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The 1951 International League season was the 66th in the league's history, and ended with the Montreal Royals winning their fourth Governors' Cup in six years. The Royals would go on to lose the Junior World Series.
[edit] Final standings
Playoff teams in bold.
[edit] Playoffs
[edit] First Round
| Montreal vs. Buffalo
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| Date | Away | Home
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| September 11 | Buffalo 0 | Montreal 7
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| September 12 | Buffalo 0 | Montreal 5
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| September 14 | Montreal 7 | Buffalo 6
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| September 15 | Montreal 3 | Buffalo 1
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| Montreal wins series 4-0
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| Rochester vs. Syracuse
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| Date | Away | Home
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| September 11 | Syracuse 6 | Rochester 5
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| | 10 innings
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| September 12 | Syracuse 4 | Rochester 1
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| September 13 | Rochester 4 | Syracuse 7
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| September 14 | Rochester 3 | Syracuse 2
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| September 15 | Rochester 9 | Syracuse 10
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| Syracuse wins series 4-1
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[edit] Governors' Cup Finals
| Montreal vs. Syracuse
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| Date | Away | Home
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| September 16 | Syracuse 4 | Montreal 6
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| September 17 | Syracuse 11 | Montreal 8
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| September 19 | Montreal 4 | Syracuse 3
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| September 20 | Montreal 7 | Syracuse 2
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| September 21 | Montreal 18 | Syracuse 9
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| Montreal wins series 4-1 and
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| advances to Junior World Series
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[edit] References
The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Lloyd Johnson and Miles Wolff, editors. Baseball America, 1993.