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