St. Louis Browns vs Cleveland Indians
July 2, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 2, 1949 at Cleveland Stadium. The St. Louis Browns defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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St. Louis Browns 4, Cleveland Indians 2
St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Spence cf 5 0 1 1
Lehner lf 4 0 2 0
Priddy 2b 4 0 0 0
Kokos rf 3 0 1 0
Graham 1b 4 1 3 0
Lollar c 1 0 0 0
Anderson ss 2 1 0 0
Sullivan 3b 3 1 0 0
  Sievers ph,3b 1 1 1 3
Drews p 2 0 0 0
  Garver p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 8 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Mitchell lf 4 0 0 0
Boone ss 3 0 0 0
Vernon 1b 2 1 1 0
Doby cf 2 0 0 0
Gordon 2b 4 0 0 1
Boudreau 3b 4 0 2 1
  Avila pr 0 0 0 0
Kennedy rf 4 0 0 0
Hegan c 3 1 1 0
Lemon p 3 0 0 0
  Garcia p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 4 2
St. Louis 001 000 003–480
Cleveland 000 000 002–242
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Drews  W(3-6) 8.1 3 2 2 3 0
  Garver   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
3
0
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Lemon  L(8-4) 8.1 8 4 3 4 6
  Garcia   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
3
4
6
  E–Boone 2 (12).  DP–St. Louis 1. Priddy-Anderson-Graham, Cleveland 3. Gordon-Boone-Vernon, Gordon-Boone-Vernon, Vernon-Boone-Vernon.  2B–St. Louis Lehner (5), Cleveland Hegan (7).  HR–St. Louis Sievers (5,9th inning off Lemon 2 on 1 out).  SH–Lollar 2 (2); Drews (1); Doby (4).  HBP–Kokos (1); Boone (2).  Team LOB–6.  Team–5.  SB–Vernon (6).  U–Eddie Rommel, Art Passarella, Jim Boyer.
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