BOXSCORE: 1949 Washington Nationals At 1949 Pittsburgh Pirates 6/17/1949 Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG D.Dimaggio CF 2 2 1 0 .287 D.Mitchell RF 5 0 2 0 .302 J.Dimaggio RF 2 0 1 1 .253 R.Schoendienst 2B 3 1 1 0 .239 W.Marshall LF 4 0 1 1 .289 B.Thomson CF 4 1 1 1 .299 V.Stephens SS 2 0 0 0 .239 Y.Berra C 3 2 1 1 .266 B.Doerr 2B 4 0 0 0 .301 H.Sauer LF 4 1 2 4 .295 B.Johnson 1B 4 0 1 0 .107 B-H.Evers LF 0 0 0 0 .216 B.Rigney 3B 3 0 0 0 .353 M.Vernon 1B 4 0 1 0 .336 J.Hegan C 2 1 1 0 .268 W.Jones 3B 4 0 0 0 .254 D-P.Suder PH 1 0 0 0 .278 B.Pierce P 2 0 0 0 .125 R.Munger P 4 0 1 1 .333 A-S.Lopata PH 1 0 0 0 .243 E.Erautt P 0 0 0 0 .000 C-P.Reiser PH 1 0 1 0 .364 J.Page P 0 0 0 0 .000 L.Appling SS 2 1 1 0 .251 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 28 3 6 3 Totals 33 6 10 6 A-Pinch Hit For Pierce In 6th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Sauer In 8th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Erautt In 8th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Hegan In 9th Inning Nationals....... 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 6 1 Pirates......... 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 - 6 10 1 Nationals (30-27) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET R.Munger LOSS(1-3) 8 10 6 6 4 1 2 132 3.96 A1 Totals 8 10 6 6 4 1 2 Pirates (26-35) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET B.Pierce WIN(4-6) 6 5 3 2 6 5 0 86 4.88 A1 C8 E.Erautt HOLD(5th) 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 26 3.35 C9 D6 J.Page SAVE(9th) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 4.86 D7 Totals 9 6 3 2 8 6 0 ATTENDANCE- 14,399 DATE- Thursday, June 17th 1949 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good T- 2:04 LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 6 Pirates: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 1 Pirates: 5 ERRORS- B.Doerr, Y.Berra DOUBLES- B.Johnson(2nd), J.Hegan(6th), D.Mitchell(7th) HOME RUNS- Y.Berra(7th), H.Sauer(11th) RBIs- J.Dimaggio(14th), W.Marshall(30th), R.Munger, B.Thomson(36th), Y.Berra(21st), H.Sauer-4(31st) STOLEN BASES- D.Dimaggio(1st) WALKS- D.Dimaggio-2, J.Dimaggio-2, V.Stephens-2, B.Rigney, J.Hegan, R.Schoendienst, Y.Berra, L.Appling-2 STRIKE OUTS- W.Marshall, V.Stephens, B.Doerr, B.Johnson, J.Hegan, R.Munger, B.Pierce GIDP- D.Dimaggio, W.Marshall, B.Doerr-2, R.Munger, B.Thomson 2-out RBI- H.Sauer-4 RLISP 2-out- B.Johnson-2, R.Schoendienst-2, D.Mitchell TEAM RISP- Nationals: 2 for 7 Pirates: 3 for 5 WEB GEMS- Top 2nd: Mickey Vernon robbed Red Munger of a base hit. Bot 3rd: Jim Hegan blocked the plate, saving a run! Hank Sauer hit a grand slam at Forbes Field where the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Washington Nationals by the score of 6 to 3. Billy Pierce(4-6) pitched well for Pittsburgh in their victory. He went 6 innings surrendering 5 hits and 6 walks. Pittsburgh finished with 10 hits while Washington ended up with 6. Pierce got help from Joe Page who was credited with his 9th save. Red Munger(1-3) was the loser. He saw his ERA jump from 3.43 to 3.96 as gave up 6 runs in 8 innings. SCORESHEET: 1949 Washington Nationals at 1949 Pittsburgh Pirates D.Dimagg-A1 A1:Si *3*:W>b1 C1:G-DP/4 D1:W>b1 63>1o J.Dimagg-A1 A2:SB+E/2 B2:W>12 b *5*:W>b1 D2:Si>13 >13 G/53> 1 3# W.Marsha-A1 A3:F/8 B3:Si>2# C3:K D3:G-DP/4 13 63>1o V.Stephe-A1 A4:G/43 B4:W>12 b C4:K *8*:W>b1 1 B.Doerr-A1 *2*:K B5:G-DP/5 C5:G/63 D5:G-DP/6 23>3o 23 43>1o 12 B.Johnso-A1 A6:Do B6:K *6*:FO/2 D6:F/8 B.Rigney-A1 A7:W>b1 *4*:F/9 C7:F/7 *9*:G/53 J.Hegan-A1 A8:W>23 1 B8:Do C8:K D8:F/7 P.Suder-D8 2 b1 R.Munger-A1 A9:G-DP/3 B9:Si>2# *7*:K D9:F/8 61>3o D.Mitche-A1 A1:P/6 B1:E/4>12 C1:Si D1:Do>13 E1:G/13 R.Schoen-A1 A2:W>b1 B2:Si>23 C2:FO/4 D2:P/6 12 B.Thomso-A1 A3:G-DP/4 B3:Si>3# *5*:G/63 *7*:G/31 63>1o 2o 12 Y.Berra-A1 *2*:F/8 B4:W>23 1 C4:HR>b# D4:G/3 2 b1 H.Sauer-A1 A5:Si B5:HR>3# C5:G/53 D5:P/5 H.Evers-D6 2# 1# b# M.Vernon-A1 A6:F/8 B6:Si C6:FO/2 *8*:F/8 W.Jones-A1 A7:G/13 B7:F/8 *6*:L/6 D7:FO/2 B.Pierce-A1 *3*:F/8 *4*:K C8:G/63 D8:Si S.Lopata-C8 E.Erautt-D3+ L.Applin-A1 A9:W>b1 B9:F/8 C9:W>b1 D9:Si>12