Dodgers @ Cubs
May 15, 1951

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Bottom 9 R H E
Dodgers 8 11 1
Cubs 4 6 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Dodgers 8 11 1
Cubs 4 6 1

Hank Sauer Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .269
OBP .000 .360
At Bats 4 78
Hits 0 21
• Singles 0 11
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 9
RBI’s 0 17

Ralph Branca Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 1 0
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Wrigley Field - May 15, 1951
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Strikeout
Ralph Branca
Roy Campanella
Gil Hodges
Jackie Robinson
Billy Cox
Pee Wee Reese
Don Thompson
Duke Snider
Carl Furillo
Hank Sauer
Frank Baumholtz

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Brooklyn Dodgers 8 11 1 6
Chicago Cubs 4 6 1 9
Winning Pitcher Clyde King
Losing Pitcher Cal McLish
Save Ralph Branca
Game Winning RBI Duke Snider
Attendance 17,835
Time of Game 2 hours 24 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Sauer strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 9 Jackson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Terwilliger hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Hodges hits a line drive into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Robinson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Rube Walker now catching. Bob Ramazzotti now playing shortstop. Dutch Leonard now pitching. Snider hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Rube Walker pinch hits for Bob Kelly. Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Bob Ramazzotti pinch runs for Mickey Owen. Phil Cavarretta pinch hits for Jack Cusick. Cavarretta strikes out.
Bottom 8 Owen takes first base on ball four. Fondy moves to second.
Bottom 8 Fondy takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Reese hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Bob Kelly now pitching. Branca strikes out.
Bottom 7 Pafko hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Sauer hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Baumholtz takes first base on ball four. Terwilliger moves to third. Jackson moves to second.
Bottom 7 Jackson hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Terwilliger moves to second.
Bottom 7 Terwilliger hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Don Thompson now playing left field. Ralph Branca now pitching. Bob Borkowski pinch hits for Cal McLish. Borkowski strikes out.
Top 7 Cox hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Campanella takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Furillo hits a fly ball into right field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hodges hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Snider hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Top 7 Eddie Miksis pinch runs for Gene Hermanski. Don Thompson pinch runs for Cal Abrams. Reese takes first base on ball four. Miksis moves to third. Thompson moves to second.
Top 7 Abrams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hermanski moves to second.
Top 7 Gene Hermanski pinch hits for Clyde King. Hermanski takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Cusick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Owen hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Campanella fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Fondy hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cal McLish now pitching. Cox strikes out.
Top 6 There's a wild pitch. Campanella moves to second.
Top 6 Campanella hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Furillo moves to third.
Top 6 Furillo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Turk Lown now pitching. Robinson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Pafko hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Baumholtz hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Snider who is chasing the ball. Baumholtz reaches third base with a triple. Jeffcoat scores. Terwilliger goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Hal Jeffcoat pinch runs for Smoky Burgess. Jackson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Campanella settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Clyde King now pitching. Terwilliger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Owen scores. Cusick scores. Burgess moves to third.
Bottom 5 Smoky Burgess pinch hits for Bob Rush. Burgess takes first base on ball four. Owen moves to third. Cusick moves to second.
Bottom 5 Cusick takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Owen moves to second.
Bottom 5 Owen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Snider strikes out.
Top 5 Reese hits a line drive to center field. Pafko throws towards the plate. Owen fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Owen. Newcombe scores. Abrams moves to third. Reese moves to second.
Top 5 Abrams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Newcombe moves to second.
Top 5 Newcombe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Cox bunts towards the mound. Rush fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Campanella hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Newcombe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Pafko is hit by the pitch. Jackson moves to third. Baumholtz moves to second.
Bottom 4 Sauer hits a fly ball into left field. Abrams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Baumholtz bunts towards the mound. Newcombe fields it and throws to third for the out. Jackson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox juggles the ball. That's an error on Cox. Terwilliger moves to second.
Bottom 4 Terwilliger hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Hodges hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Robinson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Snider strikes out.
Bottom 3 Rush strikes out.
Bottom 3 Cusick strikes out.
Bottom 3 Owen hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cusick scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Abrams hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rush fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Newcombe hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Pafko hits a fly ball into left field. Abrams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Sauer hits a fly ball into left field. Abrams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Cox hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Campanella strikes out.
Top 2 Furillo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Hodges hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Terwilliger hits a fly ball into left field. Abrams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Snider strikes out.
Top 1 Reese strikes out.
Top 1 Abrams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.