BOXSCORE: 1951 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1951 Cincinnati Reds 8/2/1951 Pirates AB R H RBI AVG Reds AB R H RBI AVG D.Mitchell LF 4 1 0 0 .276 S.Jethroe LF,RF 5 0 0 1 .217 R.Schoendienst 2B 4 0 1 2 .300 J.Pesky SS 3 1 0 0 .292 Y.Berra C 4 0 0 0 .295 J.Robinson 2B 4 0 0 0 .304 B.Thomson CF 4 0 0 0 .277 L.Doby CF 0 0 0 0 .305 M.Irvin RF 2 1 1 1 .308 G.McDougald 3B 3 0 0 0 .263 M.Vernon 1B 4 0 0 0 .337 E.Slaughter RF 0 0 0 0 .260 A.Dark SS 4 0 1 0 .303 A-P.Reiser PR,LF 3 0 0 0 .259 W.Jones 3B 4 0 0 0 .265 D.Wilber C 3 0 0 0 .286 E.Blackwell P 3 1 2 0 .308 B-H.Arft PH,1B 1 0 0 0 .193 E.Kinder P 0 0 0 0 .000 T.Kluszewski 1B 1 1 0 0 .203 C-D.Sisler PH 1 0 0 0 .269 D-W.Westrum C 0 0 0 0 .189 N.Garver P 4 0 1 0 .304 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 33 3 5 3 Totals 28 2 1 1 A-Pinch Ran For Slaughter In 2nd Inning B-Pinch Hit For Wilber In 8th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Kluszewski In 8th Inning D-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Sisler In 9th Inning INJURY: Enos Slaughter INJURED (for 0 more games) in 2nd inning Pirates......... 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 3 5 1 Reds............ 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 2 1 1 Pirates (70-45) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET E.Blackwell WIN(12-3) 7 1/3 1 2 2 8 4 0 134 3.00 A1 D4 E.Kinder SAVE(24th) 1 2/3 0 0 0 1 2 0 26 3.65 D5 Totals 9 1 2 2 9 6 0 Reds (49-66) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET N.Garver LOSS(12-8) 9 5 3 3 2 2 1 139 4.14 A1 Totals 9 5 3 3 2 2 1 ATTENDANCE- 28,307 DATE- Monday, August 2nd 1951 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good T- 2:11 LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 5 Reds: 9 DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 2 Reds: 0 ERRORS- Y.Berra, W.Westrum DOUBLES- N.Garver TRIPLES- E.Blackwell HOME RUNS- M.Irvin(12th) RBIs- R.Schoendienst-2(52nd), M.Irvin(55th), S.Jethroe(28th) STOLEN BASES- S.Jethroe(9th) WALKS- M.Irvin-2, J.Pesky-2, L.Doby-4, G.McDougald, T.Kluszewski-2 HIT BY PITCH- E.Slaughter STRIKE OUTS- B.Thomson, W.Jones, S.Jethroe, G.McDougald-2, H.Arft, D.Sisler, N.Garver GIDP- D.Wilber WILD PITCHES- N.Garver 2-out RBI- R.Schoendienst RLISP 2-out- G.McDougald, D.Sisler-2, W.Jones TEAM RISP- Pirates: 1 for 6 Reds: 0 for 7 WEB GEMS- Top 2nd: Gil McDougald robbed Mickey Vernon of a base hit. Bot 5th: Yogi Berra blocked the plate, saving a run! One run was the difference at Crosley Field as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Cincinnati Reds 3 to 2. Pittsburgh took the lead for good in the top of the 6th inning plating one baserunner. Pittsburgh had only 5 hits for the afternoon. Ewell Blackwell(12-3) went 7 and 1/3 innings allowing 2 runs for the win. Blackwell got help from Ellis Kinder who earned his 24th save. Ned Garver(12-8) was the loser. He pitched 9 innings giving up only 5 hits and 2 walks. SCORESHEET: 1951 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1951 Cincinnati Reds D.Mitche-A1 A1:F/9 B1:G/13 C1:P/4 D1:Force/ 46>1o b1 R.Schoen-A1 A2:G/43 *4*:G/53 C2:G/63>3 D2:WP>12 # Si>2# Y.Berra-A1 A3:F/8 B3:G/13 C3:F/7 D3:F/8 B.Thomso-A1 *2*:G/43 B4:G/53 *7*:K *9*:E/2 M.Irvin-A1 A5:HR>b# *5*:F/7 C5:W>b1 D5:W>12 b 1 M.Vernon-A1 A6:G/53 B6:G/13 C6:Force/ D6:F/8 36>1o b1 A.Dark-A1 A7:G/13 B7:Si C7:G/63 D7:F/7 W.Jones-A1 *3*:K B8:F/9 *8*:G/63 D8:FO/2 E.Blackw-A1 A9:G/31 *6*:Tr C9:Si E.Kinder-D4 S.Jethro-A1 A1:G/31 *3*:K C1:FC/62> D1:F/9 E1:G/63 3# 23 J.Pesky-A1 A2:W>b1 B2:G/43 C2:SB>12 *8*:W>b1 E2:F/9 FC/32>3o 23 J.Robins-A1 A3:G/43>1 B3:G/53 C3:F-DP/9 D3:L/6 2 2>3o L.Doby-A1 A4:W>b1 *4*:W>b1 *6*:W>b1 D4:W>12 b 1 G.McDoug-A1 A5:P/6 B5:K C5:K D5:W>23 1 2 b1 E.Slaugh-A1 *2*:HBP B6:Force/ C6:Force/ D6:E/2>3# P.Reiser-A7 36>1o b1 46>1o b1 23 12 D.Wilber-A1 A7:G-DP/6 B7:G/43 C7:G/53 D7:K H.Arft-D7 43>1o T.Klusze-A1 A8:W>b1 *5*:W>b1 *7*:F/8 D8:K D.Sisler-D8 W.Westru-D9 N.Garver-A1 A9:F/9 B9:Do>13 C9:K *9*:L/6