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Yankees
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
October 9, 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 9, 1951 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | October 9, 1951 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Yankees
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| Home Team |
New York Giants
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | October 9, 1951 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Eddie Lopat |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Larry Jansen |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 47,530 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 31 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Summers 1B: Lee Ballanfant 2B: Joe Paparella 3B: Al Barlick |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Gene Woodling | Left Fielder |
| Phil Rizzuto | Shortstop |
| Yogi Berra | Catcher |
| Joe DiMaggio | Center Fielder |
| Johnny Mize | First Baseman |
| Gil McDougald | Second Baseman |
| Bobby Brown | Third Baseman |
| Joe Collins | Right Fielder |
| Eddie Lopat | Pitcher |
| Casey Stengel | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Eddie Stanky | Second Baseman |
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Bobby Thomson | Third Baseman |
| Monte Irvin | Left Fielder |
| Whitey Lockman | First Baseman |
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Clint Hartung | Right Fielder |
| Wes Westrum | Catcher |
| Larry Jansen | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Yankees
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
October 9, 1951
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodling vs. Jansen
Woodling strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzuto vs. Jansen
Rizzuto hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berra vs. Jansen
Berra takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DiMaggio vs. Jansen
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Yankees, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Lopat
Stanky hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Lopat
Dark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Lopat
Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Irvin vs. Lopat
Irvin hits a line drive into left field. Woodling picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Woodling. Dark goes all the way around to score. Irvin moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lockman vs. Lopat
Lockman hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Jansen
Mize hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDougald vs. Jansen
McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomson fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Thomson. McDougald moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brown vs. Jansen
Brown hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Collins vs. Jansen
Collins hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops it up and throws to first, with Jansen covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Lopat
Mays takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hartung vs. Lopat
Hartung hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lopat fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Lopat
Westrum hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Yankees, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopat vs. Jansen
Lopat hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jansen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodling vs. Jansen
Woodling takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rizzuto vs. Jansen
Rizzuto takes first base on ball four. Woodling moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Berra vs. Jansen
Berra hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman fields it and throws to second for the out. Woodling moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
DiMaggio vs. Jansen
DiMaggio hits a line drive into left field. Irvin picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Irvin. Woodling scores. Berra moves to third. DiMaggio moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Mize vs. Jansen
Mize is walked intentionally. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
McDougald vs. Jansen
McDougald hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Jansen
Brown hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Collins vs. Jansen
Collins hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Yankees, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lohrke vs. Lopat
Jack Lohrke pinch hits for Larry Jansen.
Lohrke strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Lopat
Stanky hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lopat fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Lopat
Dark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Lopat
Thomson hits a fly ball into left field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Yankees, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopat vs. Kennedy
Monty Kennedy now pitching.
Lopat is called out on strikes. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodling vs. Kennedy
Woodling takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rizzuto vs. Kennedy
Rizzuto hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berra vs. Kennedy
Berra hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Kennedy
DiMaggio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mize vs. Kennedy
Mize hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Yankees, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Lopat
Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Lopat
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Lopat
Mays hits a fly ball into left field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDougald vs. Kennedy
McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Kennedy
Brown hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Collins vs. Kennedy
Collins strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lopat vs. Kennedy
Lopat hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Kennedy, and towards Stanky, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hartung vs. Lopat
Hartung hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Lopat
Westrum hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of DiMaggio. Westrum reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rigney vs. Lopat
Bill Rigney pinch hits for Monty Kennedy.
Rigney hits a fly ball into left field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Stanky vs. Lopat
Stanky hits a fly ball into left field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Yankees, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodling vs. Spencer
George Spencer now pitching.
Woodling hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzuto vs. Spencer
Rizzuto hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berra vs. Spencer
Berra hits a line drive into right field. Hartung picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Hartung. Rizzuto goes all the way around to score. Berra moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
DiMaggio vs. Spencer
DiMaggio hits a fly ball into right field. Hartung settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mize vs. Spencer
Mize hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays. Mize reaches second base with a double. Berra scores. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McDougald vs. Spencer
McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Yankees, 9 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Lopat
Joe Collins now playing first base. Hank Bauer now playing right field.
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Lopat
Thomson hits a line drive towards third. Brown reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Lopat
Irvin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Lopat
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Yankees, 9 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Spencer
Brown takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Collins vs. Spencer
Collins bunts towards the mound. Spencer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Brown moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lopat vs. Spencer
Jerry Coleman pinch runs for Bobby Brown.
Lopat hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Spencer fields it and throws to first for the out. Coleman moves to third. Collins moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Woodling vs. Spencer
Woodling takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Rizzuto vs. Spencer
Rizzuto takes first base on ball four. Coleman scores. Collins moves to third. Woodling moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 10 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Berra vs. Corwin
Al Corwin now pitching.
There's a wild pitch. Collins scores. Woodling moves to third. Rizzuto moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 11 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Berra vs. Corwin
Berra hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 11 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
DiMaggio vs. Corwin
DiMaggio hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Irvin. DiMaggio reaches second base with a double. Woodling scores. Rizzuto scores. View Play -
Yankees, 13 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bauer vs. Corwin
Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play
Bottom 7
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Yankees, 13 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Lopat
Jerry Coleman now playing second base. Gil McDougald now playing third base.
Mays strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 13 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hartung vs. Lopat
Hartung hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coleman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 13 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Lopat
Westrum strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Yankees, 13 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDougald vs. Corwin
McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 13 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coleman vs. Corwin
Coleman strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 13 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collins vs. Corwin
Collins hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops it up and throws to first, with Corwin covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Yankees, 13 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Lopat
Davey Williams pinch hits for Al Corwin.
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 13 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Lopat
Stanky hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 13 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Lopat
Dark hits a line drive towards third. McDougald reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Yankees, 13 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopat vs. Konikowski
Alex Konikowski now pitching.
Lopat hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 13 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodling vs. Konikowski
Woodling hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hartung who is chasing the ball. Woodling reaches third base with a triple. Hartung throws the ball in to Westrum who tags Woodling trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 13 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzuto vs. Konikowski
Rizzuto hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Yankees, 13 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Lopat
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. McDougald fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 13 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Lopat
Irvin hits a fly ball into left field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 13 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Lopat
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 10/9/1951 -- New York at New York (D)
New York AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Woodling G, lf 3 3 1 0 Stanky E, 2b 4 0 0 0
Rizzuto P, ss 4 3 2 3 Dark A, ss 4 1 2 0
Berra Y, c 4 2 1 0 Thomson B, 3b 4 0 0 0
DiMaggio J, cf 5 1 3 3 Irvin M, lf 4 0 2 0
Mize J, 1b 3 1 1 1 Lockman W, 1b 4 0 0 0
Bauer H, rf 1 0 0 0 Mays W, cf 2 0 0 0
McDougald G, 2b-3b 5 1 1 4 Hartung C, rf 3 0 0 0
Brown B, 3b 3 0 2 0 Westrum W, c 3 0 1 0
Coleman J, pr-2b 1 1 0 0 Jansen L, p 0 0 0 0
Collins J, rf-1b 5 1 1 0 Lohrke J, ph 1 0 0 0
Lopat E, p 5 0 0 0 Kennedy M, p 0 0 0 0
Rigney B, ph 1 0 0 0
Spencer G, p 0 0 0 0
Corwin A, p 0 0 0 0
Williams D, ph 1 0 0 0
Konikowski A, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
39 13 12 11 31 1 5 0
New York 005 202 400 -- 13
New York 100 000 000 -- 1
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Lopat E (W) 9.0 5 1 0 1 3
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Jansen L (L) 3.0 3 5 5 4 1
Kennedy M 2.0 3 2 2 1 2
Spencer G 1.1 4 6 6 3 0
Corwin A 1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Konikowski A 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
E -- Woodling G, Thomson B, Irvin M, Hartung C
DP -- New York 1
LOB -- New York 7, New York 4
2B -- Westrum W, Mize J, DiMaggio J
3B -- Woodling G
HR -- McDougald G, Rizzuto P
WP -- Corwin A
T -- 2:31
A -- 47530
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