Red Sox @ Browns
August 23, 1949

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Top 9 R H E
Red Sox 4 10 1
Browns 5 8 0
Top 9 R H E
Red Sox 4 10 1
Browns 5 8 0

Merl Combs Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .200
OBP .500 .429
At Bats 4 20
Hits 2 4
• Singles 2 4
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 8
RBI’s 0 1

Al Papai Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 5 0
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Sportsman's Park - August 23, 1949
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Out
Al Papai
Les Moss
Jack Graham
Jerry Priddy
Bob Dillinger
John Sullivan
Stan Spence
Roy Sievers
Dick Kokos
Merl Combs

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Boston Red Sox 4 10 1 12
St. Louis Browns 5 8 0 10
Winning Pitcher Al Papai
Losing Pitcher Chuck Stobbs
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Jack Graham
Attendance 6,659
Time of Game 2 hours 31 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Combs hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Tebbetts strikes out.
Top 9 Doerr hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 8 Kokos strikes out.
Bottom 8 Spence hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Dillinger hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Tex Hughson now pitching. Papai strikes out.
Top 8 Stephens hits a fly ball into center field. Sievers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Williams takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Zarilla hits a ball on the ground towards first. Graham scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Zarilla for the out. DiMaggio moves to second.
Top 8 DiMaggio takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Tommy O'Brien pinch hits for Chuck Stobbs. O'Brien hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 7 Sullivan strikes out.
Bottom 7 Moss takes first base on ball four. Priddy moves to second.
Bottom 7 Priddy hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Sievers hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 7 Graham hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 7 Kokos bunts towards third. Combs fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Spence hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Hitchcock hits a fly ball into center field. Sievers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Combs hits a fly ball into center field. Sievers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Tebbetts bunts for an out with unknown description. Doerr moves to second.
Top 7 Doerr hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Dillinger hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Doerr reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Papai strikes out.
Bottom 6 Chuck Stobbs now pitching. Sullivan hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 6 Al Papai now pitching. Stephens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sullivan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. DiMaggio scores. Zarilla moves to second.
Top 6 Zarilla takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 There's a wild pitch. DiMaggio moves to second.
Top 6 Dick Starr now pitching. DiMaggio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hitchcock scores.
Top 6 Stringer hits a fly ball into left field. Spence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Lou Stringer pinch hits for Joe Dobson. The umpire calls a balk on Drews Tebbetts scores. Hitchcock moves to second.
Top 6 Hitchcock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sullivan fields it and throws to second for the out. Doerr scores. Tebbetts moves to third.
Top 6 Combs hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Doerr moves to third. Tebbetts moves to second.
Top 6 Tebbetts takes first base on ball four. Doerr moves to second.
Top 6 Doerr hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Moss hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 The umpire calls a balk on Dobson Priddy moves to second.
Bottom 5 Priddy hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Sievers hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Graham hits a popup, foul, towards third. Combs settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Stephens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sullivan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Williams strikes out. There goes Zarilla. The throw from Moss to second, and Zarilla is out.
Top 5 Zarilla hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Kokos is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 There goes Dillinger. The throw from Tebbetts and he is safe. Dillinger steals second.
Bottom 4 Spence hits a fly ball into right field. Zarilla settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Dillinger takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Drews hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 DiMaggio hits a fly ball into left field. Spence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Dobson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Hitchcock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Priddy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Combs hits a fly ball into right field. Kokos settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Sullivan hits a fly ball into right field. Zarilla settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Moss hits a popup towards short. Stephens settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Priddy is walked intentionally.
Bottom 3 Sievers hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Kokos moves to third. Sievers moves to second.
Bottom 3 Graham strikes out.
Bottom 3 Kokos hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hitchcock juggles the ball. That's an error on Hitchcock. Spence scores.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Spence moves to third.
Bottom 3 Spence hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Spence reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Tebbetts hits a fly ball into center field. Sievers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Doerr takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Stephens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sullivan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Spence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Dillinger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephens scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Drews hits a line drive towards short. Stephens reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephens scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Zarilla hits a fly ball into right field. Kokos settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 DiMaggio hits a fly ball into left field. Spence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Dobson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Combs moves to second.
Top 2 Hitchcock hits a fly ball into center field. Sievers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Combs hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Moss hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephens fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Priddy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hitchcock fields it and throws to second for the out. Kokos scores. Graham moves to third.
Bottom 1 Sievers takes first base on ball four. Kokos moves to third. Graham moves to second.
Bottom 1 Graham takes first base on ball four. Kokos moves to second.
Bottom 1 Kokos hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dillinger scores.
Bottom 1 Spence bunts towards third. Combs fields it and throws to first for the out. Dillinger moves to second.
Bottom 1 Dillinger takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Tebbetts hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Sullivan fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 1 Doerr hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Priddy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Stephens takes first base on ball four. Zarilla moves to third. Williams moves to second.
Top 1 Williams takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Zarilla hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Sievers. Zarilla reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sullivan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.