BOXSCORE: 1949 Boston Red Sox At 1949 Pittsburgh Pirates 7/30/1949
Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG
G.Kell 3B 0 0 0 0 .338 H.Evers LF 5 0 2 1 .257
A-B.Dillinger PR,3B 4 2 1 0 .262 R.Schoendienst 2B 5 0 0 0 .254
B.Blattner SS 4 2 2 2 .283 B.Thomson CF 5 2 2 0 .286
T.Williams LF 4 0 1 0 .365 H.Sauer RF 5 1 2 1 .297
W.Westlake RF,CF 4 0 2 2 .286 S.Lopata C 3 1 2 0 .229
J.Gordon 2B 4 1 1 0 .242 C-Y.Berra PH,C 2 0 0 0 .260
B.Tebbetts C 3 2 1 0 .270 M.Vernon 1B 3 0 1 1 .322
E.Fletcher 1B 4 1 0 0 .280 W.Jones 3B 3 1 1 1 .226
H.Jeffcoat CF 3 0 1 1 .200 B.Pierce P 2 0 0 0 .091
F-A.Zarilla PH,RF 1 0 1 1 .289 J.Antonelli P 0 0 0 0 .000
L.Brissie P 1 0 0 1 .306 B-G.Hamner PH,SS 2 1 1 2 .286
A.Hansen P 0 0 0 0 .000 L.Appling SS 3 0 0 0 .227
D-M.Rackley PH 1 0 0 0 .167 E.Wynn P 0 0 0 0 .143
J.Banta P 1 0 0 0 .250 E-D.Kokos PH 1 0 0 0 .207
E.Blackwell P 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 34 8 10 7 Totals 39 6 11 6
A-Pinch Ran For Kell In 1st Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Antonelli In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Lopata In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Hansen In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Wynn In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Jeffcoat In 9th Inning
INJURY: George Kell INJURED (for 0 more games) in 1st inning
Red Sox......... 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 - 8 10 2
Pirates......... 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 - 6 11 1
Red Sox (39-46) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
L.Brissie 5 1/3 7 5 5 2 3 0 84 6.04 A1 C8
A.Hansen BS(1st) 1 2/3 4 1 1 0 0 0 24 3.15 C9 D7
J.Banta WIN(4-3) 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 30 2.66 D8
Totals 9 11 6 6 2 4 0
Pirates (35-50) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Pierce 5 1/3 4 6 6 10 3 1 125 4.80 A1 D2
J.Antonelli 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 11.27 D3 D5
E.Wynn 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 23 4.70 D6 E4
E.Blackwell LOSS(1-4) 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 20 3.18 E5
Totals 9 10 8 7 11 4 1
ATTENDANCE- 14,269 DATE- Friday, July 30th 1949 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:38
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox:12 Pirates: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 1 Pirates: 3
ERRORS- B.Blattner, E.Fletcher, H.Evers
DOUBLES- B.Blattner(4th), H.Evers-2(7th), S.Lopata(5th), G.Hamner(1st)
TRIPLES- W.Westlake(4th), B.Thomson(8th)
HOME RUNS- B.Blattner(6th)
RBIs- B.Blattner-2(14th), W.Westlake-2(63rd), H.Jeffcoat(7th), A.Zarilla(45th),
L.Brissie, H.Evers(21st), H.Sauer(43rd), M.Vernon(23rd), W.Jones(36th),
G.Hamner-2(3rd)
STOLEN BASES- B.Dillinger(4th)
SACRIFICE HITS- L.Brissie
WALKS- B.Dillinger, B.Blattner-2, T.Williams, W.Westlake, J.Gordon,
B.Tebbetts-2, E.Fletcher, H.Jeffcoat, L.Brissie, M.Vernon, W.Jones
HIT BY PITCH- G.Kell
STRIKE OUTS- B.Blattner, T.Williams, H.Jeffcoat, L.Brissie, R.Schoendienst,
B.Thomson, S.Lopata, B.Pierce
GIDP- J.Gordon, B.Tebbetts, W.Jones
WILD PITCHES- L.Brissie
2-out RBI- H.Sauer, W.Jones, W.Westlake-2, H.Evers
RLISP 2-out- B.Pierce-2, B.Blattner-3, T.Williams-2, L.Appling, H.Jeffcoat,
H.Sauer, J.Gordon, R.Schoendienst
TEAM RISP- Red Sox: 4 for 19 Pirates: 4 for 14
WEB GEMS- Top 1st: Bobby Thomson robbed Ted Williams of an extra base hit.
Top 8th: Yogi Berra blocked the plate, saving a run!
Buddy Blattner lofted one into the 'cheap seats' and had 2 RBI as the Boston
Red Sox defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates by a score of 8 to 6 at Forbes
Field.
Boston came up with the deciding runs in the 9th inning with 2 runs using 3
hits. Joe Gordon led off and keyed the rally when he lined a single. Birdie
Tebbetts was next and he delivered a one-base hit. After an out was
recorded, Al Zarilla then slapped a base-hit bringing in a run. Jack Banta
came up and he reached on an error scoring the final run of the inning.
Pittsburgh went down without a fight in the bottom of the 9th.
The win was credited to Banta(4-3) who went 2 innings allowing no runs. The
losing pitcher was Ewell Blackwell(1-4) in relief.
Wth the win Boston now has a record of 39-46. Pittsburgh has a record of
35-50 after the loss.
SCORESHEET: 1949 Boston Red Sox at 1949 Pittsburgh Pirates
G.Kell-A1 A1:HBP B1:G/31>2 C1:F/9>23 D1:W>b1 E1:Si F1:G/63
B.Dillin-A2 3
B.Blattn-A1 A2:SB>12 B2:K C2:W>12 b D2:W>12 b E2:Do>13 F2:G/53
HR>2# b# 1 1
T.Willia-A1 A3:F/8 *3*:Si C3:K D3:F/9>23 E3:IW>b1
W.Westla-A1 A4:Si B4:W>12 b *5*:F/7 D4:Tr>3# E4:F-DP/7
1 1# 2>3o
J.Gordon-A1 A5:G-DP/5 B5:F/8 C5:W>b1 D5:G/43 *9*:Si
43>1o
B.Tebbet-A1 *2*:W>b1 B6:G-DP/6 C6:W>12 b *7*:F/7 E6:Si>13
43>1o 1
E.Fletch-A1 A7:W>12 b *4*:G/43 C7:F/9 D7:P/6 E7:F/9
1
H.Jeffco-A1 A8:Si>2# B8:W>b1 C8:G/43 D8:K E8:Si>3#
A.Zarill-E8 13 12
L.Brissi-A1 A9:Sac/14 B9:W>12 b *6*:K *8*:F/9 E9:E/7>2#
A.Hansen-D6 >3# 12 1 13 b2
M.Rackle-D9+
H.Evers-A1 A1:G/53 B1:G/13 *5*:Do D1:Do>3# E1:E/3
R.Schoen-A1 A2:F/8 B2:G/63 C2:K D2:G/31 E2:G/31
B.Thomso-A1 A3:Tr *3*:L/5 C3:F/9>23 *7*:Si *9*:K
H.Sauer-A1 A4:Si>3# B4:G/63 C4:L/4 D4:Si>13 E4:G/43
S.Lopata-A1 A5:Do>13 B5:K *6*:Si D5:FO/2 E5:G/63
Y.Berra-D5
M.Vernon-A1 A6:W>b1 *4*:L/6 C6:L/6 D6:Si>3#
12
W.Jones-A1 A7:W>3# 2 B7:E/6>b2 C7:Si>12 D7:G-DP/4
3 12 b1 63>1o
B.Pierce-A1 A8:G/63 B8:K C8:WP>23 *8*:F/8
J.Antone-C5 12 Do>3#
G.Hamner-C8 2#
L.Applin-A1 *2*:F/7 B9:F/8 C9:G/3>23 D9:G/31
E.Wynn-D3
D.Kokos-D9+