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Giants 6 @ Braves 10
Braves Field
August 18, 1949

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Braves and the New York Giants, played on August 18, 1949 at Braves Field. The home team Braves beat the visiting Giants with a score of 10 to 6.

Game Summary

DateAugust 18, 1949 
Visiting Team
New York Giants
R: 6 H: 12 E: 1 LOB: 9
Runs: 6
Hits: 12
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Boston Braves
R: 10 H: 12 E: 0 LOB: 7
Runs: 10
Hits: 12
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherJohnny Sain  
Losing PitcherLarry Jansen  
SaveBill Voiselle  
Game Winning RBIBob Elliott 

Game Info

DateAugust 18, 1949 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Giants 
Home TeamBoston Braves 
Visiting Starting PitcherLarry Jansen  
Home Starting PitcherJohnny Sain  
BallparkBraves Field 
CityBoston 
StateMA 
Attendance5,603 
Time of Game2 hours 17 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Lee Ballanfant
1B: Al Barlick
2B: (none)
3B: George Barr

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Hank Thompson  Second Baseman 
Whitey Lockman  Left Fielder 
Bobby Thomson  Center Fielder 
Johnny Mize  First Baseman 
Willard Marshall  Right Fielder 
Sid Gordon  Third Baseman 
Bill Rigney  Shortstop 
Wes Westrum  Catcher 
Larry Jansen  Pitcher 
Leo Durocher  Manager 

Boston Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Eddie Stanky  Second Baseman 
Elbie Fletcher  First Baseman 
Jim Russell  Center Fielder 
Bob Elliott  Third Baseman 
Jeff Heath  Left Fielder 
Tommy Holmes  Right Fielder 
Al Dark  Shortstop 
Bill Salkeld  Catcher 
Johnny Sain  Pitcher 
Johnny Cooney  Manager 

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Giants 6 @ Braves 10
Braves Field
August 18, 1949

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/18/1949 -- New York at Boston (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Boston             AB  R  H RBI
Thompson H, 2b        4  0  2  1   Stanky E, 2b          4  1  2  1   
Lockman W, lf         5  0  0  0   Fletcher E, 1b        3  1  1  2   
Thomson B, cf         5  1  1  0   Russell J, cf         5  1  1  1   
Mize J, 1b            4  1  1  0   Elliott B, 3b         4  2  3  1   
Marshall W, rf        5  2  2  0   Heath J, lf           4  1  2  1   
Gordon S, 3b          4  1  1  1   Sauer E, lf           0  0  0  0   
Rigney B, ss          4  0  2  3   Holmes T, rf          4  1  0  0   
Westrum W, c          4  1  1  0   Dark A, ss            3  1  1  0   
Jansen L, p           1  0  0  0   Salkeld B, c          4  0  1  2   
Higbe K, p            0  0  0  0   Sain J, p             4  2  1  0   
Irvin M, ph           1  0  0  0   Voiselle B, p         0  0  0  0   
Hansen A, p           0  0  0  0                                      
Behrman H, p          0  0  0  0                                      
Koslo D, ph           1  0  1  0                                      
Jones S, p            0  0  0  0                                      
Lafata J, ph          1  0  1  1                                      
Zabala A, p           0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     39  6 12  6                        35 10 12  8

New York         001 002 030 --  6
Boston           023 221 00x -- 10

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Jansen L (L)*         2.0  5  5  5  0  2
Higbe K               2.0  1  2  0  2  1
Hansen A              0.1  3  2  2  1  0
Behrman H             1.2  2  1  1  1  0
Jones S               1.0  0  0  0  0  0
Zabala A              1.0  1  0  0  1  1

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Sain J (W)            7.2 11  6  6  3  2
Voiselle B (S)        1.1  1  0  0  0  1
  * Pitched to 3 batters in 3rd

E -- Rigney B
DP -- New York 1
LOB -- New York 9, Boston 7
2B -- Westrum W, Sain J, Stanky E, Dark A, Gordon S
HR -- Elliott B, Heath J, Fletcher E, Russell J
SB -- Dark A
SH -- Fletcher E
WP -- Higbe K, Hansen A
T -- 2:17
A -- 5603

    

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