Cincinnati Reds vs Brooklyn Dodgers
May 5, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1949 at Ebbets Field. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Cincinnati Reds 5, Brooklyn Dodgers 7
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Hatton 3b 3 0 1 0
Kress 1b 3 0 0 1
  Adams ph 1 0 0 0
Wyrostek cf 5 0 0 0
Litwhiler rf 4 1 1 0
Sauer lf 4 2 2 2
Bloodworth 2b 3 1 1 0
Stallcup ss 4 1 3 2
Howell c 4 0 0 0
Wehmeier p 2 0 0 0
  Gumbert p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Reese ss 4 0 0 0
Hermanski lf 4 1 3 0
Snider cf 4 0 0 0
Robinson 2b 4 2 2 0
Campanella c 3 1 0 1
Cox 3b 4 2 2 4
Hodges 1b 4 1 1 2
Furillo rf 2 0 0 0
Banta p 1 0 0 0
  Podbielan p 0 0 0 0
  Rackley ph 1 0 0 0
  Martin p 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 8 7
Cincinnati 000 300 020–581
Brooklyn 000 004 03x–780
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Wehmeier   5.2 6 4 4 2 0
  Gumbert  L(1-1) 2.1 2 3 3 1 1
Totals
8.0
8
7
7
3
1
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Banta   3.2 5 3 3 4 3
  Podbielan   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Martin  W(1-1) 4.0 3 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
4
5
  E–Wehmeier (1).  2B–Cincinnati Litwhiler (3); Sauer (1), Brooklyn Hermanski (1); Robinson (2).  HR–Cincinnati Sauer (2,4th inning off Banta 1 on 0 out); Stallcup (1,8th inning off Martin 1 on 1 out), Brooklyn Cox (1,8th inning off Gumbert 2 on 0 out); Hodges (1,6th inning off Wehmeier 1 on 2 out).  SH–Wehmeier (1).  Team LOB–7.  Team–5.  SB–Hatton (1).  U–Lee Ballanfant, Al Barlick, George Barr.
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