BOXSCORE: 1951 Philadelphia-AL Athletics At 1951 Pittsburgh Pirates 8/23/1951
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG
B.Avila 2B 4 1 1 1 .293 W.Mays CF 5 0 0 0 .302
E.Valo RF 4 1 2 0 .285 B.Hitchcock 2B 5 0 1 0 .337
E-W.Westlake PH 1 0 0 0 .275 C.Kluttz C 4 0 1 0 .336
L.Aloma P 0 0 0 0 .333 D-Y.Berra PR,C 1 1 1 0 .300
E.Joost SS 5 2 4 2 .303 B.Thomson LF 5 2 3 0 .279
R.Campanella C 5 1 2 2 .341 M.Irvin RF 5 2 2 3 .307
A.Pafko CF 5 0 2 0 .271 L.Boudreau 1B 1 1 1 1 .252
G.Hodges 1B 3 0 1 0 .259 A-M.Vernon PH,1B 0 0 0 0 .340
B.Johnson 3B 3 0 2 1 .260 A.Dark SS 2 1 0 0 .301
C-G.Hatton PH,3B 2 0 0 0 .258 W.Jones 3B 4 0 1 3 .279
G.Woodling LF 3 1 0 0 .279 E.Lopat P 2 0 0 0 .149
H.Wehmeier P 2 0 1 0 .396 B-D.Mitchell PH 1 0 1 0 .278
D.Leonard P 1 0 0 0 .000 V.Law P 0 0 0 0 .467
C.Scheib P 1 0 1 0 .433 M.Dubiel P 0 0 0 0 .000
F-W.Marshall RF 0 0 0 0 .230 G-G.Coan PH 1 0 0 0 .269
B.Friend P 0 0 0 0 .000
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Totals 39 6 16 6 Totals 36 7 11 7
A-Pinch Hit For Boudreau In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Lopat In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Johnson In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Kluttz In 7th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Valo In 8th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Scheib In 8th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Dubiel In 8th Inning
Athletics....... 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 6 16 3
Pirates......... 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 - 7 11 0
Athletics (82-44) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
H.Wehmeier 3 1/3 6 5 5 3 0 0 75 4.61 A1 B9
D.Leonard 2 2/3 2 0 0 1 1 0 34 2.54 C1 D2
C.Scheib 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 18 4.86 D3 D7
L.Aloma LOSS(6-4) BS(5th) 1 2/3 2 2 2 0 2 1 26 2.15 D8
Totals 8 2/3 11 7 7 5 3 1
Pirates (80-50) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
E.Lopat 6 13 5 5 0 2 0 113 3.79 A1 D3
V.Law 1 2/3 1 1 1 2 0 0 35 1.87 D4 E1
M.Dubiel 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1.86 E2 E2
B.Friend WIN(2-0) 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 17 4.76 E3
Totals 9 16 6 6 3 3 0
ATTENDANCE- 31,639 DATE- Monday, August 23rd 1951 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:48
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics:10 Pirates: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 1 Pirates: 1
ERRORS- B.Avila, A.Pafko, G.Hodges
DOUBLES- B.Avila(12th), E.Valo(22nd), E.Joost(18th), R.Campanella-2(28th),
A.Pafko(15th), B.Johnson(5th), C.Scheib, B.Thomson(21st),
W.Jones(16th)
TRIPLES- E.Joost-2(2nd), B.Thomson(6th)
HOME RUNS- M.Irvin(17th)
RBIs- B.Avila(44th), E.Joost-2(75th), R.Campanella-2(80th), B.Johnson(21st),
M.Irvin-3(67th), L.Boudreau(15th), W.Jones-3(60th)
CAUGHT STEALING- G.Hodges, L.Boudreau
SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Avila
WALKS- G.Hodges-2, G.Woodling, L.Boudreau, M.Vernon-2, A.Dark-2
STRIKE OUTS- B.Avila, W.Westlake, H.Wehmeier, W.Mays-2, B.Thomson
GIDP- R.Campanella, M.Irvin
2-out RBI- M.Irvin-2
RLISP 2-out- G.Hodges, H.Wehmeier-2, C.Kluttz, R.Campanella, G.Woodling,
A.Dark-2, W.Westlake, G.Hatton
TEAM RISP- Athletics: 7 for 17 Pirates: 3 for 10
WEB GEMS- Top 1st: Ed Lopat robbed Elmer Valo of a base hit.
It was a great finish at Forbes Field as the Pittsburgh Pirates pulled off a
dramatic comeback beating the Philadelphia-AL Athletics by the count of 7 to
6.
Pittsburgh came up with the deciding runs in the 9th inning scoring 2 runs
using 2 hits. After an out was recorded, Yogi Berra jump-started the rally
as he smacked a single. Bobby Thomson followed, but he was set down on
strikes. Monte Irvin then cracked a two-run shot giving Pittsburgh the
victory as 31,639 happy fans celebrated wildly. Philadelphia-AL out-hit
Pittsburgh 16 to 11, but Pittsburgh ended up with more runs.
The win was credited to Bob Friend(2-0) who went 1 inning allowing no runs.
The loss was charged to Luis Aloma(6-4) in relief.
Andy Spector was in great spirits in his post-game interview. Yet, when asked
about his feelings after the thrilling comeback victory, he volunteered,
'I'll tell you this much - I know how my counterpart, Jim Murphy, feels right
now - and it's not very good. It's terrible when you come up on the short
end of one of these!'
SCORESHEET: 1951 Philadelphia-AL Athletics at 1951 Pittsburgh Pirates
B.Avila-A1 A1:Do B1:G/63 *4*:K D1:G/53 E1:SF/9>3
# 23
E.Valo-A1 A2:G/13>2 *3*:Do C2:FO/3 D2:Si E2:K
W.Westla-E2 3
L.Aloma-E3
E.Joost-A1 A3:Tr>3# B3:Tr>2# C3:Do D3:F/9 *9*:Si
R.Campan-A1 A4:Do>3# B4:Do>3# C4:F/8 *7*:G/53 E4:G-DP/6
43>1o
A.Pafko-A1 A5:L/6 B5:G/63 *5*:Si D5:G/43 E5:Do
G.Hodges-A1 A6:G/63 B6:Si>23 C6:G/43>1 D6:W>b1 C E6:W>b1
2 S/26>1o
B.Johnso-A1 *2*:F/8 B7:Do>3# C7:Si>2o *8*:G/63 E7:G/43
G.Hatton-D7 13
G.Woodli-A1 A8:L/4 B8:G/3 C8:G/31 D8:W>b1
H.Wehmei-A1 A9:Si B9:K *6*:F/9 D9:Do>13
D.Leonar-C5
C.Scheib-D7+
W.Mays-A1 A1:G/43 B1:G/13 C1:Force/ D1:K E1:K
54>1o b1
B.Hitchc-A1 A2:F/9 B2:Si+E/4 C2:G/63 D2:G/31 *9*:G/13
C.Kluttz-A1 A3:F/8 B3:F/8 *5*:E/3 *7*:Si E3:Si
Y.Berra-D5
B.Thomso-A1 *2*:Tr *4*:Do C4:Si>12 D4:G/3>12 E4:K
M.Irvin-A1 A5:L/6 B5:Si>2# C5:G-DP/6 D5:F/7 E5:HR>1#
43>23 1o b#
L.Boudre-A1 A6:Si>3# B6:W>12 b C6:IW>b1 D6:IW>b1
M.Vernon-C6 1
A.Dark-A1 A7:CS/24> B7:W>23 1 C7:G/63 D7:P/5
1o W>b1 2 b1
W.Jones-A1 A8:G/13 B8:Do+E/8 *6*:P/2 *8*:G/43
>3# 2# 1#
b3
E.Lopat-A1 *3*:G/43 B9:FC/32> C9:Si D9:F/9
D.Mitche-C9 3o
V.Law-D3+