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Cardinals
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
April 17, 1951
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on April 17, 1951 at Forbes Field.
Game Summary
| Date | April 17, 1951 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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| Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 17, 1951 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Tom Poholsky |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Murry Dickson |
| Ballpark | Forbes Field |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 25,894 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 25 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Lou Jorda 1B: Frank Dascoli 2B: (none) 3B: Larry Goetz |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Peanuts Lowrey | Center Fielder |
| Red Schoendienst | Second Baseman |
| Enos Slaughter | Right Fielder |
| Stan Musial | Left Fielder |
| Don Richmond | Third Baseman |
| Steve Bilko | First Baseman |
| Joe Garagiola | Catcher |
| Solly Hemus | Shortstop |
| Tom Poholsky | Pitcher |
| Marty Marion | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bob Dillinger | Third Baseman |
| George Metkovich | Center Fielder |
| Gus Bell | Right Fielder |
| Ralph Kiner | First Baseman |
| Wally Westlake | Left Fielder |
| George Strickland | Shortstop |
| Monty Basgall | Second Baseman |
| Clyde McCullough | Catcher |
| Murry Dickson | Pitcher |
| Billy Meyer | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
April 17, 1951
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lowrey vs. Dickson
Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dickson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schoendienst vs. Dickson
Schoendienst takes first base on ball four. Lowrey moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Slaughter vs. Dickson
Slaughter bunts towards the mound. Dickson fields it and throws to first for the out. Lowrey moves to third. Schoendienst moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Musial vs. Dickson
Musial is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Richmond vs. Dickson
Richmond hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland misplays the ball. That's an error on Strickland. Lowrey scores. Schoendienst moves to third. Musial moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Bilko vs. Dickson
Bilko hits a ball on the ground towards second. Basgall throws to second for one, and Strickland throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Schoendienst scores. Musial scores. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garagiola vs. Dickson
Garagiola hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Basgall scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dillinger vs. Poholsky
Dillinger hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metkovich vs. Poholsky
Metkovich takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Poholsky
Bell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Metkovich moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kiner vs. Poholsky
Kiner hits a popup, foul, towards third. Richmond settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Westlake vs. Poholsky
Westlake hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemus vs. Dickson
Hemus takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Poholsky vs. Dickson
Poholsky is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lowrey vs. Dickson
Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schoendienst vs. Dickson
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kiner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Schoendienst for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strickland vs. Poholsky
Strickland hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Basgall vs. Poholsky
Basgall hits a popup towards third. Richmond settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCullough vs. Poholsky
McCullough hits a popup towards third. Richmond settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Dickson
Slaughter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Dickson
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Richmond vs. Dickson
Richmond strikes out. There goes Musial. The throw from McCullough to Strickland, and Musial is out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickson vs. Poholsky
Dickson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dillinger vs. Poholsky
Dillinger bunts towards third. Richmond fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Dickson moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Metkovich vs. Poholsky
Metkovich hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dickson scores. Dillinger moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bell vs. Poholsky
Bell hits a popup into center field for a base hit. Dillinger scores. Metkovich moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kiner vs. Poholsky
Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Richmond fields it and throws to second for the out. Metkovich moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Westlake vs. Poholsky
Westlake hits a fly ball into center field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Metkovich scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Strickland vs. Poholsky
Strickland hits a ball on the ground towards third. Richmond fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bilko vs. Dickson
Bilko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garagiola vs. Dickson
Garagiola hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kiner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Garagiola for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemus vs. Dickson
Hemus hits a fly ball into left field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Basgall vs. Poholsky
Basgall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCullough vs. Poholsky
McCullough hits a ball on the ground towards third. Richmond fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickson vs. Poholsky
Dickson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dillinger vs. Poholsky
Dillinger hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bilko settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poholsky vs. Dickson
Poholsky hits a fly ball into center field. Metkovich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lowrey vs. Dickson
Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dickson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Dickson
Schoendienst hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Slaughter vs. Dickson
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dickson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metkovich vs. Poholsky
Metkovich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Poholsky
Bell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kiner vs. Poholsky
Kiner hits a fly ball into center field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Dickson
Musial takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Richmond vs. Dickson
Richmond hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kiner fields it and steps on first for the out. Kiner throws to Strickland, who throws back to Kiner who tags Musial for the double play. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bilko vs. Dickson
Bilko hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Westlake. Bilko reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Garagiola vs. Dickson
Garagiola hits a popup, foul, towards third. Dillinger settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westlake vs. Poholsky
Westlake hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strickland vs. Poholsky
Strickland hits a ball on the ground towards third. Richmond fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Basgall vs. Poholsky
Basgall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCullough vs. Poholsky
McCullough hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemus vs. Dickson
Hemus takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rice vs. Dickson
Hal Rice pinch hits for Tom Poholsky.
Rice takes first base on ball four. Hemus moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lowrey vs. Dickson
Lowrey takes first base on ball four. Hemus moves to third. Rice moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Schoendienst vs. Werle
Bill Werle now pitching.
Schoendienst hits a fly ball into left field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hemus scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Slaughter vs. Werle
Slaughter hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Musial vs. Werle
Musial is hit by the pitch. Rice moves to third. Lowrey moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Ciaffone vs. Werle
Larry Ciaffone pinch hits for Don Richmond.
Ciaffone hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werle vs. Habenicht
Peanuts Lowrey now playing third base. Stan Musial now playing center field. Larry Ciaffone now playing left field. Bob Habenicht now pitching.
Werle hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dillinger vs. Habenicht
Dillinger hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metkovich vs. Habenicht
Metkovich takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Habenicht
Bell hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bilko vs. Werle
Bilko hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garagiola vs. Werle
Garagiola hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hemus vs. Werle
Chuck Diering pinch runs for Joe Garagiola.
Hemus hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Diering moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rice vs. Werle
Del Rice pinch hits for Bob Habenicht.
Rice hits a line drive towards short. Strickland catches it and throws to second to double up Diering. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kiner vs. Wilks
Ted Wilks now pitching. Del Rice now catching.
Kiner hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westlake vs. Wilks
Westlake hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strickland vs. Wilks
Strickland takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Basgall vs. Wilks
Basgall hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lowrey vs. Werle
Lowrey hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Werle
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Werle
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kiner fields the ball and throws to Werle covering. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Werle
Musial hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Slaughter moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ciaffone vs. Werle
Ciaffone hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kiner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/17/1951 -- St.Louis at Pittsburgh (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI Pittsburgh AB R H RBI
Lowrey P, cf-3b 4 1 1 0 Dillinger B, 3b 4 1 1 0
Schoendienst R, 2b 4 1 1 1 Metkovich G, cf 2 1 1 1
Slaughter E, rf 4 0 2 0 Bell G, rf 4 0 2 1
Musial S, lf-cf 2 1 1 0 Kiner R, 1b 4 0 0 0
Richmond D, 3b 3 0 0 1 Westlake W, lf 4 1 1 2
Ciaffone L, ph-lf 2 0 0 0 Strickland G, ss 3 0 0 0
Bilko S, 1b 4 0 1 1 Basgall M, 2b 4 0 0 0
Garagiola J, c 4 0 1 0 McCullough C, c 3 0 0 0
Diering C, pr 0 0 0 0 Dickson M, p 2 2 2 1
Wilks T, p 0 0 0 0 Werle B, p 1 0 0 0
Hemus S, ss 2 1 1 0
Poholsky T, p 2 0 0 0
Rice H, ph 0 0 0 0
Habenicht B, p 0 0 0 0
Rice D, ph-c 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 4 8 3 31 5 7 5
St.Louis 300 000 100 -- 4
Pittsburgh 003 101 00x -- 5
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Poholsky T (L) 6.0 7 5 5 1 0
Habenicht B 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Wilks T 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Dickson M (W)* 6.0 4 4 2 7 2
Werle B (S) 3.0 4 0 0 0 0
* Pitched to 3 batters in 7th
E -- Strickland G 2
DP -- Pittsburgh 3
LOB -- St.Louis 10, Pittsburgh 5
2B -- Bilko S
HR -- Dickson M, Westlake W
SH -- Slaughter E
HBP -- by Werle B (Musial S)
T -- 2:25
A -- 25894
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