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Reds
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
July 22, 1951
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Cincinnati Reds, played on July 22, 1951 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | July 22, 1951 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cincinnati Reds
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| Home Team |
New York Giants
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 22, 1951 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ken Raffensberger |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Dave Koslo |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 24 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Artie Gore 1B: Jocko Conlan 2B: (none) 3B: Bill Stewart |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bobby Adams | Third Baseman |
| Connie Ryan | Second Baseman |
| Johnny Wyrostek | Right Fielder |
| Joe Adcock | Left Fielder |
| Ted Kluszewski | First Baseman |
| Bob Usher | Center Fielder |
| Virgil Stallcup | Shortstop |
| Dixie Howell | Catcher |
| Ken Raffensberger | Pitcher |
| Luke Sewell | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Eddie Stanky | Second Baseman |
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Monte Irvin | Left Fielder |
| Whitey Lockman | First Baseman |
| Bobby Thomson | Third Baseman |
| Don Mueller | Right Fielder |
| Sal Yvars | Catcher |
| Dave Koslo | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Reds
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
July 22, 1951
Top 1
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Koslo
Adams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ryan vs. Koslo
Ryan hits a popup towards third. Thomson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wyrostek vs. Koslo
Wyrostek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adcock vs. Koslo
Adcock hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluszewski vs. Koslo
Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kluszewski for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Raffensberger
Stanky hits a ball on the ground towards third. Adams fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Raffensberger
Dark bunts towards the mound. Raffensberger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mays vs. Raffensberger
Mays hits a fly ball into left field. Adcock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Irvin vs. Raffensberger
Irvin strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Usher vs. Koslo
Usher strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stallcup vs. Koslo
Stallcup hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stanky settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howell vs. Koslo
Howell hits a popup, foul, towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Raffensberger
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stallcup scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Raffensberger
Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Usher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Raffensberger
Mueller hits a popup towards short. Stallcup settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Raffensberger vs. Koslo
Raffensberger hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Koslo
Adams takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ryan vs. Koslo
Ryan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Adams moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Wyrostek vs. Koslo
Wyrostek hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Adams scores. Ryan moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Adcock vs. Koslo
Adcock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ryan scores. Wyrostek moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kluszewski vs. Koslo
Kluszewski hits a popup, foul, towards third. Thomson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Usher vs. Koslo
Usher hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Koslo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yvars vs. Raffensberger
Yvars hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lohrke vs. Raffensberger
Jack Lohrke pinch hits for Dave Koslo.
Lohrke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Adams fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Raffensberger
Stanky hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Howell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stallcup vs. Spencer
George Spencer now pitching.
Stallcup strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howell vs. Spencer
Howell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Raffensberger vs. Spencer
There goes Howell. The throw from Yvars and he is out, Stanky applying the tag. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Raffensberger vs. Spencer
Raffensberger takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adams vs. Spencer
Adams hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Raffensberger
Dark strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Raffensberger
Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Usher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Raffensberger
Irvin hits a popup, foul, towards third. Adams settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ryan vs. Spencer
Ryan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wyrostek vs. Spencer
Wyrostek hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adcock vs. Spencer
Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Spencer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kluszewski vs. Spencer
There goes Adcock. The throw from Yvars and he is out, Dark applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 5
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Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Raffensberger
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Raffensberger fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Raffensberger
Thomson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kluszewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Raffensberger
Mueller hits a fly ball into right field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluszewski vs. Spencer
Kluszewski hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stanky settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Usher vs. Spencer
Usher hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stallcup vs. Spencer
Stallcup hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yvars vs. Raffensberger
Yvars hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Howell scoops up the ball and tags Yvars for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Raffensberger
Bill Rigney pinch hits for George Spencer.
Rigney strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Raffensberger
Stanky hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Adcock. Stanky reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dark vs. Raffensberger
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Adams fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howell vs. Gettel
Al Gettel now pitching.
Howell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Raffensberger vs. Gettel
Raffensberger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adams vs. Gettel
Adams hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stanky settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ryan vs. Gettel
Ryan hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wyrostek vs. Gettel
Wyrostek is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 7
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Reds, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Raffensberger
Mays hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Raffensberger
Irvin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Raffensberger
Lockman hits a fly ball into left field. Adcock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Raffensberger
There's a wild pitch. Irvin moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thomson vs. Raffensberger
Thomson strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mueller vs. Raffensberger
Mueller hits a fly ball into left field. Adcock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Reds, 6 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adcock vs. Gettel
Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluszewski vs. Gettel
Kluszewski hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Usher vs. Gettel
Usher takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stallcup vs. Gettel
Stallcup hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howell vs. Gettel
Howell hits a popup, foul, towards third. Thomson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Reds, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yvars vs. Raffensberger
Yvars strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Raffensberger
Wes Westrum pinch hits for Al Gettel.
Westrum hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stallcup scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Raffensberger
Stanky hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Ryan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Reds, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Raffensberger vs. Kennedy
Monty Kennedy now pitching.
Raffensberger hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Mays. Raffensberger reaches second base with a double. Irvin throws the ball in to Thomson who tags Raffensberger trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Kennedy
Adams takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ryan vs. Kennedy
There's a wild pitch. Adams moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ryan vs. Kennedy
Ryan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wyrostek vs. Kennedy
Wyrostek strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Reds, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Raffensberger
Dark hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mays vs. Raffensberger
Mays hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Raffensberger
Irvin hits a fly ball into right field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Raffensberger
Lockman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Adcock who is chasing the ball. Lockman reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Thomson vs. Raffensberger
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Adams fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Mueller vs. Raffensberger
Mueller hits a popup towards third. Adams settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/22/1951, game 1 -- Cincinnati at New York (D)
Cincinnati AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Adams B, 3b 3 1 0 0 Stanky E, 2b 4 0 1 0
Ryan C, 2b 4 2 2 2 Dark A, ss 4 1 2 0
Wyrostek J, rf 5 1 1 1 Mays W, cf 4 2 2 3
Adcock J, lf 4 1 2 3 Irvin M, lf 4 0 1 0
Kluszewski T, 1b 4 1 1 1 Lockman W, 1b 4 0 1 0
Usher B, cf 3 0 0 0 Thomson B, 3b 4 0 0 0
Stallcup V, ss 4 0 0 0 Mueller D, rf 4 0 0 0
Howell D, c 2 0 0 0 Yvars S, c 3 0 1 0
Raffensberger K, p 3 1 1 0 Koslo D, p 0 0 0 0
Lohrke J, ph 1 0 0 0
Spencer G, p 0 0 0 0
Rigney B, ph 1 0 0 0
Gettel A, p 0 0 0 0
Westrum W, ph 1 0 0 0
Kennedy M, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 7 7 7 34 3 8 3
Cincinnati 202 000 210 -- 7
New York 000 000 102 -- 3
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Raffensberger K (W) 9.0 8 3 3 0 5
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Koslo D (L) 3.0 4 4 3 1 1
Spencer G 3.0 0 0 0 3 1
Gettel A 2.0 2 3 3 2 1
Kennedy M 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
E -- Stanky E
DP -- Cincinnati 1
LOB -- Cincinnati 5, New York 4
2B -- Stanky E, Raffensberger K
3B -- Lockman W
HR -- Adcock J, Ryan C, Mays W 2, Kluszewski T
CS -- Howell D, Adcock J
WP -- Raffensberger K, Kennedy M
T -- 2:24
A -- 0
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