Boston Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 1, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 1, 1949 at Sportsman's Park III. The Boston Braves defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Braves 8, St. Louis Cardinals 1

Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Stanky 2b 5 0 1 1
Fletcher 1b 4 2 1 0
Dark ss 3 1 0 0
Elliott 3b 4 3 2 2
Sauer cf 4 1 2 4
Holmes rf 5 1 1 1
Sisti lf 2 0 0 0
  Rickert ph,lf 3 0 1 0
Crandall c 4 0 2 0
Spahn p 4 0 1 0
Totals 38 8 11 8
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Diering cf 4 0 1 0
Schoendienst 2b 4 0 1 0
Musial rf 3 0 1 0
Jones 1b 4 0 1 0
Slaughter lf 4 1 2 1
Klein ss 4 0 0 0
Rice c 4 0 1 0
Glaviano 3b 4 0 1 0
Brecheen p 1 0 0 0
  Wilks p 1 0 0 0
  Baker ph 1 0 0 0
  Reeder p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 8 1
Boston 203 001 0028110
St. Louis 000 100 000182
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Spahn  W(13-8) 9.0 8 1 1 1 4
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
1
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Brecheen  L(8-8) 3.0 4 5 5 1 2
  Wilks   4.0 4 1 1 0 2
  Reeder   2.0 3 2 2 2 0
Totals
9.0
11
8
8
3
4

  E–Diering (2), Wilks (4).  DP–Boston 1. Holmes-B. Elliott.  2B–Boston Crandall (5), St. Louis Diering (18); Musial (22).  HR–Boston B. Elliott (12,1st inning off Brecheen 1 on); Sauer (2,3rd inning off Brecheen 2 on), St. Louis Slaughter (8,4th inning off Spahn 0 on).  SH–Dark (9).  HBP–Sauer (1).  Team LOB–8.  Team–7.  U–Beans Reardon, Larry Goetz, Lou Jorda.
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