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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Boston Braves

1951-06-06 · Night game · Braves Field · Att: 5030 · night · 1:57

Boston Braves defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–2. Boston Braves put up 2 in the 5th. Warren Spahn earned the win. Ralph Kiner went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Warren Spahn L: Cliff Chambers SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Dusty Boggess · 1B: Lon Warneke · 2B: (none) · 3B: Babe Pinelli · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Hank Schenz	4	0	1	0	0	0
George Metkovich	4	0	0	0	0	1
Gus Bell	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ralph Kiner	4	2	3	1	0	0
Wally Westlake	4	0	1	1	0	0
Pete Reiser	3	0	0	0	0	1
George Strickland	3	0	0	0	0	2
Clyde McCullough	2	0	0	0	1	0
Cliff Chambers	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Maguire	1	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Castiglione	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Luis Marquez	4	1	1	0	1	2
Luis Olmo	5	0	1	0	0	0
Earl Torgeson	3	3	2	1	1	0
Bob Elliott	1	1	0	0	3	0
Sid Gordon	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ray Mueller	4	0	2	4	0	0
Sibby Sisti	4	0	2	0	0	0
Buddy Kerr	4	0	0	0	0	0
Warren Spahn	4	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cliff Chambers	7.0	8	5	1
Bill Werle	1.0	1	0	2

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Warren Spahn	9.0	5	1	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Hank Schenz: S/BG
George Metkovich: 36(1)/FO
Gus Bell: 6/F
Ralph Kiner: S/G.1-2
Wally Westlake: 5

Bot 1

Luis Marquez: D9/9L
Luis Olmo: 8
Earl Torgeson: S9.2-H
Bob Elliott: SB2
Bob Elliott: 9
Sid Gordon: 63

Top 2

Pete Reiser: 2
George Strickland: K
Clyde McCullough: W
Cliff Chambers: 64(1)/FO

Bot 2

Ray Mueller: 9
Sibby Sisti: S
Buddy Kerr: E4.1-2
Warren Spahn: 4
Luis Marquez: W.2-3;1-2
Luis Olmo: 13

Top 3

Hank Schenz: 8
George Metkovich: 8
Gus Bell: 9

Bot 3

Earl Torgeson: D8/8XD
Bob Elliott: W
Sid Gordon: 9/9D.2-3;1-2
Ray Mueller: S9.3-H;2-3
Sibby Sisti: FC5.3XH(52);1-2
Buddy Kerr: 9

Top 4

Ralph Kiner: D7/7D
Wally Westlake: S.2-H
Pete Reiser: K
George Strickland: 64(1)/FO
Clyde McCullough: CS2(24)

Bot 4

Warren Spahn: 9
Luis Marquez: K
Luis Olmo: 8

Top 5

Clyde McCullough: 9
Cliff Chambers: 43
Hank Schenz: 2/FL

Bot 5

Earl Torgeson: HP
Bob Elliott: W.1-2
Sid Gordon: 9.2-3;1-2
Ray Mueller: S7.3-H;2-H
Sibby Sisti: E3.1-2
Buddy Kerr: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 6

George Metkovich: 3
Gus Bell: 13
Ralph Kiner: HR/7D
Wally Westlake: 53

Bot 6

Warren Spahn: 3/G
Luis Marquez: 3/FL
Luis Olmo: 8

Top 7

Pete Reiser: 6/L
George Strickland: K
Clyde McCullough: 7

Bot 7

Earl Torgeson: W
Bob Elliott: W.1-2
Sid Gordon: S1/BG.2-3;1-2
Ray Mueller: 7.3-H
Sibby Sisti: S8.2-3;1X3(836)
Buddy Kerr: 8

Top 8

Jack Maguire: 2/FL
Hank Schenz: 9
George Metkovich: K

Bot 8

Warren Spahn: K
Luis Marquez: K
Luis Olmo: S
Earl Torgeson: 9

Top 9

Pete Castiglione: 3
Ralph Kiner: 8
Wally Westlake: 3/FL

Notes & reviews

Sid Gordon rounded 2B too far

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