BOXSCORE: 1949 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1949 Boston Red Sox 8/27/1949
Pirates AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG
D.Mitchell RF 4 1 1 1 .331 G.Kell 3B 5 0 2 2 .347
R.Schoendienst 2B 5 1 1 0 .249 S.Sisti SS 4 0 1 0 .167
B.Thomson CF 4 1 2 2 .287 F-L.Boudreau PH,SS 1 0 1 0 .270
Y.Berra C 5 0 2 1 .274 T.Williams LF 3 0 0 0 .379
H.Sauer LF 3 0 1 0 .296 W.Westlake CF 5 1 1 0 .296
C-H.Evers LF 1 0 0 0 .280 A.Zarilla RF 4 1 1 0 .279
M.Vernon 1B 5 1 2 0 .334 B.Tebbetts C 5 1 3 0 .258
P.Reiser 3B 4 1 2 0 .310 J.Gordon 2B 2 1 1 0 .241
D-W.Jones 3B 1 0 0 0 .231 E.Waitkus 1B 2 0 0 0 .271
B.Pierce P 3 0 1 0 .163 A-E.Fletcher PR,1B 2 0 0 0 .277
E.Blackwell P 0 0 0 0 ---- R.Branca P 1 0 0 0 .000
B-E.Kazak PH 1 0 0 0 .379 E-J.Hopp PH 1 0 0 0 .245
E.Erautt P 0 0 0 0 .000 N.Potter P 0 0 0 0 .000
G-S.Lopata PH 1 0 1 0 .238 H-B.Dillinger PH 1 0 1 2 .272
J.Page P 0 0 0 0 .000
L.Appling SS 4 0 1 1 .246
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Totals 41 5 14 5 Totals 36 4 11 4
A-Pinch Ran For Waitkus In 4th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Blackwell In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Sauer In 7th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Reiser In 7th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Branca In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Sisti In 8th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Erautt In 9th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Potter In 9th Inning
INJURY: Eddie Waitkus INJURED (for 0 more games) in 4th inning
Pirates......... 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 - 5 14 0
Red Sox......... 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 4 11 1
Pirates (45-61) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Pierce WIN(10-7) 5 6 2 2 4 2 0 98 4.63 A1 C7
E.Blackwell HOLD(2nd) 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 21 3.91 C8 D4
E.Erautt HOLD(8th) 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 33 3.76 D5 E3
J.Page SAVE(15th) 1 3 2 2 1 2 0 20 4.37 E4
Totals 9 11 4 4 7 7 0
Red Sox (54-60) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
R.Branca LOSS(2-4) 8 12 5 5 4 5 0 166 5.49 A1 E4
N.Potter 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 14 7.71 E5
Totals 9 14 5 5 4 6 0
ATTENDANCE- 18,077 DATE- Friday, August 27th 1949 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 2:26
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates:13 Red Sox:15
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 2 Red Sox: 1
ERRORS- J.Gordon
DOUBLES- B.Thomson(20th), H.Sauer(17th), A.Zarilla(27th), J.Gordon(14th)
TRIPLES- B.Thomson(10th)
RBIs- D.Mitchell(26th), B.Thomson-2(66th), Y.Berra(47th), L.Appling(27th),
G.Kell-2(39th), B.Dillinger-2(18th)
STOLEN BASES- B.Tebbetts(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- R.Branca
WALKS- D.Mitchell, B.Thomson, H.Sauer, L.Appling, G.Kell, T.Williams-2,
J.Gordon-2, E.Fletcher, R.Branca
HIT BY PITCH- A.Zarilla, J.Gordon
STRIKE OUTS- D.Mitchell, B.Thomson, M.Vernon, P.Reiser-2, W.Jones, G.Kell,
S.Sisti-2, T.Williams, A.Zarilla, B.Tebbetts, E.Fletcher
GIDP- H.Sauer, W.Westlake-2
2-out RBI- G.Kell-2, B.Thomson, B.Dillinger-2
RLISP 2-out- M.Vernon, S.Sisti-4, D.Mitchell-2, J.Gordon, Y.Berra-3,
W.Westlake-2, E.Fletcher, L.Appling, G.Kell
TEAM RISP- Pirates: 3 for 13 Red Sox: 2 for 17
Bobby Thomson collected 2 extra-base hits and had 2 RBI at Fenway Park as the
Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Boston Red Sox 5 to 4.
Billy Pierce(10-7) pitched okay, well enough for the win. He went 5 innings
allowing 6 hits and 4 walks. Boston tried unsuccessfully to come back in the
9th.
Joe Page recorded his 15th save. Ralph Branca(2-4) absorbed the loss. He got
hammered, allowing 12 hits and 4 walks in 8 innings.
'Some losses are harder to take than others' Allan Kaufman lamented after the
game. 'This was one of them.'
SCORESHEET: 1949 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1949 Boston Red Sox
D.Mitche-A1 A1:W>b1 B1:L/4 C1:K D1:Si>3# E1:FO/2
12
R.Schoen-A1 A2:G/3>12 *3*:L/4 *5*:E/4 D2:L/4 E2:Si
B.Thomso-A1 A3:Tr>2# B3:G/43 C3:K D3:W>23 1 E3:Do>1#
2 b1
Y.Berra-A1 A4:G/43>3 B4:Si C4:Si>13 D4:F/8 E4:G/3
#
H.Sauer-A1 A5:Do B5:L/4 C5:G-DP/3 *7*:W>b1 *9*:G/43
H.Evers-D9 63>1o
M.Vernon-A1 A6:L/4 *4*:G/43 *6*:Si D6:K E6:Si
P.Reiser-A1 *2*:K B7:Si C7:Si>13 D7:K E7:K
W.Jones-D9
B.Pierce-A1 A8:F/9 B8:Si>12 C8:G/63>1 D8:G/13 E8:Si>12
E.Blackw-D5 2
E.Kazak-D8+
L.Applin-A1 A9:W>b1 B9:G/43>2 C9:Si>3# *8*:F/7 E9:G/63
3 12 23
G.Kell-A1 A1:Si B1:Si>3# C1:W>23 1 D1:K E1:L/5 F1:F/7
2# 13 2 b1
S.Sisti-A1 A2:Si>12 B2:F/9 C2:K D2:K E2:Si
L.Boudre-E2
T.Willia-A1 A3:K *3*:G/3 *5*:W>b1 D3:W>23 1 E3:L/4
2 b1
W.Westla-A1 A4:G-DP/6 B4:F/8 C4:G-DP/5 D4:Force/ *9*:Si
43>1o 43>1o 64>1o b1
A.Zarill-A1 *2*:Do B5:G/31 C5:HBP *7*:G/63 E5:K
B.Tebbet-A1 A6:G/53 *4*:Si C6:Si>12 D6:K E6:Si>12
J.Gordon-A1 A7:HBP B7:SB>12 C7:G/31 D7:Do E7:W>23 1
W>b1 2 b1
E.Waitku-A1 A8:F/8 B8:Force/ *6*:W>b1 D8:F/9 E8:K
E.Fletch-B9 14>23 1o
b1
R.Branca-A1 A9:W>23 1 B9:FC/12> C9:Sac+FC *8*:F/8 E9:Si>3#
J.Hopp-D9 2 b1 3o 12 >12 b1 2# 13
N.Potter-E4+