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Braves 3 @ Phillies 4
Shibe Park
April 21, 1948

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Boston Braves, played on April 21, 1948 at Shibe Park. The home team Phillies beat the visiting Braves with a score of 4 to 3.

Game Summary

DateApril 21, 1948 
Visiting Team
Boston Braves
R: 3 H: 12 E: 3 LOB: 11
Runs: 3
Hits: 12
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 11
Home Team
Philadelphia Phillies
R: 4 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 10
Runs: 4
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherEd Heusser  
Losing PitcherErnie White  
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Game Winning RBIGranny Hamner 

Game Info

DateApril 21, 1948 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamBoston Braves 
Home TeamPhiladelphia Phillies 
Visiting Starting PitcherBill Voiselle  
Home Starting PitcherSchoolboy Rowe  
BallparkShibe Park 
CityPhiladelphia 
StatePA 
Attendance4,720 
Time of Game3 hours 28 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Lee Ballanfant
1B: Al Barlick
2B: (none)
3B: George Barr

Boston Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Eddie Stanky  Second Baseman 
Jim Russell  Center Fielder 
Earl Torgeson  First Baseman 
Bob Elliott  Third Baseman 
Jeff Heath  Left Fielder 
Tommy Holmes  Right Fielder 
Bill Salkeld  Catcher 
Sibby Sisti  Shortstop 
Bill Voiselle  Pitcher 
Billy Southworth  Manager 

Philadelphia Phillies Lineup 

Name  Position 
Richie Ashburn  Left Fielder 
Emil Verban  Second Baseman 
Bert Haas  Third Baseman 
Dick Sisler  First Baseman 
Del Ennis  Right Fielder 
Harry Walker  Center Fielder 
Eddie Miller  Shortstop 
Andy Seminick  Catcher 
Schoolboy Rowe  Pitcher 
Ben Chapman  Manager 

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Braves 3 @ Phillies 4
Shibe Park
April 21, 1948

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 4/21/1948 -- Boston at Philadelphia (D)

  Boston             AB  R  H RBI    Philadelphia       AB  R  H RBI
Stanky E, 2b          6  0  0  0   Ashburn R, lf         6  0  3  0   
Russell J, cf         5  1  2  0   Verban E, 2b          5  0  1  0   
Torgeson E, 1b        6  0  2  1   Haas B, 3b            4  1  1  0   
Elliott B, 3b         5  0  2  0   Sisler D, 1b          5  0  0  0   
Heath J, lf           3  2  1  0   Ennis D, rf           4  0  0  0   
Litwhiler D, ph       1  0  0  0   Walker H, cf          5  1  0  0   
Conatser C, lf        1  0  0  0   Miller E, ss          3  0  2  0   
Holmes T, rf          5  0  2  0   Hamner G, pr-ss       2  0  0  1   
Salkeld B, c          3  0  1  1   Seminick A, c         5  1  1  2   
Dark A, pr-ss         2  0  1  0   Rowe S, p             3  0  0  0   
Sisti S, ss           3  0  0  0   Blatnik J, ph         0  1  0  0   
McCormick F, ph       1  0  1  1   Heintzelman K, p      1  0  0  0   
Masi P, pr-c          2  0  0  0   Heusser E, p          0  0  0  0   
Voiselle B, p         2  0  0  0                                      
McCormick M, ph       1  0  0  0                                      
White E, p            2  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     48  3 12  3                        43  4  8  3

Boston           010 000 011 000 0 --  3
Philadelphia     000 200 001 000 1 --  4
  2 outs when winning run was scored.

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Voiselle B            7.0  6  2  2  4  3
White E (L)           5.2  2  2  0  3  0

  Philadelphia         IP  H  R ER BB SO
Rowe S                9.0  9  3  3  3  6
Heintzelman K         3.2  3  0  0  1  1
Heusser E (W)         0.1  0  0  0  0  0

E -- Voiselle B, Elliott B, White E
DP -- Boston 2, Philadelphia 1
LOB -- Boston 11, Philadelphia 10
2B -- Heath J, Verban E, Russell J 2, Torgeson E
HR -- Seminick A
SB -- Torgeson E, Haas B, Walker H
SH -- Verban E, Holmes T, Sisler D
PB -- Salkeld B
T -- 3:28
A -- 4720

    

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