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Philadelphia Phillies @ New York Giants

1951-07-02 · Night game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 23046 · 2:40

New York Giants defeated Philadelphia Phillies 4–3. New York Giants put up 2 in the 6th. Jim Hearn earned the win and George Spencer picked up the save. Andy Seminick went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHI	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	8
NY1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0		4	7

W: Jim Hearn L: Ken Heintzelman SV: George Spencer

Umpires — HP: Augie Donatelli · 1B: Lee Ballanfant · 2B: (none) · 3B: Al Barlick · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Waitkus	5	0	0	0	0	1
Richie Ashburn	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dick Sisler	3	1	1	1	1	0
Del Ennis	4	0	1	0	0	0
Willie Jones	4	0	2	0	0	1
Granny Hamner	3	0	2	0	1	0
Tommy Brown	4	1	0	0	0	0
Andy Seminick	4	1	1	2	0	0
Ken Heintzelman	1	0	0	0	1	0
Eddie Pellagrini	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Nicholson	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Stanky	4	1	1	0	0	0
Al Dark	4	0	1	0	0	0
Willie Mays	2	0	0	0	2	0
Wes Westrum	3	0	0	0	1	2
Monte Irvin	4	1	2	0	0	0
Whitey Lockman	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bobby Thomson	2	1	1	2	2	1
Bill Rigney	4	0	1	1	0	0
Jim Hearn	3	0	0	0	0	2
George Spencer	1	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Heintzelman	6.0	6	5	4
Bob Miller	2.0	1	0	2

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Hearn	7.1	8	2	2
George Spencer	1.2	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eddie Waitkus: K
Richie Ashburn: 43
Dick Sisler: W
Del Ennis: 8

Bot 1

Eddie Stanky: S7
Al Dark: 8
Willie Mays: FC6.1X2(6E4);B-1
Wes Westrum: PO1(E2).2-3
Wes Westrum: K+CS2(24)/DP/RINT.3-H(UR)

Top 2

Willie Jones: S7
Granny Hamner: S7.1-2
Tommy Brown: 5(2)/FO.1-2
Andy Seminick: 3/P
Ken Heintzelman: WP.2-3
Ken Heintzelman: W.1-2
Eddie Waitkus: 64(1)/FO

Bot 2

Monte Irvin: T7/78
Whitey Lockman: 4/P
Bobby Thomson: W
Bill Rigney: 7.3-H;1-2
Jim Hearn: K/C

Top 3

Richie Ashburn: S8
Dick Sisler: 46(1)3/GDP
Del Ennis: E6
Willie Jones: K/C

Bot 3

Eddie Stanky: 6/P
Al Dark: D7
Willie Mays: W
Wes Westrum: K+CS3(25)/DP

Top 4

Granny Hamner: S9
Tommy Brown: 54(1)/FO
Andy Seminick: HR/7.1-H
Ken Heintzelman: 41
Eddie Waitkus: 43

Bot 4

Monte Irvin: S7
Whitey Lockman: 6/P
Bobby Thomson: W.1-2
Bill Rigney: 63.2-3;1-2
Jim Hearn: K

Top 5

Richie Ashburn: 43
Dick Sisler: 5/P
Del Ennis: 63

Bot 5

Eddie Stanky: 7
Al Dark: 8
Willie Mays: W
Wes Westrum: W.1-2
Monte Irvin: 64(1)/FO

Top 6

Willie Jones: 63
Granny Hamner: 9/F
Tommy Brown: 53

Bot 6

Whitey Lockman: S4
Bobby Thomson: HR/7.1-H
Bill Rigney: 3/P
Jim Hearn: E6
Eddie Stanky: 43.1-2
Al Dark: 8

Top 7

Andy Seminick: 6/P
Eddie Pellagrini: 63
Eddie Waitkus: 43

Bot 7

Willie Mays: 9
Wes Westrum: 53
Monte Irvin: 6/P

Top 8

Richie Ashburn: 1/L
Dick Sisler: HR/9
Del Ennis: D8
Willie Jones: S9.2-3
Granny Hamner: PO1(13)
Granny Hamner: W
Tommy Brown: 46(1)/FO

Bot 8

Whitey Lockman: 9
Bobby Thomson: K/C
Bill Rigney: D9
George Spencer: K

Top 9

Andy Seminick: 53
Bill Nicholson: 3/G
Eddie Waitkus: 8

Notes & reviews

Stanky advanced to 3B on Seminick's errant pickoff throw to 1B
Mays attempted to steal 2B but stopped before reaching bag; Mays evaded Brown's tag long enough to allow Stanky to score from 3B; Mays was called out for running out of baseline but Stanky's run counted

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