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Dodgers
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
April 25, 1954
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Brooklyn Dodgers, played on April 25, 1954 at Forbes Field.
Game Summary
| Date | April 25, 1954 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Brooklyn Dodgers
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| Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 25, 1954 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Don Newcombe |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Vern Law |
| Ballpark | Forbes Field |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 8,671 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 33 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Frank Dascoli 1B: Tom Gorman 2B: Hal Dixon 3B: Larry Goetz |
Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jim Gilliam | Second Baseman |
| Pee Wee Reese | Shortstop |
| Duke Snider | Center Fielder |
| Jackie Robinson | Left Fielder |
| Gil Hodges | First Baseman |
| Roy Campanella | Catcher |
| Carl Furillo | Right Fielder |
| Billy Cox | Third Baseman |
| Don Newcombe | Pitcher |
| Walter Alston | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Curt Roberts | Second Baseman |
| Bob Skinner | First Baseman |
| Preston Ward | Third Baseman |
| Frank Thomas | Center Fielder |
| Hal Rice | Left Fielder |
| Gail Henley | Right Fielder |
| Toby Atwell | Catcher |
| Gair Allie | Shortstop |
| Vern Law | Pitcher |
| Fred Haney | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Dodgers
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
April 25, 1954
Top 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Law
Gilliam bunts towards third. Ward fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Law
There goes Gilliam. The throw from Atwell and he is safe. Gilliam steals second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Reese vs. Law
Reese hits a popup towards third. Ward settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Snider vs. Law
Snider hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Robinson vs. Law
Robinson hits a line drive into right field. Henley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Newcombe
Roberts hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Robinson. Roberts reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: -2-
Skinner vs. Newcombe
Skinner hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Ward vs. Newcombe
Ward takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Thomas vs. Newcombe
Thomas hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Newcombe
Rice takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henley vs. Newcombe
Henley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rice moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1-3
Atwell vs. Palica
Erv Palica now pitching.
Atwell bunts towards first. Hodges scoops it up and throws to first, with Gilliam covering, for the out. Rice scores. Henley moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Allie vs. Palica
Allie takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Law vs. Palica
Law hits a line drive into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Law
Hodges hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Campanella vs. Law
Campanella hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Roberts catches it and throws to first to double up Hodges. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Law
Furillo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Cox vs. Law
Cox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ward fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Furillo moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Palica vs. Law
Palica hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Furillo scores. Cox moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Gilliam vs. Law
Gilliam hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Dodgers, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Palica
Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Skinner vs. Palica
Skinner takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Ward vs. Palica
Ward hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Palica
Thomas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Skinner moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Rice vs. Palica
Rice strikes out. Campanella drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Rice out. View Play
Top 3
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Dodgers, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Law
Reese hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Law
Snider hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Roberts scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Law
Robinson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Hodges vs. Law
Hodges strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Dodgers, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henley vs. Palica
Henley hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Robinson. Henley reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Atwell vs. Palica
Atwell hits a popup towards third. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: -2-
Allie vs. Palica
Allie hits a popup towards short. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Law vs. Palica
Law hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Dodgers, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Law
Campanella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ward fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Law
Furillo hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Roberts reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Law
Cox takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Palica vs. Law
Palica hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cox moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Gilliam vs. Law
Gilliam hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Atwell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Dodgers, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Palica
Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Skinner vs. Palica
Skinner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Ward vs. Palica
Ward strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Palica
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Dodgers, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Law
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Allie scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Law
Snider hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Roberts settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Law
Robinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Hodges vs. Law
Hodges hits a popup towards short. Allie settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Dodgers, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Palica
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rice for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Henley vs. Palica
Henley hits a popup towards third. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Atwell vs. Palica
Atwell hits a popup towards short. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Dodgers, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Law
Campanella hits a popup towards short. Allie settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Law
Furillo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cox vs. Law
Cox hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Furillo moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Shuba vs. Law
George Shuba pinch hits for Erv Palica.
Shuba hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Henley. Shuba reaches second base with a double. Furillo scores. Cox moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Gilliam vs. Law
Jerry Lynch now playing right field. Carl Erskine pinch runs for George Shuba.
Gilliam hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cox tags and scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Reese vs. Law
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ward fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Dodgers, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Allie vs. Wade
Ben Wade now pitching.
Allie hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Law vs. Wade
Law bunts towards first. Hodges scoops it up and throws to first, with Gilliam covering, for the out. Allie moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Roberts vs. Wade
Roberts hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Allie moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: --3
Skinner vs. Wade
Skinner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Dodgers, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Law
Snider hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Law fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Law
Robinson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Hodges vs. Law
Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Allie fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Dodgers, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Wade
Ward hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops it up and throws to first, with Wade covering, for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Wade
Thomas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Rice vs. Wade
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Thomas moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Lynch vs. Wade
Lynch takes first base on ball four. Thomas moves to third. Rice moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 123
Atwell vs. Labine
Clem Labine now pitching.
Atwell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges fields it and throws to second for the out. Thomas scores. Rice moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1-3
Allie vs. Labine
Allie takes first base on ball four. Atwell moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 123
Law vs. Labine
Law takes first base on ball four. Rice scores. Atwell moves to third. Allie moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 123
Roberts vs. Labine
Roberts hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Furillo. Roberts reaches second base with a double. Atwell scores. Allie scores. Law goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Skinner vs. Labine
There's a wild pitch. Roberts moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: --3
Skinner vs. Labine
Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Dodgers, 3 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Law
Dick Smith now playing third base.
Campanella hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Atwell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Law
Furillo hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Atwell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Law
Cox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Amoros vs. Law
Sandy Amoros pinch hits for Clem Labine.
Amoros strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Dodgers, 3 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Black
Joe Black now pitching.
Smith hits a popup towards third. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Black
Thomas strikes out. Campanella drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Thomas out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Black
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rice for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Dodgers, 3 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Law
Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Roberts scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Law
Reese hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Law
Snider hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Law
Robinson hits a line drive into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/25/1954, game 1 -- Brooklyn at Pittsburgh (D)
Brooklyn AB R H RBI Pittsburgh AB R H RBI
Gilliam J, 2b 4 0 1 1 Roberts C, 2b 5 1 2 3
Reese P, ss 5 0 0 0 Skinner B, 1b 4 0 1 0
Snider D, cf 5 0 1 0 Ward P, 3b 3 1 0 0
Robinson J, lf 3 0 1 0 Smith D, 3b 1 0 0 0
Hodges G, 1b 4 0 1 0 Thomas F, cf 5 2 3 3
Campanella R, c 4 0 0 0 Rice H, lf 4 2 1 0
Furillo C, rf 4 2 2 0 Henley G, rf 3 0 2 0
Cox B, 3b 3 1 3 0 Lynch J, rf 0 0 0 0
Newcombe D, p 0 0 0 0 Atwell T, c 3 1 0 2
Palica E, p 2 0 2 1 Allie G, ss 2 1 1 0
Shuba G, ph 1 0 1 1 Law V, p 2 1 0 1
Erskine C, pr 0 0 0 0
Wade B, p 0 0 0 0
Labine C, p 0 0 0 0
Amoros S, ph 1 0 0 0
Black J, p 0 0 0 0
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36 3 12 3 32 9 10 9
Brooklyn 010 002 000 -- 3
Pittsburgh 400 000 50x -- 9
Brooklyn IP H R ER BB SO
Newcombe D (L) 0.1 3 4 4 2 0
Palica E 4.2 3 0 0 2 2
Wade B 1.1 3 3 3 1 0
Labine C 0.2 1 2 2 2 0
Black J 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Law V (W) 9.0 12 3 3 3 2
DP -- Pittsburgh 2
LOB -- Brooklyn 10, Pittsburgh 8
2B -- Roberts C 2, Henley G, Shuba G
HR -- Thomas F
SB -- Gilliam J
SH -- Atwell T, Law V
SF -- Gilliam J
WP -- Labine C
T -- 2:33
A -- 8671
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