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Reds
@ Braves
Braves Field
July 18, 1949
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Braves and the Cincinnati Reds, played on July 18, 1949 at Braves Field.
Game Summary
| Date | July 18, 1949 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cincinnati Reds
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| Home Team |
Boston Braves
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 18, 1949 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Home Team | Boston Braves |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ewell Blackwell |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Vern Bickford |
| Ballpark | Braves Field |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | 5,052 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 2 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: George Barr 1B: Lee Ballanfant 2B: (none) 3B: Al Barlick |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Harry Walker | Right Fielder |
| Peanuts Lowrey | Left Fielder |
| Grady Hatton | Third Baseman |
| Johnny Wyrostek | Center Fielder |
| Virgil Stallcup | Shortstop |
| Ted Kluszewski | First Baseman |
| Bobby Adams | Second Baseman |
| Dixie Howell | Catcher |
| Ewell Blackwell | Pitcher |
| Bucky Walters | Manager |
Boston Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Eddie Stanky | Second Baseman |
| Elbie Fletcher | First Baseman |
| Pete Reiser | Center Fielder |
| Bob Elliott | Third Baseman |
| Jeff Heath | Left Fielder |
| Tommy Holmes | Right Fielder |
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Mickey Livingston | Catcher |
| Vern Bickford | Pitcher |
| Billy Southworth | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Reds
@ Braves
Braves Field
July 18, 1949
Top 1
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Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Bickford
Walker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lowrey vs. Bickford
Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Walker moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hatton vs. Bickford
Hatton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bickford fields it and throws to first for the out. Walker moves to third. Lowrey moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Wyrostek vs. Bickford
Wyrostek is walked intentionally. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Stallcup vs. Bickford
Stallcup hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 1
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Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Blackwell
Stanky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Adams scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Blackwell
Fletcher strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reiser vs. Blackwell
Reiser hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hatton settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluszewski vs. Bickford
Kluszewski hits a popup into right center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adams vs. Bickford
Adams strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howell vs. Bickford
Howell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bickford fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Blackwell
Elliott strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Blackwell
Heath takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Holmes vs. Blackwell
Holmes hits a fly ball into left field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Blackwell
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Adams scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blackwell vs. Bickford
Blackwell hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Bickford
Walker hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Livingston settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lowrey vs. Bickford
Lowrey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Blackwell moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hatton vs. Bickford
Hatton hits a fly ball into center field. Reiser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wyrostek vs. Bickford
Wyrostek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Blackwell scores. Lowrey moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Stallcup vs. Bickford
Stallcup hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Holmes. Stallcup reaches second base with a double. Lowrey scores. Wyrostek goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kluszewski vs. Bickford
Kluszewski hits a popup into right field for a base hit. Stallcup scores. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adams vs. Bickford
There goes Kluszewski. The throw from Livingston and he is safe. Kluszewski steals second. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Adams vs. Bickford
Adams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kluszewski scores. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howell vs. Elliott
Glenn Elliott now pitching.
There goes Adams. The throw from Livingston and he is safe. Adams steals second. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Howell vs. Elliott
Howell hits a fly ball into center field. Reiser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Reds, 5 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Livingston vs. Blackwell
Livingston hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Adams scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Blackwell
Elliott hits a line drive towards third. Hatton reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Blackwell
Stanky hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Blackwell, and towards Stallcup, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Reds, 5 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blackwell vs. Elliott
Blackwell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Elliott
Walker hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lowrey vs. Elliott
Lowrey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Blackwell moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hatton vs. Elliott
Hatton hits a fly ball into right field. Holmes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wyrostek vs. Elliott
Wyrostek hits a fly ball into center field. Reiser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Reds, 5 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Blackwell
Fletcher hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kluszewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reiser vs. Blackwell
Reiser hits a fly ball into left field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Blackwell
Elliott takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heath vs. Blackwell
The ball gets by Howell for a passed ball. Elliott moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Heath vs. Blackwell
Heath hits a fly ball into left field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Reds, 5 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stallcup vs. Elliott
Stallcup hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kluszewski vs. Elliott
Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adams vs. Elliott
Adams hits a fly ball into center field. Reiser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howell vs. Elliott
Howell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Reds, 5 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Holmes vs. Blackwell
Holmes hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Blackwell
Dark hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Livingston vs. Erautt
Eddie Erautt now pitching.
Livingston hits a fly ball into left field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rickert vs. Erautt
Marv Rickert pinch hits for Glenn Elliott.
Rickert strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stanky vs. Erautt
Stanky hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dark moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Fletcher vs. Erautt
Fletcher hits a line drive into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Reds, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Erautt vs. Barrett
Red Barrett now pitching.
Erautt hits a line drive into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Barrett
Walker hits a fly ball into right field. Holmes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lowrey vs. Barrett
Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Reds, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reiser vs. Erautt
Reiser hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Reiser for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Erautt
Elliott hits a fly ball into center field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Erautt
Heath takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Holmes vs. Erautt
Holmes hits a fly ball into center field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Reds, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hatton vs. Barrett
Hatton hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wyrostek vs. Barrett
Wyrostek is called out on strikes. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stallcup vs. Barrett
Stallcup hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Reds, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Erautt
Dark is called out on strikes. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Livingston vs. Erautt
Livingston hits a fly ball into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barrett vs. Erautt
Barrett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stallcup scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Reds, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluszewski vs. Barrett
Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kluszewski for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Barrett
Adams strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howell vs. Barrett
Howell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Barrett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Reds, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Erautt
Stanky hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Adams settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Erautt
Fletcher hits a fly ball towards right. Walker settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Walker. Fletcher moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Reiser vs. Erautt
Reiser hits a fly ball into center field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Elliott vs. Erautt
Elliott hits a fly ball into center field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Reds, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Erautt vs. Barrett
Erautt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Barrett
Walker hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Heath. Walker reaches second base with a double. Erautt moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Lowrey vs. Barrett
Lowrey hits a fly ball towards cemter. Reiser catches it and throws to third to double up Erautt. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hatton vs. Barrett
Hatton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wyrostek vs. Barrett
Wyrostek hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Heath. Wyrostek reaches second base with a double. Walker scores. Hatton moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Stallcup vs. Barrett
Stallcup hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Reds, 6 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Erautt
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops it up and throws to first, with Erautt covering, for the out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Holmes vs. Erautt
Holmes hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Holmes for the out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Erautt
Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/18/1949 -- Cincinnati at Boston (D)
Cincinnati AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Walker H, rf 5 1 2 0 Stanky E, 2b 4 0 1 0
Lowrey P, lf 5 1 3 0 Fletcher E, 1b 4 0 0 0
Hatton G, 3b 4 0 0 0 Reiser P, cf 4 0 0 0
Wyrostek J, cf 4 1 2 2 Elliott B, 3b 3 0 0 0
Stallcup V, ss 5 1 2 2 Heath J, lf 2 0 0 0
Kluszewski T, 1b 4 1 2 1 Holmes T, rf 4 1 1 1
Adams B, 2b 4 0 1 1 Dark A, ss 4 0 1 0
Howell D, c 4 0 0 0 Livingston M, c 3 0 0 0
Blackwell E, p 2 1 2 0 Bickford V, p 0 0 0 0
Erautt E, p 2 0 1 0 Elliott G, p 1 0 0 0
Rickert M, ph 1 0 0 0
Barrett R, p 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
39 6 15 6 31 1 3 1
Cincinnati 005 000 001 -- 6
Boston 000 010 000 -- 1
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Blackwell E (W)* 4.0 2 1 1 2 2
Erautt E (S) 5.0 1 0 0 1 2
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Bickford V (L) 2.2 9 5 5 1 1
Elliott G 2.1 3 0 0 0 0
Barrett R 4.0 3 1 1 1 2
* Pitched to 2 batters in 5th
E -- Walker H
DP -- Boston 3
LOB -- Cincinnati 8, Boston 6
2B -- Stallcup V, Walker H, Wyrostek J
HR -- Holmes T
SB -- Kluszewski T, Adams B
PB -- Howell D
T -- 2:02
A -- 5052
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