Braves @ Cardinals
June 9, 1948

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Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 11 15 1
Cardinals 5 11 4
Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 11 15 1
Cardinals 5 11 4

Nippy Jones Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .216
OBP .250 .294
At Bats 3 153
Hits 0 33
• Singles 0 24
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 1 17
RBI’s 0 28

Warren Spahn Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 3 0
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Sportsman's Park - June 9, 1948
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Out
Warren Spahn
Phil Masi
Earl Torgeson
Eddie Stanky
Bob Elliott
Sibby Sisti
Jeff Heath
Jim Russell
Tommy Holmes
Nippy Jones
Enos Slaughter
Whitey Kurowski

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Boston Braves 11 15 1 11
St. Louis Cardinals 5 11 4 10
Winning Pitcher Warren Spahn
Losing Pitcher Howie Pollet
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Earl Torgeson
Attendance 14,234
Time of Game 2 hours 53 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Spahn fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Slaughter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Schoendienst scores. Kurowski moves to third.
Bottom 9 Kurowski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sisti fields it and throws to second for the out. Schoendienst moves to third.
Bottom 9 Musial takes first base on ball four. Schoendienst moves to second.
Bottom 9 Schoendienst hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Dusak hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Elliott hits a line drive towards third. Kurowski reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Torgeson hits a popup towards short. Marion settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Holmes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Stanky hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Musial. Stanky reaches second base with a double. Spahn moves to third.
Top 9 Jim Hearn now pitching. Spahn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Don Lang pinch hits for Al Papai. Lang hits a popup, foul, towards first. Torgeson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Rice takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Marion hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Marion is thrown out after the base hit. Slaughter moves to second.
Bottom 8 Jones hits a line drive into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Slaughter hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Musial scores. Kurowski scores.
Bottom 8 Kurowski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sisti picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Sisti. Schoendienst scores. Musial moves to third. Kurowski moves to second.
Bottom 8 Musial takes first base on ball four. Schoendienst moves to second.
Bottom 8 Schoendienst hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Sisti hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Masi hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Russell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Holmes scores. Torgeson scores. Heath moves to second.
Top 8 Heath takes first base on ball four. Holmes moves to third. Torgeson moves to second.
Top 8 Elliott is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Torgeson takes first base on ball four. Holmes moves to second.
Top 8 Al Papai now pitching. Holmes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Dusak hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Masi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Joe Medwick pinch hits for Gerry Staley. Medwick hits a fly ball into right field. Holmes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Rice hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Stanky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Spahn bunts towards the mound. Staley fields it and throws to first for the out. Masi moves to second.
Top 7 Sisti hits a fly ball into center field. Dusak settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Russell scores.
Top 7 Masi hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Russell moves to third.
Top 7 Russell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Marion hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Jones takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Spahn fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Kurowski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Musial moves to second.
Bottom 6 Musial hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Heath hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 The ball gets by Rice for a passed ball. Holmes scores. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Holmes moves to third.
Top 6 Staley fires over to first and Jones drops the ball. That's an error on Jones. Holmes moves to second.
Top 6 Holmes hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Stanky scores. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Staley fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Staley. Stanky moves to third.
Top 6 Gerry Staley now pitching. Stanky hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Schoendienst hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Dusak hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Terry Moore pinch hits for Ken Burkhart. Moore hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Spahn fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Rice hits a popup towards first. Torgeson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Spahn hits a popup towards short. Marion settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Sisti hits a popup, foul, towards first. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Masi hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Dusak. Masi reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Russell hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kurowski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Marion hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Jones hits a popup, foul, towards first. Torgeson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Slaughter hits a line drive into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Heath hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burkhart fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Elliott hits a line drive towards first. Jones reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Kurowski hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Musial hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Schoendienst hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Dusak hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sisti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Holmes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Burkhart fires over to first and Jones drops the ball. That's an error on Jones. Stanky moves to third.
Top 3 Stanky hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Spahn hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Sisti hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Burkhart strikes out.
Bottom 2 Rice hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Marion hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Spahn fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Masi is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Russell hits a line drive into right field. Slaughter picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Slaughter. Holmes scores. Torgeson scores. Heath goes all the way around to score. Russell moves to second.
Top 2 Heath is walked intentionally.
Top 2 Ken Burkhart now pitching. Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burkhart fields it and throws to first for the out. Holmes moves to third. Torgeson moves to second.
Top 2 Torgeson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Spahn scores. Stanky scores. Holmes moves to second.
Top 2 Holmes takes first base on ball four. Spahn moves to third. Stanky moves to second.
Top 2 Stanky hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Spahn moves to second.
Top 2 Spahn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Masi scores.
Top 2 Sisti hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Masi moves to third.
Top 2 Masi hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Dusak. Masi reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Jones hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stanky settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Slaughter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Schoendienst scores. Musial moves to second.
Bottom 1 Kurowski hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Musial hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Schoendienst moves to second.
Bottom 1 Schoendienst takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Dusak hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kurowski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Heath takes first base on ball four. Torgeson moves to third. Elliott moves to second.
Top 1 Elliott takes first base on ball four. Torgeson moves to second.
Top 1 Torgeson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Holmes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Stanky hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.