1951 Game Stories

Date Headline
 April 16 Bucs Win Traditional Opener
April 17 Teddy Ballgame Sends Stadium Crowd Home Unhappy
April 19 Minner's Performance a Whole-Body Effort
April 20 Cox's Blast Provides Difference as Bums Outlast Giants
April 22 Dodgers Win Rubber Match Over Giants
April 23 Browns Hurlers Walk 16 in Loss to Tigers
April 24 Dancing Between the Raindrops
April 28 Roe, Dodgers Cruise Past Giants
April 29 Bucs Stay Hot, Win 7th Straight
May 4 Streaks Continue
May 5 Dodgers Rally Late for 5th Straight Win
May 5 Yanks Belt 6 HRs, Crush Browns
May 9 The Barber's Razor Shaves Cards
May 9 9th Inning Rally Pushes Tribe Past Yanks
May 12 Giants Outlast Phils In 12
May 16 McDougald's Pinch Bomb Bests Tribe
May 17 Presko Whitewashes Phils
May 25 Roe, Dodgers Blank Braves
May 27 Rosen Belts 3 Homers in Nightcap as Tribe Sweeps ChiSox
May 27 McDermott's 1-Hitter Keys BoSox Sweep
June 2 Bucs Belt 6 HRs, Whip Giants
June 6 First to Ten
June 10 Branca Loses No-Hitter But Wins Game
June 14 Pierce Loses No-Hitter But Not Game
June 16 Dodgers, Cubs Continue Streaks
June 17 Bauer's 3 Blasts Pace Yanks
June 19 ChiSox, Yanks Split Wild Doubleheader
June 19 Trout Season
June 26 Back-To-Back-To-Back
June 29 Dodgers' Long Balls, Palica Top Roberts
July 1 Parnell, BoSox  Hand Yanks 5th Straight Defeat
July 4 Sweep of Giants Extends Dodgers Lead to 12 1/2
July 7 Tribe Drops 17 on Bengals for Second Straight Day
July 8 13-Run 1st Inning Keys ChiSox Rout
July 10 All-Star Game, Briggs Stadium, Detroit
July 12 Nats Overcome 9-2 Deficit, Win Wild Affair in Motor City
July 15 Woodling's Nightcap Cycle Keys Yanks Motor City Sweep
July 17 Sauer's HR Trio Nudges Cubs Past Giants
July 17 Byrne Walks 10 in CG Win
July 18 Church Fires 2nd Straight 2-Hitter
July 26 Reynolds Baffles Tribe, Fires 1-Hitter
July 27 Pierce's Gem Ends ChiSox 'L' Streak
July 29 Last Place Cubs Get Well at Expense of Slumping Phils
July 31 Reds Extend Phils' Losing Streak to 10
August 1 Dodgers Explode for 13-Run 4th
August 3 Unlucky 13th; Phils Collapse Continues
August 4 Koslo Stymies Cards; Giants Win 5th Straight
August 4 Phils Drop 14th Stright in 18-Inning Marathon
August 7 Phils Rally Late to Earn Split; End 17-Game Losing Streak
August 8 Browns' Byrne Fires CG 1-Hitter, Loses Game
August 9 Dodgers Bullpen Meltdown Secures Giants Win
August 11 Hodges Runs Wild in Brooklyn Sweep
August 11 Red Hot Tribe Wins 8th Straight
August 12 Yanks, A's Split Wild Twinbill
August 13 Easter's Blasts Lead Tribe to 10th Straight 'W'
August 15 Tribe Remains Red Hot, Wins 12th Straight
August 17 Yankees Win in 10 After Blowing 4-0 Lead Late
August 20 Tribe Hammers Nats, Claims Share of First Place
August 22 Phils Roberts 1st to 20
August 23 Raschi, Yanks Shut Down Tribe
August 24 Wynn, Tribe Bounce Back, Reclaim Sole AL Lead
August 25 Tribe Takes Series, 2-Game AL Lead
August 29 Kellner Fires 1-Hitter
August 30 Roe Loses Perfecto in 10th, Game in 12th
September 2 Garcia Bests Rain Drops, Browns' Bats
September 3 Tribe Rallies Twice, Sweeps DH From Chisox
September 5 Card Sweep Cubs, Eclipse .500 Mark
September 5 Mantle's HR In 11th Completes Rally, Beats Bosox
September 5 With Less Than His Best Wynn Shuts Out Bengals
September 7 Reds Score 6 In 9th, Beat Cubs
September 7 Reynolds Rises to Occasion, Blanks Nats
September 7 White Hot Tribe Continues to Roll
September 9 Tribe Wins 11th Straight In Wild Game With Browns
September 14 Yanks Not Able, Lose to Cain
September 16 Yanks Win 6 Hour, 15 Minute Epic Struggle With Tribe, Close to Within 2
September 17 Bronx Bombers Bombed; Rosen, Tribe Restore 3-Game Lead
September 18 Thomson's Big Day Leads Giants to 9th Straight Win
September 18 Cards' Poholsky Stymies Dodgers
September 20 Giants Extend Winning Streak to 10
September 21 Pafko's HR In 8th Completes Dodgers' Comeback
September 23 Giants Stay Hot, Beat Braves For 12th Straight Win
September 24 Giants' 'W' Streak Reaches 13; Trail Dodgers By 2 1/2
September 26 3-HR 7th Clinches Share of NL Flag for Dodgers
September 26 Kuzava, Yanks Win 4th Straight
September 29 Potential Playoff Looms; Giants Within 1 Game of Dodgers With 1 Day Left
September 29 Tribe Claims AL Flag With 10-2 Shelling of Bengals
September 30 Giants Shrug Off Early Deficit, Push Dodgers to Edge
September 30 Dodgers Drop Finale, To Face Giants in Best-of-3 Playoff
October 1 Dodgers Take 1st Playoff Game; Make Most of 4 Hits
October 2 Giants Even Playoff Behind Jones' Gem
October 3 Dodgers Win the Pennant