BOXSCORE: 1949 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1949 Boston Red Sox 4/28/1949 Pirates AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG D.Mitchell RF 4 0 0 0 .417 G.Kell 3B 3 2 2 1 .373 C-D.Kokos PH,RF 1 0 0 0 .333 L.Boudreau SS 4 1 1 0 .173 R.Schoendienst 2B 5 3 4 0 .194 T.Williams LF 3 2 2 3 .352 B.Thomson CF 4 2 2 3 .412 W.Westlake CF 3 0 0 1 .340 H.Sauer LF 4 3 3 4 .348 A.Zarilla RF 5 0 0 0 .327 B-H.Evers LF 0 0 0 0 .273 B.Tebbetts C 2 0 0 0 .273 W.Westrum C 3 1 1 2 .333 J.Gordon 2B 4 0 1 0 .245 D-S.Lopata PH,C 1 0 0 0 .333 E.Fletcher 1B 3 1 0 0 .316 M.Vernon 1B 5 1 1 1 .429 T.Byrne P 1 0 0 0 .167 W.Jones 3B 4 1 2 0 .250 A.Hansen P 1 0 0 0 .000 B.Pierce P 2 0 0 0 .000 A-B.Dillinger PH 1 0 0 0 .091 E.Erautt P 0 0 0 0 ---- R.Barney P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Antonelli P 1 0 0 0 .000 F-B.Kennedy PH 1 0 0 0 .167 L.Appling SS 4 0 2 1 .208 E-G.Hamner PH,SS 1 0 0 0 .167 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 39 11 15 11 Totals 31 6 6 5 A-Pinch Hit For Hansen In 6th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Sauer In 7th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Mitchell In 8th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Westrum In 8th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Appling In 9th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Barney In 9th Inning Pirates......... 2 1 3 0 0 0 4 1 0 - 11 15 0 Red Sox......... 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 - 6 6 1 Pirates (3-5) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET B.Pierce WIN(1-1) 5 4 3 3 7 3 0 90 6.55 A1 C7 E.Erautt HOLD(1st) 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 22 0.00 C8 D5 J.Antonelli 2 2 3 3 1 3 1 29 9.00 D6 Totals 9 6 6 6 10 6 1 Red Sox (6-8) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET T.Byrne LOSS(1-2) 3 1/3 8 6 6 3 2 2 77 9.31 A1 C2 A.Hansen 2 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 24 2.77 C3 C9 R.Barney 3 7 5 5 2 3 3 70 9.00 D1 Totals 9 15 11 11 5 6 5 ATTENDANCE- 11,629 DATE- Wednesday, April 28th 1949 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average T- 2:43 LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 7 Red Sox: 8 DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 2 Red Sox: 1 ERRORS- W.Westlake DOUBLES- R.Schoendienst(2nd), W.Jones-2(3rd) TRIPLES- B.Thomson(1st) HOME RUNS- B.Thomson(3rd), H.Sauer-2(2nd), W.Westrum(2nd), M.Vernon(1st), T.Williams(3rd) RBIs- B.Thomson-3(8th), H.Sauer-4(5th), W.Westrum-2(4th), M.Vernon(1st), L.Appling(2nd), G.Kell(7th), T.Williams-3(11th), W.Westlake(12th) CAUGHT STEALING- L.Appling SACRIFICE HITS- B.Pierce WALKS- B.Thomson, H.Evers, W.Westrum, W.Jones, E.Erautt, G.Kell-2, L.Boudreau, T.Williams-2, W.Westlake-2, B.Tebbetts-2, E.Fletcher STRIKE OUTS- D.Mitchell, W.Westrum, S.Lopata, B.Pierce-2, G.Hamner, L.Boudreau, W.Westlake, A.Zarilla, E.Fletcher-2, B.Kennedy GIDP- B.Thomson, A.Zarilla WILD PITCHES- B.Pierce 2-out RBI- H.Sauer-2, W.Westlake, G.Kell, M.Vernon RLISP 2-out- B.Pierce, A.Zarilla-2, L.Boudreau, L.Appling, M.Vernon TEAM RISP- Pirates: 3 for 9 Red Sox: 2 for 7 Left fielder Hank Sauer smacked 2 homeruns and had 4 RBI at Fenway Park as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Boston Red Sox by the count of 11 to 6. Sauer led the offense for Pittsburgh. He smashed a two-run homer in the 1st inning, hit a single which scored a run in the 3rd inning and delivered a solo blast in the 7th inning. Overall Pittsburgh out-hit Boston 15 to 6. The winning pitcher was Billy Pierce(1-1) who allowed 3 runs in 5 innings. Tommy Byrne(1-2) absorbed the loss. He was knocked around by Pittsburgh, allowing 8 hits and 3 walks in 3 and 1/3 innings. 'I just got in the box, looked for a pitch and swung,' Sauer said. 'That's it' SCORESHEET: 1949 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1949 Boston Red Sox D.Mitche-A1 A1:G/63 B1:P/6 CS C1:K *7*:FO/2 *8*:G/43 D.Kokos-E1 /24>1o R.Schoen-A1 A2:F/7 *3*:Do C2:Si>12 D2:Si E2:Si B.Thomso-A1 A3:W>b1 B3:L/4 C3:G-DP/4 D3:HR>1# E3:Tr>1# 63>1o b# H.Sauer-A1 A4:HR>1# B4:Si+E/8 *5*:F/8 D4:HR>b# E4:W>b1 H.Evers-E1 b# >2# W.Westru-A1 A5:W>b1 B5:HR>2# C5:P/4 D5:K E5:K S.Lopata-E5 b# M.Vernon-A1 A6:G/43 B6:G/53 C6:P/6 D6:HR>b# E6:G/43 W.Jones-A1 *2*:W>b1 B7:Do *6*:G/43 D7:Do *9*:G/63 B.Pierce-A1 A8:Sac/34 B8:K C8:K D8:W>b1 E8:F/9 E.Erautt-D1 >12 J.Antone-E7 L.Applin-A1 A9:Si>2# *4*:Si C9:F/7 D9:F/9 E9:K G.Hamner-E9 G.Kell-A1 A1:G/43 B1:W>b1 C1:Si>2# D1:W>b1 E1:Si 13 L.Boudre-A1 A2:K B2:Si>12 C2:G/63 D2:FO/2 E2:W>12 b 1 T.Willia-A1 A3:P/2 B3:W>23 1 *5*:Si *7*:W>b1 E3:HR>2# 2 b1 1# b# W.Westla-A1 *2*:K B4:W>3# 2 C4:W>12 b D4:L/6 E4:G/63 3 12 b1 1 A.Zarill-A1 A5:G/43 B5:G/31 C5:Force/ D5:G-DP/5 E5:K 36>23 1o 43>1o b1 B.Tebbet-A1 A6:W>b1 *4*:F/7 C6:W>12 b *8*:G/43 1 J.Gordon-A1 A7:F/7 B7:Si C7:NOTE D7:G/63 E.Fletch-A1 *3*:K B8:W>12 b *6*:F/8 D8:K 1 T.Byrne-A1 A9:F/9 B9:Force/ C9:F/8 *9*:K A.Hansen-B6 5>2o 12 b B.Dillin-C9+ 1