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Braves 6 @ Giants 7
Polo Grounds
July 7, 1951

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Boston Braves, played on July 7, 1951 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants beat the visiting Braves with a score of 7 to 6.

Game Summary

DateJuly 7, 1951 
Visiting Team
Boston Braves
R: 6 H: 11 E: 2 LOB: 6
Runs: 6
Hits: 11
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 6
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 7 H: 13 E: 3 LOB: 8
Runs: 7
Hits: 13
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 8
Winning PitcherLarry Jansen  
Losing PitcherWarren Spahn  
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Game Winning RBIAl Dark 

Game Info

DateJuly 7, 1951 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamBoston Braves 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherMax Surkont  
Home Starting PitcherSheldon Jones  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance11,307 
Time of Game3 hours 13 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Scotty Robb
1B: Babe Pinelli
2B: (none)
3B: Lon Warneke

Boston Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Roy Hartsfield  Second Baseman 
Sam Jethroe  Center Fielder 
Earl Torgeson  First Baseman 
Bob Elliott  Third Baseman 
Sid Gordon  Left Fielder 
Willard Marshall  Right Fielder 
Ebba St. Claire  Catcher 
Johnny Logan  Shortstop 
Max Surkont  Pitcher 
Tommy Holmes  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Eddie Stanky  Second Baseman 
Al Dark  Shortstop 
Willie Mays  Center Fielder 
Monte Irvin  First Baseman 
Don Mueller  Right Fielder 
Bobby Thomson  Left Fielder 
Hank Thompson  Third Baseman 
Wes Westrum  Catcher 
Sheldon Jones  Pitcher 
Leo Durocher  Manager 

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Braves 6 @ Giants 7
Polo Grounds
July 7, 1951

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 7/7/1951 -- Boston at New York (D)

  Boston             AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Hartsfield R, 2b      5  1  1  0   Stanky E, 2b          6  2  2  1   
Jethroe S, cf         3  3  2  0   Dark A, ss            6  0  0  2   
Torgeson E, 1b        5  0  2  4   Mays W, cf            5  1  1  1   
Elliott B, 3b         5  0  0  0   Irvin M, 1b           5  1  3  0   
Sisti S, 3b           0  0  0  0   Mueller D, rf         5  0  2  0   
Gordon S, lf          5  0  1  0   Thomson B, lf         5  1  1  2   
Marquez L, pr-lf      0  0  0  0   Thompson H, 3b        3  0  0  0   
Marshall W, rf        5  1  1  0   Lohrke J, ph-3b       1  0  0  0   
St. Claire E, c       5  1  3  0   Westrum W, c          2  0  0  0   
Logan J, ss           3  0  1  0   Noble R, ph-c         2  0  1  0   
Addis B, ph           1  0  0  0   Schenz H, pr          0  0  0  0   
Kerr B, ss            1  0  0  1   Yvars S, c            1  1  1  1   
Surkont M, p          1  0  0  0   Jones S, p            1  1  1  0   
Holmes T, ph          1  0  0  0   Rigney B, ph          1  0  0  0   
Estock G, p           0  0  0  0   Gettel A, p           0  0  0  0   
Spahn W, p            1  0  0  0   Rapp E, ph            1  0  1  0   
                                   Jansen L, p           1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     41  6 11  5                        45  7 13  7

Boston           100 030 000 11 --  6
New York         001 010 020 12 --  7
  2 outs when winning run was scored.

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Surkont M             8.0  7  4  4  1  4
Estock G              1.1  3  1  1  0  0
Spahn W (L)           1.1  3  2  2  0  1

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Jones S               5.0  4  4  4  3  1
Gettel A              2.0  0  0  0  0  1
Jansen L (W)          4.0  7  2  1  0  0

E -- Logan J, Elliott B, Noble R, Yvars S, Stanky E
DP -- Boston 1, New York 1
LOB -- Boston 6, New York 8
2B -- Torgeson E
3B -- Jethroe S, Jones S, Stanky E
HR -- Stanky E, Thomson B, Mays W, Yvars S
SB -- Torgeson E, Jethroe S
SH -- Surkont M, Jansen L
T -- 3:13
A -- 11307

    

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