Boston Braves vs Chicago Cubs
August 5, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 1949 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Boston Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Boston Braves 3, Chicago Cubs 8
Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Stanky 2b 4 1 1 0
Fletcher 1b 5 0 1 0
Rickert lf 5 0 0 0
Elliott 3b 5 1 1 1
Heath rf 5 1 4 2
Sauer cf 4 0 1 0
Dark ss 4 0 2 0
Salkeld c 4 0 1 0
Spahn p 1 0 0 0
  Reiser ph 0 0 0 0
  Barrett p 0 0 0 0
  Russell ph 0 0 0 0
  Hogue p 0 0 0 0
  Holmes ph 1 0 1 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 3 12 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Jeffcoat cf 4 1 1 1
Mauch 2b 4 0 3 1
Baumholtz rf 4 0 0 0
Sauer lf 4 2 3 1
Pafko 3b 4 2 2 0
Reich 1b 3 2 2 2
Owen c 4 1 1 1
Smalley ss 4 0 2 1
Lade p 0 0 0 0
  Hacker p 0 0 0 0
  Scheffing ph 1 0 0 0
  Muncrief p 3 0 1 0
Totals 35 8 15 7
Boston 300 000 000–3121
Chicago 042 020 00x–8150
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Spahn  L(13-9) 3.0 9 6 5 1 2
  Barrett   2.0 4 2 2 0 1
  Hogue   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Hall   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
15
8
7
1
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Lade   0.2 4 3 3 1 1
  Hacker   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Muncrief  W(4-9) 7.0 7 0 0 3 7
Totals
9.0
12
3
3
4
8
  E–Dark (22).  DP–Boston 2. Dark-Stanky-Fletcher, Stanky-Dark-Fletcher, Chicago 1. Smalley-Mauch-Reich.  2B–Boston Fletcher (11), Chicago Pafko (19).  HR–Boston Heath (2,1st inning off Lade 1 on), Chicago Sauer (23,3rd inning off Spahn 0 on).  Team LOB–12.  Team–4.  U–Lee Ballanfant, Al Barlick, George Barr.
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