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September 5, 1951

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Phillies 1 7 0
Dodgers 5 7 0
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Bill Nicholson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .262
OBP .333 .363
At Bats 3 126
Hits 1 33
• Singles 1 16
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 19
RBI’s 1 27

Ralph Branca Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
12 6 3
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Ebbets Field - September 5, 1951
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Home Run
Ralph Branca
Roy Campanella
Gil Hodges
Jackie Robinson
Billy Cox
Pee Wee Reese
Dick Williams
Andy Pafko
Carl Furillo
Bill Nicholson
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Nicholson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Sisler hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Branca hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hansen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Williams strikes out.
Bottom 8 Andy Hansen now pitching. Cox hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Caballero settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Hamner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Ashburn hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Del Ennis pinch hits for Ken Johnson. Ennis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wilber moves to second.
Top 8 Wilber hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Caballero hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Campanella settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus scoops it up and throws to first, with Johnson covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Pafko moves to second.
Bottom 7 Pafko takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Campanella hits a fly ball into left field. Sisler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Waitkus hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Nicholson strikes out.
Bottom 6 Reese strikes out.
Bottom 6 Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Branca hits a popup towards short. Hamner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Sisler hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hamner hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Sisler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Cox hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sisler. Cox reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Hodges hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Bottom 5 Pafko strikes out.
Bottom 5 Campanella strikes out.
Bottom 5 Robinson bunts towards the mound. Johnson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Furillo moves to third. Reese moves to second.
Bottom 5 Reese takes first base on ball four. Furillo moves to second.
Bottom 5 Furillo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Johnson strikes out.
Top 5 Wilber hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Caballero hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Waitkus hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Branca hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Johnson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Williams takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Cox hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Nicholson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Sisler hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Pafko takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Campanella hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Nicholson. Campanella reaches second base with a double. Furillo goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Robinson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Reese hits a line drive into left field. Sisler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Caballero fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Hamner hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Ashburn bunts towards first. Hodges fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Johnson for the double play.
Top 3 Johnson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Branca is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Cox strikes out.
Top 2 Wilber strikes out.
Top 2 Caballero hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Hodges hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Pafko hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Campanella takes first base on ball four. Furillo moves to third. Robinson moves to second.
Bottom 1 Robinson takes first base on ball four. Furillo moves to second.
Bottom 1 Reese hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Caballero settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Furillo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Jones strikes out. There goes Nicholson. The throw from Campanella to second, and Nicholson is out.
Top 1 Nicholson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hamner scores. Sisler moves to third.
Top 1 Sisler hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hamner moves to second.
Top 1 Hamner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Ashburn hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.