Reds @ Dodgers
May 3, 1949

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Top 9 R H E
Reds 0 6 0
Dodgers 3 12 1
Top 9 R H E
Reds 0 6 0
Dodgers 3 12 1

Lloyd Merriman Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .353
OBP .500 .389
At Bats 3 17
Hits 1 6
• Singles 1 3
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 1 1
RBI’s 0 1

Ralph Branca Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 0 0
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Ebbets Field - May 3, 1949
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Strikeout
Ralph Branca
Roy Campanella
Gil Hodges
Jackie Robinson
Billy Cox
Pee Wee Reese
Gene Hermanski
Duke Snider
Carl Furillo
Lloyd Merriman
Grady Hatton

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cincinnati Reds 0 6 0 12
Brooklyn Dodgers 3 12 1 10
Winning Pitcher Ralph Branca
Losing Pitcher Ken Raffensberger
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Roy Campanella
Attendance 6,883
Time of Game 2 hours 20 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Merriman strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Wyrostek hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Hatton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Bobby Adams pinch hits for Eddie Erautt. Adams strikes out.
Bottom 8 Reese hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Litwhiler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Branca hits a ball on the ground towards second. Stallcup fields it and tags Hodges, for the out. Branca moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 8 Furillo bunts towards third. Hatton fields it and throws to first for the out. Hodges moves to second.
Bottom 8 Johnny Pramesa now catching. Hodges hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Frank Baumholtz pinch hits for Ray Mueller. Baumholtz hits a popup towards short. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Stallcup strikes out.
Top 8 Bloodworth strikes out.
Bottom 7 Cox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stallcup scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Campanella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Robinson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Snider hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops it up and throws to first, with Erautt covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Hermanski hits a fly ball into right field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Kluszewski hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Litwhiler hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to second for the out. Wyrostek moves to third.
Top 7 Merriman takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Wyrostek hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Furillo. Wyrostek reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Hatton hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stallcup fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Branca hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Furillo moves to second.
Bottom 6 Furillo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stallcup fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Cox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stallcup fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Erautt hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Stallcup hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Campanella hits a line drive into left field. Litwhiler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Robinson hits a fly ball into left field. Litwhiler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Snider hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Hermanski hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Mueller settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bloodworth hits a fly ball into left field. Hermanski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Kluszewski takes first base on ball four. Hatton moves to third. Wyrostek moves to second.
Top 5 Litwhiler strikes out.
Top 5 Merriman hits a fly ball into left field. Hermanski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Wyrostek takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Campanella fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Campanella. Hatton moves to second.
Top 5 Hatton takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Reese hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Mueller settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Branca hits a fly ball into left field. Litwhiler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stallcup scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Erautt hits a fly ball into left field. Hermanski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Mueller strikes out.
Top 4 Stallcup hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Campanella fields it and throws to first for the out. Bloodworth moves to second.
Top 4 Bloodworth hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Hodges hits a fly ball into left field. Litwhiler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Cox hits a fly ball into center field. Merriman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Campanella hits a fly ball into right field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Litwhiler strikes out.
Top 3 Gene Hermanski now playing left field. Merriman bunts towards the right side of the infield. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stallcup fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Snider strikes out.
Bottom 2 Hermanski takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Eddie Erautt now pitching. Gene Hermanski pinch hits for Mike McCormick. There's a wild pitch. Reese moves to second.
Bottom 2 Reese hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Furillo moves to third.
Bottom 2 Branca bunts towards the mound. Raffensberger fields it and throws to first for the out. Furillo moves to second.
Bottom 2 Furillo hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Wyrostek hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops it up and throws to first, with Branca covering, for the out.
Top 2 Hatton takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Raffensberger bunts towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out. Bloodworth moves to third. Stallcup moves to second.
Top 2 Mueller hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Stallcup takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 There's a wild pitch. Bloodworth moves to second.
Top 2 Bloodworth hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Cox hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Snider scores. Campanella moves to second.
Bottom 1 Campanella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Reese scores. Snider moves to third.
Bottom 1 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Reese moves to third.
Bottom 1 Snider hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Reese moves to second.
Bottom 1 McCormick hits a popup towards third. Hatton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Reese takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Kluszewski hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Litwhiler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields it and throws to second for the out. Wyrostek moves to third.
Top 1 Merriman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Wyrostek moves to second.
Top 1 Wyrostek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Hatton hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.