BOXSCORE: 1951 New York-AL Yankees At 1951 Washington Nationals 4/24/1951 Yankees AB R H RBI AVG Nationals AB R H RBI AVG M.Mantle RF 5 0 0 0 .194 D.Dimaggio CF 3 0 0 1 .250 R.Ashburn CF 5 1 2 0 .230 B.Doerr 2B 4 0 0 0 .222 M.Minoso LF 5 2 2 0 .264 F.Baumholtz LF 3 0 0 0 .393 R.Kiner 1B 3 3 2 2 .370 L.Easter 1B 4 0 0 0 .107 S.Burgess C 5 0 2 1 .333 G.Bell RF 4 0 1 0 .214 B.Goodman 2B 4 1 3 1 .467 J.Garagiola C 3 0 0 0 .167 S.Gordon 3B 5 1 1 1 .255 R.Boone SS 3 1 1 0 .243 V.Stephens SS 3 0 1 0 .229 B.Adams 3B 1 0 0 0 .257 R.Roberts P 3 0 0 0 .077 D.Newcombe P 2 0 0 0 .182 W.Masterson P 0 0 0 0 ---- A-I.Noren PH 1 0 0 0 .333 K.Holcombe P 0 0 0 0 ---- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 38 8 13 5 Totals 28 1 2 1 A-Pinch Hit For Masterson In 8th Inning Yankees......... 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 - 8 13 1 Nationals....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 2 3 Yankees (5-8) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET R.Roberts WIN(2-2) 9 2 1 1 3 2 0 122 4.14 A1 Totals 9 2 1 1 3 2 0 Nationals (2-8) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET D.Newcombe LOSS(0-2) 7 1/3 9 6 3 4 9 0 136 4.94 A1 D8 W.Masterson 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.00 D9 E1 K.Holcombe 1 4 2 2 0 0 1 22 9.00 E2 Totals 9 13 8 5 4 9 1 ATTENDANCE- 13,872 DATE- Saturday, April 24th 1951 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad T- 2:53 LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 8 Nationals: 4 DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 0 Nationals: 2 ERRORS- R.Ashburn, J.Garagiola, R.Boone, D.Newcombe HOME RUNS- R.Kiner(4th) RBIs- R.Kiner-2(8th), S.Burgess(6th), B.Goodman(2nd), S.Gordon(7th), D.Dimaggio(4th) STOLEN BASES- R.Ashburn(3rd), M.Minoso(3rd) SACRIFICE HITS- R.Roberts SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Dimaggio WALKS- R.Kiner-2, B.Goodman, V.Stephens, F.Baumholtz, B.Adams-2 STRIKE OUTS- M.Mantle-2, M.Minoso-2, R.Kiner, S.Burgess, B.Goodman, S.Gordon, R.Roberts, B.Doerr, L.Easter GIDP- S.Gordon-2 WILD PITCHES- R.Roberts 2-out RBI- S.Gordon RLISP 2-out- R.Ashburn, M.Minoso, M.Mantle-2, B.Doerr TEAM RISP- Yankees: 4 for 14 Nationals: 0 for 2 First baseman Ralph Kiner hit a homerun and had 2 RBI and Robin Roberts threw a 2 hitter at Griffith Stadium as the New York-AL Yankees beat the Washington Nationals by the count of 8 to 1. New York-AL claimed the early lead in the first inning when they came up with 5 runs on 3 hits. That early run support was all that Roberts(2-2) required. New York-AL finished with 13 hits in the victory. Don Newcombe(0-2) was the losing pitcher. He gave up 6 runs and 9 hits in 7 and 1/3 innings. 'He had his 'A' game tonight,' Robert Baker said of Roberts. 'Very impressive performance.' SCORESHEET: 1951 New York-AL Yankees at 1951 Washington Nationals M.Mantle-A1 A1:K *2*:K C1:G/3>23 D1:F/9 E1:G/43 R.Ashbur-A1 A2:Si B2:G/43 C2:G/31 D2:Si *9*:G/3 M.Minoso-A1 A3:Si>13 B3:L/6 *5*:K D3:SB>12 E3:Si K R.Kiner-A1 A4:W>12 b *3*:W>b1 C4:K *8*:Si E4:SB+E/2 1 >13 HR>3# b# S.Burges-A1 A5:G/13>3 B5:K C5:G/43 D5:Si>13 E5:Si # 23 12 B.Goodma-A1 A6:W>b1 B6:Si>12 *6*:K D6:Si>3# E6:Si>12 12 S.Gordon-A1 A7:Si+E/6 B7:G-DP/1 C7:F/8 D7:K E7:G-DP/5 >3# 2# 1# 63>1o 43>1o V.Stephe-A1 A8:E/1>3# *4*:W>b1 C8:G/43 D8:Si>23 12 R.Robert-A1 A9:F/8 B9:Sac/54 *7*:K D9:Force/ >12 32>3o 23 12 b1 D.Dimagg-A1 A1:F/7 B1:F/7 *6*:G/53 D1:SF+E/8 >3# 23 bo B.Doerr-A1 A2:G/53 B2:K C2:G/63 D2:FO/6 F.Baumho-A1 A3:W>b1 *4*:FO/3 C3:L/4 *9*:P/4 L.Easter-A1 A4:G/63 B4:G/13 *7*:K D4:G/31 G.Bell-A1 *2*:F/8 B5:Si C5:P/4 D5:G/43 J.Garagi-A1 A6:P/3 B6:F/9 C6:G/63 R.Boone-A1 A7:G/43 *5*:G/63 *8*:Si B.Adams-A1 *3*:W>b1 B8:P/6 C8:W>12 b 1 D.Newcom-A1 A9:P/4 B9:G/53 C9:WP>23 W.Master-C7 12 G/13 I.Noren-C9+