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Cubs 1 @ Giants 8
Polo Grounds
May 2, 1951

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Chicago Cubs, played on May 2, 1951 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants beat the visiting Cubs with a score of 8 to 1.

Game Summary

DateMay 2, 1951 
Visiting Team
Chicago Cubs
R: 1 H: 6 E: 0 LOB: 3
Runs: 1
Hits: 6
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 3
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 8 H: 9 E: 0 LOB: 9
Runs: 8
Hits: 9
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 9
Winning PitcherGeorge Spencer  
Losing PitcherJohnny Schmitz  
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Game Winning RBIAl Dark 

Game Info

DateMay 2, 1951 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamChicago Cubs 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherJohnny Schmitz  
Home Starting PitcherGeorge Spencer  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance4,976 
Time of Game2 hours 19 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Larry Goetz
1B: Lou Jorda
2B: (none)
3B: Frank Dascoli

Chicago Cubs Lineup 

Name  Position 
Wayne Terwilliger  Second Baseman 
Bill Serena  Third Baseman 
Frank Baumholtz  Right Fielder 
Hank Sauer  Left Fielder 
Andy Pafko  Center Fielder 
Phil Cavarretta  First Baseman 
Smoky Burgess  Catcher 
Jack Cusick  Shortstop 
Johnny Schmitz  Pitcher 
Frankie Frisch  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Eddie Stanky  Second Baseman 
Whitey Lockman  Left Fielder 
Bobby Thomson  Center Fielder 
Monte Irvin  First Baseman 
Ray Noble  Catcher 
Al Dark  Shortstop 
Don Mueller  Right Fielder 
Hank Thompson  Third Baseman 
George Spencer  Pitcher 
Leo Durocher  Manager 

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Cubs 1 @ Giants 8
Polo Grounds
May 2, 1951

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/2/1951 -- Chicago at New York (D)

  Chicago            AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Terwilliger W, 2b     4  0  1  0   Stanky E, 2b          3  2  2  0   
Serena B, 3b          3  1  2  0   Lockman W, lf         5  0  1  0   
Baumholtz F, rf       4  0  1  0   Thomson B, cf         3  2  1  0   
Sauer H, lf           3  0  1  0   Irvin M, 1b           4  1  0  1   
Pafko A, cf           3  0  0  1   Noble R, c            4  1  1  2   
Cavarretta P, 1b      3  0  0  0   Dark A, ss            3  1  2  2   
Burgess S, c          3  0  0  0   Mueller D, rf         2  0  0  0   
Cusick J, ss          2  0  0  0   Maguire J, ph-rf      1  1  1  2   
Schmitz J, p          2  0  1  0   Thompson H, 3b        4  0  1  1   
Hacker W, p           0  0  0  0   Spencer G, p          3  0  0  0   
Fondy D, ph           1  0  0  0                                      
Lown T, p             0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     28  1  6  1                        32  8  9  8

Chicago          000 100 000 --  1
New York         100 001 60x --  8

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Schmitz J (L)         6.1  6  6  6  7  1
Hacker W              0.2  3  2  2  0  1
Lown T                1.0  0  0  0  0  1

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Spencer G (W)         9.0  6  1  1  3  0

DP -- New York 4
LOB -- Chicago 3, New York 9
2B -- Stanky E, Thomson B
3B -- Maguire J
SH -- Spencer G
HBP -- by Hacker W (Stanky E)
T -- 2:19
A -- 4976

    

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