Dodgers @ Cardinals
September 20, 1951

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Bottom 9 R H E
Dodgers 4 7 0
Cardinals 2 7 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Dodgers 4 7 0
Cardinals 2 7 1

Vern Benson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .300
OBP .333 .364
At Bats 3 20
Hits 1 6
• Singles 0 2
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 1 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 2
RBI’s 1 5

Carl Erskine Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
15 10 4
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Sportsman's Park - September 20, 1951
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Walk
Carl Erskine
Rube Walker
Gil Hodges
Jackie Robinson
Billy Cox
Pee Wee Reese
Andy Pafko
Duke Snider
Carl Furillo
Vern Benson
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Rube Walker now catching. Benson takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Dick Bokelmann now pitching. Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Reese hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Walker. Reese reaches second base with a double. Thompson scores.
Top 9 Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Don Thompson pinch runs for Mickey Livingston. Erskine bunts in front of the plate. Rice fields it and throws to first for the out. Thompson moves to second.
Top 9 Livingston hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 There goes Slaughter. The throw from Livingston to Reese and they have Slaughter trapped. The throw over to Hodges, who applies the tag for the out.
Bottom 8 Slaughter takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Musial hits a popup, foul, towards short. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Schoendienst for the out.
Bottom 8 Duke Snider now playing center field. Andy Pafko now playing left field. Hemus hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Snider who is chasing the ball. Hemus reaches third base with a triple.
Top 8 Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cox hits a fly ball into center field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Hodges hits a fly ball into center field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Chambers strikes out.
Bottom 7 Rice hits a popup towards short. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Walker hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Benson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 There goes Robinson. The throw from Rice and he is safe. Robinson steals second.
Top 7 Robinson takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Reese strikes out.
Top 7 Furillo hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Rice 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 Benson hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Musial scores.
Bottom 6 Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Musial moves to third.
Bottom 6 Musial hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Furillo. Musial reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Erskine hits a popup towards short. Hemus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Livingston bunts towards the mound. Chambers fields it and throws to first for the out. Williams moves to second.
Top 6 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Cox hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hodges hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Schoendienst hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Robinson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hemus hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Furillo who is chasing the ball. Hemus reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 5 Chambers hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rice hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Robinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Furillo hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Walker hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Rice hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Rice reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Benson hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Erskine hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Livingston hits a popup towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Musial hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Hemus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hemus for the out.
Top 3 Cox hits a line drive towards short. Hemus reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hodges hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Furillo scores. Robinson moves to third.
Top 3 Pafko takes first base on ball four. Erskine scores. Furillo moves to third. Robinson moves to second.
Top 3 Robinson is walked intentionally.
Top 3 Reese bunts towards the mound. Chambers fields it and throws to first for the out. Erskine moves to third. Furillo moves to second.
Top 3 Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial fields the ball and throws to Chambers covering. Safe. Erskine moves to second.
Top 3 Erskine takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Chambers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Rice hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Walker hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Rice hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Benson scores.
Bottom 2 Benson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pafko who is chasing the ball. Benson reaches third base with a triple.
Top 2 Livingston hits a popup, foul, towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Cox hits a line drive into left field. Rice picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Rice. Cox moves to second.
Top 2 Hodges hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Musial hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops it up and throws to first, with Erskine covering, for the out. Hemus moves to second.
Bottom 1 Hemus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pafko for the out.
Top 1 Robinson hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Furillo moves to third.
Top 1 There goes Furillo. The throw from Rice and he is safe. Furillo steals second.
Top 1 Furillo takes first base on ball four.