Jul 8, 1951 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E 1951 Syracuse 45-40 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 8 13 1 1951 Leckrone 57-28 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 7 14 0 Syracuse AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR LOB Avg Leckrone AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR LOB Avg Yost 3B 6 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 .325 Avila 2B 4 3 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 .275 Valo RF 6 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 .302 McDougald 3B 5 1 2 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 .333 Williams,T LF 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .312 Muir P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Joost SS 5 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .313 Reiser LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .380 DiMaggio CF 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .263 Jensen CF 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .352 Stanky 2B 5 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 .264 Dark SS 6 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 .305 Waitkus 1B 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .270 Nieman LF 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 .242 Wilber C 5 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 .231 Wilks P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kiely P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .100 Aloma P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .368 Werle P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .545 Vernon 1B 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .345 Logan PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Coan RF 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .341 Hansen, A P 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 Astroth C 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258 48 8 13 8 5 4 6 0 3 19 .278 Hatton 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .291 Holcombe P 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .130 Jones,N PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .226 Lopat PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .094 Zoldak P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .118 Chiti PH-C 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .440 50 7 14 7 3 5 3 1 2 16 .303 Syracuse IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc Kiely 6.0 6 2 2 0 1 4 93 69 24 3.16 25 135(140) 55 Werle BS(2) 2.0 5 3 3 1 2 0 47 23 24 5.59 13 80(75) Hansen, A W(1-0) BS(1) 4.0 3 2 2 1 0 1 51 33 18 1.50 15 50(59) 12.0 14 7 7 2 3 5 191 125 66 4.15 53 Leckrone IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc Holcombe 7.0 8 5 5 2 3 3 87 65 22 7.32 32 145(147) + 41 Zoldak 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 1 3.02 3 65(75) + Muir 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 11 9 2 2.53 4 75(75) Wilks 1.1 2 1 1 0 2 0 25 14 11 5.40 7 70(75) Aloma L(5-2) 1.2 2 1 1 0 0 1 26 16 10 5.05 7 65(75) + 12.0 13 8 8 3 5 4 155 109 46 4.31 53 SYS: Logan hit for Werle in the 8th LEC: Jones hit for Holcombe in the 7th Lopat ran for Jones,N in the 7th Chiti hit for Zoldak in the 8th Hatton moved to 3B in the 9th Chiti moved to C in the 9th Reiser moved to LF in the 10th E-Yost(8) 2B-Wilber(6), Joost(11), Hansen, A(1), Stanky(12), Waitkus(14), Yost(22), Avila(11), Jensen(4), Jones,N(2) 3B-Dark(5) HR-SYS Valo(5) off Holcombe(11) in the 3rd with bases empty, 275 feet SYS Valo(6) off Holcombe(12) in the 7th with bases empty, 268 feet SYS Valo(7) off Muir(1) in the 9th with bases empty, 263 feet LEC McDougald(18) off Werle(7) in the 7th with 2 on base, 288 feet LEC Avila(8) off Hansen(1) in the 11th with bases empty, 290 feet SB-LEC Jensen(6) off Hansen(1) + Wilber(11), 11th RBI-SYS - Wilber 2(12), Stanky(53), Valo 4(34), Yost(39) LEC - Avila(46), McDougald 4(53), Nieman 2(8) PB-Chiti Great-Joost(24), Dark(26), Vernon(6) Poor-Yost(11), Reiser(1) OfA-DiMaggio(9) LOB-Syracuse 9 Leckrone 10 DP-Leckrone 1 GWRBI-Stanky Game MVP:Elmer Valo Polo Grounds V Time 3:29, 85ø, Wind: 3 MPH Out to CF Night Game Jul 8, 1951 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E 1951 Syracuse 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 8 13 1 1951 Leckrone 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 7 14 0 1951 Syracuse Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5 1 Yost 3B 1>K 3>K D,3H 7>F8 F8 2 Valo RF S HR G63 HR HR 3 Williams,T LF Fd9 G43 5>G43 P2 P3 4 Joost SS S,13 G53 P3 W 10>S 5 DiMaggio CF W,12 4>Fd7 L6 G53 W,12 6 Stanky 2B G43 W 6>Fd9 8>Fd9 F8 7 Waitkus 1B 2>Fd9 D,13 S L9 G163/dp 8 Wilber C K D,3H,2H Fd9 G63 11>W 9 Kiely P Fs9 G3u,23 G64/fo Werle P Logan PH 9>G63 Hansen, A P D,13 Ab6 1 Yost 3B G63 2 Valo RF Fs9,3H 3 Williams,T LF PB,23 K 4 Joost SS 12>D 5 DiMaggio CF G43,23 6 Stanky 2B D,3H 7 Waitkus 1B G43,23 8 Wilber C G63 9 Kiely P Werle P Logan PH Hansen, A P 1951 Leckrone Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5 1 Avila 2B 1>S D 5>F8 W W,12 2 McDougald 3B K S,23,3H/846 G43 HR G3u Muir P Reiser LF 3 Jensen CF D,13 3>Fd8 Fd7 L6 9>L6 4 Dark SS G522u,B1 G5/e5,B2 6>G3u S T 5 Nieman LF S,23,2H L6 W L9 Fd9,3H,3H Wilks P Aloma P 6 Vernon 1B S,23,12 G43 K 8>G63 G43 7 Coan RF K 4>G53 L4 G43 10>Fd8 8 Astroth C 2>G63 G13 7>G53 S Hatton 3B G3u 9 Holcombe P K G43 Jones,N PH D Lopat PR Zoldak P Chiti PH-C S,13 G63 Ab6 1 Avila 2B 11>HR 2 McDougald 3B Muir P Reiser LF G43 3 Jensen CF S 4 Dark SS SB2 K 5 Nieman LF Wilks P Aloma P F7 6 Vernon 1B 12>L5 7 Coan RF L5 8 Astroth C Hatton 3B P3 9 Holcombe P Jones,N PH Lopat PR Zoldak P Chiti PH-C Syracuse IN OUT Kiely AB1-1 AB3-7 Werle AB3-8 AB5-2 Hansen, A AB5-3 End Leckrone IN OUT Holcombe AB1-1 AB4-5 Zoldak AB4-6 AB4-8 Muir AB4-9 AB5-3 Wilks AB5-4 AB6-1 Aloma AB6-2 End Jul 8, 1951 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E 1951 Syracuse 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 8 13 1 1951 Leckrone 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 7 14 0 Inn Out B-S On SYS-LEC Result 1-Syracuse 1 0 0-2 - 0-0 Yost struck out, 1 out 1 1 0-2 - 0-0 Valo grounded a single between third and short 1 1 1-0 1 0-0 Williams flied to deep right center, 2 out 1 2 0-1 1 0-0 Joost grounded a single between third and short, Valo to 3rd 1 2 3-0 13 0-0 DiMaggio walked, Joost to 2nd 1 2 1-0 123 0-0 Stanky grounded to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-Leckrone 1 0 1-2 - 0-0 Avila singled to right 1 0 2-2 1 0-0 McDougald struck out, 1 out 1 1 2-0 1 0-0 Jensen lined a double down the third base line, Avila to 3rd 1 1 2-0 23 0-0 Dark grounded to third, Avila out in rundown, 2 out 1 2 0-0 12 0-0 Nieman lined a single between third and short, Jensen scored, Dark to 2nd, Leckrone 1 Syracuse 0 1 2 0-2 12 0-1 Vernon singled on the infield, Dark to 3rd, Nieman to 2nd 1 2 0-2 123 0-1 Coan struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-Syracuse 2 0 0-2 - 0-1 Waitkus flied to deep right, 1 out 2 1 0-2 - 0-1 Wilber struck out, 2 out 2 2 1-1 - 0-1 Kiely flied to shallow right center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-Leckrone 2 0 0-2 - 0-1 Astroth grounded to short, 1 out 2 1 0-2 - 0-1 Holcombe struck out, 2 out 2 2 0-0 - 0-1 Avila doubled to right center 2 2 0-2 2 0-1 McDougald grounded a single up the middle, Avila scored, McDougald out at 2nd, 3 out, Leckrone 2 Syracuse 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-Syracuse 3 0 0-2 - 0-2 Yost struck out, 1 out 3 1 0-0 - 0-2 Valo hit a solo homer down the right field line, 275 feet, Leckrone 2 Syracuse 1 3 1 0-1 - 1-2 Williams grounded to second, 2 out 3 2 1-0 - 1-2 Joost grounded to third, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-Leckrone 3 0 1-2 - 1-2 Jensen flied to deep left center, 1 out 3 1 1-1 - 1-2 Dark grounded to third, safe on throwing error, Dark to 2nd 3 1 2-1 2 1-2 Nieman lined to short, 2 out 3 2 0-2 2 1-2 Vernon grounded to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-Syracuse 4 0 0-1 - 1-2 DiMaggio flied to deep left center, 1 out 4 1 3-0 - 1-2 Stanky walked 4 1 1-0 1 1-2 Waitkus lined a double to right, Stanky to 3rd 4 1 1-1 23 1-2 Wilber doubled off the wall down the third base line, Stanky scored, Waitkus scored, Syracuse 3 Leckrone 2 4 1 0-1 2 3-2 Kiely grounded to first, Wilber to 3rd, 2 out 4 2 1-0 3 3-2 Yost doubled off the wall in left, Wilber scored, Syracuse 4 Leckrone 2 4 2 1-2 2 4-2 Valo grounded to short, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-Leckrone 4 0 2-1 - 4-2 Coan grounded to third, 1 out 4 1 1-2 - 4-2 Astroth grounded to the pitcher, 2 out 4 2 2-0 - 4-2 Holcombe grounded to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-Syracuse 5 0 1-0 - 4-2 Williams grounded to second, 1 out 5 1 0-1 - 4-2 Joost popped to first, 2 out 5 2 1-1 - 4-2 DiMaggio lined to short, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-Leckrone 5 0 1-0 - 4-2 Avila flied to center, 1 out 5 1 0-0 - 4-2 McDougald grounded to second, 2 out 5 2 1-0 - 4-2 Jensen flied to deep left center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-Syracuse 6 0 0-1 - 4-2 Stanky flied to deep right, 1 out 6 1 0-0 - 4-2 Waitkus lined a single between third and short 6 1 0-0 1 4-2 Wilber flied to deep right, 2 out 6 2 1-1 1 4-2 Kiely grounded to short, forcing Waitkus at second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-Leckrone 6 0 1-2 - 4-2 Dark grounded to first, 1 out 6 1 3-1 - 4-2 Nieman walked 6 1 1-2 1 4-2 Vernon struck out, 2 out 6 2 0-2 1 4-2 Coan lined to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-Syracuse 7 0 0-1 - 4-2 Yost flied to left center, 1 out 7 1 0-0 - 4-2 Valo hit a solo homer down the right field line, 268 feet, Syracuse 5 Leckrone 2 7 1 0-1 - 5-2 Williams popped to the catcher, 2 out 7 2 3-0 - 5-2 Joost walked 7 2 1-2 1 5-2 DiMaggio grounded to third, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-Leckrone >Werle pitching 7 0 1-0 - 5-2 Astroth grounded to third, 1 out 7 1 2-0 - 5-2 Jones doubled to left center 7 1 3-0 2 5-2 Avila walked 7 1 2-0 12 5-2 McDougald hit a three run homer down the left field line, 288 feet, Syracuse 5 Leckrone 5 7 1 1-2 - 5-5 Jensen lined to short, 2 out 7 2 1-2 - 5-5 Dark grounded a single up the middle 7 2 2-2 1 5-5 Nieman lined to right, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-Syracuse >Zoldak pitching 8 0 0-1 - 5-5 Stanky flied deep down the right field line, 1 out 8 1 1-0 - 5-5 Waitkus lined to right, 2 out 8 2 0-1 - 5-5 Wilber grounded to short, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-Leckrone 8 0 2-0 - 5-5 Vernon grounded to short, 1 out 8 1 2-0 - 5-5 Coan grounded to second, 2 out 8 2 2-0 - 5-5 Astroth grounded a single up the middle 8 2 1-0 1 5-5 Chiti grounded a single between third and short, Astroth to 3rd 8 2 3-2 13 5-5 Avila walked, Chiti to 2nd 8 2 0-1 123 5-5 McDougald grounded to first, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-Syracuse >Muir pitching >Hatton playing 3B >Chiti playing C 9 0 0-1 - 5-5 Logan grounded to short, 1 out 9 1 0-1 - 5-5 Yost flied to center, 2 out 9 2 2-2 - 5-5 Valo hit a solo homer down the right field line, 263 feet, Syracuse 6 Leckrone 5 9 2 0-1 - 6-5 Williams popped to first, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-Leckrone >Hansen pitching 9 0 1-0 - 6-5 Jensen lined to short, 1 out 9 1 1-1 - 6-5 Dark lined a triple to right center 9 1 1-1 3 6-5 Nieman flied to deep right center, Dark scored, 2 out, Syracuse 6 Leckrone 6 9 2 1-0 - 6-6 Vernon grounded to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10-Syracuse >Wilks pitching >Reiser playing LF 10 0 1-0 - 6-6 Joost grounded a single up the middle 10 0 3-1 1 6-6 DiMaggio walked, Joost to 2nd 10 0 1-2 12 6-6 Stanky flied to center, 1 out 10 1 0-1 12 6-6 Waitkus grounded to the pitcher, second to first double play, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10-Leckrone 10 0 3-2 - 6-6 Coan flied to deep right center, 1 out 10 1 0-0 - 6-6 Hatton grounded to first, 2 out 10 2 1-2 - 6-6 Chiti grounded to short, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11-Syracuse 11 0 3-2 - 6-6 Wilber walked 11 0 0-1 1 6-6 Hansen doubled to left center, Wilber to 3rd 11 0 1-1 23 6-6 Yost grounded to short, 1 out >Aloma pitching 11 1 2-0 23 6-6 Valo flied shallow down right field line, Wilber scored, 2 out, Syracuse 7 Leckrone 6 11 2 0-1 2 7-6 Passed ball, Hansen to 3rd 11 2 1-1 3 7-6 Williams struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11-Leckrone 11 0 2-0 - 7-6 Avila hit a solo homer down the left field line, 290 feet, Syracuse 7 Leckrone 7 11 0 1-1 - 7-7 Reiser grounded to second, 1 out 11 1 2-2 - 7-7 Jensen lined a single to left 11 1 0-0 1 7-7 Jensen stole 2nd 11 1 0-1 2 7-7 Dark struck out, 2 out 11 2 1-0 2 7-7 Aloma flied to left, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12-Syracuse 12 0 1-1 - 7-7 Joost doubled off the wall down the third base line 12 0 2-2 2 7-7 DiMaggio grounded to second, Joost to 3rd, 1 out 12 1 2-0 3 7-7 Stanky lined a double down the left field line, Joost scored, Syracuse 8 Leckrone 7 12 1 2-2 2 8-7 Waitkus grounded to second, Stanky to 3rd, 2 out 12 2 0-1 3 8-7 Wilber grounded to short, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12-Leckrone 12 0 1-2 - 8-7 Vernon lined to third, 1 out 12 1 3-1 - 8-7 Coan lined to third, 2 out 12 2 0-1 - 8-7 Hatton popped to first, 3 out Recap SYS 1st: Failed to score on 2 hits and one walk. LEC 1st: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 1 run on 4 hits. LEC Bob Nieman singled scoring Jensen to take the lead. SYS 0 LEC 1. LEC 2nd: Scored 1 run on 2 hits. LEC Gil McDougald singled scoring Avila. SYS 0 LEC 2. SYS 3rd: Scored 1 run on a hit. SYS Elmer Valo hit a solo HR(5). SYS 1 LEC 2. SYS 4th: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 3 runs on 3 hits and one walk. SYS Del Wilber doubled scoring 2 to take the lead. SYS 3 LEC 2. SYS Eddie Yost doubled scoring Wilber. SYS 4 LEC 2. SYS 7th: Scored 1 run on a hit and one walk. SYS Elmer Valo hit a solo HR(6). SYS 5 LEC 2. LEC 7th: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 3 runs on 3 hits and one walk. LEC Gil McDougald hit a 3 run HR(18) to tie the score. SYS 5 LEC 5. LEC Alvin Dark singled, hit streak now 13. LEC 8th: Failed to score on 2 hits and one walk. SYS 9th: Scored 1 run on a hit. SYS Elmer Valo hit a solo HR(7) to take the lead. SYS 6 LEC 5. LEC 9th: Scored 1 run on a hit. LEC Bob Nieman hit a fly ball scoring 1 to tie the score. SYS 6 LEC 6. SYS 1th: Scored 1 run on a hit and one walk. SYS Elmer Valo hit a fly ball scoring 1 to take the lead. SYS 7 LEC 6. LEC 1th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits. LEC Bobby Avila hit a solo HR(8) to tie the score. SYS 7 LEC 7. SYS 2th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits. SYS Eddie Stanky doubled scoring Joost to take the lead. SYS 8 LEC 7. SYS Dom DiMaggio: 3 for 5. SYS Ted Williams: 2 for 3, double, 2 runs, 2 W. SYS Eddie Yost: 0 for 1, 4 W. LEC Alvin Dark: 2 for 5, HR, 4 RBI, 3 runs. LEC Jackie Jensen: 2 for 4, double, HR, 2 runs. LEC Dale Mitchell: 2 for 5, 2 HRs, 3 RBI, 2 runs. LEC Al Sima: 1 for 2, HR, 2 RBI. LEC Mickey Vernon: 4 for 5, 3 runs. SYS picked up the win: 0 IP. He's 1-0 on the season. took the loss: 0 IP. He drops to 5-2 on the season.