Chicago White Sox vs Cleveland Indians
September 5, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1949 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Chicago White Sox 4, Cleveland Indians 6

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Philley rf 4 1 2 0
Metkovich cf 4 2 2 3
Appling ss 3 0 0 0
Zernial lf 2 1 0 0
  Ostrowski lf,3b 1 0 0 0
Michaels 2b 3 0 0 0
Kress 1b 4 0 0 1
Baker 3b 3 0 0 0
  Souchock lf 0 0 0 0
Wheeler c 3 0 0 0
Haefner p 2 0 0 0
  Pieretti p 0 0 0 0
  Malone ph 1 0 0 0
  Surkont p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 4 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Mitchell lf 5 0 0 0
Vernon 1b 4 0 0 0
Keltner 3b 4 1 2 2
Doby cf 3 2 1 1
Gordon 2b 3 1 2 0
Kennedy rf 3 1 2 3
Boone ss 4 0 1 0
Hegan c 2 0 0 0
Lemon p 3 1 1 0
Totals 31 6 9 6
Chicago 200 100 010442
Cleveland 012 003 00x690
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Haefner  L(8-9) 5.0 7 6 6 2 0
  Pieretti   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Surkont   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
4
0
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Lemon  W(18-9) 9.0 4 4 4 3 6
Totals
9.0
4
4
4
3
6

  E–Michaels (21), Haefner (3).  DP–Chicago 1. Appling-Michaels-Kress, Cleveland 1. Boone-Gordon-Vernon.  2B–Cleveland Lemon (5).  HR–Chicago Metkovich 2 (5,1st inning off Lemon 1 on 0 out,8th inning off Lemon 0 on 2 out), Cleveland Keltner (8,3rd inning off Haefner 1 on 2 out); Doby (21,2nd inning off Haefner 0 on 0 out); Kennedy (8,6th inning off Haefner 2 on 0 out).  Team LOB–2.  SH–Kennedy (7); Hegan (9).  Team–7.  U–Bill Grieve, Jim Honochick, Bill McKinley.
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