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Yankees
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
October 6, 1951
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the New York Yankees, played on October 6, 1951 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | October 6, 1951 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Yankees
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| Home Team |
New York Giants
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | October 6, 1951 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Vic Raschi |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jim Hearn |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 52,035 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 42 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Joe Paparella 1B: Al Barlick 2B: Bill Summers 3B: Lee Ballanfant |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Gene Woodling | Left Fielder |
| Phil Rizzuto | Shortstop |
| Gil McDougald | Second Baseman |
| Joe DiMaggio | Center Fielder |
| Yogi Berra | Catcher |
| Bobby Brown | Third Baseman |
| Joe Collins | First Baseman |
| Hank Bauer | Right Fielder |
| Vic Raschi | Pitcher |
| Casey Stengel | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Eddie Stanky | Second Baseman |
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Hank Thompson | Right Fielder |
| Monte Irvin | Left Fielder |
| Whitey Lockman | First Baseman |
| Bobby Thomson | Third Baseman |
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Wes Westrum | Catcher |
| Jim Hearn | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Yankees
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
October 6, 1951
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodling vs. Hearn
Woodling hits a popup, foul, towards third. Thomson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzuto vs. Hearn
Rizzuto hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McDougald vs. Hearn
There goes Rizzuto. The throw from Westrum and he is out, Dark applying the tag. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDougald vs. Hearn
McDougald hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DiMaggio vs. Hearn
DiMaggio hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Yankees, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Raschi
Stanky is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Raschi
Dark hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Raschi
Thompson strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Irvin vs. Raschi
Irvin takes first base on ball four. Stanky moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lockman vs. Raschi
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berra vs. Hearn
Berra hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman fields the ball and throws to Hearn covering. Safe. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Hearn
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Collins vs. Hearn
Collins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Raschi
Thomson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Woodling. Thomson reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mays vs. Raschi
Mays hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thomson scores. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Westrum vs. Raschi
Westrum hits a popup towards short. Rizzuto settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hearn vs. Raschi
Hearn hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McDougald settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stanky vs. Raschi
Stanky is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 3
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Yankees, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bauer vs. Hearn
Bauer hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Raschi vs. Hearn
Raschi bunts for a double play. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodling vs. Hearn
Woodling takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rizzuto vs. Hearn
Rizzuto hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rizzuto for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Yankees, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Raschi
Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Raschi
Thompson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Irvin vs. Raschi
Irvin hits a line drive into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Raschi
Lockman hits a fly ball into left field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Yankees, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDougald vs. Hearn
McDougald takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DiMaggio vs. Hearn
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berra vs. Hearn
Berra hits a popup, foul, towards third. Thomson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Hearn
Brown 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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Yankees, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Raschi
Thomson hits a fly ball into left field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Raschi
Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Raschi
Westrum hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collins vs. Hearn
Collins hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Collins for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bauer vs. Hearn
Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Raschi vs. Hearn
Raschi takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Woodling vs. Hearn
Woodling hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hearn vs. Raschi
Hearn strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Raschi
Stanky takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Raschi
Stanky is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way. Stanky moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Dark vs. Raschi
Dark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Stanky scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Raschi
Thompson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dark moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Irvin vs. Raschi
Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brown fields it and throws to home. Berra drops the ball. Dark scores. Thompson moves to second. That run is unearned. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lockman vs. Raschi
Lockman hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. Three runs are unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Hogue
Bobby Hogue now pitching.
Thomson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Berra settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Hogue
Mays hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Yankees, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzuto vs. Hearn
Rizzuto hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDougald vs. Hearn
McDougald takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DiMaggio vs. Hearn
DiMaggio strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berra vs. Hearn
The ball gets by Westrum for a passed ball. McDougald moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Berra vs. Hearn
Berra takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brown vs. Hearn
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Yankees, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Hogue
Westrum hits a popup, foul, towards first. Collins settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hearn vs. Hogue
Hearn hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Hogue
Stanky hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Hogue
Dark hits a fly ball into left field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Yankees, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collins vs. Hearn
Collins hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bauer vs. Hearn
Bauer hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hopp vs. Hearn
Johnny Hopp pinch hits for Bobby Hogue.
Hopp takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Woodling vs. Hearn
Woodling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Yankees, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Ostrowski
Joe Ostrowski now pitching.
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Ostrowski
Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Ostrowski
Lockman strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Yankees, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzuto vs. Hearn
Rizzuto is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McDougald vs. Hearn
McDougald hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rizzuto moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
DiMaggio vs. Hearn
DiMaggio hits a popup towards third. Thomson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Berra vs. Hearn
Berra hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hearn fields it and throws to first for the out. Rizzuto moves to third. McDougald moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Brown vs. Hearn
Brown takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Collins vs. Hearn
Collins takes first base on ball four. Rizzuto scores. McDougald moves to third. Brown moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Bauer vs. Jones
Sheldon Jones now pitching.
Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Yankees, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Ostrowski
Thomson hits a popup towards short. Rizzuto settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Ostrowski
Mays hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Westrum vs. Ostrowski
Westrum hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Yankees, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Jones
Johnny Mize pinch hits for Joe Ostrowski.
Mize hits a fly ball into right field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodling vs. Jones
Woodling hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzuto vs. Jones
Rizzuto hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDougald vs. Jones
McDougald hits a popup, foul, towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 10/6/1951 -- New York at New York (D)
New York AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Woodling G, lf 4 1 1 1 Stanky E, 2b 2 1 1 0
Rizzuto P, ss 4 1 1 0 Dark A, ss 4 1 1 1
McDougald G, 2b 3 0 2 0 Thompson H, rf 3 1 1 0
DiMaggio J, cf 4 0 0 0 Irvin M, lf 3 1 0 0
Berra Y, c 3 0 1 0 Lockman W, 1b 4 1 1 3
Brown B, 3b 3 0 0 0 Thomson B, 3b 4 1 1 0
Collins J, 1b 3 0 0 1 Mays W, cf 4 0 2 1
Bauer H, rf 4 0 0 0 Westrum W, c 4 0 0 0
Raschi V, p 1 0 0 0 Hearn J, p 3 0 0 0
Hogue B, p 0 0 0 0 Jones S, p 0 0 0 0
Hopp J, ph 0 0 0 0
Ostrowski J, p 0 0 0 0
Mize J, ph 1 0 0 0
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30 2 5 2 31 6 7 5
New York 000 000 011 -- 2
New York 010 050 00x -- 6
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Raschi V (L) 4.1 5 6 1 3 3
Hogue B 1.2 1 0 0 0 0
Ostrowski J 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Hearn J (W) 7.2 4 1 1 8 1
Jones S (S) 1.1 1 1 1 0 0
E -- Lockman W, Rizzuto P, Berra Y, Westrum W
DP -- New York 1, New York 2
LOB -- New York 10, New York 5
2B -- Thomson B
HR -- Lockman W, Woodling G
CS -- Rizzuto P, Stanky E
HBP -- by Raschi V (Stanky E), by Hearn J (Rizzuto P)
T -- 2:42
A -- 52035
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