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Boston Braves @ Cincinnati Reds

1951-07-24 · Night game · Crosley Field · Att: 9805 · night · 2:18

Boston Braves defeated Cincinnati Reds 6–1. Boston Braves put up 4 in the 7th. Warren Spahn earned the win. Walker Cooper went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Warren Spahn L: Herm Wehmeier SV: (none)

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

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Roy Hartsfield	4	0	1	1	0	2
Sam Jethroe	4	1	1	1	1	0
Earl Torgeson	4	0	2	1	1	0
Bob Elliott	3	0	0	0	1	0
Sid Gordon	4	0	1	0	0	0
Willard Marshall	4	0	0	0	0	0
Walker Cooper	3	2	1	1	0	0
Johnny Logan	4	2	2	1	0	0
Warren Spahn	4	1	1	1	0	2

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Adams	4	1	1	0	0	0
Connie Ryan	3	0	1	0	1	0
Johnny Wyrostek	4	0	1	1	0	3
Joe Adcock	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ted Kluszewski	4	0	1	0	0	0
Virgil Stallcup	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Usher	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dixie Howell	3	0	1	0	0	1
Herm Wehmeier	2	0	0	0	0	2
Sammy Meeks	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Warren Spahn	9.0	7	1	6

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Herm Wehmeier	6.1	7	2	3
Howie Fox	0.2	1	0	0
Bud Byerly	2.0	1	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Roy Hartsfield: K
Sam Jethroe: 63
Earl Torgeson: 9

Bot 1

Bobby Adams: 4
Connie Ryan: S
Johnny Wyrostek: K
Joe Adcock: S.1-2#
Ted Kluszewski: 9

Top 2

Bob Elliott: 63
Sid Gordon: 7
Willard Marshall: 43

Bot 2

Virgil Stallcup: 63
Bob Usher: 63
Dixie Howell: S
Herm Wehmeier: K

Top 3

Walker Cooper: 6/L
Johnny Logan: D7
Warren Spahn: K
Roy Hartsfield: D7/7L.2-H
Sam Jethroe: 8

Bot 3

Bobby Adams: S
Connie Ryan: 53.1-2
Johnny Wyrostek: S8.2-H
Joe Adcock: 13.1-2
Ted Kluszewski: 31

Top 4

Earl Torgeson: S
Bob Elliott: 9
Sid Gordon: S/BG.1-2
Willard Marshall: 7
Walker Cooper: 8

Bot 4

Virgil Stallcup: T9/9L
Bob Usher: 7
Dixie Howell: 53
Herm Wehmeier: K

Top 5

Johnny Logan: 4
Warren Spahn: K
Roy Hartsfield: 53

Bot 5

Bobby Adams: 8
Connie Ryan: W
Johnny Wyrostek: CS2(26)
Johnny Wyrostek: K

Top 6

Sam Jethroe: 8
Earl Torgeson: W
Bob Elliott: W.1-2
Sid Gordon: 8
Willard Marshall: 31

Bot 6

Joe Adcock: 13
Ted Kluszewski: 7
Virgil Stallcup: 8

Top 7

Walker Cooper: HP
Johnny Logan: D/89.1-H;B-3(TH)
Warren Spahn: S9.3-H
Roy Hartsfield: 53/SH.1-2
Sam Jethroe: T/89.2-H
Earl Torgeson: S9.3-H
Bob Elliott: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Bob Usher: 7
Dixie Howell: K
Sammy Meeks: 7

Top 8

Sid Gordon: 63
Willard Marshall: 8
Walker Cooper: HR/7D
Johnny Logan: 4

Bot 8

Bobby Adams: 53
Connie Ryan: 8
Johnny Wyrostek: K

Top 9

Warren Spahn: 3/G
Roy Hartsfield: K
Sam Jethroe: W
Earl Torgeson: SB2
Earl Torgeson: 43

Bot 9

Joe Adcock: 63
Ted Kluszewski: D
Virgil Stallcup: 63
Bob Usher: 53

Notes & reviews

Johnny Logan took 3B when Virgil Stallcup's relay throw hit Walker Cooper and bounced away (no error)
Walker Cooper's home run landed on the laundry roof

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