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Dodgers
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
April 22, 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 22, 1951 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | April 22, 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 22, 1951 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Carl Erskine |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Sal Maglie |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 32,954 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 57 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Lee Ballanfant 1B: Al Barlick 2B: (none) 3B: Augie Donatelli |
Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Gene Hermanski | 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 |
| Carl Erskine | 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 |
| Sal Maglie | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Dodgers
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
April 22, 1951
Top 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hermanski vs. Maglie
Hermanski 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, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Maglie
Furillo strikes out. Westrum drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Furillo out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Maglie
Snider hits a ball on the ground towards first. Irvin scoops it up and throws to first, with Maglie covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Erskine
Stanky hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Erskine
Lockman hits a fly ball into left field. Hermanski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Erskine
Thompson hits a line drive towards first. Hodges catches it and steps on first to double up Stanky. View Play
Top 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Maglie
Robinson strikes out. Westrum drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Robinson out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Maglie
Hodges hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Maglie
Campanella strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Maglie
Reese hits a line drive into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Erskine
Irvin hits a line drive into left field. Hermanski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Erskine
Thomson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Erskine
Mueller hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Thomson moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Dark vs. Erskine
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Erskine fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Westrum vs. Erskine
Westrum takes first base on ball four. Dark moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Maglie vs. Erskine
Maglie hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bridges vs. Maglie
Bridges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Erskine vs. Maglie
Erskine hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Maglie fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Hermanski vs. Maglie
Hermanski strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Erskine
Stanky hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Erskine
Lockman hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Erskine
Thompson hits a line drive into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Maglie
Furillo hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Maglie
Snider hits a ball on the ground towards first. Irvin scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Snider for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Maglie
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Erskine
Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Erskine
Thomson hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Erskine
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Thomson moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Dark vs. Erskine
Dark hits a fly ball into left field. Hermanski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Westrum vs. Erskine
Westrum hits a line drive to center field. Snider throws towards third. Bridges fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Bridges. Thomson scores. Mueller goes all the way around to score. Westrum moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Maglie vs. Erskine
Maglie hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Maglie
Hodges hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Maglie
Campanella hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Maglie
Reese takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Bridges vs. Maglie
There goes Reese. The throw from Westrum and he is out, Stanky applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 5
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Erskine
Stanky hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Erskine
Lockman hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bridges settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Erskine
Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Irvin vs. Erskine
Irvin strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Bridges vs. Maglie
Bridges hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mueller. Bridges reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Erskine vs. Maglie
Erskine strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hermanski vs. Maglie
Hermanski hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Furillo vs. Maglie
Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Erskine
Thomson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Erskine
Mueller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Erskine
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. Mueller moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Westrum vs. Erskine
Westrum is walked intentionally. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Maglie vs. Erskine
Maglie bunts in front of the plate. Campanella fields it and throws to third for the out. Westrum moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 12-
Stanky vs. Erskine
Stanky takes first base on ball four. Westrum moves to third. Maglie moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 123
Lockman vs. Palica
Erv Palica now pitching.
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Maglie
Snider strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Maglie
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Maglie fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Maglie
Hodges hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stanky settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Palica
Thompson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Palica
Irvin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Palica
Thomson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Palica
Mueller hits a popup towards short. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Maglie
Campanella hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Maglie
Reese hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Edwards vs. Maglie
Hank Edwards pinch hits for Rocky Bridges.
Edwards takes first base on ball four. Reese moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Abrams vs. Maglie
Dan Bankhead pinch runs for Hank Edwards. Cal Abrams pinch hits for Erv Palica.
Abrams hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Maglie fields it and throws to second for the out. Reese moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Hermanski vs. Maglie
Hermanski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Reese scores. Abrams moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Furillo vs. Maglie
Eddie Miksis pinch runs for Cal Abrams.
Furillo hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Newcombe
Don Newcombe now pitching. Billy Cox now playing third base.
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Newcombe
Westrum strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Maglie vs. Newcombe
Maglie strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Maglie
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 -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Maglie
Robinson hits a popup towards third. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Maglie
Hodges takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Campanella vs. Maglie
Campanella hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Hodges moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Reese vs. Maglie
Reese hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hodges scores. Campanella moves to third. Reese moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Cox vs. Maglie
Cox is walked intentionally. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 123
Newcombe vs. Maglie
Newcombe hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Newcombe
Stanky hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Newcombe
Lockman 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, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Newcombe
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Newcombe fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 10
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Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Hermanski vs. Maglie
Hermanski hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Maglie
Furillo hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Maglie
Snider hits a ball on the ground towards first. Irvin scoops it up and throws to first, with Maglie covering, for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Maglie
Robinson hits a line drive into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 10
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Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 3
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, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Newcombe
Thomson strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Newcombe
Mueller hits a popup towards third. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/22/1951 -- Brooklyn at New York (D)
Brooklyn AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Hermanski G, lf 5 0 1 1 Stanky E, 2b 4 0 2 0
Furillo C, rf 5 1 1 1 Lockman W, lf 5 0 0 0
Snider D, cf 5 0 0 0 Thompson H, 3b 5 0 0 0
Robinson J, 2b 5 0 0 0 Irvin M, 1b 4 0 0 0
Hodges G, 1b 3 2 1 1 Thomson B, cf 4 2 2 1
Campanella R, c 4 0 1 0 Mueller D, rf 5 1 3 0
Reese P, ss 3 1 2 1 Dark A, ss 4 0 0 0
Bridges R, 3b 2 0 1 0 Westrum W, c 2 0 1 2
Edwards H, ph 0 0 0 0 Maglie S, p 4 0 0 0
Bankhead D, pr 0 0 0 0
Cox B, 3b 0 0 0 0
Erskine C, p 2 0 0 0
Palica E, p 0 0 0 0
Abrams C, ph 1 0 0 0
Miksis E, pr 0 0 0 0
Newcombe D, p 1 0 0 0
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36 4 7 4 37 3 8 3
Brooklyn 010 000 011 1 -- 4
New York 000 201 000 0 -- 3
Brooklyn IP H R ER BB SO
Erskine C 5.2 8 3 3 4 1
Palica E 1.1 0 0 0 1 0
Newcombe D (W) 3.0 0 0 0 0 3
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Maglie S (L) 10.0 7 4 4 4 6
E -- Bridges R
DP -- Brooklyn 1
LOB -- Brooklyn 6, New York 9
2B -- Bridges R
HR -- Hodges G, Thomson B, Furillo C
CS -- Reese P
T -- 2:57
A -- 32954
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