Brooklyn Dodgers vs Boston Braves
August 19, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 19, 1949 at Braves Field. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Boston Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Brooklyn Dodgers 6, Boston Braves 4

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Reese ss 5 3 3 0
Rackley lf 5 2 5 1
Snider cf 6 1 2 2
Robinson 2b 4 0 0 0
Jorgensen 3b 4 0 0 0
Hodges 1b 5 0 1 1
Furillo rf 5 0 2 1
Campanella c 5 0 0 0
Hatten p 4 0 0 0
  Banta p 0 0 0 0
  Minner p 0 0 0 0
  Erskine p 1 0 0 0
Totals 44 6 13 5
Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Stanky 2b 4 0 2 2
Fletcher 1b 6 0 0 0
Russell cf 5 0 1 0
Elliott B. 3b 5 1 1 0
Heath lf 4 0 2 0
  Rickert pr 0 1 0 0
  Barrett p 1 0 0 0
  Voiselle p 0 0 0 0
  Sain ph 1 0 1 0
  Spahn pr 0 0 0 0
Holmes rf 3 0 1 0
  Sisti pr,lf 2 1 1 0
Dark ss 4 1 1 2
Crandall c 3 0 0 0
  Reiser ph 0 0 0 0
  Sauer ph,rf 1 0 1 0
Potter p 2 0 0 0
  Elliott G. p 0 0 0 0
  Ryan ph 1 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
  Livingston ph,c 1 0 0 0
  Salkeld ph,c 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 4 11 4
Brooklyn 001 002 100 0026130
Boston 000 000 004 0004112
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Hatten   8.1 5 3 3 4 5
  Banta   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Minner   0.2 2 0 0 1 2
  Erskine  W(3-1) 3.0 3 0 0 2 1
Totals
12.0
11
4
4
7
8
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Potter   6.1 10 4 4 4 2
  Elliott   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Hall   1.0 0 0 0 2 1
  Barrett  L(1-1) 2.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Voiselle   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
12.0
13
6
6
6
5

  E–Russell (7), Hall (1).  DP–Brooklyn 3. Robinson-Reese-Hodges, Reese-Robinson-Hodges, Erskine-Jorgensen-Hodges, Boston 2. Dark-Fletcher, Potter-Dark-Fletcher.  2B–Brooklyn Reese (22); Snider (20), Boston Stanky (20).  3B–Brooklyn Rackley (1).  SH–Robinson (13); Dark (10).  Team LOB–9.  Team–11.  SB–Snider (12).  U-HP–Beans Reardon, 1B–Lou Jorda, 2B–Frank Dascoli, 3B–Larry Goetz.
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