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Cubs
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
June 9, 1951
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Chicago Cubs, played on June 9, 1951 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | June 9, 1951 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Chicago Cubs
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| Home Team |
New York Giants
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 9, 1951 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Paul Minner |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jim Hearn |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 8,586 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 31 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Scotty Robb 1B: Bill Stewart 2B: Artie Gore 3B: Jocko Conlan |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Wayne Terwilliger | Second Baseman |
| Bob Borkowski | Left Fielder |
| Phil Cavarretta | First Baseman |
| Frank Baumholtz | Right Fielder |
| Andy Pafko | Center Fielder |
| Rube Walker | Catcher |
| Randy Jackson | Third Baseman |
| Bob Ramazzotti | Shortstop |
| Paul Minner | Pitcher |
| Frankie Frisch | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Eddie Stanky | Second Baseman |
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Bobby Thomson | Left Fielder |
| Wes Westrum | Catcher |
| Monte Irvin | Right Fielder |
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Jack Lohrke | Third Baseman |
| Whitey Lockman | First Baseman |
| Jim Hearn | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cubs
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
June 9, 1951
Top 1
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terwilliger vs. Hearn
Terwilliger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lohrke fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Borkowski vs. Hearn
Borkowski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cavarretta vs. Hearn
Cavarretta hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baumholtz vs. Hearn
Baumholtz hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Minner
Stanky hits a fly ball into left field. Borkowski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Minner
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Minner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Minner
Thomson hits a popup towards short. Ramazzotti settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Westrum vs. Minner
Westrum takes first base on ball four. Dark moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Irvin vs. Minner
Irvin is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 2
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pafko vs. Hearn
Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lohrke fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Hearn
Walker strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Hearn
Jackson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ramazzotti vs. Hearn
Ramazzotti strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Minner
Mays hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lohrke vs. Minner
Lohrke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ramazzotti fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Minner
Lockman is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 3
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minner vs. Hearn
Minner hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terwilliger vs. Hearn
Terwilliger hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Borkowski vs. Hearn
Borkowski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lohrke fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hearn vs. Minner
Hearn strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Minner
Stanky hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Minner
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Minner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cavarretta vs. Hearn
Cavarretta hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baumholtz vs. Hearn
Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Hearn, and towards Stanky, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pafko vs. Hearn
Pafko hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lohrke settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Minner
Thomson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Borkowski. Thomson reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Westrum vs. Minner
Westrum strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Irvin vs. Minner
Irvin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mays vs. Minner
Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lohrke vs. Minner
Lohrke hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cavarretta scoops it up and throws to first, with Minner covering, for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Hearn
Walker hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Stanky reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Hearn
Jackson hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ramazzotti vs. Hearn
Ramazzotti hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Minner
Lockman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hearn vs. Minner
Walker fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Walker. Lockman moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hearn vs. Minner
Hearn bunts towards the pitcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Lockman moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Stanky vs. Minner
Stanky hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Lockman scores. Hearn moves to third. Stanky moves to second. That run is unearned. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Dark vs. Minner
Dark hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Minner
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Minner
Westrum hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Schultz
Bob Schultz now pitching.
Irvin hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Baumholtz. Irvin reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mays vs. Schultz
Mays hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out. Irvin moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Lohrke vs. Schultz
Lohrke takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lockman vs. Schultz
Lockman takes first base on ball four. Lohrke moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hearn vs. Schultz
Hearn strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schultz vs. Hearn
Schultz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lohrke fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terwilliger vs. Hearn
Terwilliger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Borkowski vs. Hearn
Borkowski hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Stanky reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Schultz
Stanky hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Schultz
Dark hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Schultz
Thomson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Westrum vs. Schultz
Westrum takes first base on ball four. Thomson moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Irvin vs. Kelly
Bob Kelly now pitching.
Irvin is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mays vs. Kelly
Mays hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pafko. Mays reaches second base with a double. Thomson scores. Westrum moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Lohrke vs. Kelly
Lohrke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ramazzotti fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Ramazzotti. Westrum scores. Mays moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lockman vs. Kelly
Lockman strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hearn vs. Kelly
Hearn hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cavarretta settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cavarretta vs. Hearn
Cavarretta 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 -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baumholtz vs. Hearn
Baumholtz hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pafko vs. Hearn
Pafko hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Kelly
Bill Rigney pinch hits for Eddie Stanky.
Rigney hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Kelly
Dark hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Kelly
Thomson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Westrum vs. Kelly
Westrum hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Irvin vs. Kelly
Irvin is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 8
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Hearn
Bill Rigney now playing second base.
Walker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Hearn
Jackson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Walker moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ramazzotti vs. Hearn
Ramazzotti hits a fly ball into right field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Burgess vs. Hearn
Smoky Burgess pinch hits for Bob Kelly.
Burgess hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Terwilliger vs. Hearn
Terwilliger hits a fly ball into right field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. McLish
Cal McLish now pitching.
Mays hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lohrke vs. McLish
Lohrke hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. McLish
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hearn vs. McLish
Hearn hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Borkowski vs. Hearn
Borkowski is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cavarretta vs. Hearn
Cavarretta takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baumholtz vs. Hearn
Baumholtz takes first base on ball four. Cavarretta moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pafko vs. Hearn
Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/9/1951 -- Chicago at New York (D)
Chicago AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Terwilliger W, 2b 4 0 0 0 Stanky E, 2b 4 2 1 1
Borkowski B, lf 4 0 0 0 Rigney B, ph-2b 1 1 1 1
Cavarretta P, 1b 3 1 1 1 Dark A, ss 5 2 3 4
Baumholtz F, rf 3 0 0 0 Thomson B, lf 3 1 1 0
Pafko A, cf 4 0 0 0 Westrum W, c 3 2 1 1
Walker R, c 3 0 1 0 Irvin M, rf 4 0 1 0
Jackson R, 3b 3 0 2 0 Mays W, cf 5 0 2 1
Ramazzotti B, ss 3 0 0 0 Lohrke J, 3b 4 0 1 0
Minner P, p 1 0 0 0 Lockman W, 1b 4 1 1 0
Schultz B, p 1 0 0 0 Hearn J, p 4 1 0 0
Kelly B, p 0 0 0 0
Burgess S, ph 1 0 0 0
McLish C, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30 1 4 1 37 10 12 8
Chicago 100 000 000 -- 1
New York 000 054 10x -- 10
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Minner P (L) 4.1 6 5 4 2 4
Schultz B* 0.2 3 4 4 4 1
Kelly B 2.0 2 1 1 1 3
McLish C 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Hearn J (W) 9.0 4 1 1 2 3
* Pitched to 4 batters in 6th
E -- Walker R, Jackson R, Ramazzotti B
DP -- Chicago 1, New York 1
LOB -- Chicago 4, New York 11
2B -- Thomson B, Irvin M, Mays W
HR -- Cavarretta P, Dark A 2, Westrum W, Stanky E, Rigney B
SH -- Hearn J
T -- 2:31
A -- 8586
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