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#