BOXSCORE: 1951 Washington Nationals At 1951 Pittsburgh Pirates 8/18/1951 Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG I.Noren CF 4 0 0 0 .333 G.Coan LF 4 0 2 1 .268 B.Doerr 2B 4 0 1 1 .215 R.Schoendienst 2B 4 0 0 0 .304 F.Baumholtz RF 4 0 0 0 .276 Y.Berra C 4 0 3 1 .296 L.Easter 1B 4 0 1 0 .266 B.Thomson CF 3 0 0 0 .274 J.Adcock LF 4 0 0 0 .143 M.Irvin RF 4 0 0 0 .303 J.Hegan C 4 0 0 0 .217 M.Vernon 1B 4 0 2 0 .346 J.Priddy SS 3 1 2 0 .315 A.Dark SS 4 0 1 0 .312 P.Castiglione 3B 3 0 0 0 .071 W.Jones 3B 3 0 0 0 .263 D.Newcombe P 2 0 0 0 .351 E.Blackwell P 4 2 2 0 .290 K.Holcombe P 0 0 0 0 .000 E.Kinder P 0 0 0 0 .000 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 32 1 4 1 Totals 34 2 10 2 Nationals....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 4 2 Pirates......... 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 2 10 1 Nationals (42-64) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET D.Newcombe LOSS(7-11) 7 1/3 10 2 2 2 5 0 133 4.08 A1 D8 K.Holcombe 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3.00 D9 Totals 8 10 2 2 2 5 0 Pirates (66-44) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET E.Blackwell WIN(11-3) 8 4 1 1 0 4 0 113 3.03 A1 D3 E.Kinder SAVE(21st) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 3.86 D4 Totals 9 4 1 1 0 5 0 ATTENDANCE- 17,056 DATE- Wednesday, August 18th 1951 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad T- 1:57 LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 5 Pirates:10 DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 1 Pirates: 0 ERRORS- J.Priddy-2, M.Vernon DOUBLES- J.Priddy-2(8th), Y.Berra-2(14th), A.Dark(29th) TRIPLES- E.Blackwell RBIs- B.Doerr(30th), G.Coan(22nd), Y.Berra(53rd) WALKS- B.Thomson, W.Jones HIT BY PITCH- D.Newcombe STRIKE OUTS- B.Doerr, F.Baumholtz-2, L.Easter-2, B.Thomson, M.Irvin-2, A.Dark, W.Jones GIDP- E.Blackwell 2-out RBI- Y.Berra, B.Doerr RLISP 2-out- M.Vernon-2, B.Thomson-2, W.Jones, P.Castiglione, F.Baumholtz TEAM RISP- Nationals: 1 for 5 Pirates: 2 for 10 WEB GEMS- Top 9th: Ellis Kinder robbed Joe Adcock of a base hit. Ewell Blackwell went 8 solid innings as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Washington Nationals by a score of 2 to 1. Washington was unable to climb back into it after Pittsburgh went ahead for good in the bottom of the 5th inning scoring a single run utilizing 2 base hits. Ellis Kinder was perfect in relief and got the save, his 21st. Blackwell(11-3) picked up the victory, allowing 1 run in 8 innings. Don Newcombe(7-11) was tagged with the loss. He got hammered, allowing 10 hits and 2 walks in 7 and 1/3 innings. With this win, Pittsburgh has a 66-44 record. They have been 6-4 lately. With the loss, the Washington ballclub's record is 42-64. SCORESHEET: 1951 Washington Nationals at 1951 Pittsburgh Pirates I.Noren-A1 A1:L/3 B1:F/8 C1:F/8 D1:P/4 B.Doerr-A1 A2:K *4*:L/6 C2:G/63 D2:Si>2# 12 F.Baumho-A1 A3:K B3:G/31 *7*:K D3:G/31 L.Easter-A1 *2*:K B4:F/8 C4:Si *9*:K J.Adcock-A1 A5:F/8 *5*:L/5 C5:F/7 D5:G/13 J.Hegan-A1 A6:G/53 B6:F/8 C6:G/23 D6:L/6 J.Priddy-A1 *3*:G/53 B7:Do *8*:Do P.Castig-A1 A8:E/3 B8:G/3 C8:P/6 D.Newcom-A1 A9:Force/ *6*:F/9 C9:HBP K.Holcom-D4 36>1o b1 G.Coan-A1 A1:Si *3*:G/63 C1:L/4 D1:Si>3# R.Schoen-A1 A2:Force/ B2:F/9 C2:G/63 D2:L/4 36>1o b1 Y.Berra-A1 A3:Si>12 B3:Do C3:Do>2# D3:F/8 B.Thomso-A1 A4:W>23 1 B4:K C4:G/63 D4:P/2 2 b1 M.Irvin-A1 A5:K *4*:G/53 *6*:K *8*:G/53 M.Vernon-A1 A6:F/8 B6:L/4 C6:Si D6:Si A.Dark-A1 *2*:FO/2 B7:Do C7:K D7:E/6>12 W.Jones-A1 A8:K B8:F/9 C8:G/63 D8:W>23 1 2 b1 E.Blackw-A1 A9:G/63 *5*:Si+E/ *7*:Tr D9:G-DP/6 E.Kinder-E1 6 23>3o