Pirates @ Giants
August 30, 1951

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Willie Mays Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .285
OBP .667 .350
At Bats 3 337
Hits 2 96
• Singles 0 61
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 2 18
Walks 0 32
RBI’s 3 55

Vern Law Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 8 1
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Polo Grounds - August 30, 1951
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Out
Vern Law
Clyde McCullough
Jack Phillips
Danny Murtaugh
Pete Castiglione
George Strickland
Ralph Kiner
Frank Thomas
Bill Howerton
Willie Mays
Bobby Thomson
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Thomson is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 7 Lockman hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Irvin hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Strickland hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 McCullough hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Howerton moves to second.
Top 7 Howerton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Kiner hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Phillips scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mueller for the out.
Bottom 6 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Stanky hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Danny Murtaugh now playing second base. Jack Phillips now playing first base. Koslo strikes out.
Top 6 Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Dave Koslo now pitching. Jack Phillips pinch hits for Rocky Nelson. Phillips hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Castiglione moves to second.
Top 6 Castiglione hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Law scores.
Top 6 Sheldon Jones now pitching. Law hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Mays, who is chasing the ball. Law reaches third base with a triple.
Top 6 Gus Bell pinch hits for Dick Cole. Bell hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 Strickland hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kiner scores.
Top 6 McCullough hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Yvars settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Howerton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman fields the ball and throws to Spencer covering. Safe. Kiner moves to third.
Top 6 Kiner takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Thomas hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 Nelson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Yvars hits a popup, foul, towards third. Castiglione settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mays hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Thomson strikes out.
Bottom 5 Lockman hits a popup, foul, towards third. Castiglione settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Castiglione hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Law hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Cole hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cole for the out.
Bottom 4 Vern Law now pitching. Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castiglione fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Mueller hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Howerton who is chasing the ball. Mueller reaches third base with a triple. Dark scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Dark hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Thomas. Dark reaches second base with a double. Spencer scores. Stanky goes all the way around to score. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 4 Stanky takes first base on ball four. Spencer moves to second.
Bottom 4 Spencer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Yvars scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Yvars hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castiglione juggles the ball. That's an error on Castiglione. Yvars moves to second.
Bottom 4 McCullough fires to first and picks off Mays.
Bottom 4 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Friend fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Thomson takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Strickland hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 McCullough hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Howerton hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Lockman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Stanky scores. There goes Mueller trying to get to third. Thomas throws the ball in to Castiglione, who tags Mueller for the out.
Bottom 3 Irvin hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mueller hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Stanky moves to second.
Bottom 3 Dark hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cole settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Stanky takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Kiner strikes out.
Top 3 Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Nelson hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Castiglione hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Irvin. Castiglione reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Spencer 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 2 Yvars hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Mays hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 2 Thomson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Friend fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Friend strikes out.
Top 2 Cole takes first base on ball four. McCullough moves to second.
Top 2 Strickland hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stanky settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 McCullough hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Howerton scores.
Top 2 Howerton hits a line drive to center field. That will be extra bases. Mays chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards Dark. Dark fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Dark. Howerton moves to third.
Top 2 Kiner hits a popup in front of the plate. Yvars settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Irvin hits a fly ball into right field. Howerton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Mueller hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kiner. Mueller reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Howerton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Stanky strikes out.
Top 1 Thomas hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Nelson hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Castiglione hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.