Pirates @ Giants
August 28, 1951

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Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 2 3 0
Giants 0 5 3
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Pirates 2 3 0
Giants 0 6 3

Bobby Thomson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .258
OBP .667 .346
At Bats 3 387
Hits 2 100
• Singles 0 55
• Doubles 2 20
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 21
Walks 0 50
RBI’s 0 71

Howie Pollet Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 9 1
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Polo Grounds - August 28, 1951
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Single
Howie Pollet
Clyde McCullough
Jack Phillips
Dick Cole
Pete Castiglione
George Strickland
Ralph Kiner
Frank Thomas
Tom Saffell
Bobby Thomson
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Thomson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Irvin hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castiglione fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Thomas hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Saffell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Saffell for the out.
Top 9 Monty Kennedy now pitching. Davey Williams now playing second base. Castiglione hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Saffell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Stanky hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castiglione fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Rigney moves to second.
Bottom 8 Bill Rigney pinch hits for Dave Koslo. Rigney hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Mueller hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Clyde McCullough now catching. Jack Phillips now playing first base. Tom Saffell now playing right field. Yvars hits a popup towards first. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Pollet hits a popup towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cole is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Strickland hits a fly ball towards right. Mueller settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Mueller. McCullough goes all the way around to score. Strickland moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Clyde McCullough pinch hits for Joe Garagiola. McCullough hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky misplays the ball. That's an error on Stanky. Thomas scores. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Dave Koslo now pitching. Jack Phillips pinch hits for Gus Bell. Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Thomas moves to third.
Top 8 Kiner takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 There's a wild pitch. Thomas moves to second.
Top 8 Thomas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Thomson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kiner. Thomson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Irvin hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 There goes Metkovich. The throw from Yvars and he is out, Stanky applying the tag.
Top 7 Metkovich takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Castiglione hits a popup towards third. Thomson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Pollet hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Dark hits a popup towards first. Metkovich settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Stanky hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cole scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Cole hits a popup, foul, towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Strickland takes first base on ball four. Kiner moves to second.
Top 6 Garagiola hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Yvars settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jones juggles the ball. That's an error on Jones.
Bottom 5 Mueller is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Yvars strikes out.
Bottom 5 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cole scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Thomas is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Metkovich hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Castiglione hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castiglione fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Mays hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cole settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Pollet hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cole hits a popup, foul, towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Strickland bunts towards the mound. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out. Garagiola moves to second.
Top 4 Garagiola is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 3 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Stanky strikes out.
Bottom 3 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castiglione fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Kiner takes first base on ball four. Thomas moves to second.
Top 3 Thomas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Metkovich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Mueller hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Garagiola fields it 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 Lockman hits a popup towards short. Strickland settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Thomson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kiner. Thomson reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Castiglione hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomson fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 2 Pollet takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Cole hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Strickland strikes out.
Top 2 There goes Garagiola. The throw from Yvars and he is safe. Garagiola steals second.
Top 2 Garagiola takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Mays hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Dark strikes out.
Bottom 1 Stanky hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Bell strikes out.
Top 1 Kiner takes first base on ball four. Metkovich moves to second.
Top 1 Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Metkovich hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Castiglione hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops it up and throws to first, with Jones covering, for the out.