BOXSCORE: 1949 Washington Nationals At 1949 Pittsburgh Pirates 8/16/1949 Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG D.Dimaggio CF 5 0 1 0 .279 D.Mitchell RF 5 2 2 1 .336 R.Boone SS 2 1 1 0 .175 R.Schoendienst 2B 5 2 3 0 .247 D-V.Stephens PR,SS 0 0 0 0 .255 B.Thomson CF 5 1 2 4 .291 J.Dimaggio RF 4 1 2 1 .327 Y.Berra C 1 0 0 0 .257 J.Lindell LF 4 0 1 0 .222 A-S.Lopata PR,C 1 1 1 2 .231 B.Doerr 2B 4 0 0 0 .273 H.Sauer LF 3 1 1 0 .281 B.Johnson 1B 3 0 1 0 .200 C-H.Evers PH,LF 1 0 1 0 .300 B.Rigney 3B 3 1 0 0 .295 M.Vernon 1B 4 1 1 2 .322 J.Hegan C 4 0 1 0 .269 W.Jones 3B 3 1 1 0 .225 B.Lively P 1 0 0 0 .125 B.Pierce P 2 0 0 0 .167 H.Wehmeier P 1 0 1 1 .250 B-P.Reiser PH 1 1 1 0 .325 E.Erautt P 1 0 0 0 .000 L.Appling SS 4 1 1 2 .241 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 31 3 8 2 Totals 36 11 14 11 A-Pinch Ran For Berra In 2nd Inning B-Pinch Hit For Pierce In 6th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Sauer In 6th Inning D-Pinch Ran For Boone In 7th Inning INJURY: Yogi Berra INJURED (for 0 more games) in 2nd inning INJURY: Ray Boone INJURED (for 0 more games) in 7th inning Nationals....... 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 - 3 8 0 Pirates......... 7 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 - 11 14 1 Nationals (59-53) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET B.Lively LOSS(5-5) 5 1/3 13 11 11 1 1 4 121 5.54 A1 D3 H.Wehmeier 2 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 38 5.79 D4 Totals 8 14 11 11 1 1 4 Pirates (60-68) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET B.Pierce WIN(12-7) 6 5 2 2 2 3 0 84 4.38 A1 C5 E.Erautt SAVE(13th) 3 3 1 1 2 1 0 46 3.54 C6 Totals 9 8 3 3 4 4 0 ATTENDANCE- 6,850 DATE- Monday, August 16th 1949 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad T- 2:24 LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 7 Pirates: 4 DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 1 Pirates: 4 ERRORS- L.Appling DOUBLES- J.Dimaggio(7th), B.Johnson(7th), R.Schoendienst-2(19th), H.Sauer(20th), P.Reiser(6th) HOME RUNS- B.Thomson(17th), S.Lopata(3rd), M.Vernon(14th), L.Appling(5th) RBIs- J.Dimaggio(36th), H.Wehmeier, D.Mitchell(34th), B.Thomson-4(79th), S.Lopata-2(13th), M.Vernon-2(45th), L.Appling-2(36th) SACRIFICE FLIES- H.Wehmeier, S.Lopata WALKS- R.Boone, B.Johnson, B.Rigney, B.Lively, W.Jones HIT BY PITCH- R.Boone, Y.Berra STRIKE OUTS- B.Johnson, B.Rigney, J.Hegan-2, B.Thomson GIDP- D.Dimaggio-2, J.Lindell, B.Doerr, B.Pierce WILD PITCHES- B.Pierce 2-out RBI- L.Appling-2 RLISP 2-out- B.Rigney-2, B.Thomson, B.Doerr, M.Vernon, J.Dimaggio-2 TEAM RISP- Nationals: 1 for 9 Pirates: 5 for 8 Center fielder Bobby Thomson went deep and had 4 RBI as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Washington Nationals by a score of 11 to 3 at Forbes Field. The game started off with Pittsburgh taking the lead in the first as they pummeled Washington for 7 runs on 7 hits. That early run support was enough for Billy Pierce(12-7) and Pittsburgh. Washington was out-hit by Pittsburgh, 14 hits to 8. Eddie Erautt earned his 13th save. The loss was charged to Buddy Lively(5-5). He allowed 4 homeruns in 5 and 1/3 innings of work. SCORESHEET: 1949 Washington Nationals at 1949 Pittsburgh Pirates D.Dimagg-A1 A1:F/7 B1:G-DP/4 C1:G/63 D1:Si>13 E1:G-DP/6 63>1o 43>1o R.Boone-A1 A2:F/9 *4*:W>b1 *6*:Si D2:HBP>12 V.Stephe-D3 J.Dimagg-A1 A3:P/6 B3:Do>1# C3:Si>12 D3:P/6 J.Lindel-A1 *2*:E/6 B4:Si>23 C4:G-DP/6 *8*:F/9 43>23 1o B.Doerr-A1 A5:WP>12 B5:G-DP/4 C5:F/7 D5:F/9 G/63 63>3# 1o B.Johnso-A1 A6:K B6:Do *7*:G/63 D6:W>b1 B.Rigney-A1 A7:F/8 B7:K C7:W>b1 D7:F/7 J.Hegan-A1 *3*:K *5*:G/63 C8:Si>13 *9*:K B.Lively-A1 A9:W>b1 B9:G/43 C9:SF/9>3 D9:Si H.Wehmei-C6 # D.Mitche-A1 A1:Si B1:F/7 C1:G/43 D1:Si>2# *8*:G/53 R.Schoen-A1 A2:Do>13 *2*:F/9 C2:Do D2:Si>23 E2:G/13 B.Thomso-A1 A3:HR>3# B3:K C3:G/43 D3:Si>3# E3:G/53 2# b# 13 Y.Berra-A1 A4:G/13 B4:HBP *5*:HR>b# D4:SF/8>3 S.Lopata-B5 # H.Sauer-A1 A5:Do B5:P/3 C5:P/6 D5:Si>13 H.Evers-D5 M.Vernon-A1 A6:HR>2# *3*:F/7 C6:F/7 D6:F/8 b# W.Jones-A1 A7:Si B7:W>b1 C7:G/53 *7*:F/8 B.Pierce-A1 A8:F/8 B8:G-DP/6 *6*:Do D8:FO/2 P.Reiser-C8 43>1o E.Erautt-D7 L.Applin-A1 A9:HR>1# *4*:G/53 C9:F/8 D9:G/63 b#