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Yankees 2 @ Giants 6
Polo Grounds
October 6, 1951

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the New York Yankees, played on October 6, 1951 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants beat the visiting Yankees with a score of 6 to 2.

Game Summary

DateOctober 6, 1951 
Visiting Team
New York Yankees
R: 2 H: 5 E: 2 LOB: 10
Runs: 2
Hits: 5
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 6 H: 7 E: 2 LOB: 5
Runs: 6
Hits: 7
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 5
Winning PitcherJim Hearn  
Losing PitcherVic Raschi  
SaveSheldon Jones  
Game Winning RBIWillie Mays 

Game Info

DateOctober 6, 1951 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Yankees 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherVic Raschi  
Home Starting PitcherJim Hearn  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance52,035 
Time of Game2 hours 42 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Joe Paparella
1B: Al Barlick
2B: Bill Summers
3B: Lee Ballanfant

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Gene Woodling  Left Fielder 
Phil Rizzuto  Shortstop 
Gil McDougald  Second Baseman 
Joe DiMaggio  Center Fielder 
Yogi Berra  Catcher 
Bobby Brown  Third Baseman 
Joe Collins  First Baseman 
Hank Bauer  Right Fielder 
Vic Raschi  Pitcher 
Casey Stengel  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Eddie Stanky  Second Baseman 
Al Dark  Shortstop 
Hank Thompson  Right Fielder 
Monte Irvin  Left Fielder 
Whitey Lockman  First Baseman 
Bobby Thomson  Third Baseman 
Willie Mays  Center Fielder 
Wes Westrum  Catcher 
Jim Hearn  Pitcher 
Leo Durocher  Manager 

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Yankees 2 @ Giants 6
Polo Grounds
October 6, 1951

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         Game of 10/6/1951 -- New York at New York (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Woodling G, lf        4  1  1  1   Stanky E, 2b          2  1  1  0   
Rizzuto P, ss         4  1  1  0   Dark A, ss            4  1  1  1   
McDougald G, 2b       3  0  2  0   Thompson H, rf        3  1  1  0   
DiMaggio J, cf        4  0  0  0   Irvin M, lf           3  1  0  0   
Berra Y, c            3  0  1  0   Lockman W, 1b         4  1  1  3   
Brown B, 3b           3  0  0  0   Thomson B, 3b         4  1  1  0   
Collins J, 1b         3  0  0  1   Mays W, cf            4  0  2  1   
Bauer H, rf           4  0  0  0   Westrum W, c          4  0  0  0   
Raschi V, p           1  0  0  0   Hearn J, p            3  0  0  0   
Hogue B, p            0  0  0  0   Jones S, p            0  0  0  0   
Hopp J, ph            0  0  0  0                                      
Ostrowski J, p        0  0  0  0                                      
Mize J, ph            1  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     30  2  5  2                        31  6  7  5

New York         000 000 011 --  2
New York         010 050 00x --  6

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Raschi V (L)          4.1  5  6  1  3  3
Hogue B               1.2  1  0  0  0  0
Ostrowski J           2.0  1  0  0  0  1

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hearn J (W)           7.2  4  1  1  8  1
Jones S (S)           1.1  1  1  1  0  0

E -- Lockman W, Rizzuto P, Berra Y, Westrum W
DP -- New York 1, New York 2
LOB -- New York 10, New York 5
2B -- Thomson B
HR -- Lockman W, Woodling G
CS -- Rizzuto P, Stanky E
HBP -- by Raschi V (Stanky E), by Hearn J (Rizzuto P)
T -- 2:42
A -- 52035

    

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