BOXSCORE: 1949 Boston Red Sox At 1949 Cleveland Indians 8/5/1949 Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Indians AB R H RBI AVG G.Kell 3B 4 0 0 0 .356 E.Stanky 2B 5 0 2 2 .285 L.Boudreau SS 4 1 1 0 .275 J.Pesky 3B 5 1 1 0 .290 T.Williams LF 3 0 0 0 .376 J.Groth CF 4 1 1 0 .245 W.Westlake RF 4 0 0 1 .289 A.Brazle P 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Gordon 2B 4 0 1 0 .232 J.Heath RF 2 0 0 0 .346 E.Fletcher 1B 3 0 0 0 .269 A-E.Valo RF 1 0 0 0 .247 B.Tebbetts C 4 0 1 0 .255 E.Joost SS 2 1 2 3 .248 H.Jeffcoat CF 2 0 0 0 .250 T.Henrich 1B 2 1 0 0 .270 R.Branca P 2 0 0 0 .105 B-G.Hodges PH,1B 1 0 0 0 .284 J.Banta P 0 0 0 0 .231 R.Campanella C 2 1 0 0 .297 G.Woodling LF 4 1 1 0 .235 B.Lemon P 2 0 0 0 .156 C-A.Pafko PH 0 0 0 0 .255 D-B.Kennedy CF 0 0 0 0 .275 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 30 1 3 1 Totals 30 6 7 5 A-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Heath In 5th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Henrich In 7th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Lemon In 8th Inning D-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Pafko In 9th Inning Red Sox......... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 3 1 Indians......... 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 - 6 7 0 Red Sox (59-71) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET R.Branca LOSS(2-5) 7 1/3 7 6 5 9 3 1 140 5.81 A1 E2 J.Banta 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.84 E3 Totals 8 7 6 5 9 3 1 Indians (79-39) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET B.Lemon WIN(16-8) 8 3 1 1 4 4 0 107 3.15 A1 D4 A.Brazle 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 2.82 D5 Totals 9 3 1 1 4 5 0 ATTENDANCE- 57,177 DATE- Thursday, August 5th 1949 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good T- 2:11 LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 6 Indians: 9 DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 1 Indians: 0 ERRORS- L.Boudreau DOUBLES- L.Boudreau(15th) HOME RUNS- E.Joost(24th) RBIs- W.Westlake(98th), E.Stanky-2(45th), E.Joost-3(76th) WALKS- T.Williams, E.Fletcher, H.Jeffcoat, R.Branca, J.Groth, J.Heath, E.Joost-2, T.Henrich, R.Campanella-2, B.Lemon, A.Pafko STRIKE OUTS- J.Gordon-2, E.Fletcher, R.Branca-2, J.Heath, R.Campanella-2 GIDP- J.Groth 2-out RBI- E.Stanky-2 RLISP 2-out- T.Henrich-2, E.Stanky TEAM RISP- Red Sox: 0 for 2 Indians: 3 for 9 Eddie Joost cracked a homer and had 3 RBI as the indomitable Cleveland Indians defeated the Boston Red Sox 6 to 1 at Municipal Stadium. Cleveland did all the necessary damage in the 3rd inning when they scored 6 runs on 5 hits. That was all the runs Bob Lemon(16-8) needed. Cleveland ended up with 7 hits for the game while Boston had 3. Ralph Branca(2-5) took the loss. He pitched 7 and 1/3 innings allowing 7 hits and 9 walks. SCORESHEET: 1949 Boston Red Sox at 1949 Cleveland Indians G.Kell-A1 A1:P/6 B1:P/6 C1:G/53 D1:L/6 L.Boudre-A1 A2:G/63 B2:F/8 *6*:Do *8*:F/8 T.Willia-A1 A3:W>b1 B3:Force/ C3:G/3>23 D3:F/8 64>1o b1 W.Westla-A1 A4:G/43 *4*:G/63 C4:G/13>3 D4:G/53 # J.Gordon-A1 *2*:G/53 B5:K C5:Si *9*:K E.Fletch-A1 A6:G/43 B6:W>b1 C6:K D6:F/9 B.Tebbet-A1 A7:Si B7:F/7 *7*:F/8 D7:F/8 H.Jeffco-A1 A8:F/8 *5*:G/53 C8:W>b1 R.Branca-A1 *3*:W>b1 B9:K C9:K J.Banta-D5 E.Stanky-A1 A1:G/63 B1:F/8 C1:Si>3# D1:F/8 E1:Si>12 2# J.Pesky-A1 A2:L/4 *3*:Si C2:Force/ *6*:G/43 E2:F/9>23 54>1o b1 J.Groth-A1 A3:W>b1 B3:Si>12 *4*:F/7 D3:L/4 E3:G-DP/3 A.Brazle-E4 63>1o J.Heath-A1 A4:W>12 b B4:FO/4 C4:K D4:L/4 E.Valo-C7 1 E.Joost-A1 A5:W>23 1 B5:HR>2# C5:Si *7*:W>b1 2 b1 1# b# T.Henric-A1 A6:FO/2 B6:W>b1 C6:G/43 D6:F/8 G.Hodges-D6 R.Campan-A1 *2*:K B7:W>12 b *5*:W>b1 D7:K 1 G.Woodli-A1 A8:G/63 B8:Si+E/6 C8:FO/4 D8:F/7 >2# 13 B.Lemon-A1 A9:W>b1 B9:L/4 C9:G/43>1 *8*:W>b1 A.Pafko-D9 2 B.Kenned-E4