national_league tie breaker series national_league tie breaker series best playoff series conclusion major_league_baseball mlb regular season decide winner national_league pennant games played october new_york_giants necessary teams finished season identical win loss records famous walk home run hit giants deciding game come known baseball shot heard round world second game playoff history needed american_league major league tie previous seasons dodgers involved previous losing season straight games addition series game playoff giants won game dodgers came win game trailing game giants rallied win game series consequently advanced world series defeated new_york_yankees baseball statistics tie breaker series counted regular season games teams events games added regular season statistics background projected giants dodgers philadelphia_phillies face major_league_baseball season previous season phillies won pennant record dodgers giants finished second place games phillies respectively annual associated_press poll brooklyn projected favorite win pennant points new_york second philadelphia new_york winning pennant votes compared brooklyn philadelphia half season dodgers stayed place large margin august games ahead giants games ahead phillies result looking ahead facing new_york_yankees world series associated_press commented dominance saying completely fold games phillies fell contention giants won consecutive games august august cutting deficit games september dodgers games left play giants seven dodgers game advantage making pennant win appear imminent giants won seven games dodgers needed defeat phillies final game season force playoff winning innings leaving teams record national_league game playoff prior break tie pennant winner face american_league champion yankees world series dodgers won coin toss home field advantage opted host game field october giants result host games polo grounds october dodgers chose started game start game beaten giants twice regular season giants chose beaten dodgers twice year game summary began game retiring batters grounded grounded hit single caught stealing second base end inning second inning retired hitters dodgers came bat grounded scored game run home run left field score walked start inning got giants hit single fly dark giants remained run retired batters end inning fourth inning hit pitch outs hit home run giants dodgers came plate grounded robinson hit singles grounded double play end inning giants got man base fifth inning singled outs reached error start fifth caught stealing second base struck end fifth hit sixth inning single teams entered seventh inning score hits seventh inning pitchers retired batters faced eighth inning hit home run game 24th year score reached base error able advance base struck score intact dodgers managed hit eighth dodgers brought use pinch hitter ninth inning doubled giants player team earn hit retired dodgers hitters end game victory earning complete game win allowing hits dodgers attendance included coach yankees attended game scout teams game summary series moved polo grounds game took mound giants despite record going game allowing giants save series game game world series dodgers rookie started games dodgers career lacked pitchers ready game yankees attendance spectators singled scoring runs dodgers inning giants player reach base error making score inning second inning singled reached base error allowing dodgers potentially score hit giants threw home plate outs ended turn bat giants consecutive hits half double hit single hit failed score leaving score walked robinson singled start inning jones removed pitching duties replaced ended inning throwing home score reached base dodgers error marking second error teams hit inning ended fourth inning players hit singles score doubled fifth inning single score dodgers inning ended dodgers double play hit single fifth giants recorded straight outs dodgers opened game sixth inning led home run reached base error scored second error game walked base rain delay play resume night game resumed scored singles giants came bat failing earn hit score innings start seventh inning replaced giants pinch hit hit home run start inning walked later scored fifth final error giants score seventh eighth inning passed hit ninth inning walker hit home run fourth game score giants failed hit ninth ending game pitched hit shutout allowing hit final innings series went deciding game game summary game held polo grounds team having won game time matchup teams ace pitchers mound new_york brooklyn called don pitchers winning records opposing team heading matchup walked batters inning singled scoring game run crossed home plate hits allowed second singled scored remained innings game pitcher duel allow hit fourth innings fifth singled hit double score remained innings singled sixth inning caught stealing second team got hit seven inning singled dodgers led seventh double giants reached base scored sacrifice fly tying score run eighth dodgers scored runs hit singles threw wild pitch allowing score robinson walked hit single score cox added single score robinson inning ended making score favor dodgers got giants order eighth relief ninth led single ninth followed base hit double left center field scoring dark putting sliding ankle leave game went locker room manager summoned game starter relieve day rest came bat second pitch drove pitch deep left field walk home run clinch pennant giants home run came known giants won national_league pennant advancing world series aftermath following day sportswriter opened game following lead story ends way tell art fiction dead reality invention utterly impossible fantastic plausible winning pennant giants lost yankees world series games rebounded win national_league pennant lost world series yankees games games counted regular season games result led league games played brooklyn new_york player increased runs batted total leading year win final game gave wins year tying mlb lead finished game led baseball strikeouts game totalled season tying lead mlb lead finished season batting average doubles home runs runs batted won end season finished season batting average doubles home runs games won year award journalist published giants secretly learned opponents finger signals players told wall_street_journal beginning july team wire steal finger signals opposing leave signs unprotected giants catcher told relayed stolen sign fastball insisted pitch aware rumors skeptical denial later told new_york_times didn want diminish legendary moment baseball bobby knew coming hit knowing pitch doesn help quotes nbc
1951 National League tie-breaker series