Pirates @ Giants
August 30, 1951

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Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 10 15 1
Giants 9 11 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 10 15 1
Giants 9 11 1

Bobby Thomson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .260
OBP .750 .351
At Bats 1 392
Hits 0 102
• Singles 0 56
• Doubles 0 21
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 21
Walks 2 52
RBI’s 0 71

Murry Dickson Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
14 9 2
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Polo Grounds - August 30, 1951
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Strikeout
Murry Dickson
Clyde McCullough
Jack Phillips
Danny Murtaugh
Pete Castiglione
George Strickland
Ralph Kiner
Frank Thomas
Bill Howerton
Bobby Thomson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 10 15 1 6
New York Giants 9 11 1 6
Winning Pitcher Murry Dickson
Losing Pitcher Larry Jansen
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Ralph Kiner
Attendance 8,230
Time of Game 2 hours 36 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Thomson strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 9 Irvin takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Strickland hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 McCullough hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Howerton strikes out.
Top 9 Ray Noble now catching. Kiner hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Mueller hits a fly ball into right field. Howerton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Dark hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Murtaugh settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Stanky hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Jansen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Murry Dickson now pitching. Bill Rigney pinch hits for Sal Yvars. Rigney hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Thomas hits a popup, foul, towards third. Thomson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Castiglione hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 8 Larry Jansen now pitching. Tom Saffell pinch hits for Vern Law. Saffell hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Yvars settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Murtaugh hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
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.