BOXSCORE: 1949 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1949 New York Yankees          4/12/1949

  Pirates            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Mitchell RF       5  1  3  0 .600     R.Ashburn CF        5  1  0  0 .000  
  R.Schoendienst 2B   4  0  0  0 .118     H.Thompson 2B       2  2  0  0 .000  
  B.Thomson CF        4  1  1  2 .412     S.Gordon 3B         5  2  2  0 .400  
  Y.Berra C           4  1  2  1 .231     R.Kiner LF          5  2  2  7 .400  
  H.Sauer LF          3  0  0  0 .300     T.Kluszewski 1B     4  0  1  0 .250  
A-W.Jones 3B          1  0  0  0 .231     D.Ennis RF          4  0  2  0 .500  
  M.Vernon 1B         4  0  0  0 .353     M.Guerra C          4  0  1  0 .250  
  P.Reiser 3B,LF      4  0  1  0 .400     S.Rojek SS          4  0  2  0 .500  
  J.Dobson P          3  0  1  0 .333     J.Coleman P         2  0  1  0 .500  
B-S.Lopata PH         1  0  0  0 .400   C-D.Kolloway PH       1  0  0  0 .000  
  J.Page P            0  0  0  0 .000                                          
  L.Appling SS        1  0  0  0 .182                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      34  3  8  3                 Totals      36  7 11  7

A-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Sauer In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Dobson In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Coleman In 9th Inning

Pirates......... 0 0 3  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  3  8  1
Yankees......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 3 4  -  7 11  2

Pirates (2-2)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Dobson                  7       7   0   0   1   0   0 100   0.00  A1 D1
J.Page LOSS(0-1) BS(1st)  1 2/3   4   7   3   2   0   2  51   9.82  D2
Totals                    8 2/3  11   7   3   3   0   2

Yankees (1-0)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Coleman WIN(1-0)        9       8   3   3   6   3   2 145   3.00  A1
Totals                    9       8   3   3   6   3   2

ATTENDANCE- 38,378 DATE- Monday, April 12th 1949 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
T- 2:26
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates:11  Yankees: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 0  Yankees: 1
ERRORS- R.Schoendienst, T.Kluszewski, M.Guerra
DOUBLES- P.Reiser(2nd)
HOME RUNS- B.Thomson(2nd), Y.Berra(1st), R.Kiner-2(2nd)
RBIs- B.Thomson-2(4th), Y.Berra(2nd), R.Kiner-7(7th)
STOLEN BASES- D.Mitchell-2(3rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- R.Schoendienst, J.Coleman
WALKS- B.Thomson, Y.Berra, H.Sauer, L.Appling-3, H.Thompson-3
STRIKE OUTS- D.Mitchell, H.Sauer, P.Reiser
GIDP- H.Sauer
2-out RBI- B.Thomson-2, Y.Berra, R.Kiner-4
RLISP 2-out- Y.Berra, J.Dobson, H.Thompson, R.Schoendienst-2, S.Rojek-2,
             M.Vernon, R.Kiner-2, W.Jones
TEAM RISP- Pirates: 1 for 11  Yankees: 4 for 9
WEB GEMS- Bot 5th: Yogi Berra blocked the plate, saving a run!

Ralph Kiner blasted 2 homeruns and Joe Coleman tossed a complete game as the
New York Yankees pulled out a win over the Pittsburgh Pirates by a score of 7
to 3 at Yankee Stadium.

New York scored the winning runs in the bottom of the 9th inning when they
scored 4 runs on 2 hits.  The key offensive moment was provided by Kiner who
made the New York fans a happy lot when he electrified the crowd with a Grand
Slam home run.  New York managed 11 hits in their victory.  

Coleman(1-0) picked up the complete game victory, allowing 3 runs. Joe
Page(0-1) was the loser in relief.  He surrendered 7 runs and 4 hits in 1 and
2/3 innings.

SCORESHEET: 1949 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1949 New York Yankees
D.Mitche-A1  A1:Si      B1:Force/  C1:K       D1:Si>13   *9*:Si
                        46>1o b1                         
                                                         
R.Schoen-A1  A2:F/8     B2:SB>12   C2:G/13    D2:FO/2    E2:SB>12
                        G/3>23                           Sac/54>23
                                                         
B.Thomso-A1  A3:G/13>1  B3:HR>3#   *5*:W>b1   *7*:G/13   E3:G/43
             2          b#                               
                                                         
Y.Berra-A1   A4:F/7     B4:HR>b#   C4:E/2>12  D4:Si      E4:IW>b1
                                                         
                                                         
H.Sauer-A1   *2*:F/7    B5:W>b1    C5:G-DP/6  D5:K       E5:G/43
W.Jones-D7                         43>23 1o              
                                                         
M.Vernon-A1  A6:G/43    B6:G/63    C6:G/31    D6:G/43
                                              
                                              
P.Reiser-A1  A7:Do      *4*:L/4    *6*:G/53   *8*:K
                                              
                                              
J.Dobson-A1  A8:L/5     B8:Si+E/3  C8:F/8     D8:L/5
S.Lopata-D8                                   
J.Page-E1                                     
L.Applin-A1  *3*:W>b1   B9:W>b1    C9:W>b1    D9:F/8
                                              
                                              

R.Ashbur-A1  A1:L/4     B1:F/9>23  C1:G/53>1  D1:F/8     E1:Force/
                                   2                     36>1o b1
                                                         
H.Thomps-A1  A2:L/4     B2:G/63    C2:W>b1    *8*:W>b1   E2:W>12 b
                                                         1
                                                         
S.Gordon-A1  A3:P/6     *4*:G/43   C3:Si>2o   D3:Si>13   E3:E/4>23
                                   13                    12 
                                                         
R.Kiner-A1   *2*:G/43   B4:G/53    C4:F/7     D4:HR>3#   E4:HR>3#
                                              1# b#      2# 1# b#
                                                         
T.Klusze-A1  A5:F/9     B5:Si      *6*:G/31   D5:G/13
                                              
                                              
D.Ennis-A1   A6:Si      B6:Si>12   C6:G/63    D6:P/6
                                              
                                              
M.Guerra-A1  A7:G/3     B7:Si>23   C7:F/8     D7:L/6
                        12                    
                                              
S.Rojek-A1   *3*:Si     B8:G/63    *7*:G/3    *9*:Si
                                              
                                              
J.Colema-A1  A9:Sac/54  *5*:Si     C9:G/3     D9:Force/
D.Kollow-D9  >12                              26>1o b1