BOXSCORE: 1948 Cleveland Indians At 1948 Pittsburgh Pirates 9/19/1948 Indians AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG A.Pafko 3B 1 0 0 0 .258 D.Mitchell RF 5 1 2 0 .354 E.Joost SS 4 0 0 0 .243 S.Rojek SS 3 2 0 0 .252 E.Stanky 2B 1 0 1 0 .335 Y.Berra C 3 1 1 0 .238 A-D.Kolloway PR,2B 1 0 0 0 .200 H.Sauer LF 2 0 0 1 .214 T.Henrich LF 3 0 0 0 .270 M.Vernon 1B 3 2 3 4 .226 B.Edwards 1B 4 0 1 0 .429 B.Johnson 3B 3 0 2 1 .304 G.Hodges C 4 0 0 0 .220 H.Evers CF 4 0 0 0 .297 S.Chapman CF 3 0 0 0 .214 R.Schoendienst 2B 4 0 1 0 .260 B.Kennedy RF 4 0 2 0 .302 E.Lopat P 4 0 0 0 .069 B.Lemon P 3 0 2 0 .186 B-J.Pesky PH 1 0 0 0 .234 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 29 0 6 0 Totals 31 6 9 6 A-Pinch Ran For Stanky In 6th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Lemon In 9th Inning INJURY: Eddie Stanky INJURED (for 0 more games) in 6th inning Indians......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 3 Pirates......... 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 - 6 9 1 Indians (67-79) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET B.Lemon LOSS(12-17) 8 9 6 4 5 4 1 137 3.21 A1 Totals 8 9 6 4 5 4 1 Pirates (50-90) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET E.Lopat WIN(8-12) 9 6 0 0 7 1 0 145 4.90 A1 Totals 9 6 0 0 7 1 0 ATTENDANCE- 10,118 DATE- Sunday, September 19th 1948 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average T- 2:11 LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 9 Pirates: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 1 Pirates: 5 ERRORS- B.Edwards, S.Chapman, B.Lemon, R.Schoendienst DOUBLES- D.Mitchell(36th), Y.Berra(19th), B.Johnson(19th) TRIPLES- R.Schoendienst(3rd) HOME RUNS- M.Vernon(5th) RBIs- H.Sauer(63rd), M.Vernon-4(31st), B.Johnson(46th) SACRIFICE FLIES- H.Sauer WALKS- A.Pafko-3, E.Stanky-2, T.Henrich, S.Chapman, S.Rojek, Y.Berra, H.Sauer, M.Vernon, B.Johnson STRIKE OUTS- G.Hodges, B.Johnson, H.Evers, R.Schoendienst, E.Lopat GIDP- A.Pafko, E.Joost, B.Edwards-2, G.Hodges, H.Evers 2-out RBI- M.Vernon-3, B.Johnson RLISP 2-out- S.Rojek, H.Evers-2, G.Hodges, E.Joost-3 TEAM RISP- Indians: 0 for 4 Pirates: 2 for 9 Eddie Lopat tossed a complete game shutout as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Cleveland Indians by a score of 6 to 0 at Forbes Field. Mickey Vernon had a good evening at the plate. He smacked a three-run homer in the 1st inning, stroked a one-base hit in the 3rd inning and stroked a single which brought home a run in the 5th inning. Pittsburgh banged out 9 hits on the night. Lopat(8-12) was credited with the shutout, his first of the year. Bob Lemon(12-17) absorbed the loss. Pittsburgh now has a record of 50-90. Jim Murphy was unhappy with his club's recent performance. 'We can't keep losing games' he said. 'It gets to be embarrassing after a while.' SCORESHEET: 1948 Cleveland Indians at 1948 Pittsburgh Pirates A.Pafko-A1 A1:W>b1 B1:G-DP/6 C1:W>12 b D1:W>12 b 43>1o 1 1 E.Joost-A1 A2:G-DP/4 B2:F/7 C2:F/8 D2:F/8 63>1o E.Stanky-A1 A3:W>b1 *4*:W>b1 *6*:Si *8*:G/63 D.Kollow-C4 T.Henric-A1 A4:F/9 B4:W>12 b C4:P/2 D4:E/4 1 B.Edward-A1 *2*:Si B5:G-DP/6 C5:G-DP/6 D5:Force/ 43>23 1o 43>1o 36>1o b1 G.Hodges-A1 A6:G-DP/6 B6:K *7*:F/9 D6:G/53 43>1o S.Chapma-A1 A7:W>b1 *5*:G/31 C7:F/7 *9*:F/7 B.Kenned-A1 A8:F/8 B8:Si C8:Si D8:G/53 B.Lemon-A1 *3*:Si B9:Force/ C9:Si>13 D9:G/31 J.Pesky-D9 14>1o b1 D.Mitche-A1 A1:Si+E/3 B1:Do C1:F/8 D1:L/4 E1:L/4 S.Rojek-A1 A2:L/6 B2:G/53 *5*:E/1 *7*:W>b1 Y.Berra-A1 A3:W>b1 *3*:G/43 C3:F/8 D3:Do>13 H.Sauer-A1 A4:G/43>2 B4:G/63 C4:W>12 b D4:SF/8>3 3 12 1 # M.Vernon-A1 A5:HR>3# B5:Si C5:Si>2# D5:W>b1 2# b# 13 B.Johnso-A1 A6:Si B6:Do+E/8 C6:W>12 b D6:K >1# b3 1 H.Evers-A1 A7:K B7:G/63 C7:G-DP/5 D7:G/63 23>3o R.Schoen-A1 *2*:Tr *4*:G/13 *6*:K *8*:F/8 E.Lopat-A1 A9:G/43 B9:P/5 C9:G/31 D9:K