BOXSCORE: 1951 New York-AL Yankees At 1951 Chicago-NL Cubs 4/9/1951 Yankees AB R H RBI AVG Cubs AB R H RBI AVG M.Mantle RF 6 1 3 2 .500 F.Fain 1B 3 1 2 0 .306 R.Ashburn CF 7 1 1 0 .143 B-E.Miksis PR 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Minoso LF 4 1 2 1 .500 C-W.Dropo 1B 2 0 0 0 .143 R.Kiner 1B 6 1 1 1 .167 S.Hemus 2B 5 0 0 0 .125 S.Burgess C 5 0 2 1 .400 E.Yost 3B 6 0 1 2 .237 S.Gordon 3B 5 0 1 1 .200 D.Snider CF 6 1 2 0 .250 B.Kuzava P 0 0 0 0 ---- W.Lockman LF 5 1 1 1 .297 V.Stephens SS 6 1 2 0 .333 P.Reese SS 6 1 2 0 .297 B.Young 2B 1 1 0 0 .000 J.Wyrostek RF 6 0 2 1 .222 A-B.Goodman 2B 4 1 1 0 .250 W.Cooper C 6 1 1 1 .467 R.Roberts P 3 0 0 0 .000 B.Church P 2 0 0 0 .100 T.Wilks P 1 0 0 0 .000 D-C.Ryan PH 1 0 0 0 .000 E-B.Cox PH,3B 1 1 1 21.000 J.Konstanty P 1 0 1 01.000 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 49 8 14 8 Totals 49 5 12 5 A-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Young In 4th Inning B-Pinch Ran For Fain In 7th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Miksis In 8th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Church In 8th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Wilks In 12th Inning INJURY: Bobby Young INJURED (for 0 more games) in 4th inning INJURY: Ferris Fain INJURED (for 0 more games) in 7th inning Yankees......... 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 - 8 14 3 Cubs............ 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 5 12 1 Yankees (1-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET R.Roberts 7 1/3 9 5 2 0 0 1 141 2.45 A1 D8 T.Wilks WIN(1-0) 3 2/3 1 0 0 1 1 0 49 0.00 D9 F3 B.Kuzava SAVE(1st) 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 0.00 F4 Totals 12 12 5 2 1 1 1 Cubs (3-7) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET B.Church 8 9 5 5 5 4 0 150 3.75 A1 E2 J.Konstanty LOSS(0-3) 4 5 3 3 1 1 0 62 6.75 E3 Totals 12 14 8 8 6 5 0 ATTENDANCE- 17,666 DATE- Friday, April 9th 1951 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average T- 3:49 LEFT ON BASE- Yankees:12 Cubs:12 DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 0 Cubs: 0 ERRORS- R.Kiner-2, B.Goodman, J.Wyrostek DOUBLES- B.Cox(1st), J.Wyrostek(2nd) HOME RUNS- W.Lockman(1st) RBIs- M.Mantle-2(2nd), M.Minoso(1st), R.Kiner(1st), S.Burgess(1st), S.Gordon(1st), B.Cox-2(2nd), E.Yost-2(5th), W.Lockman(2nd), J.Wyrostek(3rd), W.Cooper(7th) STOLEN BASES- R.Ashburn(1st), M.Minoso(1st), E.Miksis(1st) SACRIFICE HITS- R.Roberts, S.Hemus, B.Church WALKS- M.Mantle, M.Minoso-2, S.Burgess, S.Gordon, B.Young, W.Lockman HIT BY PITCH- F.Fain STRIKE OUTS- M.Mantle, R.Kiner, R.Roberts-2, T.Wilks, D.Snider PASSED BALLS- S.Burgess-2 2-out RBI- R.Kiner, S.Burgess, S.Gordon, E.Yost-2, B.Cox-2, M.Mantle RLISP 2-out- R.Kiner, V.Stephens-3, S.Gordon, E.Yost-2, W.Dropo, W.Cooper-2, R.Ashburn TEAM RISP- Yankees: 7 for 13 Cubs: 3 for 14 The New York-AL Yankees put 4 runs on the scoreboard in the 3rd inning and bested the Chicago-NL Cubs in 12 innings by a 8 to 5 score at Wrigley Field. Both teams had scored 5 runs after nine full innings. New York-AL won it in the 12th inning. After two were out Vern Stephens got things going when he lashed a single. Billy Goodman was next and he delivered a base-hit. Goodman took second on the throw. Billy Cox then doubled which was good for two runs. Mickey Mantle was up next and he stroked a single scoring the final run of the inning. New York-AL had a total of 14 hits for the game. The victory went to Ted Wilks(1-0) who went 3 and 2/3 innings, allowing no runs. Wilks was helped out by Bob Kuzava who recorded his 1st save. The loss was charged to Jim Konstanty(0-3) in relief. SCORESHEET: 1951 New York-AL Yankees at 1951 Chicago-NL Cubs M.Mantle-A1 A1:F/8 B1:Si+E/9 C1:G/43 *7*:K E1:Si *11*:W>b1 >2# R.Ashbur-A1 A2:G/13 B2:G/43 *5*:FO/2 D2:Si E2:G/31 F2:P/5 M.Minoso-A1 A3:Si B3:W>b1 C3:W>b1 D3:SB>12 *9*:F/8 F3:Force/ Si>2# 64>1o b1 R.Kiner-A1 A4:SB>12 B4:Si>3# C4:K D4:F/9 E4:L/5 F4:P/6 G/63 12 S.Burges-A1 *2*:G/13 B5:Si>2# C5:W>12 b D5:Si>13 E5:F/9 *12*:G/3 13 1 S.Gordon-A1 A6:F/7 B6:Si>3# C6:F/7 D6:W>12 b *10*:L/5 F6:L/5 B.Kuzava-G3 12 1 V.Stephe-A1 A7:G/13 B7:G/63 *6*:F/7 D7:F/7 E7:Si F7:Si B.Young-A1 *3*:W>b1 *4*:G/13 C8:F/9 *8*:F/8 E8:F/8 F8:Si>13 B.Goodma-C2 R.Robert-A1 A9:Sac/54 B9:K C9:K D9:F/8 E9:K F9:Do>3# T.Wilks-E3 >12 2# B.Cox-F9 F.Fain-A1 A1:Si B1:Si C1:E/3>23 D1:HBP E1:G/63 F1:Force/ E.Miksis-D2 36>1o b1 W.Dropo-D4 S.Hemus-A1 A2:F/9 B2:L/4 C2:G/3>12 D2:SB>12 *9*:F/9 F2:G/63>1 Sac/34>23 2 E.Yost-A1 A3:L/6 B3:F/7 C3:Si>3# D3:G/63 E3:G/63 F3:F/7 2# D.Snider-A1 A4:F/9 *4*:G/31 C4:G/3 *8*:Si E4:K *12*:Si W.Lockma-A1 *2*:G/3 B5:HR>b# *6*:F/8 D5:PB>12 *10*:W>b1 F5:P/2 FO/2 P.Reese-A1 A6:F/8 B6:P/6 C6:Si D6:E/4>23 E6:P/4 F6:Si>12 J.Wyrost-A1 A7:Si B7:G/13 C7:Force/ D7:Do>3# E7:L/4 F7:F/8 36>1o b1 13 W.Cooper-A1 A8:F/7 *5*:E/3 C8:G/3 D8:Si>3# E8:PB>12 F8:F/8 23 G/53 B.Church-A1 *3*:F/9 B9:Sac/24 *7*:L/4 D9:FC/62> *11*:Si C.Ryan-D9 >12 3o 12 J.Konsta-E2 SCORESHEET: 1951 New York-AL Yankees at 1951 Chicago-NL Cubs M.Mantle-A1 G1:Si>2# R.Ashbur-A1 G2:G/43 M.Minoso-A1 R.Kiner-A1 S.Burges-A1 S.Gordon-A1 B.Kuzava-G3 V.Stephe-A1 B.Young-A1 B.Goodma-C2 R.Robert-A1 T.Wilks-E3 B.Cox-F9 F.Fain-A1 E.Miksis-D2 W.Dropo-D4 S.Hemus-A1 E.Yost-A1 D.Snider-A1 W.Lockma-A1 P.Reese-A1 J.Wyrost-A1 W.Cooper-A1 B.Church-A1 C.Ryan-D9 J.Konsta-E2