BOXSCORE: 1949 Boston Red Sox At 1949 Pittsburgh Pirates 7/28/1949
Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG
B.Dillinger 3B 4 1 1 1 .270 D.Mitchell RF 4 0 0 0 .313
L.Boudreau SS 4 1 1 1 .273 R.Schoendienst 2B 3 0 1 0 .257
T.Williams LF 4 0 1 1 .365 B.Thomson CF 4 1 2 1 .284
M.Rackley RF 4 0 1 0 .182 Y.Berra C 4 0 1 0 .262
B.Tebbetts C 3 0 0 0 .274 H.Sauer LF 4 2 2 2 .295
E.Fletcher 1B 4 0 0 0 .285 J.Page P 0 0 0 0 .000
H.Jeffcoat CF 4 1 1 0 .167 M.Vernon 1B 4 1 1 1 .323
J.Gordon 2B 3 0 0 0 .245 W.Jones 3B 3 0 1 0 .229
R.Branca P 2 0 0 0 .000 A.Reynolds P 2 0 0 0 .189
B-A.Zarilla PH 1 0 0 0 .287 E.Blackwell P 0 0 0 0 ----
A-H.Evers LF 0 0 0 0 .257
L.Appling SS 3 0 0 0 .232
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Totals 33 3 5 3 Totals 31 4 8 4
A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Blackwell In 9th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Branca In 9th Inning
Red Sox......... 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 3 5 1
Pirates......... 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 - 4 8 2
Red Sox (37-46) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
R.Branca LOSS(2-1) 8 8 4 4 3 3 4 132 4.32 A1
Totals 8 8 4 4 3 3 4
Pirates (35-48) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
A.Reynolds 7 5 3 1 2 6 0 110 4.04 A1 D2
E.Blackwell WIN(1-3) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 18 3.00 D3 D6
J.Page SAVE(14th) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 4.23 D7
Totals 9 5 3 1 3 7 0
ATTENDANCE- 14,353 DATE- Wednesday, July 28th 1949 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:13
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 6 Pirates: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 2 Pirates: 1
ERRORS- J.Gordon, R.Schoendienst, M.Vernon
DOUBLES- Y.Berra(8th)
TRIPLES- L.Boudreau(4th)
HOME RUNS- B.Thomson(13th), H.Sauer-2(16th), M.Vernon(8th)
RBIs- B.Dillinger(11th), L.Boudreau(38th), T.Williams(63rd), B.Thomson(47th),
H.Sauer-2(42nd), M.Vernon(22nd)
WALKS- B.Tebbetts, J.Gordon, R.Branca, R.Schoendienst, W.Jones, A.Reynolds
STRIKE OUTS- T.Williams, M.Rackley-2, E.Fletcher, H.Jeffcoat, R.Branca-2,
B.Thomson, Y.Berra, L.Appling
GIDP- B.Tebbetts, B.Thomson, L.Appling
2-out RBI- B.Thomson, B.Dillinger
RLISP 2-out- H.Sauer, L.Boudreau-2, Y.Berra
TEAM RISP- Red Sox: 2 for 7 Pirates: 0 for 3
Hank Sauer smacked 2 homeruns as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Boston
Red Sox by a score of 4 to 3 at Forbes Field.
The deciding run was scored by Pittsburgh in the 8th. After an out was
recorded, Sauer clubbed a solo home run. Pittsburgh had 8 hits for the
afternoon while Boston had 5.
The victory was credited to Ewell Blackwell(1-3) who went 1 inning, allowing
no runs. Blackwell got relief help from Joe Page who gained credit for his
14th save. Ralph Branca(2-1) was hit with the loss. He was touched for 4
homeruns in his 8 innings of work.
SCORESHEET: 1949 Boston Red Sox at 1949 Pittsburgh Pirates
B.Dillin-A1 A1:E/4>b2 B1:F/7 C1:F/9 D1:Si>2#
13
L.Boudre-A1 A2:Tr>2# B2:G/63 C2:F/9 D2:F/7
T.Willia-A1 A3:G/43>3 *3*:Si *6*:K *8*:G/43
#
M.Rackle-A1 A4:Si B4:K C4:K D4:F/8
B.Tebbet-A1 A5:F/8 B5:G-DP/6 C5:G/63 D5:W>b1
43>1o
E.Fletch-A1 A6:K *4*:P/3 *7*:Appea D6:L/4
l/9>bo
H.Jeffco-A1 *2*:G/63 B7:F/7 C7:Si *9*:K
J.Gordon-A1 A8:W>b1 B8:G/53 C8:E/3>12 D8:F/7
R.Branca-A1 A9:W>12 b *5*:K C9:K D9:F/8
A.Zarill-D9 1
D.Mitche-A1 A1:G/63 B1:G/13 *5*:F/7 *7*:G/13
R.Schoen-A1 A2:P/4 B2:Si C2:W>b1 D2:E/4
B.Thomso-A1 A3:HR>b# B3:Si>13 C3:K D3:G-DP/1
63>1o
Y.Berra-A1 A4:Do B4:FO/2 C4:K *8*:L/6
H.Sauer-A1 A5:F/8 *4*:HR>b# *6*:G/43 D5:HR>b#
J.Page-D8
M.Vernon-A1 *2*:G/31 B6:G/3 C6:HR>b# D6:G/31
W.Jones-A1 A7:L/6 B7:W>b1 C7:Si D7:G/31
A.Reynol-A1 A8:G/63 B8:W>12 b C8:Force/
E.Blackw-D4 1 56>1o b1
H.Evers-D8
L.Applin-A1 *3*:F/8 B9:G-DP/4 C9:K
63>1o