BOXSCORE: 1948 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1948 Cleveland Indians         4/28/1948

  Pirates            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Indians            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  S.Rojek SS          5  0  1  1 .273     E.Joost SS          3  1  0  0 .292  
  G.Hamner 2B         5  0  2  0 .280     A.Pafko 3B          5  1  1  2 .210  
H-R.Schoendienst 2B   0  0  0  0 .167     W.Westlake CF       4  0  1  0 .256  
  Y.Berra C           4  0  0  0 .143     T.Henrich LF,1B     5  0  2  1 .385  
I-D.Rice C            0  0  0  0 .000     R.Campanella C      3  0  1  0 .370  
  H.Sauer 1B          4  1  1  1 .132   B-E.Valo PR,LF        0  0  0  0 .279  
J-M.Vernon 1B         0  0  0  0 .200     G.Hodges 1B         3  0  0  0 .189  
  D.Litwhiler LF      4  1  1  0 .214   C-A.Robinson PH,C     1  0  1  0 .148  
  B.Thomson RF        4  2  2  2 .367     B.Rigney 2B         2  0  0  0 .258  
  B.Johnson 3B        4  0  2  0 .276   D-J.Pesky PH          1  0  0  0 .276  
  H.Evers CF          3  0  0  0 .241     H.Pollet P          0  0  0  0 .000  
  A.Brazle P          2  0  1  0 .500     B.Kennedy RF        3  0  2  0 .455  
A-J.Tipton PH         1  0  0  0 .200   E-W.Marshall PH,RF    1  0  0  0 .204  
  E.Blackwell P       0  0  0  0 ----     C.Scheib P          3  1  1  0 .455  
G-P.Seerey PH         1  0  0  0 .200   F-E.Stanky 2B         1  0  1  0 .406  
  V.Lombardi P        0  0  0  01.000                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      37  4 10  4                 Totals      35  3 10  3

A-Pinch Hit For Brazle In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Campanella In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Hodges In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Rigney In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Kennedy In 8th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Scheib In 9th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Blackwell In 9th Inning
H-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Hamner In 9th Inning
I-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Berra In 9th Inning
J-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Sauer In 9th Inning

Pirates......... 0 0 0  2 0 1  1 0 0  -  4 10  2
Indians......... 2 0 0  0 1 0  0 0 0  -  3 10  1

Pirates (1-8)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
A.Brazle                  5       7   3   2   3   2   1  91   4.09  A1 C5
E.Blackwell WIN(1-0)      3       2   0   0   1   5   0  45   0.90  C6 D8
V.Lombardi SAVE(1st)      1       1   0   0   0   0   0  21   5.40  D9
Totals                    9      10   3   2   4   7   1

Indians (13-5)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
C.Scheib LOSS(0-1)        8      10   4   4   1   2   2 122   3.71  A1 D8
H.Pollet                  1       0   0   0   0   1   0  13   1.17  D9
Totals                    9      10   4   4   1   3   2

ATTENDANCE- 11,134 DATE- Wednesday, April 28th 1948 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:44
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 7  Indians:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 3  Indians: 0
ERRORS- B.Johnson-2, B.Rigney
TRIPLES- B.Kennedy(1st)
HOME RUNS- H.Sauer(2nd), B.Thomson(2nd), A.Pafko(4th)
RBIs- S.Rojek(2nd), H.Sauer(4th), B.Thomson-2(6th), A.Pafko-2(11th),
      T.Henrich(12th)
SACRIFICE HITS- E.Joost
WALKS- H.Evers, E.Joost, W.Westlake, R.Campanella, B.Rigney
STRIKE OUTS- S.Rojek, H.Sauer, D.Litwhiler, A.Pafko-2, W.Westlake, R.Campanella,
             J.Pesky, W.Marshall, C.Scheib
GIDP- T.Henrich, B.Kennedy, C.Scheib
2-out RBI- T.Henrich, S.Rojek, H.Sauer
RLISP 2-out- B.Rigney, A.Brazle, R.Campanella, C.Scheib, W.Marshall,
             T.Henrich-2
TEAM RISP- Pirates: 1 for 4  Indians: 1 for 13

The Pittsburgh Pirates and the Cleveland Indians locked up in an exciting
one-run game at Cleveland Stadium.  The final score was the Pittsburgh
Pirates 4, the Cleveland Indians 3.

Pittsburgh went ahead for good in the 7th inning scoring a single run.
Cleveland tried unsuccessfully to come back in the 9th.  

Ewell Blackwell(1-0) got the win allowing no runs in 3 innings. Vic Lombardi
earned the save, his 1st.  Carl Scheib(0-1) was tagged with the loss.  


SCORESHEET: 1948 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1948 Cleveland Indians
S.Rojek-A1   A1:FO/2    *3*:G/31   C1:Force/  D1:Si>3#   E1:K
                                   54>1o b1   2o         
                                                         
G.Hamner-A1  A2:Si      B2:Si      *5*:E/4    *7*:G/53   E2:G/53
R.Schoen-E3                                              
                                                         
Y.Berra-A1   A3:Force/  B3:Force/  C3:P/4     D3:G/43
D.Rice-E3    36>1o b1   36>1o b1              
                                              
H.Sauer-A1   A4:K       B4:L/6     C4:F/9     D4:HR>b#
M.Vernon-E3                                   
                                              
D.Litwhi-A1  *2*:P/6    *4*:Si     C5:K       D5:G/63
                                              
                                              
B.Thomso-A1  A6:G/63    B6:HR>1#   *6*:Si     *8*:F/9
                        b#                    
                                              
B.Johnso-A1  A7:Si      B7:G/43    C7:Si>12   D7:P/2
                                              
                                              
H.Evers-A1   A8:W>12 b  B8:G/13    C8:G/63>2  D8:F/7
             1                     3 12       
                                              
A.Brazle-A1  A9:G/31    B9:Si      C9:G/31    *9*:G/13
J.Tipton-C9                                   
E.Blackw-D2+                                  

E.Joost-A1   A1:W>b1    B1:F/7     C1:P/6     *7*:F/7    E1:Sac/24
                                                         >12
                                                         
A.Pafko-A1   A2:HR>1#   *3*:K      C2:E/5>12  D2:K       E2:E/5>23
             b#                                          
                                                         
W.Westla-A1  A3:Si      B3:W>b1    C3:Force/  D3:K       E3:G/53>1
                                   54>23 1o              2
                                   b1                    
T.Henric-A1  A4:Si>13   B4:G-DP/1  C4:Si>3#   *8*:G/31   E4:F/8
                        63>1o      12                    
                                                         
R.Campan-A1  A5:L/6     *4*:Si     C5:K       D5:W>b1
E.Valo-D6                                     
                                              
G.Hodges-A1  A6:P/6     B6:P/6     *6*:G/53   D6:Si>13
A.Robins-D6                                   
                                              
B.Rigney-A1  A7:G/31    B7:W>12 b  C7:L/6     D7:K
J.Pesky-D7              1                     
H.Pollet-D9                                   
B.Kenned-A1  *2*:Si     B8:G-DP/6  C8:Tr      D8:K
W.Marsha-D8             43>1o                 
                                              
C.Scheib-A1  A9:G-DP/6  *5*:Si     C9:K       *9*:Si
E.Stanky-D9  43>1o