Pirates @ Braves
August 22, 1951

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Pirates 3 7 1
Braves 4 6 0
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Pirates 3 7 1
Braves 4 6 0

George Metkovich Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .292
OBP .000 .337
At Bats 4 281
Hits 0 82
• Singles 0 61
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 18
RBI’s 0 31

Bob Chipman Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 1 3
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Braves Field - August 22, 1951
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Out
Bob Chipman
Ebba St. Claire
Earl Torgeson
Roy Hartsfield
Bob Elliott
Sibby Sisti
Sid Gordon
Sam Jethroe
Willard Marshall
George Metkovich
Murry Dickson
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Metkovich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hartsfield scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Castiglione bunts towards first. Torgeson scoops it up and throws to first, with Hartsfield covering, for the out. Dickson moves to second.
Top 9 Murry Dickson pinch hits for Ted Wilks. Dickson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Marshall hits a popup towards third. Castiglione settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Gordon hits a fly ball towards center field. Thomas fields the ball and throws to home. Fitz Gerald drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Fitz Gerald. Sisti scores. Jethroe scores.
Bottom 8 Elliott hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Fitz Gerald settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Torgeson bunts towards third. Castiglione fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Sisti moves to third. Jethroe moves to second.
Bottom 8 Jethroe bunts towards third. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Sisti moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 8 Ed Fitz Gerald now catching. Sisti hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Cole hits a line drive into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Strickland hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thomas scores. Kiner scores. There goes Bell trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. Strickland moves to second.
Top 8 Tom Saffell pinch hits for Clyde McCullough. Bob Chipman now pitching. Ed Fitz Gerald pinch hits for Tom Saffell. Fitz Gerald is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Bell bunts towards third. Elliott fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Thomas moves to third. Kiner moves to second.
Top 8 Kiner takes first base on ball four. Thomas moves to second.
Top 8 Thomas hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Surkont hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castiglione fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Hartsfield strikes out.
Bottom 7 Pete Castiglione now playing third base. Ted Wilks now pitching. St. Claire hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cole scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Metkovich hits a fly ball into center field. Jethroe settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Joe Garagiola pinch hits for Jack Phillips. Garagiola hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson fields it and throws to second for the out. Strickland moves to third.
Top 7 Bill Howerton pinch hits for Mel Queen. Howerton takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Cole bunts towards first. Torgeson scoops it up and throws to first, with Hartsfield covering, for the out. Strickland moves to second.
Top 7 Strickland takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Marshall hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Gordon takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cole scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Torgeson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Jethroe hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. McCullough settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 McCullough hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Surkont fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Bell takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Kiner strikes out.
Top 6 Thomas hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Jethroe who is chasing the ball. Thomas reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 5 Sisti hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cole settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Surkont hits a popup towards first. Metkovich settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hartsfield hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cole scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Metkovich strikes out.
Top 5 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hartsfield scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Queen hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hartsfield settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 St. Claire strikes out.
Bottom 4 Marshall hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cole hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sisti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Strickland takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 McCullough is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Jethroe settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Thomas moves to third. Kiner moves to second.
Top 4 Kiner takes first base on ball four. Thomas moves to second.
Top 4 Thomas takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Elliott strikes out.
Bottom 3 Torgeson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jethroe moves to third.
Bottom 3 Jethroe takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Sisti hits a line drive into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Surkont hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Metkovich hits a fly ball into center field. Jethroe settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 The ball gets by St. Claire for a passed ball. Queen moves to third.
Top 3 Phillips strikes out.
Top 3 There's a wild pitch. Queen moves to second.
Top 3 Queen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Cole hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cole for the out.
Bottom 2 Hartsfield hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 St. Claire hits a popup into left field, out of the reach of Kiner. St. Claire reaches second base with a double. Gordon scores.
Bottom 2 Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cole scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Gordon moves to second.
Bottom 2 Gordon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Strickland strikes out.
Top 2 McCullough hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Surkont fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Kiner hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Torgeson hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Jethroe strikes out.
Bottom 1 Sisti strikes out.
Top 1 Thomas hits a popup towards third. Elliott settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Metkovich strikes out.
Top 1 Phillips hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.