BOXSCORE: 1950 Washington Nationals At 1950 Pittsburgh Pirates 9/8/1950 Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG I.Noren CF 5 0 2 0 .273 D.Mitchell LF 4 0 2 0 .322 R.Boone SS 4 1 0 0 .248 D.Kolloway 2B 4 0 1 0 .237 B.Doerr 2B 4 0 0 0 .273 M.Batts C 4 0 2 0 .293 P.Cavarretta RF 3 0 2 0 .231 H.Sauer 1B 3 2 1 0 .265 J.Garagiola C 3 0 2 1 .231 W.Jones 3B 3 1 1 1 .256 R.Sievers LF 4 0 0 0 .166 H.Thompson RF 3 1 2 1 .283 J.Mize 1B 4 1 2 1 .299 A.Dark SS 4 0 2 2 .273 H.Majeski 3B 4 0 0 0 .287 B.Thomson CF 2 0 0 0 .246 W.Spahn P 4 0 3 0 .219 E.Blackwell P 3 0 0 0 .091 E.Kinder P 0 0 0 0 .056 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 35 2 11 2 Totals 30 4 11 4 Nationals....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 2 11 0 Pirates......... 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 - 4 11 0 Nationals (70-77) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET W.Spahn LOSS(14-12) 8 11 4 4 4 1 0 134 4.18 A1 Totals 8 11 4 4 4 1 0 Pirates (71-79) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET E.Blackwell WIN(19-9) 7 1/3 8 1 1 3 3 0 113 3.04 A1 D5 E.Kinder SAVE(7th) 1 2/3 3 1 1 0 0 1 19 2.76 D6 Totals 9 11 2 2 3 3 1 ATTENDANCE- 4,930 DATE- Wednesday, September 8th 1950 TIME- Day T- 2:24 LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 9 Pirates: 6 DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 3 Pirates: 1 DOUBLES- J.Garagiola(3rd), J.Mize(7th), M.Batts(4th), A.Dark(20th) TRIPLES- H.Sauer(1st) HOME RUNS- J.Mize(18th) RBIs- J.Garagiola(3rd), J.Mize(40th), W.Jones(57th), H.Thompson(22nd), A.Dark-2(48th) WALKS- R.Boone, P.Cavarretta, J.Garagiola, H.Sauer, W.Jones, H.Thompson, B.Thomson STRIKE OUTS- R.Boone, B.Doerr, J.Mize, M.Batts GIDP- R.Sievers, D.Kolloway-2, B.Thomson RLISP 2-out- J.Mize-2, B.Thomson, R.Sievers, E.Blackwell, I.Noren, R.Boone TEAM RISP- Nationals: 2 for 10 Pirates: 3 for 5 Al Dark had 2 base hits and 2 RBI at Forbes Field where the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Washington Nationals 4 to 2. Ewell Blackwell(19-9) had a solid outing for Pittsburgh. He allowed 8 hits and 3 walks in 7 and 1/3 innings. Washington threatened in the 9th but their rally came up short. Blackwell was helped out by Ellis Kinder who recorded his 7th save. Warren Spahn(14-12) was the loser. He got hit hard, allowing 11 hits and 4 walks in 8 innings. 'I didn't have my best stuff but sometimes you just get lucky,' Blackwell said, 'this was one of those times.' SCORESHEET: 1950 Washington Nationals at 1950 Pittsburgh Pirates I.Noren-A1 A1:F/8 B1:Si C1:Force/ D1:F/9 E1:Si>1o 36>1o b1 R.Boone-A1 A2:F/8 B2:F/9 C2:K *8*:W>b1 E2:F/7 B.Doerr-A1 A3:F/7 *4*:P/5 *6*:F/7 D3:K P.Cavarr-A1 *2*:Si B4:W>b1 C4:G/53 D4:Si>12 J.Garagi-A1 A5:F/9 B5:W>12 b C5:Do D5:Si>2# 1 13 R.Siever-A1 A6:G/43>1 B6:P/5 C6:F/8 D6:G-DP/5 2 43>1o J.Mize-A1 A7:L/4 B7:K *7*:Do *9*:HR>b# H.Majesk-A1 *3*:G/63 *5*:G/13 C8:L/6 D8:G/53 W.Spahn-A1 A9:FO/2 B9:Si C9:Si>2o D9:Si D.Mitche-A1 A1:Si B1:P/4 *5*:P/4 *7*:Si D.Kollow-A1 A2:G-DP/5 B2:Si C2:L/4 D2:G-DP/5 43>1o 43>1o M.Batts-A1 A3:Si B3:Do>1o C3:F/7 D3:K H.Sauer-A1 A4:F/8 *4*:W>b1 *6*:Tr *8*:L/4 W.Jones-A1 *2*:G/43 B5:W>12 b C5:Si>3# D5:G/63 1 H.Thomps-A1 A6:Si B6:Si>2# C6:L/6 D6:W>b1 13 A.Dark-A1 A7:Do B7:Si>3# C7:Force/ D7:F/7 2# 64>1o b1 B.Thomso-A1 A8:F/7 B8:G-DP/6 C8:W>12 b 43>1o 1 E.Blackw-A1 *3*:G/43 B9:G/53 C9:F/7 E.Kinder-D4