Boston Braves vs Chicago Cubs
September 14, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 14, 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."

"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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Boston Braves 7, Chicago Cubs 8

Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Stanky 2b 3 1 0 0
Sisti ss 2 1 0 0
  Elliott ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Ryan 3b,ss 4 2 1 0
Russell cf 5 1 2 3
Sauer lf 3 1 2 0
  Rickert ph 1 0 0 0
Holmes rf 4 1 1 1
Sanders 1b 4 0 0 0
Crandall c 3 0 1 2
Sain p 3 0 0 0
  Potter p 0 0 0 0
  Fletcher ph 0 0 0 0
  Antonelli p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 7 6
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Ramazzotti 3b 5 2 2 0
Cavarretta 1b 4 0 0 0
Smalley ss 5 2 2 2
Sauer lf 3 1 1 0
  Jeffcoat pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Pafko cf 4 2 2 1
Baumholtz rf 4 0 0 0
Owen c 4 0 1 2
Terwilliger 2b 2 0 0 0
  Verban pr,2b 1 1 1 0
Schmitz p 3 0 1 2
  Burgess ph 1 0 0 0
  Rush p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 10 7
Boston 020 100 301773
Chicago 200 012 30x8103
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Sain  L(10-15) 6.2 9 8 6 3 2
  Potter   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Antonelli   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
8
6
4
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Schmitz  W(11-9) 7.0 7 6 6 6 4
  Rush   2.0 0 1 0 3 0
Totals
9.0
7
7
6
9
4

  E–Sisti (7), Ryan 2 (5), Smalley (36), Jeffcoat (8), Schmitz (3).  DP–Chicago 1. Schmitz-Smalley-Cavarretta.  2B–Boston Russell (21); Holmes (19), Chicago Smalley (18); Pafko (27).  3B–Chicago Schmitz (1).  SH–Sauer (3).  Team LOB–9.  HBP–Sauer (3).  Team–9.  SB–Ramazzotti (8).  U–Frank Dascoli, Al Barlick, Lee Ballanfant.
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