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Dodgers
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
September 6, 1952
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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 September 6, 1952 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | September 6, 1952 |
|---|---|
| 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 | September 6, 1952 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Carl Erskine |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bill Connelly |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 38 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jocko Conlan 1B: Bill Stewart 2B: Al Barlick 3B: Lee Ballanfant |
Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Carl Furillo | Right Fielder |
| Pee Wee Reese | Shortstop |
| Jackie Robinson | Second Baseman |
| Roy Campanella | Catcher |
| Duke Snider | Center Fielder |
| Gil Hodges | First Baseman |
| Andy Pafko | Left Fielder |
| Billy Cox | Third Baseman |
| Carl Erskine | Pitcher |
| Chuck Dressen | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Don Mueller | Right Fielder |
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Whitey Lockman | First Baseman |
| Monte Irvin | Left Fielder |
| Bobby Thomson | Center Fielder |
| Hank Thompson | Third Baseman |
| Wes Westrum | Catcher |
| Davey Williams | Second Baseman |
| Bill Connelly | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Dodgers
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
September 6, 1952
Top 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Connelly
Furillo strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Connelly
Reese hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Connelly
Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Campanella vs. Connelly
Campanella hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Erskine
Mueller strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Erskine
Dark takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Erskine
Lockman takes first base on ball four. Dark moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Irvin vs. Erskine
Irvin hits a fly ball into left field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Thomson vs. Erskine
Thomson strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Connelly
Snider strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Connelly
Hodges takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Pafko vs. Connelly
There goes Hodges. The throw from Westrum and he is safe. Hodges steals second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Pafko vs. Connelly
Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: 12-
Cox vs. Connelly
Cox takes first base on ball four. Hodges moves to third. Pafko moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 123
Erskine vs. Connelly
Pafko is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way. View Play
Bottom 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Erskine
Thompson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Westrum vs. Erskine
Westrum hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thompson moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Williams vs. Erskine
Williams bunts towards the mound. Erskine fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Thompson moves to third. Westrum moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 123
Connelly vs. Erskine
Connelly strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 123
Mueller vs. Erskine
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson fields it and throws to second for the out. Thompson scores. Westrum moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Dark vs. Erskine
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Cox. Westrum scores. Mueller moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Lockman vs. Erskine
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lockman for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Erskine vs. Connelly
Erskine hits a popup towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Connelly
Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Dark. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Connelly
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Erskine
Irvin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Erskine
Thomson hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Erskine
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, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Westrum vs. Erskine
Westrum takes first base on ball four. Irvin moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Williams vs. Erskine
Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Connelly
Robinson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Campanella vs. Connelly
There goes Robinson. The throw from Westrum and he is out, Williams applying the tag. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Connelly
Campanella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Connelly
Snider hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Connelly vs. Erskine
Connelly hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Snider, who is chasing the ball. Connelly reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: --3
Mueller vs. Erskine
There's a wild pitch. Connelly scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Erskine
Mueller hits a line drive into right field. That will be extra bases. Furillo fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Furillo. Mueller moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Dark vs. Erskine
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: --3
Lockman vs. Erskine
Lockman strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Irvin vs. Erskine
Irvin strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Connelly
Hodges takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Pafko vs. Connelly
Pafko takes first base on ball four. Hodges moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Cox vs. Connelly
Cox hits a popup towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Shuba vs. Connelly
George Shuba pinch hits for Carl Erskine.
Shuba strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Furillo vs. Connelly
Furillo hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Moore
Ray Moore now pitching.
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Moore
Thompson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Westrum vs. Moore
Westrum 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 6
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Connelly
Reese hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Wilhelm
Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching.
Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Reese moves to third. Robinson moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: -23
Campanella vs. Wilhelm
Westrum fires to second and picks off Robinson for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Campanella vs. Wilhelm
Campanella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Reese scores. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Snider vs. Wilhelm
Snider strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Hodges vs. Wilhelm
Hodges hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Campanella moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Pafko vs. Wilhelm
Pafko hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Moore
Williams is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Wilhelm vs. Moore
Wilhelm bunts towards first. Hodges fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Hodges. Williams moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mueller vs. Moore
Mueller bunts towards the mound. Moore fields it and throws to third for the out. Wilhelm moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Dark vs. Moore
Dark hits a fly ball into left field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 12-
Lockman vs. Moore
Lockman takes first base on ball four. Wilhelm moves to third. Mueller moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Irvin vs. Moore
Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese misplays the ball. That's an error on Reese. Wilhelm scores. Mueller scores. Lockman moves to third. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Thomson vs. Moore
Thomson 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, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Wilhelm
Cox strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Holmes vs. Wilhelm
Tommy Holmes pinch hits for Ray Moore.
Holmes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Wilhelm
Furillo strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Labine
Clem Labine now pitching.
Thompson strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Labine
Westrum takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Labine
There goes Westrum. The throw from Campanella and he is out, Robinson applying the tag. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Labine
Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Wilhelm
Dusty Rhodes now playing left field.
Reese takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Wilhelm
Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Reese moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Campanella vs. Wilhelm
There's a wild pitch. Reese moves to third. Robinson moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: -23
Campanella vs. Wilhelm
Campanella hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Reese scores. Robinson scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Snider vs. Wilhelm
Snider hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hodges vs. Wilhelm
The ball gets by Westrum for a passed ball. Snider moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Hodges vs. Wilhelm
Hodges takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pafko vs. Corwin
Al Corwin now pitching.
Pafko hits a popup, foul, towards third. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Nelson vs. Corwin
Rocky Nelson pinch hits for Billy Cox.
Nelson hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Corwin vs. Labine
Bobby Morgan now playing third base.
Corwin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. King
Clyde King now pitching.
Mueller hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Corwin moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Dark vs. King
Dark hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Lockman vs. King
Lockman hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Corwin scores. Mueller moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rhodes vs. King
Rhodes hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Amoros vs. Corwin
Sandy Amoros pinch hits for Clyde King.
Amoros takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Furillo vs. Corwin
There's a wild pitch. Amoros moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Furillo vs. Corwin
Furillo hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Amoros scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Corwin
Reese hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mueller. Reese reaches second base with a double. Furillo moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: -23
Robinson vs. Corwin
Robinson hits a line drive towards third. Thompson catches it and steps on third to double up Furillo. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Campanella vs. Corwin
Campanella strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/6/1952, game 1 -- Brooklyn at New York (D)
Brooklyn AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Furillo C, rf 5 0 1 1 Mueller D, rf 5 1 2 1
Reese P, ss 4 2 2 0 Dark A, ss 4 0 0 0
Robinson J, 2b 4 1 3 0 Lockman W, 1b 3 0 1 1
Campanella R, c 5 0 1 3 Irvin M, lf 4 0 1 0
Snider D, cf 4 0 0 0 Rhodes D, lf 1 0 0 0
Hodges G, 1b 1 0 1 0 Thomson B, cf 4 0 0 0
Pafko A, lf 3 0 1 0 Thompson H, 3b 4 1 2 0
Cox B, 3b 2 0 0 0 Westrum W, c 2 1 1 0
Nelson R, ph 1 0 0 0 Williams D, 2b 3 0 1 0
Morgan B, 3b 0 0 0 0 Connelly B, p 2 1 1 0
Erskine C, p 1 0 0 0 Wilhelm H, p 1 1 0 0
Shuba G, ph 1 0 0 0 Corwin A, p 0 1 0 0
Moore R, p 0 0 0 0
Holmes T, ph 1 0 0 0
Labine C, p 0 0 0 0
King C, p 0 0 0 0
Amoros S, ph 0 1 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 4 9 4 33 6 9 2
Brooklyn 000 001 021 -- 4
New York 020 102 01x -- 6
Brooklyn IP H R ER BB SO
Erskine C (L) 4.0 6 3 2 3 5
Moore R 2.0 1 2 0 1 0
Labine C* 1.0 0 1 1 2 1
King C 1.0 2 0 0 0 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Connelly B (W)+ 5.0 3 1 1 5 3
Wilhelm H 2.1 4 2 2 2 3
Corwin A (S) 1.2 2 1 1 1 1
* Pitched to 1 batter in 8th
+ Pitched to 1 batter in 6th
E -- Cox B, Dark A, Furillo C, Hodges G, Reese P
DP -- Brooklyn 2, New York 3
LOB -- Brooklyn 9, New York 10
2B -- Mueller D, Reese P
3B -- Connelly B
SB -- Hodges G
CS -- Robinson J, Westrum W
HBP -- by Moore R (Williams D)
WP -- Erskine C, Wilhelm H, Corwin A
PB -- Westrum W
T -- 3:38
A -- 0
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