Lockman moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Irvin vs. Newcombe
Irvin takes first base on ball four. Lockman moves to third. Thompson moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 123
Thomson vs. Newcombe
Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Lockman scores. Thompson moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Mueller vs. Newcombe
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Jones
Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hodges vs. Jones
Hodges hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Robinson moves to third. Hodges moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: -23
Campanella vs. Jones
Campanella hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lockman. Campanella reaches second base with a double. Robinson scores. Hodges scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Reese vs. Jones
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and has Campanella trapped. There's the throw to Dark who tags Campanella for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Bridges vs. Jones
Bridges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Newcombe vs. Jones
Newcombe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Newcombe
Dark hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Westrum vs. Newcombe
Westrum strikes out. There goes Dark. The throw from Campanella to second, and Dark is out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Newcombe
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Jones
Thompson hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Jones
Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Jones
Snider hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Newcombe
Stanky hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Newcombe
Lockman hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Newcombe
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Jones
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Jones
Hodges hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Campanella vs. Jones
Campanella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hodges moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Reese vs. Jones
Reese hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bridges vs. Jones
Bridges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Newcombe
Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Newcombe
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese misplays the ball. That's an error on Reese. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Newcombe
Mueller hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Thomson moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Dark vs. Newcombe
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson fields it and throws to second for the out. Thomson scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Westrum vs. Newcombe
There goes Dark. The throw from Campanella and he is safe. Dark steals second. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Westrum vs. Newcombe
Westrum hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dark scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Newcombe
There's a wild pitch. Westrum moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Jones vs. Newcombe
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Newcombe fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newcombe vs. Jones
Newcombe hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Jones
Thompson takes first base on ball four. Newcombe moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Furillo vs. Jones
Furillo bunts towards first. Irvin juggles the ball. That's an error on Irvin. Newcombe moves to third. Thompson moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 123
Snider vs. Jones
Snider hits a ball on the ground towards first. Irvin fields it and throws to home to get Newcombe. Thompson moves to third. Furillo moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Robinson vs. Jones
Robinson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Thompson scores. Furillo scores. Snider moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Hodges vs. Jones
Hodges takes first base on ball four. Snider moves to third. Robinson moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 123
Campanella vs. Jones
Campanella hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Snider scores. Robinson moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Reese vs. Jones
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark misplays the ball. That's an error on Dark. Robinson scores. Hodges moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Edwards vs. Spencer
George Spencer now pitching. Hank Edwards pinch hits for Rocky Bridges.
Edwards hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Dodgers, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Newcombe
Billy Cox now playing third base.
Stanky hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Reese. Stanky moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Lockman vs. Newcombe
Lockman hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Campanella settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Thompson vs. Newcombe
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops it up and throws to first, with Newcombe covering, for the out. Stanky moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Irvin vs. Newcombe
Irvin strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Dodgers, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newcombe vs. Spencer
Newcombe hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Spencer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Spencer
Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Spencer
Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Spencer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Dodgers, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Newcombe
Thomson hits a popup towards third. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Newcombe
Mueller hits a fly ball into left field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Newcombe
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Dodgers, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Spencer
Snider hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Spencer
Robinson takes first base on ball four. Snider moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hodges vs. Spencer
Hodges bunts towards the mound. Spencer fields it and throws to first for the out. Snider moves to third. Robinson moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Campanella vs. Spencer
Campanella is walked intentionally. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Reese vs. Spencer
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out. Snider scores. Robinson moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1-3
Cox vs. Spencer
Cox hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Spencer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Newcombe
Westrum strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Newcombe
Artie Wilson pinch hits for George Spencer.
Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Newcombe fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Newcombe
Stanky hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newcombe vs. Kennedy
Monty Kennedy now pitching.
Newcombe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Irvin scoops it up and throws to first, with Kennedy covering, for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Kennedy
Thompson strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Kennedy
Furillo strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Newcombe
Lockman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Newcombe
Thompson takes first base on ball four. Lockman moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Irvin vs. Newcombe
Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson fields it and throws to second for the out. Lockman moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Thomson vs. Newcombe
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Kennedy
Snider strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Kennedy
Robinson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Kennedy
Hodges takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Campanella vs. Kennedy
Campanella strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Newcombe
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Newcombe
Dark hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Newcombe
Westrum strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/20/1951 -- Brooklyn at New York (D)
Brooklyn AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Thompson D, lf 4 1 1 0 Stanky E, 2b 4 0 0 0
Furillo C, rf 4 1 0 0 Lockman W, lf 4 1 2 0
Snider D, cf 5 2 1 0 Thompson H, 3b 2 0 0 0
Robinson J, 2b 4 2 2 2 Irvin M, 1b 3 0 0 0
Hodges G, 1b 2 1 2 0 Thomson B, cf 4 1 0 1
Campanella R, c 4 0 2 3 Mueller D, rf 4 0 1 0
Reese P, ss 4 0 0 1 Dark A, ss 4 1 1 1
Bridges R, 3b 2 0 0 0 Westrum W, c 4 0 1 1
Edwards H, ph 1 0 0 0 Jones S, p 2 0 0 0
Cox B, 3b 1 0 0 0 Spencer G, p 0 0 0 0
Newcombe D, p 4 0 1 0 Wilson A, ph 1 0 0 0
Kennedy M, p 0 0 0 0
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35 7 9 6 32 3 5 3
Brooklyn 020 040 100 -- 7
New York 100 200 000 -- 3
Brooklyn IP H R ER BB SO
Newcombe D (W) 9.0 5 3 1 3 4
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Jones S (L) 4.2 8 6 3 2 1
Spencer G 2.1 1 1 1 2 0
Kennedy M 2.0 0 0 0 1 4
E -- Reese P 2, Irvin M, Dark A
DP -- Brooklyn 2
LOB -- Brooklyn 8, New York 5
2B -- Campanella R
SB -- Dark A
CS -- Thompson D, Dark A
SH -- Furillo C, Hodges G
WP -- Newcombe D
T -- 2:47
A -- 30870
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