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Braves 8 @ Pirates 2
Forbes Field
May 21, 1949
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Boston Braves, played on May 21, 1949 at Forbes Field. The home team Pirates were bested by the visiting Braves with a score of 8 to 2.

Game Summary

DateMay 21, 1949 
Visiting Team
Boston Braves
R: 8 H: 13 E: 0 LOB: 12
Runs: 8
Hits: 13
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 12
Home Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 2 H: 7 E: 0 LOB: 5
Runs: 2
Hits: 7
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 5
Winning Pitcher—Warren Spahn  
Losing Pitcher—Murry Dickson  
Save—Bobby Hogue  
Game Winning RBI—Al Dark 

Game Info

DateMay 21, 1949 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamBoston Braves 
Home TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Visiting Starting PitcherWarren Spahn  
Home Starting PitcherMurry Dickson  
BallparkForbes Field 
CityPittsburgh 
StatePA 
Attendance16,724 
Time of Game2 hours 34 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill Stewart
1B: Jocko Conlan
2B: (none)
3B: Lon Warneke

Boston Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Eddie Stanky  Second Baseman 
Al Dark  Shortstop 
Pete Reiser  Left Fielder 
Bob Elliott  Third Baseman 
Jim Russell  Center Fielder 
Marv Rickert  First Baseman 
Tommy Holmes  Right Fielder 
Bill Salkeld  Catcher 
Warren Spahn  Pitcher 
Billy Southworth  Manager 

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Marv Rackley  Center Fielder 
Danny Murtaugh  Second Baseman 
Ed Stevens  First Baseman 
Ralph Kiner  Left Fielder 
Wally Westlake  Right Fielder 
Eddie Bockman  Third Baseman 
Stan Rojek  Shortstop 
Clyde McCullough  Catcher 
Murry Dickson  Pitcher 
Billy Meyer  Manager 

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Braves 8 @ Pirates 2
Forbes Field
May 21, 1949

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         Game of 5/21/1949 -- Boston at Pittsburgh (D)

  Boston             AB  R  H RBI    Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI
Stanky E, 2b          3  1  1  0   Rackley M, cf         3  0  0  0   
Dark A, ss            6  1  2  3   Murtaugh D, 2b        4  0  0  0   
Reiser P, lf          5  1  1  2   Stevens E, 1b         4  1  2  1   
Elliott B, 3b         4  0  1  0   Kiner R, lf           4  0  3  0   
Russell J, cf         5  0  1  0   Westlake W, rf        4  0  0  0   
Rickert M, 1b         4  2  3  0   Bockman E, 3b         4  1  2  1   
Holmes T, rf          3  0  0  0   Rojek S, ss           3  0  0  0   
Sisti S, pr           0  1  0  0   McCullough C, c       3  0  0  0   
Hogue B, p            0  0  0  0   Dickson M, p          3  0  0  0   
Salkeld B, c          3  0  1  0   Casey H, p            0  0  0  0   
Masi P, pr-c          1  1  1  1   Chambers C, p         0  0  0  0   
Spahn W, p            3  0  0  0                                      
Conatser C, ph-rf     2  1  2  2                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     39  8 13  8                        32  2  7  2

Boston           000 000 071 --  8
Pittsburgh       000 001 100 --  2

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Spahn W (W)           7.0  6  2  2  1  4
Hogue B (S)           2.0  1  0  0  0  1

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Dickson M (L)         7.1  8  4  4  6  0
Casey H*              0.0  2  3  3  1  0
Chambers C            1.2  3  1  1  0  0
  * Pitched to 3 batters in 8th

DP -- Boston 1
LOB -- Boston 12, Pittsburgh 5
2B -- Dark A
3B -- Rickert M
HR -- Stevens E, Bockman E, Reiser P
SH -- Rojek S, Hogue B
PB -- McCullough C
T -- 2:34
A -- 16724

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