BOXSCORE: 1951 New York-AL Yankees At 1951 Pittsburgh Pirates 7/27/1951 Yankees AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG M.Minoso LF 5 2 2 0 .313 D.Mitchell LF 4 0 1 0 .265 R.Ashburn CF 6 1 5 2 .328 R.Schoendienst 2B 4 0 2 0 .312 D.Ennis RF 5 1 2 3 .324 Y.Berra C 4 1 1 1 .282 R.Kiner 1B 3 1 1 0 .237 B.Thomson CF 4 0 0 0 .277 S.Gordon 3B 4 0 2 1 .275 M.Irvin RF 3 2 2 0 .301 B.Goodman 2B 5 1 3 1 .293 M.Vernon 1B 3 1 2 0 .354 S.Burgess C 5 1 1 0 .209 A.Dark SS 3 0 3 2 .316 G.Hamner SS 5 0 0 0 .225 W.Jones 3B 3 0 0 1 .278 R.Roberts P 3 1 1 1 .091 E.Blackwell P 0 0 0 0 .236 A-B.Brown PH 1 0 0 0 .228 B.Friend P 1 0 0 0 .000 B-P.Mullin PH 1 0 0 0 .253 V.Law P 1 0 0 0 .444 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 41 8 17 8 Totals 32 4 11 4 A-Pinch Hit For Blackwell In 3rd Inning B-Pinch Hit For Friend In 7th Inning Yankees......... 3 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 8 17 0 Pirates......... 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 - 4 11 0 Yankees (50-44) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET R.Roberts WIN(8-8) 9 11 4 4 4 4 1 137 3.62 A1 Totals 9 11 4 4 4 4 1 Pirates (59-39) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET E.Blackwell LOSS(9-3) 3 11 7 7 2 3 0 78 3.03 A1 C4 B.Friend 4 4 1 1 2 0 0 60 4.66 C5 E3 V.Law 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 34 0.90 E4 Totals 9 17 8 8 6 4 0 ATTENDANCE- 24,979 DATE- Tuesday, July 27th 1951 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average T- 2:46 LEFT ON BASE- Yankees:12 Pirates: 5 DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 5 Pirates: 2 DOUBLES- D.Ennis(1st), R.Kiner(19th), M.Vernon(19th) HOME RUNS- Y.Berra(10th) RBIs- R.Ashburn-2(42nd), D.Ennis-3(12th), S.Gordon(65th), B.Goodman(31st), R.Roberts, Y.Berra(46th), A.Dark-2(47th), W.Jones(41st) STOLEN BASES- M.Minoso(31st) CAUGHT STEALING- D.Mitchell WALKS- M.Minoso, R.Kiner-2, S.Gordon, R.Roberts-2, M.Irvin, M.Vernon, A.Dark, W.Jones STRIKE OUTS- M.Minoso-2, S.Burgess, R.Roberts, B.Thomson-2, B.Friend, P.Mullin GIDP- B.Goodman, S.Burgess, Y.Berra, M.Vernon, W.Jones-2, V.Law 2-out RBI- R.Roberts, R.Ashburn-2, D.Ennis-2, Y.Berra RLISP 2-out- G.Hamner-2, R.Kiner-2, D.Ennis, P.Mullin-2, S.Burgess TEAM RISP- Yankees: 6 for 17 Pirates: 1 for 4 Richie Ashburn had 5 hits and 2 RBI and Robin Roberts was able to finish what he started and was credited with a complete game as the New York-AL Yankees defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates by the score of 8 to 4 at Forbes Field. Pittsburgh found themselves trailing quickly as the New York-AL bats came through in the first inning when they came up with 3 runs on 4 hits. New York-AL totaled 17 hits on the night. Roberts(8-8) got the victory, allowing 4 runs for the game. Ewell Blackwell(9-3) was charged with the loss. He got hit pretty hard, allowing 11 hits and 2 walks in 3 innings. SCORESHEET: 1951 New York-AL Yankees at 1951 Pittsburgh Pirates M.Minoso-A1 A1:K B1:Si C1:W>12 b D1:Si E1:P/6 F1:K 1 R.Ashbur-A1 A2:Si B2:Si>13 C2:Si>3# D2:SB>12 E2:L/3 F2:Si>1o 23 12 Si>2# D.Ennis-A1 A3:Do>1# B3:P/4 C3:Si>3# D3:L/6 E3:G/63 2# 12 R.Kiner-A1 A4:W>b1 B4:F/9 C4:G/63 *6*:W>b1 *8*:Do S.Gordon-A1 A5:Si>2# *3*:G/63 *4*:Si D5:F/8 E5:W>b1 12 B.Goodma-A1 A6:Si>2# B6:Si C6:F/9 D6:Si>12 E6:G-DP/3 13 63>23 1o S.Burges-A1 A7:K B7:Si>12 C7:G-DP/4 D7:Force/ E7:F/9 63>1o 46>23 1o b1 G.Hamner-A1 A8:G/63 B8:F/7 *5*:F/9 D8:G/53 *9*:G/63 R.Robert-A1 *2*:K B9:Si>2# C9:F/8 *7*:W>b1 E9:W>b1 13 D.Mitche-A1 A1:F/8 B1:FO/3 *6*:P/6 *8*:Si R.Schoen-A1 A2:Si B2:Si C2:G/53 D2:CS/26> 1o L/6 Y.Berra-A1 A3:G-DP/3 B3:G/31 C3:F/8 D3:HR>b# 63>1o B.Thomso-A1 *2*:F/8 *4*:K *7*:L/6 D4:K M.Irvin-A1 A5:W>b1 B5:Si C5:Si *9*:G/53 M.Vernon-A1 A6:Do>13 B6:G-DP/3 C6:W>12 b D6:Si 63>1o 1 A.Dark-A1 A7:Si>3# *5*:Si C7:W>23 1 D7:Si>12 2# 2 b1 W.Jones-A1 A8:G-DP/6 B8:G-DP/6 C8:G/3>3# D8:W>23 1 43>1o 43>1o 23 12 2 b1 E.Blackw-A1 *3*:G/43 B9:K C9:K D9:G-DP/6 B.Brown-A9 43>1o B.Friend-B4+