BOXSCORE: 1949 New York Yankees At 1949 Pittsburgh Pirates 5/5/1949
Yankees AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG
R.Ashburn CF 6 1 1 0 .309 D.Mitchell RF 5 1 2 0 .346
H.Thompson 2B 5 5 4 0 .279 R.Schoendienst 2B 4 0 0 0 .165
S.Gordon 3B 6 5 4 7 .300 B.Thomson CF 3 1 2 1 .333
R.Kiner LF 5 0 0 1 .354 A-H.Evers PH,CF 2 0 1 0 .195
M.Rickert RF 6 2 4 2 .500 Y.Berra C 3 1 1 1 .288
T.Kluszewski 1B 6 2 5 2 .345 D-S.Lopata PH 1 0 0 0 .231
M.Guerra C 6 1 2 1 .304 H.Sauer LF 4 1 1 0 .292
S.Rojek SS 5 1 2 2 .250 M.Vernon 1B 4 0 2 1 .405
V.Bickford P 5 0 2 2 .357 P.Reiser 3B 2 0 0 0 .421
K.Raffensberger P 1 0 0 0 .000 B-W.Jones PH,3B 1 0 0 0 .265
E.Kinder P 0 0 0 0 .000
E.Wynn P 3 0 1 1 .250
J.Antonelli P 0 0 0 0 .000
C-G.Hamner PH 1 0 0 0 .273
E.Blackwell P 0 0 0 0 ----
L.Appling SS 4 0 0 0 .236
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Totals 51 17 24 17 Totals 37 4 10 4
A-Pinch Hit For Thomson In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Reiser In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Antonelli In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Berra In 9th Inning
Yankees......... 6 2 0 2 2 1 4 0 0 - 17 24 0
Pirates......... 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 4 10 1
Yankees (14-8) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
V.Bickford WIN(3-0) 6 9 4 4 4 2 2 112 6.59 A1 D4
K.Raffensber SAVE(1st) 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 39 0.00 D5
Totals 9 10 4 4 4 4 2
Pirates (9-13) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
E.Kinder LOSS(3-3) 1 7 8 5 1 0 1 44 5.40 A1 B3
E.Wynn 6 15 9 9 1 4 2 109 6.30 B4 F1
J.Antonelli 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 7.27 F2 F4
E.Blackwell 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 17 5.40 F5
Totals 9 24 17 14 2 6 3
ATTENDANCE- 13,297 DATE- Wednesday, May 5th 1949 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:42
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees:10 Pirates:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 0 Pirates: 0
ERRORS- L.Appling
DOUBLES- H.Thompson-3(5th), S.Gordon(5th), M.Rickert-3(6th), M.Guerra(1st),
S.Rojek(3rd), M.Vernon(5th), E.Wynn
HOME RUNS- S.Gordon-3(7th), B.Thomson(7th), Y.Berra(4th)
RBIs- S.Gordon-7(17th), R.Kiner(25th), M.Rickert-2(6th), T.Kluszewski-2(8th),
M.Guerra(7th), S.Rojek-2(13th), V.Bickford-2, B.Thomson(13th),
Y.Berra(12th), M.Vernon(5th), E.Wynn
STOLEN BASES- H.Thompson(3rd)
SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Kiner
WALKS- H.Thompson, S.Rojek, R.Schoendienst, Y.Berra, H.Sauer, P.Reiser
STRIKE OUTS- M.Rickert, S.Rojek-2, V.Bickford-2, K.Raffensberger, D.Mitchell,
S.Lopata, P.Reiser, W.Jones
2-out RBI- S.Rojek, V.Bickford-2, B.Thomson, M.Vernon, S.Gordon-2, M.Guerra
RLISP 2-out- P.Reiser-2, S.Rojek, B.Thomson, L.Appling, R.Ashburn-2,
K.Raffensberger
TEAM RISP- Yankees: 13 for 24 Pirates: 1 for 9
Sid Gordon launched 3 homeruns and had 7 RBI at Forbes Field as the New York
Yankees embarrassed the Pittsburgh Pirates by the lopsided score of 17 to
4.
Gordon was really in 'the zone'. He cracked a two-run shot in the 2nd inning,
blasted a two-run home run in the 4th inning, lifted one out of the park for
a two run home run in the 5th inning and doubled which brought home a run in
the 7th inning. New York provided plenty of action in the 1st inning with 6
runs on 5 hits and the 7th inning which saw them plate 4 runs on 5 hits. New
York had many opportunities throughout the game and scored in 6 separate
innings.
Vern Bickford(3-0) allowed 4 runs in 6 innings, and picked up the victory. Ken
Raffensberger preserved the game for Bickford, recording his his 1st save.
Ellis Kinder(3-3) suffered the loss.
'It's almost like the ball was trying to hit my bat,' Gordon said. 'Whenever I
would swing, the ball found the sweet spot.'
SCORESHEET: 1949 New York Yankees at 1949 Pittsburgh Pirates
R.Ashbur-A1 A1:Si B1:Force/ C1:F/7 D1:G/13 E1:Force/ F1:F/9
64>1o b1 46>1o b1
H.Thomps-A1 A2:W>12 b *2*:Si *4*:Do D2:Do *7*:Do *8*:G/43
1
S.Gordon-A1 A3:E/6>23 B3:SB>12 C3:HR>2# D3:HR>2# E3:Do>2# F3:F/8
12 HR>2# b# b# b#
R.Kiner-A1 A4:SF/9>3 B4:G/13 C4:F/7 D4:F/9 E4:L/6 F4:F/8
# 23
M.Ricker-A1 A5:Do>3# B5:F/7 C5:K *6*:Do E5:Do>2# *9*:Si
13
T.Klusze-A1 A6:Si>3# B6:Si C6:Si D6:Si>23 E6:G/3>23 F6:Si>12
2#
M.Guerra-A1 A7:G/43>1 B7:G/63 C7:Si>12 D7:FC/52> E7:Do>3# F7:Force/
2 3o 12 54>23 1o
b1
S.Rojek-A1 A8:Do>2# *3*:G/43 C8:K D8:Si>2# E8:W>b1 F8:K
13
V.Bickfo-A1 A9:Si>2# B9:K *5*:K D9:F/8 E9:Si>2# F9:K
K.Raffen-F2 13
D.Mitche-A1 A1:K *3*:Si C1:F/8 *6*:L/4 E1:Si
R.Schoen-A1 A2:L/4 B2:F/8 C2:W>b1 D2:FO/2 E2:F/8
B.Thomso-A1 A3:HR>b# B3:Si>12 C3:G/53 D3:Si *9*:F/8
H.Evers-D3
Y.Berra-A1 A4:W>b1 B4:Force/ *5*:HR>b# D4:F/7 E4:K
S.Lopata-E4 54>23 1o
b1
H.Sauer-A1 A5:G/13 B5:W>12 b C5:Si *7*:F/9 E5:G/43
1
M.Vernon-A1 *2*:F/8 B6:Si>3# C6:Do>13 D6:P/4
23 12
P.Reiser-A1 A7:W>b1 B7:F/8 C7:K D7:K
W.Jones-D7
E.Kinder-A1 A8:F/8 *4*:Do C8:G/63>3 *8*:G/53
E.Wynn-A6 # 23
J.Antone-D8+
L.Applin-A1 A9:G/3 B9:G/63 C9:F/7 D9:G/63
SCORESHEET: 1949 New York Yankees at 1949 Pittsburgh Pirates
R.Ashbur-A1
H.Thomps-A1
S.Gordon-A1
R.Kiner-A1
M.Ricker-A1
T.Klusze-A1
M.Guerra-A1
S.Rojek-A1
V.Bickfo-A1
K.Raffen-F2
D.Mitche-A1
R.Schoen-A1
B.Thomso-A1
H.Evers-D3
Y.Berra-A1
S.Lopata-E4
H.Sauer-A1
M.Vernon-A1
P.Reiser-A1
W.Jones-D7
E.Kinder-A1
E.Wynn-A6
J.Antone-D8+
L.Applin-A1