DODGERS' EXPLODE FOR 13-RUN 4TH; FURILLO HOMERS TWICE IN INNING
Campy's 5 Hits, Grand Slam, 6 RBIs Pace Bums
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 1 (AP) - The Brooklyn Dodgers erupted for 13 runs in the fourth
inning en route to a 21-2 dismemberment of the Pittsburgh Pirates at Forbes
Field. The 21-run outburst is the largest for a National League team this
season; the major league high to date is 23, by the New York Yankees in a
victory over the St. Louis Browns on May 5.
Roy Campanella rapped out five hits, including a fifth inning grand slam, and
drove in a season-high six runs. Carl Furillo hit a pair of home runs,
both in the epic fourth, and drove in five runs. The Dodgers hit five home
runs in all and every Brooklyn starter had at least one hit.
Dodgers starter Ralph Branca (11-3) was the beneficiary of all the offense and
held the Pirates to just two runs in the complete game victory.
The Dodgers scored twice in the second inning--on a Campanella RBI double and
Wayne Terwilliger's run-scoring single--and led 2-0 entering the fourth when the
wheels came off for Pittsburgh starter Murry Dickson. Brooklyn sent 16 men
to the plate in the inning and every baserunner ultimately came around to
score. Eight of the runs scored after there were two outs with the bases
empty.
With one out and the bases loaded, Branca aided his own cause with a two-run
single. Furillo followed with his first home run, a three-run clout and,
one out later, Duke Snider hit a solo home run. Andy Pafko's single ended
Dickson's outing, but reliever Paul LaPalme simply heaped fuel on the fire,
allowing the first six batters he faced to reach base and score, culminating
with Furillo's second home run of the game. Pee Wee Reese, who had made
the second out, finally ended the carnage by fouling to second baseman Monte
Bagsall to end the inning.
The Dodgers scored four more in the fifth, on Campanella's grand slam, and
capped their effort with two more in the sixth on Pafko's two-run shot. In
all, Brooklyn batters homered five times, the top mark for the club in a single
game this season.
It was the fourth straight win for Brooklyn; the Dodgers are now a season-best
36 games over .500. Pittsburgh has dropped seven of its last eight
contests.
8/1/1951, Brk51-Pit51, Forbes Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1951 Dodgers 0 2 0 13 4 2 0 0 0 21 19 0 4 1 1951 Pirates 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 1 10 1 Dodgers AB R H BI AVG Pirates AB R H BI AVG Furillo rf 6 2 2 5 .310 Castiglione 3b 5 0 1 0 .310 Reese ss 5 1 1 0 .248 Nelson 1b 5 0 2 0 .283 Bridges ss 1 0 0 0 .276 Metkovich cf 4 0 0 0 .302 Snider cf 6 2 2 1 .299 Kiner lf 1 1 0 0 .296 Pafko lf 5 4 3 2 .244 Bell rf 2 0 0 0 .299 Walker,R c 0 0 0 0 .313 Saffell ph 2 0 1 0 .250 Hodges 1b 3 3 0 0 .236 Garagiola c 2 1 1 1 .254 Campanella c 6 4 5 6 .330 Strickland ss 4 0 1 0 .219 Thompson,D pr 0 0 0 0 .198 Basgall 2b 2 0 0 0 .160 Cox 3b 6 1 1 1 .282 Murtaugh ph 2 0 1 1 .188 Terwilliger 2b 4 2 2 1 .196 Dickson p 1 0 0 0 .288 Branca p 4 2 3 5 .227 LaPalme p 1 0 0 0 .125 46 21 19 21 Werle p 1 0 0 0 .261 Howerton ph 1 0 0 0 .307 Wilks p 0 0 0 0 .000 33 2 7 2 Dodgers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Branca W 11-3 9.0 7 2 2 5 3 151 76 3.52 9.0 7 2 2 5 3 151 76 Pirates INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Dickson L 8-12 3.2 9 9 8 2 2 82 50 4.37 LaPalme 0.1 5 8 8 3 0 29 12 7.80 Werle 4.0 4 4 4 1 2 46 28 4.62 Wilks 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 12 9 2.49 9.0 19 21 20 6 5 169 99 Brk: Bridges inserted at ss in the 7th Thompson,D ran for Campanella in the 9th Walker,R inserted at c in the 9th Thompson,D moved to lf in the 9th Pit: Saffell batted for Bell in the 6th Murtaugh batted for Basgall in the 6th Saffell moved to rf in the 7th Murtaugh moved to 2b in the 7th Howerton batted for Werle in the 8th E-Bell. 2B-Pafko(5), Campanella(20), Branca 2(3), Murtaugh(3). HR-Furillo 2(14), Snider(21), Pafko(18), Campanella(19), Garagiola(10). RBI-Furillo 5(55), Snider(75), Pafko 2(49), Campanella 6(60), Cox(30), Terwilliger(12), Branca 5(14), Garagiola(34), Murtaugh(12). K-Snider 2, Pafko 2, Branca, Nelson, Kiner, Strickland. BB-Pafko, Hodges 3, Terwilliger, Branca, Metkovich, Kiner 3, Garagiola. HBP-Garagiola. HB-Branca. WP-Werle 2. GWRBI: Campanella Temperature: 86, Sky: clear, Wind: out to left at 10 MPH. Attendance: 9,952 Game Time: 2:45