BOXSCORE: 1951 Boston-AL Red Sox At 1951 Pittsburgh Pirates         4/15/1951

  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Pirates            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  G.Kell 3B           5  2  2  0 .400     D.Mitchell LF       4  0  1  0 .250  
  E.Stanky 2B         0  0  0  0 ----     R.Schoendienst 2B   4  0  0  0 .000  
A-J.Coleman PR,2B     3  0  1  0 .333     Y.Berra C           4  1  1  1 .250  
  J.Groth CF,RF       5  1  1  1 .200     B.Thomson CF        2  0  1  0 .500  
  T.Williams RF       3  0  2  0 .667   B-W.Mays PR,CF        1  0  0  0 .000  
C-J.Busby CF          1  0  1  01.000     M.Irvin RF          4  0  0  0 .000  
  G.Zernial LF        4  0  4  21.000     M.Vernon 1B         4  0  2  0 .500  
E-C.Diering PR,LF     0  1  0  0 ----     A.Dark SS           3  1  1  1 .333  
  S.Souchock 1B       3  0  0  0 .000   J-G.Coan PH           1  0  0  0 .000  
F-E.Waitkus PR,1B     1  1  0  0 .000     W.Jones 3B          3  0  1  0 .333  
  J.Tipton C          1  0  0  0 .000     E.Lopat P           2  0  1  0 .500  
G-G.Niarhos PH        0  0  0  0 ----   D-P.Mullin PH         1  0  0  0 .000  
H-D.Philley PR        0  0  0  0 ----     B.Friend P          0  0  0  0 ----  
  J.Presko P          1  0  0  0 .000                                          
  C.Carrasquel SS     3  0  0  1 .000                                          
  F.Hutchinson P      3  0  0  0 .000                                          
I-C.McCullough PH,C   0  0  0  1 ----                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      33  5 11  5                 Totals      33  2  8  2

A-Pinch Ran For Stanky In 1st Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Thomson In 6th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Williams In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Lopat In 7th Inning
E-Pinch Ran For Zernial In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Ran For Souchock In 8th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Tipton In 8th Inning
H-Pinch Ran For Niarhos In 8th Inning
I-Pinch Hit For Hutchinson In 8th Inning
J-Pinch Hit For Dark In 9th Inning

INJURY: Eddie Stanky INJURED (for 0 more games) in 1st inning
INJURY: Bobby Thomson INJURED (for 0 more games) in 6th inning

Red Sox......... 0 0 2  0 1 0  0 2 0  -  5 11  0
Pirates......... 1 0 0  0 0 0  1 0 0  -  2  8  0

Red Sox (1-0)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
F.Hutchinson WIN(1-0)     7       6   2   2   0   1   2 100   2.57  A1 C9
J.Presko SAVE(1st)        2       2   0   0   0   0   0  27   0.00  D1
Totals                    9       8   2   2   0   1   2

Pirates (0-1)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
E.Lopat LOSS(0-1)         7       9   3   3   3   2   0 107   3.86  A1 D4
B.Friend                  2       2   2   2   4   0   0  53   9.00  D5
Totals                    9      11   5   5   7   2   0

ATTENDANCE- 13,680 DATE- Thursday, April 15th 1951 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:26
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox:11  Pirates: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 2  Pirates: 3
DOUBLES- G.Kell(1st), M.Vernon(1st)
HOME RUNS- Y.Berra(1st), A.Dark(1st)
RBIs- J.Groth(1st), G.Zernial-2(2nd), C.Carrasquel(1st), C.McCullough(1st),
      Y.Berra(1st), A.Dark(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Coleman
SACRIFICE FLIES- C.McCullough
WALKS- T.Williams, C.Diering, S.Souchock, J.Tipton-2, G.Niarhos, C.Carrasquel
HIT BY PITCH- E.Stanky, B.Thomson
STRIKE OUTS- S.Souchock, C.Carrasquel, M.Vernon
GIDP- J.Groth-2, C.Carrasquel, Y.Berra, E.Lopat
2-out RBI- Y.Berra, J.Groth, G.Zernial-2
RLISP 2-out- S.Souchock-2, R.Schoendienst, A.Dark, G.Kell, J.Coleman, J.Presko,
             G.Coan
TEAM RISP- Red Sox: 3 for 15  Pirates: 0 for 3

Gus Zernial had 4 hits and 2 RBI as the Boston-AL Red Sox defeated the
Pittsburgh Pirates by the score of 5 to 2 at Forbes Field.

Pittsburgh was unable to claim the lead after Boston-AL went ahead in the top
of the 3rd inning when they scored 2 runs on 4 hits.  Pittsburgh was out-hit
by Boston-AL, 11 hits to 8.  

Fred Hutchinson(1-0) got credit for the victory, pitching 7 innings and
allowing 2 runs. Joe Presko gained credit for his 1st save.  Ed Lopat(0-1)
was tagged with the loss.  


SCORESHEET: 1951 Boston-AL Red Sox at 1951 Pittsburgh Pirates
G.Kell-A1    A1:G/13    B1:Do      *5*:Si     D1:F/8     E1:L/5
                                                         
                                                         
E.Stanky-A1  A2:HBP     B2:P/3     C2:Sac/54  *7*:Si     E2:P/2
J.Colema-A3                        >12                   
                                                         
J.Groth-A1   A3:G-DP/6  B3:Si>2#   C3:G/31>2  D3:G-DP/6  *9*:F/7
             43>1o                 3          43>1o      
                                                         
T.Willia-A1  *2*:Si     B4:Si>13   C4:IW>b1   D4:L/4     E4:Si
J.Busby-D5                                               
                                                         
G.Zernia-A1  A5:Si>12   B5:Si>3#   C5:Si>3#   *8*:Si     E5:W>12 b
C.Dierin-D6             12         12                    1
                                                         
S.Soucho-A1  A6:K       B6:G/53    C6:L/5     D6:W>12 b  E6:F/9>23
E.Waitku-D7                                   1          
                                                         
J.Tipton-A1  A7:W>23 1  *4*:G/43   *6*:W>b1   D7:W>23 1  E7:G/31
G.Niarho-D7  2 b1                             2 b1       
D.Phille-D9+                                             
C.Carras-A1  A8:G-DP/6  B8:K       C8:F/8>12  D8:W>3# 2
             43>1o                            3 12 b1
                                              
F.Hutchi-A1  *3*:F/9    B9:G/63    C9:G/43>2  D9:SF/8>3
C.McCull-D9                        3          #
                                              

D.Mitche-A1  A1:G/43    B1:G/43>1  C1:L/3     *8*:Si
                        2                     
                                              
R.Schoen-A1  A2:F/8     B2:F/7     *6*:F/9    D2:P/3
                                              
                                              
Y.Berra-A1   A3:HR>b#   *4*:G/3    C3:G/31    D3:G-DP/5
                                              43>1o
                                              
B.Thomso-A1  A4:G/63    B4:Si      C4:HBP     *9*:G/31
W.Mays-C5                                     
                                              
M.Irvin-A1   *2*:G/53   B5:F/7     C5:P/6     D5:P/6
                                              
                                              
M.Vernon-A1  A6:K       B6:Si>13   *7*:P/3    D6:Do
                                              
                                              
A.Dark-A1    A7:G/63    B7:G/63    C7:HR>b#   D7:G/43
G.Coan-D7                                     
                                              
W.Jones-A1   *3*:G/63   *5*:Si     C8:G/43
                                   
                                   
E.Lopat-A1   A9:Si      B9:G-DP/3  C9:G/43
P.Mullin-C9             63>1o      
B.Friend-D1