Oct 8, 1951 Playoff - Game 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1951 Sacramento 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 0 1951 Leckrone 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 - 5 11 0 Sacramento AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR LOB Avg Leckrone AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR LOB Avg Pesky SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Avila 2B 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Fox 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .206 McDougald 3B 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Musial LF-CF 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .310 Mitchell, D LF 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .750 Minoso 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .345 Reiser LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bauer CF-LF 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .320 Vernon 1B 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 .667 Rapp RF 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 Coan RF 4 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .500 Merson PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Dark SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mueller RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Woodling CF 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 Kryhoski 1B 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .300 Cooper,W C 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Lollar C 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Spahn P 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 Dobson P 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 34 5 11 5 3 5 2 0 1 0 .324 Hemus PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Johnson,D P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 32 2 7 2 1 5 1 1 1 0 .285 Sacramento IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc Dobson L(1-2) 7.0 11 5 5 1 3 5 135 100 35 8.53 35 130(125) - 37 Johnson,D 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 7 4 0.00 3 75(75) 8.0 11 5 5 1 3 5 146 107 39 5.31 38 Leckrone IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc Spahn W(1-0) 9.0 7 2 2 1 1 5 95 75 20 2.00 33 145(145) 69 9.0 7 2 2 1 1 5 95 75 20 2.00 33 SAC: Musial moved to CF in the 2nd Bauer moved to LF in the 2nd Merson hit for Rapp in the 7th Mueller moved to RF in the 7th Hemus hit for Dobson in the 8th LEC: Reiser moved to LF in the 7th 2B-Bauer(2), McDougald(1), Vernon(1) 3B-Minoso(3) HR-SAC Musial(1) off Spahn(1) in the 9th with bases empty, 293 feet LEC Mitchell, D(1) off Dobson(4) in the 5th with bases empty, 276 feet RBI-SAC - Bauer(6), Musial(3) LEC - Avila(1), Coan(1), Mitchell, D(1), Vernon(1), Woodling(1) SH-Spahn(1) Great-Mitchell, D(1) Poor-Bauer(1), Rapp(1) OfA-Woodling(1) LOB-Sacramento 4 Leckrone 9 DP-Leckrone 1 GWRBI-Vernon Game MVP:Warren Spahn Polo Grounds V Time 2:09, 67ø, Wind: 8 MPH Out to CF Playoff Game Oct 8, 1951 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1951 Sacramento 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 0 1951 Leckrone 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 - 5 11 0 1951 Sacramento Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 1 Pesky SS 1>G43 Fs7 6>G43 G13 2 Fox 2B L6 K F8 9>L4 3 Musial LF-CF F8 4>S K HR 4 Minoso 3B 2>K L5 7>Fd8 T 5 Bauer CF-LF S/84 F9 D G63,3H 6 Rapp RF S K Merson PH G43,23 Mueller RF G63 7 Kryhoski 1B G64/fo 5>W Fd8 8 Lollar C 3>L7 K 8>L4 9 Dobson P S G643/dp Hemus PH Fd7 Johnson,D P 1951 Leckrone Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5 1 Avila 2B 1>Fd8 3>F7 5>G43 S,2H L4 2 McDougald 3B D Fd9 G53 W,12 G63 3 Mitchell, D LF S,23 S HR Fd8 Reiser LF 4 Vernon 1B S,3H,13 W,12 D 7>L8 5 Coan RF K K S,2H S 6 Dark SS G43 4>Fvd7 G43 G53,12 7 Woodling CF 2>L5 Fs8 6>K S,2H 8 Cooper,W C Fs9 W S Fd7 9 Spahn P K K B24,12 8>Fd9 Sacramento IN OUT Dobson AB1-1 AB4-8 Johnson,D AB4-9 End Leckrone IN OUT Spahn AB1-1 End Oct 8, 1951 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1951 Sacramento 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 0 1951 Leckrone 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 - 5 11 0 Inn Out B-S On SAC-LEC Result 1-Sacramento 1 0 0-2 - 0-0 Pesky grounded to second, 1 out 1 1 1-2 - 0-0 Fox lined to short, 2 out 1 2 0-0 - 0-0 Musial flied to right center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-Leckrone 1 0 1-1 - 0-0 Avila flied to deep right center, 1 out 1 1 0-2 - 0-0 McDougald doubled off the wall in left 1 1 1-2 2 0-0 Mitchell lined a single between first and second, McDougald to 3rd 1 1 1-2 13 0-0 Vernon lined a single between first and second, McDougald scored, Mitchell to 3rd, Leckrone 1 Sacramento 0 1 1 0-2 13 0-1 Coan struck out, 2 out 1 2 0-1 13 0-1 Dark grounded to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-Sacramento >Musial playing CF >Bauer playing LF 2 0 0-2 - 0-1 Minoso struck out, 1 out 2 1 0-0 - 0-1 Bauer grounded a single up the middle, out at 2nd, 2 out 2 2 0-0 - 0-1 Rapp lined a single between first and second 2 2 1-2 1 0-1 Kryhoski grounded to short, forcing Rapp at second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-Leckrone 2 0 0-1 - 0-1 Woodling lined to third, 1 out 2 1 1-0 - 0-1 Cooper flied to shallow right, 2 out 2 2 0-2 - 0-1 Spahn struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-Sacramento 3 0 0-0 - 0-1 Lollar lined down the left field line, 1 out 3 1 1-2 - 0-1 Dobson lined a single to right center 3 1 0-1 1 0-1 Pesky flied to shallow left, 2 out 3 2 0-2 1 0-1 Fox struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-Leckrone 3 0 0-1 - 0-1 Avila flied to left, 1 out 3 1 0-2 - 0-1 McDougald flied to deep right, 2 out 3 2 1-0 - 0-1 Mitchell grounded a single up the middle 3 2 3-0 1 0-1 Vernon walked, Mitchell to 2nd 3 2 2-2 12 0-1 Coan struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-Sacramento 4 0 0-0 - 0-1 Musial grounded a single up the middle 4 0 1-1 1 0-1 Minoso lined to third, 1 out 4 1 0-2 1 0-1 Bauer flied to right center, 2 out 4 2 1-2 1 0-1 Rapp struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-Leckrone 4 0 2-2 - 0-1 Dark flied to very deep left, 1 out 4 1 0-1 - 0-1 Woodling flied to shallow center, 2 out 4 2 3-2 - 0-1 Cooper walked 4 2 0-2 1 0-1 Spahn struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-Sacramento 5 0 3-0 - 0-1 Kryhoski walked 5 0 0-2 1 0-1 Lollar struck out, 1 out 5 1 0-0 1 0-1 Dobson grounded to short, second to first double play, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-Leckrone 5 0 1-2 - 0-1 Avila grounded to second, 1 out 5 1 0-1 - 0-1 McDougald grounded to third, 2 out 5 2 2-1 - 0-1 Mitchell hit a solo homer to right, 276 feet, Leckrone 2 Sacramento 0 5 2 1-0 - 0-2 Vernon lined a double down the right field line 5 2 0-2 2 0-2 Coan singled to left center, Vernon scored, Leckrone 3 Sacramento 0 5 2 1-2 1 0-3 Dark grounded to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-Sacramento 6 0 0-0 - 0-3 Pesky grounded to second, 1 out 6 1 2-1 - 0-3 Fox flied to left center, 2 out 6 2 0-2 - 0-3 Musial struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-Leckrone 6 0 1-2 - 0-3 Woodling struck out, 1 out 6 1 1-1 - 0-3 Cooper lined a single to right 6 1 0-1 1 0-3 Spahn bunted out to the catcher, Cooper to 2nd, sacrifice, 2 out 6 2 0-0 2 0-3 Avila lined a single between third and short, Cooper scored, Leckrone 4 Sacramento 0 6 2 3-2 1 0-4 McDougald walked, Avila to 2nd 6 2 2-0 12 0-4 Mitchell flied to deep center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-Sacramento >Reiser playing LF 7 0 1-0 - 0-4 Minoso flied to deep center, 1 out 7 1 0-0 - 0-4 Bauer doubled off the wall in right center 7 1 1-1 2 0-4 Merson grounded to second, Bauer to 3rd, 2 out 7 2 0-2 3 0-4 Kryhoski flied to deep left center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-Leckrone >Mueller playing RF 7 0 0-1 - 0-4 Vernon lined to center, 1 out 7 1 1-2 - 0-4 Coan lined a single up the middle 7 1 1-2 1 0-4 Dark grounded to third, Coan to 2nd, 2 out 7 2 1-2 2 0-4 Woodling grounded a single up the middle, Coan scored, Leckrone 5 Sacramento 0 7 2 2-2 1 0-5 Cooper flied to deep left center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-Sacramento 8 0 1-1 - 0-5 Lollar lined to second, 1 out 8 1 0-1 - 0-5 Hemus flied to deep left, 2 out 8 2 3-1 - 0-5 Pesky grounded to the pitcher, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-Leckrone >Johnson pitching 8 0 0-2 - 0-5 Spahn flied to deep right, 1 out 8 1 2-1 - 0-5 Avila lined to second, 2 out 8 2 2-0 - 0-5 McDougald grounded to short, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-Sacramento 9 0 1-1 - 0-5 Fox lined to second, 1 out 9 1 0-1 - 0-5 Musial hit a solo homer to right, 293 feet, Leckrone 5 Sacramento 1 9 1 1-2 - 1-5 Minoso tripled off the wall in left 9 1 1-0 3 1-5 Bauer grounded to short, Minoso scored, 2 out, Leckrone 5 Sacramento 2 9 2 0-0 - 2-5 Mueller grounded to short Recap LEC 1st: Scored 1 run on 3 hits. LEC Mickey Vernon singled scoring 1 to take the lead. SAC 0 LEC 1. LEC 5th: Scored 2 runs on 3 hits. LEC Dale Mitchell hit a solo HR(1). SAC 0 LEC 2. LEC Gil Coan singled scoring Vernon. SAC 0 LEC 3. LEC 6th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits and one walk. LEC Bobby Avila singled scoring Cooper. SAC 0 LEC 4. LEC 7th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits. LEC Gene Woodling singled scoring Coan. SAC 0 LEC 5. SAC 9th: Scored 2 runs on 2 hits. SAC Stan Musial hit a solo HR(1). SAC 1 LEC 5. SAC Stan Musial extended his hit streak to 11. SAC Hank Bauer hit a grounder scoring 1. SAC 2 LEC 5. SAC Stan Musial: 3 for 4, 2 runs. LEC Walker Cooper: 2 for 4, 2 HRs, 2 RBI, 2 runs. LEC Gil McDougald: 3 for 6, double, HR, 2 RBI, 2 runs. LEC Warren Spahn pitched 8 innings and picked up the win: 8 IP, 3 earned runs, 8 hits, 4 BB, 5 K. He's now 1-0 in the playoffs. SAC Joe Dobson took the loss: 0 IP. He drops to 1-2 in the playoffs.