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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Boston Braves

1951-05-06 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 15492 · 2:01

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Boston Braves 3–0. Cliff Chambers earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	9
BSN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

W: Cliff Chambers L: George Estock SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Frank Dascoli · 1B: Larry Goetz · 2B: (none) · 3B: Lou Jorda · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bob Dillinger	5	0	1	0	0	0
George Metkovich	4	2	3	0	1	0
Gus Bell	4	0	1	1	1	0
Ralph Kiner	5	0	1	0	0	1
Wally Westlake	4	1	0	0	1	1
George Strickland	2	0	0	0	1	0
Monty Basgall	3	0	1	1	1	0
Ed FitzGerald	4	0	1	0	0	0
Cliff Chambers	4	0	1	1	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	BB	SO
Roy Hartsfield	1	2	1
Sam Jethroe	4	0	1
Earl Torgeson	1	3	0
Bob Elliott	4	0	1
Sid Gordon	3	1	0
Walker Cooper	4	0	0
Luis Olmo	4	0	0
Buddy Kerr	2	1	0
George Estock	0	1	0
Luis Marquez	1	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cliff Chambers	9.0	0	8	4

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
George Estock	8.0	8	5	2
Chet Nichols	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bob Dillinger: 9
George Metkovich: D8
Gus Bell: S8.2-H
Ralph Kiner: SB2
Ralph Kiner: 2
Wally Westlake: K

Bot 1

Roy Hartsfield: W
Sam Jethroe: K
Earl Torgeson: 6
Bob Elliott: K

Top 2

George Strickland: 8
Monty Basgall: 63
Ed FitzGerald: S7
Cliff Chambers: 43

Bot 2

Sid Gordon: 4
Walker Cooper: 63
Luis Olmo: 43

Top 3

Bob Dillinger: 63
George Metkovich: S9
Gus Bell: 2
Ralph Kiner: K

Bot 3

Buddy Kerr: W
George Estock: 24/SH.1-2
Roy Hartsfield: K
Sam Jethroe: 9

Top 4

Wally Westlake: 63
George Strickland: 7
Monty Basgall: 8

Bot 4

Earl Torgeson: W
Bob Elliott: 4(1)3/GDP
Sid Gordon: 63

Top 5

Ed FitzGerald: 4
Cliff Chambers: E1
Bob Dillinger: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Walker Cooper: 53
Luis Olmo: 13
Buddy Kerr: 63

Top 6

George Metkovich: D9
Gus Bell: W
Ralph Kiner: 9
Wally Westlake: 8
George Strickland: W.2-3;1-2
Monty Basgall: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Ed FitzGerald: 5(2)/FO

Bot 6

George Estock: W
Roy Hartsfield: WP.1-2
Roy Hartsfield: 13/SH.2-3
Sam Jethroe: 63
Earl Torgeson: W
Bob Elliott: 9

Top 7

Cliff Chambers: 6
Bob Dillinger: S8
George Metkovich: W.1-2
Gus Bell: 7
Ralph Kiner: 3

Bot 7

Sid Gordon: W
Walker Cooper: 7
Luis Olmo: 3
Buddy Kerr: 7

Top 8

Wally Westlake: W
George Strickland: 54/SH.1-2
Monty Basgall: S5.2-3
Ed FitzGerald: 9
Cliff Chambers: S7.1-2;3-H
Bob Dillinger: 9

Bot 8

Luis Marquez: K
Roy Hartsfield: W
Sam Jethroe: 4
Earl Torgeson: W.1-2
Bob Elliott: 2

Top 9

George Metkovich: 43
Gus Bell: 63
Ralph Kiner: D8
Wally Westlake: 53

Bot 9

Sid Gordon: 63
Walker Cooper: 8
Luis Olmo: 8